THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS Q. NEWMAN, 



Voinill, MarcH 2, 188], No.9. 



Mr. M. F. Xatman, whose letter ap- 

 peared with our commeots on page 83, 

 writes an explanation and apology. He did 

 not intend quite as much as his words im- 

 plied, and he meant it more in jest than in 

 earnest. His explanation is quite satis- 

 factory. 



Fayette Lee, of Cokato, Minn., has sent 

 us a model of a tin bottom (like a pan) for 

 orates, to prevent the leakage from daubing 

 grocers' counters. It is a very nice thing, 

 but we fear would be too expensive for 

 general use. 



The Costs in the case of Mcintosh vs. 

 Harrison thus far amount to about one 

 thousand dollars. If the case were carried 

 to the Supreme Court, the costs would be an 

 additional twelve hundred dollars. So says 

 the Canadian Bee Journal. 



Passed Aivay.— Speaking of the " death 

 record " of the most renowned apiarists of 

 Europe during 1886, the Bulletin of our 

 friend Bertrand.of Nyon, Switzerland, says : 



Switzerland deplores, among others, the 

 removal by death, of M. Mona ; Italy, Mr. C. 

 FumagalU, the author of a hive largely in 

 use among Italians ; France, M. Jules 

 Madare, President of the Sooiote de la Som- 

 me, and M. Maurice GIrard, a distinguished 

 entomologist and author of a valuable book 

 on bees ; Scotland has lost her James Ander- 

 son, a veteran of Scotch apiculture, who, in 

 his day, was remarkably successful with the 

 Stewarton hive ; und. lastly, Russia has seen 

 the passing away of Dr. A. Butlerow, Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry and of Medicine at the 

 St. Petersburg University. Dr. Butlerow 

 was the promoter of modern bee-keeping in 

 Kussia, and his works are considerable, 

 among which is a Russian translation of 

 Berlepech's book. The deceased doctor was 

 also founder of a school of apiculture. 



We formed the acquaintance of Dr. But- 

 lerow when attending the Austro-German 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention at Prague, Bo- 

 hemia, in 1879. The Czar of Russia had 

 commissioned him to confer a " decoration " 

 upon Dr. Dzierzon for his valuable aplcul- 

 tural services. In the presence of some 

 .3,000 persons he conferred this great honor 

 amidst much enthusiasm. At the banquet 

 which followed, the editor of the American 

 Bee JotTRNAL had the honor of his com- 

 pany, together with Herr Andreas Schmidt, 

 (now deceased), Dr. Dzierzon, the Baroness 

 Von Berlepseh, Herr Vogel, and some other 

 celebrated bee-masters. 



But since then a number of the prominent 

 apiarists of the Old World have passed away, 

 in addition to those enumerated by M. 

 Bertrand. Among them are : Herr Andreas 

 Schmidt, who, for nearly a quarter of a 

 century had edited the Biencn Zeitung in 

 Germany ; the Rev. Herbert R. Peel, editor 

 of the British Bee Journal ; Mr. John Hun- 

 ter, author of Hunter's Manual, in London, 

 England ; Prof. Von Siebold, the faithful 

 friend of Father Dzierzon, and others whose 

 names we do not now recall. 



Peace to their dust I We shall all soon join 

 " the silent majority 1" 



None Lost!— Just imagine the surprise 

 of our readers who happen to have seen the 

 Canadian Bee Journal of Feb. 10, upon dis- 

 covering, on page 031, the following para- 

 graph : 



The " Union " in the United States claim 

 to have lost nine of the suits which they 

 have thus far defended 1 



In our paper of Feb. 9 we stated that the 

 Union has lost none of the suits which It 

 had deemed expedient to defend, and after 

 placing each suit on record, by enumerating 

 it and the decision arrived at, we added : 



The four cases enumerated in the fore- 

 going matter are all that have been finally 

 decided, and it is a record for every member 

 to feel proud of— not one case Uas been 

 decided against tlie bees ! '. l 



It would be fair to presume that the 

 Editor of our Canadian cotemporary wrote 

 the word " none," and that the printer set 

 it up nine. As a vast difference in the two 

 statements is caused by the substitution of 

 one letter, we hope that the Canadian editor 

 will make the necessary correction both 

 speedily and cheerfully. Justice demands 

 it, for the Union has defended only four 

 suits, and of these not one lias been lost! 



Tbe Great Sabject of tbe Day for the 



American people, is the exposed condition 

 of our great seaports, in a dozen of which 

 one-fourth of the wealth and resources of 

 the whole nation is accumulated. Destruc- 

 tion of a great port would spread ruin to all 

 parts of the country. Mr. Joseph Nimmo, 

 Jr., in his article, "Our Unprotected Sea- 

 coast," gives a lesson that all should read in 

 Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for March. 



