THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



115 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



VoinilL Fel 23,1887, No,8. 



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Eggs-actly.— Our good friend, Dr. C. C. 

 Miller, of Marengo, Ills., has sent us a box 

 of the nicest of fresh eggs. His thoughtful- 

 ness is only exceeded by his generosity. 



Mr. Harrjr, of Cisne, Ills., has sent us a 

 new queen-cage for shipping and Introduc- 

 ing. Il Is a wire tube inclosed in a wood 

 block, wUch is well ventilated ; and when 

 received, the tube containing the queen may 

 be introduced without handling the queen. 



Does Extracting honey cause foul 

 brood ? is a question sent to the Bee Jour- 

 nal by Mr. Skinner. He asks us to state the 

 question, and let any one answer it who 

 desires to do so. It is now stated. Let the 

 " wise ones " reply. 



The Elarrlson Case In Canada stands in 

 about this condition, says our correspond- 

 ent : *'It had been argued before it came 

 to the notice of bee-keepers generally, and 

 DO further evidence could be given until the 

 Judge had given his decision, which he had 

 reserved— and when given, that was against 

 U6." Whether it will be appealed or not is 

 not yet decided. 



E. R. Neivconib's catalogue is a very 

 unique and tasty pamphlet, and is a credit 

 to him as well as the printer. The "cata- 

 logues" which the supply dealers are 

 issuing MOW are about as much of a credit 

 to the pursuit as those issued ten or fifteen 

 years ago were a disgrace to it. This is very 

 praise- worthy. 



Tliat Iies^lHlutlon which we mentioned 

 last week as heinf,' sought to be made in 

 Michigan is stirring' un the bee-men there. 

 Mr. S. Shoup, of Coloma, Mich., has sent us 

 a copy of the bill. It was introduced by Mr. 

 MoCormick, and recommended by the com- 

 mittee on Koads and Bridges. It reads as 

 follows : 



A bill to prohtbit the keeping of bees in 

 large quantities near any public highway or 

 dwelling house nut owned or occupied by 

 the keeper or owner of such bees. 



Skction 1. The People of the State of Michi- 

 gan enact. That it shall not be lawful for any 

 person to keep to exceed five stands of bees 

 within 'Z5 rods of any public highway, or 

 less than 25 rods of any dwelling house not 

 occupied by such keeper or owner of bees. 



Sec. 2. Every keeper or owner of bees 

 neglecting or "refusing to comply with the 

 provisions of the preceding section after 

 due serviceof written notice shall besubject 

 to a penalty of $."> for each day's neglect or 

 refusal, which may be enforced and collected 

 before any court of competent jurisdiction. 



Mr. Geo. E. Hilton, President of the Michi- 

 gan State Bee-Keepers' Association, writes 

 thus : 



This bill, should it pass, would be a great 

 calamity to our pursuit, and to the State as 

 well. As it is almost a necessity to have 

 our bees reasonably near both, and it simply 

 means the extinction of the honey-bee. and 

 a terrible calamity to the horticulturist, I 

 feel it my duty to urge every beekeeper in 

 the State to write to their Senators and 

 Representatives, asking their assistance in 

 defeating any such bill. Just deluge them 

 with letters. Use the best arguments at 

 your command to prove that our rights are 

 being infringed upon, and that we are alive 

 to our interests, and demand our rights. 



Mr. Shoup says : "I hope you will do all 

 you can to help us defeat it. It seems 

 strange that any sane man would undertake 

 to get such a bill to become a law." 



Mr. Charles Walker, of Bravo, Mich., 

 writes thus : 



While we have been talking of forming 

 an Association, and of "Legislation," a bill 

 has been steathily framed and introduced 

 into our legislature which will be of great 

 detriment to us. and unless we send in a 

 prompt and vigorous protest, it may become 

 a law. This bill aims a blow at our homes. 

 The warning note has been sounded from 

 Bell Branch, and we should now get up a 

 remonstrating petition and send it to Lan- 

 sing at once. The offlcers of our bee-asso- 

 ciations should take the matter up, and 

 every district should send in a petition 

 against the Bill at once. Such an array of 

 names should be sent as would surprise our 

 legislators. The injustice of the Bill may be 

 seen in the fact, that 5 colonies of bees can 

 be kept close to the highway, but .30 or 40 

 colonies must be moved back 2.5 rods, 

 whether the owner has land enough to do it 

 or not I I will spend both time and money 

 to defeat this Bill, and hope all other bee- 

 keepers in our State will do tlie same. " To 

 be fore- warned is to be fore-armed." 



Prof. Cook is the man to look after the 

 interests of bee-keepers. He is near the 

 State Capitol, and knows just how to manip- 

 ulate matters to prevent any injustice being 

 done to bee-keepers. He also has the will as 

 well as the sense of justice and right. Above 

 all others in Michigan, he is the bee-keepers' 

 friend. We commend the whole case to him. 



Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine 



for March is above the average of maga- 

 zines. Illustrated articles on "Russian 

 Schools," " Some Memories of the Tuileries," 

 "A Burled Greek City in Egypt," and 

 "Famous English Literary Women," give 

 variety and interest to this number. There 

 Is an abundant store of short papers, poems, 

 sketches, etc. The illustrations are numer- 

 ous and beautiful. 



More of the AVIley We.— Mr. John 

 Crawford, of Pleasant, Ind., on Feb. 13, 

 writes us the following : 



I send you a copy of the ScicntiUc Ameri- 

 can, which has some more of the Wiley 

 scientific pleasantry. I think it is really too 

 bad, for a paper of the standing of the 

 Scientific American to publish such false- 

 hoods-doing an injury to an important in- 

 dustry. The article referred to is said to be 

 the report of a conversation between Health 

 Commissioner De Wolf, of Chicago, and an 

 Evening Journal reporter. Bees have win- 

 tered well so far, and have had a good flight 

 for several days past. 



From the article in question we quote the 

 following, containing the allegations about 

 comb honey : 



" There is no such thing in this city as the 

 adulteration of articles of food, as a sanitary 

 question," said Health Commissioner De 

 Wolf, of Chicago, to an Evening Journal re- 

 porter — "I have heard, also, that honey 

 was found in the comb in beautiful cuts, 

 where neither the comb or the contents had 

 ever seen a bee-hive. The comt) was manu- 

 factured out of parafline, and the cells were 

 filled with glucose, but that is not a sanitary 

 violation. It is a commercial fraud, for 

 honey is glucose." 



Mr. S. D. Webster writes thus : 



Mr. Editor, this is from your own neigh- 

 borhood, and you had better get your Health 

 Commissioner set right on the comb honey 

 question, as he has evidently been taken in 

 by the Wiley lie. I send it to you because I 

 suppose you cannot see al? the progeny of 

 that pestiferous publication. 



While a slander travels faster than light- 

 ning, a correction goes along like a snail. 

 The damage done by that Wiley lie never 

 can be repaired, or its influence counter- 

 acted. No matter what is said to the con- 

 trary, it will be regarded as true by thou- 

 sands, and be quoted by them, as though 

 Wiley was "authority "—instead of being 

 convicted by his own confession of lying 

 without the least shadow of an excuse. Dr. 

 De Wolf is another of the victims of quoting 

 his so-called " scientific pleasantry." 



Maple Sugar and the Sugar Bush, by 

 Prof. A. J. Cook. This is the title of a new 

 pamphlet of 40 pages, published by A. I. 

 Root, of Medina, f>. It is nicely printed, 

 and profusely illustrated. It is intensely 

 interesting, and should be read by all who 

 are engaged in the production of maple 

 sugar. Price, 40 cents. It may be had at 

 this olBce. 



Mr. Henry Cripe introduced a new 

 "queen" into his hive at North Manchester, 

 Ind., on Jan. 29, 1887. The Bee Journai, 

 wishes the bride and groom a long and 

 happy life, and hopes that "the queen " will 

 ever enjoy the love and esteem of her pres- 

 ent admirer ; that the "hive" will never 

 "run short of stores," or be overtaken by 

 any calamity I Now is a good time to en- 

 joy "the honey-moon;" !for soon "the 

 flowers that bloom in the spring" will call 

 them to the labors and toils of the apiary I 

 Then they as well as the bees must work for 

 a good harvest. 



Catalogues for 1887.— Those on our 

 desk are from 



Henry Cripe, North Manchester Ind.— 18 

 pages— Apiarian Supplies. 



John Nebel & Son, High Hill. Mo.— 8 pages 

 —Bees, Queens, and Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



B. J. Miller & Co., Nappanee, Ind.— 10 

 pages— Hives and Apiarian Supplies. 



James M. Hynes, Stewartsville, Ind.— 12 

 pages— Bees, Queens, and Bee-Keepers' Sup- 

 plies. 



J. C. Vaughan, 146 West Washington St., 

 Chicago. Ills.— 72 pages, large quarto- 

 Flower and G:irden Seeds. 



Charles F. Uhl, Millersburg. O.— 4 pages- 

 Bees and Queens. 



Joseph E. Shaver, North River, Va.— 16 

 pages— Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Edward R. Newcomb, Pleasant Valley, N. 

 ¥.—■34 pages— Bees, Hives, and Bee-Keepers' 

 Supplies. 



Oliver Foster, Mt. Vernon, Iowa— 12 pages 

 —Queens, Bees, and Supplies forthe Apiary. 



