THE AMERICAIJ BEE JOURNAL. 



99 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



'SnDXTOTi.. 



YoinilL Fen, 16, 1887, No,], 



Floivers.— We acknowledge the receipt 

 of a bouquet of flowers from Mr. .1. W. 

 Winder, of New Orleans, La., which came by 

 mail on Feb. 7. With it was two stems of 

 white clover in bloom, the stems being a 

 foot long. This shows what a varied climate 

 we possess— flowers in bloom there while 

 here the land was clad in a mantle of snow 

 and ice, and the thermometer indicating 20° 

 below zero. 



Ittr. W. T. F. Petty has sent us samples 

 of bis new queen shipping-cages. They are 

 2xl'/4 inches by 1 inch high. There are 

 places for the bees and food separately, 

 with an entrance to each in the side, which 

 Is covered by a sliding door— the whole 

 weighing less than half an-ounce. The ven- 

 tilation is unexcelled, and the whole thing 

 is neat, light, strong and cheap ; it can 

 easily be filled with bees and food, and can 

 be sealed up by simply attaching the neces- 

 sary one cent stamp. The grain of the wood 

 of the thin top and bottom runs crosswise of 

 the cage, making it very strong and light. 



Robert, son of C. H. Lake, of Baltimore, 

 Md., died on Jan. 22, 1887, aged 11 years. 

 This is the third child Mr. Lake has lost 

 within the past two years. He buried bis 

 only daughter, aged 12 years, two years ago, 

 and his oldest son a year ago, 21 years old. 



Down-Rlglit DiKlionesty.— In the Ber- 

 ryville, Va., Courier, we find the following 

 which was sent to us by a correspondent 

 from Maryland : 



Recently a beekeeper of Berry\nlle, Va., 

 sold to a merchant in York, Pa., about 300 

 pounds of honey. Instead of receiving a 

 check, he received a letter from the mer- 

 chant's son, saying the honey was almost 

 worthless, and would be sold for what it 

 would bring. Mr. D. promptly took a train 

 lor York and dropped into the store he had 

 shipped to. Upon inquiry he found that he 

 was in the presence of the young man who 

 had written the letter which took him to 

 York, and he asked if he had any honey for 

 sale. 



•• Oh, yes," was the reply, "I have a fine 

 article just from Virginia, and will show you 

 a sample of it," and thereupon stepped back 

 and in a few minutes returned with some of 

 the beautiful honey. "Is it all like this?" 

 " Yes, sir," said the young man. " How 

 much have you ?" was next asked. "About 

 500 pounds." "Are you sure the lot is as 

 good as that ?" he next asked, " as I am a 

 good judge of honey." "Just walk back 

 here and see for yourself," said the young 

 man. " Well, I am glad to hear you say so, 

 and now I'll introduce myself. I am Mr. D. 

 to whom you penned this letter"— produc- 

 ing the letter—" and the next time you un- 

 dertake to play a sharp game be sure of 

 your man first." If a thunderbolt had 

 shaken the house the young man could not 

 have been more startled at the manner he 

 was confronted by the person he sought to 

 victimize with rascality, and he was com- 

 pelled to hang his bead in shame. 



Mr. D. demanded his money, and after a 

 few words a check for it was issued. 



Our Maryland correspondent suggests 

 that, " in order to obtain fair prices for 

 honey, the time will come when private 

 routes, similar to the ' city milk routes ' will 

 have to be established in order to sell the 

 honey produced 1" 



Of course it must be borne in mind that 

 the above is an extract from a local paper, 

 and may not be quite correct in detail, and 

 we hope, for the sake of our confidence in 

 humanity, that it is an exaggeration. 



The honey routes have been tried In this 

 city, and were very profitable until Perrine 

 (the "boss" adulterator) ruined the busi- 

 ness with his glucose abomination I Now, 

 it would be impossible to do anything in 

 that line, for almost every customer remem- 

 bers the Perrine wagons^and their trash ! 



It might be made successful where such 

 experience is unknown, and such methods 

 unthought of. Perrine boasted that the 

 business brought him thousands of dollars 

 every year, until he ruined it by his avari- 

 oiouBness and dishonesty I 



:aiii8t Bee-Keepers. — 

 of Bell Branch, Mich., 



Ijeglslatlon A; 



Mr. M. H. Hunt, 

 writes as follows : 



I have just read a copy of a bill introduced 

 in our legislature making it unlawful to 

 keep over .5 colonies of bees within 25 rods 

 of the public highway or dwelling bouse not 

 owned by the owner of the bees. Should 

 this bill pass it will be a serious matter for 

 a large number of our friends. I advise the 

 bee-keepers in every legislative district to 

 send in remonstrances signed by every bee- 

 keeper and his friends in this State ; also let 

 the member from each district know how 

 they feel on the matter. 



