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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 10, 



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Vol. niV, CEICAGO, ILL,, OCT. 10, 1895. No, 41. 



Editorial Budgets 



Father Langstrotb Passes A^vay.— Just as 

 the Bee Journal goes to press (Monday forenoon), I learn 

 through a Chicago dally paper that Father Langstroth died of 

 apoplexy yesterday (Oct. 6) while preaching to a large audi- 

 ence at his home in Dayton, Ohio. Bee-keepers in all lands 

 will receive the sad news with deep regret, and extend heart- 

 felt sympathy to the bereaved relatives. Next week I will 

 likely be able to give a more extended notice. 



Mr. Harry Lathrop, of Browntown, Wis., made 

 the Bee Journal office a very pleasant call last Friday. Mr. 

 L. is one of the foremost bee-men of that great honey-produc- 

 ing State just north of Illinois. 



mildred Susan Calvert is her name. She is the 

 newest and sweetest " little queen " now at the " Home of the 

 Honey-Bees." But she's not for sale. " Mildred" was born 

 Sept. 29, 1895. Long may she live, and prove to be a great 

 blessing to Brother and Sister Calvert, and to the whole world. 

 Heartiest congratulations to her parents and all the Rootvill- 

 ians — including " Grandpa " and " Grandma " Root : 



Mr. G. BI. DooIittle'S Address at the Toronto 

 convention was entirely extempore — at least be had no manu- 

 script, so the Secretary did not get it — but a kind friend who 

 was able to recall the gist of the speecl^ has sent it to me, 

 which I give here : 



SOMETHINS OF INTEREST TO BEE-KEEPERS. 



After a recess had been taken, during which many went 

 away, or scattered about the school grounds, Mr. Doollttle 

 gave an off-hand address. 



He said, in brief, that much had been said about the best 

 hives, the best way of securing a large crop of honey, how 

 best to winter bees, etc., so he thought best to speak of a few 

 things not usually spoken of, or written about. He thought 

 that bee-keepers did not fully keep the command of loving 

 others as ourselves ; took the ground that all mankind was 

 our brother, which ground Thos. Jefferson, the Apostle Paul, 

 and Jesus Christ stood firmly upon. Bee-keepers were wont 

 to hold back their best thoughts and things from others, 

 unless they could have a financial compensation for them, 

 while the Good Book said, " Freely ye have received, freely 

 give," and "In honor preferring one another." He told how 

 bee-keepers would go back on each other for some trivial 

 offence, and would not have anything to do with each other 

 ever afterward, and gave the illustration of Henry Clay and 

 the musket, which story is as familiar as a nursery rhyme to 

 many, to illustrate the great truth which the Master gave, 

 that we should forgive " till seventy times seven." 



Mr. Doollttle next spoke about the habit bee-keepers 



sometimes got into of "kicking" and growling about each 

 other, the low price of honey, etc., till the whole air was 

 "blue;" gave illustrations of how the price of honey com- 

 pared favorably with that of wheat, barley, wool, etc., pro- 

 duced by the agriculturist ; and told the story about the two 

 drunken men who got into the same bed and began kicking 

 each other till one was kicked out, to illustrate that this kick- 

 ing habit was sure to land some one outside the fraternal feel- 

 ings which was said to predominate among apiarists. 



He next touched upon the subject of each bee-keeper 

 wanting credit for everything along apicultural lines, which 

 such an one had brought to public notice, that they might 

 appear great, or get much honor to themselves, while the 

 Master said, " He that would be great among you, let him be 

 your servant;" and gave the story of the sinking ship, and 

 the old mate, who preferred to stay on the ship and die, to 

 taking his rightful "lot," (that the Captain might go on the 

 life-boat, and bring up his boys in the fear of God. that they 

 might bless the world) as an illustration of true honor and 

 greatness in the sight of Heaven. This story was told so 

 touchingly that many eyes grew moist, and many apparently 

 resolved on less unselfish lives. 



Then the "adulteration of honey" matter was touched 

 upon, Mr. Doollttle taking the ground that we had said too 

 much on this matter and acted too little. He said we should 

 first strive for effective laws making the adulteration of honey 

 a crime in the sight of the law, and then bring the offender of 

 that law to a just punishment for his crime ; after which the 

 papers should simply note the fact that Mr. So-and-So had 

 been caught criminally adulterating honey, and was paying 

 the penalty for the same. This he argued would put a whole- 

 some restraint upon all would-be sinners, without casting a 

 stigma upon our product, which our course of the past has 

 done, leading many to think that most of the honey on the 

 market was adulterated. This was also illustrated by an ap- 

 propriate anecdote which kept the audience in the best of 

 humor, even if some did not agree with all the speaker said. 



In closing, he took the ground that each should weigh 

 every question which came before them, subjecting it to the 

 light which shone from the Divine Page, and thus decide as 

 to its being right or wrong, and having decided that it was 

 wrong, no one had any business with it, and if right it should 

 be stood by, though such standing caused the person to stand 

 all alone, for it was far better to stand alone in the right than 

 to go wrong with a multitude. 



Mr. Doolittle's address was a masterly production, and it 

 is to be regretted that so many members of the convention 

 were away, or straggled in while he was speaking, thus losing 

 a part or all of the address. A Friend. 



Mr. Cbas. Dadant — the best known Frenchman 

 bee-keeper in .this country — I had a very pleasant visit with 

 on Monday, Sept. 30, at the Union Depot here in Chicago, 

 while he was waiting a short time for a train on another road 

 to take him to his home in Hamilton, III. He had been for 

 some seven weeks at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., to escape the alUic- 

 tion of a hay-fever siege. 



Although Bro. Dadant is-78 years of age, he seems still 

 hale and hearty. We had (to me) a very pleasant chat — atout 

 apicultural things and people. Bee Journal readers will soon 

 enjoy reading some articles from his pen, upon the best size 

 of hives. Mr. D.'s experience covers a period of over 30 

 years in France and America. He has experimented with 

 nearly every kind of hive and frame brought forward in that 

 time, and settled long ago upon his present hive as the best. 

 He will answer many interesting questions about hives, and 

 will accompany some of his articles with illustrations. We all 

 will be eager to read what he has to say. 



Rev. "W. F. Clarke, of Canada, spent about a week, 

 the latter part of September, visiting relatives and friends in 

 Chicago. He returned a week ago last Monday. 



Mr. A. J. Mercer, of Kansas, made quite a dis- 

 play of apiarian things at the Crowley, Kans., Fair recently. 

 The local newspaper, in part, said this concerning it: 



A. J. Mercer had a display of bees, bee-hives, and honey- 

 boxes, with the machinery and material for manufacturing ; 



