THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



227 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol. mi. April 13, 1887. No. 15, 



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Ob! Happy tbe lil)- 



That is kissed by the bee ; 

 While sipping tranquilly. 



Oh ! quite happy is she. 

 Also, happy are both. 



As when lovers confide, 

 The gallant chieftain doth 



Embrace his lovely bride. 



M. HI. Baldrtdge has gone to Mississippi, 

 where he will remain for several months, 

 having some bee-interests there which re- 

 <]uire his presence and personal attention. 



" Bees," says the Scientific American, 

 " can remember a man." We didn't know 

 that, but we have frequently had reason to 

 believe they could dismember him. 



" Wlio Imported the first Italian bees, 

 and when was it ?" asks a correspondent. 

 We reply that Mr. Samuel B. Parsons is 

 credited with that achievement. His first 

 ■queens were received in March, 1860. 



Made a Slate.— The Bee-Keepers' Maga- 

 zine for April announces a slate for officers 

 for the projected Honey Producers' Conven- 

 tion for May. It is this : 



President, James Heddon ; Vice-President, 

 A. J. Cook ; Secretary, W. Z. Hutchinson ; 

 Treasurer, Thos. G. Newman ; Historian, 

 Rev. W. F. Clarke. 



No, sir ; we shall smash that slate in ad- 

 vance. We announced last November (page 

 72.3) that we could not accept any official 

 position. It the organization was effected, 

 and gave good and sufficient reasons for our 

 decision. We then added ; 



The editor of the Bee Jour.wi, already 

 has more "public duties "than he can well 

 perform, and bears more of the " honors " 

 which such bring than he cares to carry. 



If the convention is to be held in May, it 

 Is quite time for arrangements to be an- 

 nounced. Would it not be better to defer It 

 until the meeting of the North American 

 Society, to be held next fall V 



Another Fraud.— Mr. Willis M. Barnum, 

 of Angelica, N. Y., has sent us a marked 

 copy of a circular sent out by a "concern" 

 in South Bend, Intl., which calls particular 

 attention to a "Ueolpe" which It has for 

 sale called " Golden Crystal Honey." Agents 

 are advised that It puts " a paying business 

 within the reach of all," with " profits im- 

 mense 1 1" 



Our readers will laugh at the immense 

 profits when they read this : 



Profits as a result from the manufacture 

 of the Golden Honey. One hundred pounds 

 can be made in less than one hour at a cost 

 of less than 7 cents a povind. and sells 

 readily at an advance of bee-honey for 25 

 and 30 cents a pound, many people pre- 

 ferring it to bee-honey. 



Any one should know that pure extracted 

 honey can be purchased for the price which 

 this " vile compound " can be made, and 

 which agents are e.xpeoted to sell at 25 to 30 

 cents per pound 1 But "the Agents' Friend" 

 does not tell them where they are to find 

 "suckers" to buy the "vile trash " at such 

 an extravagant price, unless they may find 

 It In the paragraph which reads thus : 



The Golden Honey Is an article of unsur- 

 passed excellence, and it is fast working its 

 way Into the homes of private families and 

 public hotels. With unstinted perseverance 

 our efforts have heon crowned in securing 

 a secret to manufacture the Golden Honey, 

 and we defy the best judges to tell it from 

 the purest bee-honey, and many experts 



Eronounce it superior, as not like the bee- 

 oney, it will never ferment or become 

 rancid, but will keep any length of time in 

 any climate. There are nine ingredients 

 used in the composition of the Golden 

 Honey, any one of which If absent It would 

 be impossible to create the bee principle, 

 consistency and flavor of our Golden Honey. 



Hotel keepers usually know too much to 

 be taken in by such villainous trash, and 

 certainly know more of the cost of food 

 products than to pay three times the price 

 for it that would buy pure honey 1 I 



The " fool-killer " ought to make a trip to 

 South Bend and "rid the earth" of the 

 deceitful rascal who wrote the above para- 

 graph. While ho defies "the best judges to 

 tell it from the purest bee-honey," yet these 

 same "experts pronounce it superior" be- 

 cause, forsooth, it will not "become rancid." 