Bees on Shares.— We have several In- 

 quiries as to the terms of such contracts, 

 and in order to answer them all at once we 

 will state the usual terms of such contracts. 



It is usual for one party to furnish the 

 bees, and the other the care and labor. The 

 expense of new hives for swarms, comb 

 foundation, sections and crates for comb 

 honey, kegs or barrels for extracted honey, 

 extractors, smokers, queens, etc., to be 

 equally divided. At the end of the honey 

 season the honey and increase of bees are 

 equally divided- leaving each to take all 

 chances of marketing as well as wintering 

 the bees. A written contract, stating the 

 whole agreement In full is always desirable 

 to prevent misunderstandings. 



Referring to an item on page 67, about 

 another bee-paper for Canada, Mr. Allen 

 Pringle, 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 mure inferior, half-supported 

 bee-Journals in Canada, let us have one good 



one Two papers cannot, in my opinion, 



thrive and succeed. 



Mr. W. F. Clarke, In the same paper, on 

 page 927, under date of Feb. 10, 1887, re- 

 marks thus : 



I most thoroughly endorse Mr. A. Pringle's 

 remonstrance afiainst the establishment of 

 another bee-paper in this country at present. 

 Certainly no one who has the best in- 

 terests of Canadian bee keeping at heart 

 will advocate the expediency of a rival bee- 



Eaper. Our friends from across the lines 

 ave committed the error of starting too 

 many bee-papers. They are constantly 

 springing up like mushrooms, and soon die. 



There is considerable truth in the remark 

 about there being too many bee-papers in 

 the United Stales, but three for Canada 

 would eclipse any showing that could be 

 made " across the lines." 



Too many bco-papers boom the pursuit, 

 weaken prices, and destroy confidence by 

 the premature death of the weaklings. 



We Commended that Michigan legisla- 

 tion matter to Prof. Cook, in our last issue 

 (page 115), and we are well persuaded that 

 it is In good hands. Mr. George E. Hilton, 

 President of the Michigan State Association, 

 writes thus : 



You are right Mr. Editor. I wrote to Prof. 

 Cook last week, and he says he will attend 

 to it. He thinks that there will be no trouble 

 in defeating such an unjust Bill. I liave also 

 written to the State Horticultural Society in 

 session at Hillsdale, to pass a resolution 

 against it. I have seen our representative, 

 and arranged to have the matter postponed 

 for 30 days, which he says he can and will 

 do ; in the meantime, I think our forces will 

 be sufBciently centered to over-balance any 

 efforts which Mr. MeCormick can make. 



Here follows a letter from Prof. Cook, who 

 accepts the trust, and will, as he has done so 

 many times before, see that justice is done 

 to the pursuit of bee-keeping. He says : 



The " Bill to wipe apiculture out of Michi- 

 gan " (that is my title to it) will never pass, 

 and will probably never be called up. Michi- 

 gan aims to foster her important industries 

 and not to throttle them. Such a Bill could 

 not get a dozen votes in the Michigan legis 

 lature. Still, I hope every bee-keeper in 

 Michigan will write to Hon. Mr. MeCormick, 

 Lansing, Mich., urging him to withdraw the 

 Bill. It will serve to enlighten him and 

 others as to the status of this business. 



for 1887.— Those on our 



Catalogues 



desk are from 



F. A. Snell, Mllledgeville, Ills.— 16 pages— 

 Apiarian Supplies. 



J. W. Powell & Son, Mankato. Minn.— 16 

 pages— Bees, Bee-Keepers' Supplies, etc. 



Smitii & Smith, Kenton, O.— 2-4 pages— Im- 

 plements in Bee-Culture. 



C. Weckes8er,Marshallvllle, 0.— 16 pages- 

 Bees, Queens, and Garden Seeds. 



David Hill, Dundee, •Ills.— 8 pages— Ever- 

 greens, etc. 



■Ezra Baer, Dixon, Ills.— 8 pages— Bees, 

 Queens, and Apiarian Supplies. 



Hughes c& Tatman, North Topeka, Kans.— 

 4 pages— Bees, Queens, Chickens, etc. 



Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass.— 16 

 pages— Ferns, Plants, Flowers, etc. 



W. W. Rawson & Co., 34 South Market St., 

 Boston, Mass.— 24 pages— Vegetable and 

 Flower Seeds. 



N. N. Betslnger, Maroellus, N. T.— 6 pages 

 -Perforated Separators. 



