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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OE THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XIX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., NOVEMBER 21, 1883. 



No. 47. 





Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Phopriktor, 



^' From a recent letter, we learn 

 that ]\Ir. Frank Benton, late of the 

 Michigan Agricultural College, but 

 now residhig at Munich, Germany, 

 intends to make another journey to 

 Cyprus, Syria, etc., for the purpose of 

 obtaining pure bees from tliose coun- 

 tries, for breeding purposes. He leaves 

 Munich in -January next, and intends 

 to return there in April, 1884. 



^" We have received one of Mr. T. 

 J. Cook's new bee bruslies, intended 

 for brushing the bees ofi the combs, 

 which we have placed in our museum. 

 A letter just received from Mrs. Cook 

 states tliat Mr. Cook died on Monday, 

 Nov. 5, 1883, but giving no particulars. 

 The Bee Journal condoles with the 

 bereaved in tlieir affliction. 



1^ The Florida Enterprise thinks 

 tliat the happiest set of men in the 

 vicinity of New Smyrna are apiarists, 

 and says : "Olaf Oleson has extracted 

 over 40 barrels of choice honey, and 

 was compelled to stop for want of 

 barrels, and is now gathering it in 

 neat one-pound sections. R. S. Sliel- 

 don comes next, while his neighbor. 

 Dr. Goodwin, has been busy building 

 up his apiary for the coming season. 

 Messrs. Rowly, Hart, Brown, Lewis, 

 and ottiers have no reason to com- 

 plain." 



^° "Trichinae; their microscopy, 

 development, death, and tlie diagnosis 

 and treatment of Trichinosis," by W. 

 C. W. Glazier, M. D., assistant Sur- 

 geon, Marine Hospital Service. This 

 is the title of a pamphlet publisliedby 

 the Illustrated Medical Journal Co., 

 a copy of which is on our desk. 



Mr. King's Visit to Cuba. 



The '"Bee and Poultry Magazine " for 

 November makes tlie announcement 

 that Mr. A. J. King, its editor, has 

 gone to Cuba for his health, and to 

 establish an apiary in the Island of 

 Cuba. The following is an editorial 

 on the subject in that papaf : 



The steamer which carried Mr. King 

 southward, also carried on board 100 

 full colonies of Italian bees, and all 

 the parapliernalia of an apiary. There 

 was also on Ixiard tlie able apiarist — 

 Mr. Osburn — wlio is to take charge of 

 them on Cul)ian soil, and manage the 

 apiary for Mr. Casanova, who believes 

 firmly that it is a paying thing to keep 

 bees, and we agree witli him. 



Mr. King is going to set out the 

 grounds for the apiary, and see that 

 every tiling is working as it should, 

 before he leaves the sunny land. He 

 will be gone two months or more, and 

 will return by way of the Southern 

 States, visiting soiiie of the principal 

 apiaries below tlie Dixie line. 



The following is a letter from Mr. 

 King, since liis arrival, and will be in- 

 teresting to onr readers : 



San Mignel, Oct. 23, 1883. 



After quite a rough-and-tumble 

 journey, fraught witli much incon- 

 venience and full of incidents, which 

 I choose to relate at some future time; 

 we are here 20 miles southeast of Ha- 

 vanna, witli tlie bees, all of which 

 came safely with the loss of 4 colonies, 

 and these were lost since leaving 

 Havana. 



This is truly a wonderful country, 

 and one which, to all appearances, 

 seems to enjoy one continuous honey 

 flow. The iiiimber (if flowering trees, 

 shrubs and plants are simply over- 

 whelming, and far beyond my powers 

 of classification. The soil is wonder- 

 fully fertile, and produces abundantly 

 froni year to year without manure. 

 The face of the' country is diversified 

 with hill and dell, and running streams 

 of pure spring water are plentiful. 

 The climate is lovely ; no fogs, no 

 frost — but one everlasting spring. 

 Flowers are continuous. Tlie palm, 

 orange, banana, lemon and many other 

 fruit trees producing largely cif both 

 honey and pollen. Fruits in all the 

 different stages of development, from 

 the flower to the rijie fruit, are contin- 

 uous throughout the year. 



The inhabitants are, as a rule, rather 

 indolent ; as nature iiroduces, unaided, 

 all they need for eating and wearing 



apparel. Rains of short duration are 

 frequent, so that everything looks 

 fresh and inviting at all times. Of 

 course there are disadvantages which 

 I will relate in future letters, when I 

 shall have had time to write up the 

 " ins and outs " of cuban bee-keeping. 

 A. J. KiNCi. 



1^ Frank Leslie's Illustrated Week- 

 ly gave a full page engraving, on Aug. 

 26, of a Bee Farm in Brookfield, Conn. 

 This shows that the " sweet pursuit " 

 is rapidly coming into notice. 



Count Robert of Paris.— T. B. 

 Peterson & Brothers, Pliiladelptiia, 

 publish this day, " Count Robert of 

 Paris," being the Fifth Volimie of their 

 new and cheap edition of " Tlie Wa- 

 verly Novels," by Sir Walter Scott. 



1^" The Bee-Keepers'' Magazine is 

 after the first of next January to be 

 the title, and SI the price of the Maga- 

 zine, published by King & Aspinwall, 

 in New York. The Poultry part is 

 then to be dropped. 



^' The Kansas Bee- Keeper is on 

 the first of January to be raised in 

 price to $1 a year. 



Shipping' Receipts.— Mr. J. O. Todd, 

 of Richmond, Iowa, asks as follows : 

 " When you ship honey, or any freight 

 on the railroad, and the agent gives 

 you a receipt that they have received 

 your goods, do you hold the receipt or 

 send it to the party you sliipped the 

 goods to 'i* Answer , through the 

 Weekly Bee Journal." Of course 

 it should be sent to the consignee, 

 so that lie can obtain the honey of 

 the railroad company. Some Railroad 

 companies will not deliver goods until 

 the receipts are produced. 



1^" We need the numbers of the 

 Bee Journal for August, 18(36, and 

 April, 1876. Any one having tliem to 

 spare, are requested to send us a Pos- 

 tal Card. We will give 2.5 cents for 

 eacli. Do not send them without 

 writing, for we want only one of eacti ; 

 and, if we are not already supplied, 

 we will take them. 