We have heard of rancid oil, rancid butter, 

 rancid bacon, but never thought any one 

 would be such a fool as to think honey would 

 become rancid ! The composition of the 

 "nine ingredients " called "Golden Crystal 

 Honey" may become rancid, but could 

 never become as rank as the brains of that 

 bombastic writer I 



The " Agents' Friend " tells its dupes that 

 they can make a profit of $150 on 1,000 

 pounds of its vile compound, and adds : 

 "You will always find ready sale for the 

 Golden Honey," the recipe for which " costs 

 only two dollars, with the exclusive right to 

 manufacture and sell In a town of not over 

 20,000 inhabitants." They are assured that 

 there is " big money In the business " by the 

 writer, wh6 adds : 



Grocerymen are glad to oet it, as very 

 many of their ciietomers will buy It In pref- 

 erence, and pay more for it than for the 

 bee-honey. Any ordinary kitchen utensils 

 are only necessary for the making of the 

 honey, and the increasing demand will soon 

 double any amount of capital that may be 

 invested in the business. 



This caps the climax ! First it was just as 

 gmid as bee-honey ; then it was superior to 

 it ; now customers will pay more for It than 



for bee-honey, and therefore " grocerymen 

 are glad to get it I" 



This is unbounded cheek, or else the rav- 

 ings of a lunatic. The fact Is that there has 

 been so much of a hue-and-cry about adul- 

 teration, that It is quite difficult to convince 

 consumers that even pure honey Is the 

 genuine article, when offered to them ; but 

 this crank would have us believe that con- 

 sumers prefer this " composition " to pure 

 honey, and are willing to pay for it three or 

 four times the price of the pure honey 1 



" What fools these mortals be I" 



Bees Dislike tlie Odor of the stable; and 

 horses when in a state of perspiration are 

 very liable to be stung, If In the neighbor- 

 hood of an apiary. The San Diego, Calif., 

 Union contains the following from a corres- 

 pondent, who had a valuable horse stung so 

 badly, so that in his agony he rolled upon 

 the ground : 



A smudge was made with damp straw, 

 and the bees thus driven away from the 

 horse, then the animal was given a good 

 dose of laudanum— several tea-spoonluls 

 altogether— and In this manner the pain was 

 considerably relieved. He soon recovered 

 sufficiently to be taken to the stable, and 

 was then thoroughly sponged with a strong 

 solution of common baking soda and water. 

 This was repeated, and the result was the 

 animal entirely recovered ; if this treatment 

 had not been adopted he would unquestion- 

 ably have died. 



While the soda is an excellent remedy, 

 perhaps a better thing to have used would 

 be a solution of ammonia. It is well known 

 that a little of this will quickly relieve the 

 pain when a person is stung, and it would 

 doubtless act much quicker on the horse 

 than would the soda solution. However, 

 either is good, but the application of lauda- 

 num to quiet the suffering animal seems to 

 be a novelty in veterinary practice. 



Sections Filled tvltli Comb.— Some 



one has sent us an article of 10 sheets on the 

 above subject, but as it bears no name, post- 

 office, county, or State, we know not from 

 whom it came. Will the author please sup- 

 ply this deficiency in order to save it from 

 the waste basket, as we publish no anony- 

 mous communications. 



It is said that the sting of a bumble-bee 

 contains only one-fiftieth part of a drop of 

 poison, but it sends it home with as much 

 enthusiasm as if It were a gallon.— BurHng- 

 ton Free Press. 



New Catalogues and Price-Lists are 



on our desk. Those desiring to obtain any 

 of them should send to the addresses given 

 —not to us. The following have arrived 

 during the past week : 



J. C. Bownan & Co., North Lima. O.— 18 

 pages— Bees, Queens, Apiarian Supplies and 

 Poultry. 



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

 Bees and Apiaiian Supplies. 



F. J. Crowley, Batavia, N. Y.— 6 pages- 

 Bees, Queens, and Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Charles Hill, MountJHealthy, O.— 1 page- 

 Queens. 



L. L. Esenhower & Co., Beading, Pa —10 

 pages— Grape Vines. 



H. H. Brown, Light^Street, Pa.— 20 pages- 

 Bees, Queens, and Apiarian Supplies. 



C. D. Black, Brandon, Iowa— pages- 

 Bees. Queens, and Honey. 



C. L. E.ikin. Wadestown, W. Va.— 1 page- 

 Bees, Queens, etc. 