A similar matter is reported in California, 

 where a petition to the legislature is being 

 signed in San Diego county, asking to have 

 the bees removed from the lands adapted to 

 the production of raisins. 



"Class legislation" is to be regretted at 

 all times, and we seriously doubt whether it 

 should ever be enacted. In the cases cited, 

 it would be a grievous burden upon apia- 

 rists, and should be energetically opposed. 



Tbe National Pare Food CouTentlon 



was held in Washington, D. C, on Jan. 19, 

 1887. The President's address contains the 

 following ; 



This is an unselfish movement, as broad in 

 its character of beneficence to present and 

 future humanity as the cerulean vaults of 

 heaven. Its benefits are truly unselfish, for 

 its foes as well as its friends shall receive its 

 blessings. Its virtues, like rain from 

 heaven, shall fall upon foe and friend alike. 

 We have begun action, and we will not 

 cease until we have accomplished all it is 

 possible to accomplish. To every foe who 

 turns up to discourage us we shall find a 

 hundred friends to cheer us onward in this 

 battle, for pure sustenance, the foundation 

 of happiness, prosperity and good govern- 

 ment. The people shall know their enemies, 

 those who for gain would give no encour- 

 agement to elevate their race to that state 

 of true happiness that comes from the vigor 

 and virtue of good health. This nation can- 

 not exist many years without protecting its 

 people from fraudulent and injurious 

 adulteration. The time is here, and now we 

 vow eternal steadfastness to this work, until 

 the commerce, the health and life of the 

 American people be as fully protected as 

 are the same of the people of almost all 

 foreign governments. 



Referrluj^ to an item on page 67, about 

 another bee-paper for Canada, a corres- 

 pondent in the Canadian Bee Journal says : 



I sincerely trust this is a mistake, but if the 

 project is really under serious considera- 

 tion, I hope the projectors, whoever they 

 may be, may re-consider the matter. In- 

 stead of two or more inferior, half-supported 

 bee-Journals in Canada, let us have one good 



one Two papers cannot, in my opinion, 



thrive and succeed. 



Now, we can inform our Canadian friends 

 that a tblrd bee-paper is projected in 

 Canada— to be called "The International 

 Bee-Master." Of course all cannot prosper 

 —the only possible result is dismal failure 

 and loss to the projectors, as well as to 

 those who subscribe for some of them. 



Eugene Secor was elected Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the Iowa State Horticultural Society 

 at its late annual meeting at Charles City. 

 We learn the above from the Winnebago 

 Summit, which also contains the following 

 about wind-breaks in prairie country : 



The society offers liberal premiums for 

 new seedling fruits that are desirable, and 

 also for the planting of forest trees. The 

 evergreens recommended for general plant- 

 ing are, white and Scotch pine and Norway 

 spruce, and red cedar and arbor-vitse for 

 hedges. Evergreens make the best wind- 

 break, and their cheapness ought to induce 

 a more liberal planting of them. He says, 

 by the thousand, they can be got for about 

 a cent apiece, large enough to plant out 

 where wanted. European and American 

 larch (tamarack), and 30 or 40 other varieties 

 of deciduous trees are perfectly at home here 

 in Iowa, and should be more largely planted. 

 They beautify the landscape, break the 

 force of the wind, and add to the money 

 value of every farm where planted. 



Some YearH Ago, in central Illinois, Mr. 

 H. Thayer had several colonies of bees, but 

 they all winterkilled. Not caring to re-stock 

 the hives he destroyed all but one of them ; 

 that one he left just where it stood when 

 the bees in it died. Last summer, says a 

 correspondent, he noticed a lot of bees 

 busily cleaning out that hive, and the next 

 day a swarm came and occupied it. In 

 about 15 minutes after that another swarm 

 came from the opposite direction, and also 

 went into it— the two swarms uniting peace- 

 ably. They are now in winter quarters 

 doing well. 



Catalogues for 1887.— I'hose on our 

 desk are from 



G. M. Doolittle, Borodino, N. Y.— 4 pages- 

 Bees and Queens. 



J. D. Goodwich. East Hardwick, Vt.— 1 

 page— Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



M. Richardson, Port Colborne, Ont.— 16 

 pages— Bee- Keepers' Supplies. 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co., Loreauville, La.— 4 

 pages— Italian Queens. 



A. D. D. Wood, Rives Junction, Mich.— 8 

 pages— Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich.— 3 pages- 

 Apiarian Supplies. 



F. M. Atwood, Bileyville, Ills.— 7 pages- 

 Apiarian Supplies. 



