THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor. 



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Yoinni. Jnlyl3,188]. No. 28. 



1 liive for those who love me. 



For those who know me true, 

 For the heaven that smiles above me, 



And waits my coming too ; 

 For the right that lacks assistance, 



For the wrong that needs resistance, 

 For the future in the distance. 



And the good that I can do. 



Tbe Report of the second year's opera- 

 tions of the National Bee Keepers' Union is 

 published, and has been sent to all mem- 

 bers. Others can obtain a copy free of cost 

 at this olhce. 



Back Nunibera of the Bee JoitbnaIj for 

 this year are getting scarce. It any of our 

 new subscribers want them, they should 

 order them soon, or we may not be able to 

 supply them. Last fall we had to refuse 

 many applications for them, as they were 

 all gone In September. Say so at once, if 

 you want them. 



Mr. Ivar S. Young, of Chriatlania, Nor- 

 way, editor of the Norwegian bee-periodical, 

 intends to visit America about the end of 

 August, in the interest of practical and 

 progressive apiculture. He would like to 

 visit some apiaries while here. Invitations 

 may be addressed to this offloe. A visit 

 from Mr. Young will be quite an honor as 

 well as a great pleasure. He speaks English 

 as well as his own language. 



That misiionicr a "Bore."— Mr. G. W. 



Demaree appears to have put on his "war 

 paint," and already has taken the "war 

 path "on the naming (or misnaming) of ex- 

 tracted honey. In the Bee-Hiue for July he 

 remarks as follows : 



City people are used to high-sounding mis- 

 nomers, but not so In the rural districts. 

 This class of beekeepers are going to kick 

 like blazes when they see the hl/rh-sounding 

 misnomer slipping away. Mr. Newman, at 

 the head of the leading bee paper of the 

 country, has showed his shining metal 

 already. " Extracted " will die hard, but it 

 must golf its death throe shakes the earth. 

 We must batter away till foolish sentimen- 

 tality gives way to common sense and com- 

 mon interest. Let us who have found the 

 misnomer a bore to us, and an injury to our 

 pursuit, drop the name "extracted," as Mr. 

 Pinkertou has done, and very soon our 

 numbers will increase, and a more appro- 

 priate name for honey out of the comb will 

 take its place. 



There is one thing morally certain, time 

 has shown pretty clearly that if all the ad- 

 mirers of the name "extracted " were to go 

 out into the world "two and two" and 

 preach "extracted honey " till the "tattoo 

 of life" was beaten away, the world would 

 still look at the wiiole thing as a fraud, and 

 rightly, because the name " extracted 

 honey " itself is a fraud. 



This statement of the case Is very unfair, 

 ungenerous, unkind and untrue. Mr. Dem- 

 aree knows very well that we have never 

 even defendeii the term "extracted" as a 

 name for "honey out of the comb," much 

 less have we shown our " shining metal " to 

 fight for it ! and we hereby challenge him to 

 show a sentence of ours to substantiate his 

 assertion 1 



On the other hand, while we use the word 

 " extracted " (because it is the best we have 

 so far), we have often objected to it, as we 

 did last week on page 421. On page 291 we 

 used this language : 



Until a better name— one that can be 

 truthfully applied to it— can be found or 

 invented, we must stick to the name "ex- 

 tracted honey." Not that it is unobjection- 

 able, but it is the best that has been pre- 

 sented so far? The chief objection to it 

 is the fact that there are now so many 

 "extracts" on the market, and some people 

 think that this is the "extract of honey"— 

 not the real thing 1 We would like a change 

 —but it must be also on improvement ! 



Had Brother Demaree said that we ob- 

 jected to his pet name, "liquid," that would 

 have been true, for this was our argument 

 on page '291 : 



you please give us something better, and 

 then we will give you in return a rousing 

 " vote of thanks." We want a change— but 

 it must bo lor the better. 



We much prefer to call honey out of the 

 comb, simply "Honey," and that not taken 

 out, " Honey in the Comb." Now will some 

 one else try to suggest a new name ? 



