THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



19 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol, mi. Jan, 12,1887, No.2. 



All New Subscriptions will bCKin with 

 the year, and until further notice we will 

 send the back numbers from January 1, 

 unless otherwise ordered. 



A meeting; of the Maine Bee Keepers' 

 .Association will be held at Mechanics Falls, 

 Maine, on Jan. 25—27, 1887, and it promises 

 to be one of exceptional interest and im- 

 portance, on account of the recent move- 

 ment for a consolidation of the different 

 bee associations of the State, in one society, 

 which Is to be incorporated by the Legis- 

 lature. 



We will Present Webster's Dictionary 

 (pocket edition), and send it by mail, post- 

 paid, for two subscribers with ?'2. It is 

 always useful to have a dictionary at hand 

 to decide as to the spelling of words, and to 

 determine their meaning-. 



Hi>w to Secure a Copy Rigbt on a 

 Book is a query from a correspondent. 

 He says he is writing one, and wants to 

 publish it on his "own hook." We are free 

 to say that publishing ou one's own hook is 

 quite risky business; but that is none of 

 our business, and we will answer the ques- 

 tion. Get the title page printed, and send 

 two copies of it with one dollar to the 

 Librarian of Congress, Hon. A. R. Spofford, 

 Washington, D. C, asking him to send you a 

 copyright. The dollar is to pay for regis- 

 tration and clerical fees. 



.\8 War 111 Europe may be announced 

 any day by cable, most people are interested 

 to know something about the gieat states 

 which will first be involved. "Francis 

 .Joseph I., and the Austria-Hungary Empire " 

 by Geo. M. Towle, gives, in Franh Lfslie'n 

 Pi/imlar Monthly for January, a clear and 

 well-written picture of one Power. "When 

 Greek .Meets Turk," by Oscanyan, tells the 

 story of another. The whole January num- 

 ber of this periodical, with its attractive 

 reading and charming pictures, is a prize for 

 young and old. 



The California Bee-Suit.— We have 

 received a letter from Mr. Bobn, who was 

 defendant in a suit tor trespass said to be 

 eommitteed by his bees on a neighbor's 

 vineyard, stating that the trouble was all 

 over now. Mr. Bohn, assisted by the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers Union, made a very 

 vigorous light, and the united resistence 

 was too much for the froit-growers. They 

 now admit, says Mr. Bohn, that the bees 

 have not been, troublesome during the past 

 year. This shows the value of united 

 action, and the moral weight of the " back- 

 ing" Mr. B. had in the National Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Union I Of course all are well aware 

 that the Union should have thirty thousand 

 members instead of three hundred 1 On this 

 point we commend to every bee-keeper the 

 following from one of our correspondents : 



The moral effect of numerical strength is 

 great, and many battles have been won by 

 sheer force of numbers, and without strik- 

 ing a blow. So with us : If we can show an 

 unbroken front, composed of a majority of 

 the bee keepers of the country, and cause 

 it to be understood that each and every one 

 of us are pledged to pull together in unison 

 and harmony for defense of our rights, we 

 shall bear down all opposition by this moral 

 weight alone. 



The very fact that so few are enrolled as 

 members is a disgrace to those who are en- 

 gaged in the pursuit of bee-keeping. Let all 

 arouse from sleep, join the Union, and thus 

 make it a " sure defense." 



The Uses of Honey are many and 

 ever-increasing ; and as people become 

 more and more acquainted with the various 

 purposes to which the product of the labors 

 of the honey-bees can be put, the greater 

 will be the demand for it. But perhaps one 

 of the newest ways in which honey is em- 

 ployed. Is recorded in an account given in a 

 scientific periodical in Italy, wherein is 

 described an Italian method of preserving 

 bodies in a soft an lle.xible condition for sev- 

 eral months, and by that means enabling 

 them to be dissected without the least dan- 

 ger to the preparator or the anatomist. To 

 this end, the bodies are placed in some sort 

 of receptacle, and then covered with a layer 

 of the thickest and purest honey that can 

 be obtained. The using of honey for this 

 purpose may not be the means of inci-easing 

 its demand, but it serves to illustrate the 

 preserving power which pure honey pos- 

 sesses, and also may be a new idea to many. 