White Clover and Bassnrood have 

 not yielded over one-fourth of the usual 

 crop of honey on an average this season, on 

 account of the severe drouth. The copious 

 rains of the past week, which have extended 

 nearly all over the Northwest, have ma- 

 terially improved the prospects for a good 

 crop of fall honey. Swarms have not ex- 

 ceeded 10 per cent. This is our estimate 

 from the reports which have been received 

 thus far. We want to caution all who may 

 have honey to sell, not to put it upon the 

 •market until after the hot weather— then 

 he prices will naturally advance. 



The only objection to calling it "liquid 

 honey" is the fact that very soon after it Is 

 taken from the combs, it granulates, and 

 then it is not a liquid ! As well might you 

 call ice liquid water ! as to call this candied- 

 sweet liquid honey ! It would be an un- 

 fortunate misnomer ! I 



We fully agree with Mr. Demaree that 

 "foolish sentimentality " must "give away 

 to common sense "—even if it be liquid sen- 

 timent I 



It he wants some one with gleaming steel 

 to fight with over the name " extracted," he 

 must find some o(?!«r man— some new man— 

 we are now too old for that I Besides, we 

 have placed ourself on record, over and 

 over again, as looking for a new name for 

 " honey taken out of the comb," and even 

 last week used this language which is both 

 plain, positive, and to the point : 



True, Bro. Demaree, the word extracted 

 is objectionable, as we stated on page 291. 

 We want a better name, and must discuss 

 the appropriateness of such names as are 

 used, whether proposed or not I Liquid is 

 not the word— will not be acceptable — and 

 will not be adopted. Bro. Demaree, will 



A Protest.— Mr. L. Highbarger, of Ade- 

 line, Ills., writes for publication the follow- 

 ing : 



I see that the notice is published calling a 

 union convention in Chicago of the " North 

 American " and " Northwestern " Societies 

 of bee-keepers Nov. 10 to 18, 1887. 



Now, as a member of both associations I 

 protest against that time as being unsuit- 

 able, for the reason it will come when we 

 should be putting our bees into winter 

 quarters ; that is, in the last halt of Novem- 

 ber. 



Another reason : There are quite a num- 

 ber of farmers who keep bees, and could not 

 attend, for the reason it will be in the corn 

 harvest. 



There are a great many other objections 

 that I could enumerate. Why not hold it in 

 the month of October? It is not a busy 

 time, and is a much more pleasant time of 

 the year. We can get reduced rates during 

 the Chicago Exposition. 



I want to hear from members of both 

 associations. Let them speak out and say 

 which would be the most preferable time. 



The reason for selecting Nov. 16 to 18 was 

 that in the second week of the " Fat Stock 

 Show" there would be reduced rates on 

 railroads ; but if this time is seriously ob- 

 jectionable, the time of the Exposition 

 might be selected, which is from Sept. 7 to 

 Oct. 22. Another reason for low railroad 

 fares then, is that in October there is to be a 

 Grand National Military Encampment and 

 Jubilee in honor of the fiftieth anniversary 

 of the incorporation of Chicago as a city. 



Any time will suit us. We only desire to 

 have it at the most convenient time for bee- 

 keepers generally. The officers of the 

 societies will no doubt be glad to accommo- 

 date all, or as nearly so as possible. So let 

 there be a shower of postal cards stating 

 preferences. You may send them to this 

 office, and we will present the result to the 

 President and Secretary. Remember the 

 majority rules ; and if you do not acton this 

 suggestion, you must not complain at the 

 result. Now state your views on this matter 

 at once. 



Forgive them; they know not what 

 they do.— Tbe anti-bee craze bas set in, and 

 is sweeping over the entire country. Every 

 day we hear of a new case of expulsion or 

 trouble of some kind as the result of ignor- 

 ance, on the part of the persecutors, of the 

 great good done by bees to fruit. This re- 

 minds us of a story. An Indiana farmer, 

 who told his boys to burn every bumble- 

 bee's nest they found on the farm, and who 

 was complaining at the failure of his clover 

 seed crop, was surprised when Maurice 

 Thompson, the naturalist, said : "That is 

 why your clover seed fails you. Bumble- 

 bees make your clover seed." It is a fact 

 that a strong nest of bumble-bees in a big 

 clover field is worth $20 to the owner ; for 

 these insects fertilize the blossoms, thereby 

 insuring a heavy crop of seed. In Australia 

 there were no bumble-bees of our kind, and 

 they could not raise clover seed there until 

 they imported some bees. 