Catalo^ies for 1887. — Those on our 

 desk are from 

 James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich.— .36 pages. 

 E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, Ills.— 8 pages. 

 G. W. Stanley, Wyoming, N. Y.— 12 pages. 

 Victor W. Clough, Geneseo, His.— 8 pages. 



By Usins tlie Binder made expressly 

 for this Beb Jouux.al. all can have ttem 

 bound and ready for reference and exami- 

 nation every day in the year. We have re- 

 duced the price to GO cents, postpaid. Sub- 

 scription for one year and the binder for 

 ?l..iO. 



One of tlie many Topics to be dis- 

 cussed at the convention at Andover, Ohio, 

 on Jan. 19, is the following which we notice 

 on quite a lengthy programme: " Can the 

 bee-keepers of the United States form a 

 combination and control the price of 

 honey?" This is one of the Uving issues of 

 to-day, and is receiving a very thorough and 

 exhaustive examination. 



A correspondent suggests that a rousing 

 convention be held in Chicago early in May, 

 "especially devoted to matters outside of 

 honey-production," taking up the vital 

 subjects heretofore much neglected, such as 

 "cost of production, and the proper selling 

 price for honey, and how to maintain it," 

 etc., etc. 



If it is thought best to call such a conven- 

 tion, it ought to represent every portion of 

 of the United States, either by the personal 

 attendance of representative bee-keepers, 

 or their written views on the subjects to 

 come before the meeting. It should also be 

 stenographies I ly reported and published.and 

 made an "authority" for American api- 

 arists. The object of the present preliminary 

 discussion, is to ascertain the views of 

 apiarists all over the continent of North 

 America, and decide whether it is desired to 

 hold such a convention. 



The American Bee JotmNAi, will not 

 yet take any side in the controversy, but 

 will await the decision of the mature judg- 

 ment of the solons of apiculture after a 

 thorough discussion of the question of 

 desirability and practicability. 



Alabama now has an organization of 

 apiarists, known as the "The Alabama Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. It was organized last 

 November, and S. G. Wood, of Birmingham, 

 was elected President; Geo. H. Hoyle, of 

 Mobile, Vice-President ; and J. M. Jenkins, 

 of Wetumpka, Secretary and Treasurer. 

 The object of the association was declared 

 to be the advancement of the bee-keeping 

 interests of Alabama. 



The Secretary desires to have the follow, 

 ing notice made public, and we therefore 

 give It a prominent place in this paper : 



The association will meet annually, and 

 its next meeting will be at the time and 

 place at which the Alabama State Fair is 

 held, or the call of the President, Any bee- 

 keeper living in Alabama may become a 

 member of the association by forwarding 

 his or her address and 2o cents to the Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer. The fellowship and co- 

 operation of Alabama bee-keepers is earn- 

 estly desired. The Secretary will cheerfully 

 correspond wilth bee-keepers desiring 

 further information concerning the associa- 

 tion, and will mail a copy of the constitu- 

 tion and by-laws to all applicants as soon as 

 printed. 



One Dollar invested for the weeklj- visits 

 of the American Bee Journal for 1887, 

 will richly repay every apiarist in America. 



We Keep tills Notice standing all the 

 year round : " Always give the name of the 

 PostotBce to wliich your paper is addressed. 

 Your name cannot be found on our list un- 

 less this is done," and yet many ask us to 

 change their address without even mention- 

 ing to what PostoMice it has heretofore been 

 sent. It often costs us more to And their 

 old address than they pay for the Bee Joub- 

 N.^L for a year ; as we may have to examine 

 oursubscriptlon lists in ever.v .State, Prov- 

 ince and Territory In North America. Please 

 be more careful in the future, and never 

 omit your name, Postoilice, county and 

 State. 



