THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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TEOUAS a. KEWUAK, Editor. 



yoinill. Dec. 7,188], No. 49. 



Buzz, buzz, buzz 1 



Tbis Is the song of the bee. 

 Its legs are of yellow. 



And yet a good worker is she. 



Tlie Bee-Keepers who have been hold- 

 ing a convention in Chicago, are suspected 

 of trying to make the bees keep them. So 

 said the Chicago Daily Newa on the second 

 day of the convention. 



"I Don't Kaow when I have spent 

 three days so pleasantly as I did at the con- 

 vention at Chicago." Tbis Is the sentiment 

 expressed by ei-Mayor Eugene Secor, of 

 Forest City, Iowa, whose excellent " per- 

 sonal " poem we published last week. 



The Canadian " Honey- Producer " for 

 December Is on our desk. It contains over 

 14 pages of the proceedings of the late Con- 

 Tentlon at Chicago. It has thus demon- 

 strated that it Is wideawake, giving its 

 readers the latest news of interest. 



Wintering Bees was the subject given 

 to Mr. R. L. Taylor, at the late convention 

 in this city. It will be found In full on 

 pages 776 and 777, and a careful perusal 

 will convince any one that it was confided 

 to the right person. It should be, and we 

 have no doubt it will be, read and re-read by 

 thousands of our subscribers. 



The Annual Honey Prodnct of North 

 America is about one hundred millions of 

 pounds, and its value is nearly $15,000,000. 

 The annual wax product is about half of a 

 million pounds, and its value la more than 

 $100 000. There are about 300.000 persons 

 keeping bees In North America. We make 

 this estimate in response to many requests 

 for the most accurate statistics obtainable. 



Pbotograpbs.— We have received the 

 following photographs for our Bee-Keepers' 

 Album : Portrait, residence and apiary of 

 Mr. J. E. Cady, Medford, Minn. ; residence 

 and apiary of Mr. T. S. Bull, Valparaiso, 

 Ind. ; and honey exhlbitot Mrs. J. N. Heater. 

 Columbus, Nebr. The Lincoln Journal 

 states the latter was tastefully arranged, 

 striking in appearance, and was admitted to 

 be the finest exhibit ever made In the State. 

 All have our thanks for these valuable 

 additions to our desk album. 



Teacb the Young Folks.— In a short 

 notice of the " Book about Bees," on page 

 6.J9, by the Rev. F. G. Jenyns, wo made this 

 assertion : 



It Is Intended mainly for young people, 

 but no one, of whatever ago, can peruse its 

 pages without being greaily profiled. It 

 treats of the history, habits and instincts of 

 bees, and teaches the fundamental princi- 

 ples of modern bee-keeping. 



It Is just such a book as should be In the 

 bands of the young people of every land, 

 from which may be learned those lessons of 

 Industry, economy and thrift which are so 

 essential to the fullest measure of success. 



When the author had read that notice of 

 his book, he wrote us concerning it as fol- 

 lows: 



You quite enter Into the spirit in which 

 my book was written. As the young of to- 

 day are to be our future bee-keepers, I feel 

 that It Is most Important they should begin 

 early to know the first principles of bee- 

 keeping, and that they should not begin (as 

 Indeed no one ought! without knowing some- 

 thing of the natural history and habits of 

 the bee, and the economy of the hive, and 

 thus know the why and the therefore of the 

 direction for management given in the 

 guide books which may afterwards come 

 into their hands. 



My book, therefore. Is not a " guide," but 

 simply designed to clear the way for such, 

 and incite an interest In the youthful mind. 



This reminds us of the story of a butterfiy 

 and a bee, who are represented by A. H. 

 Baldwin, in LiUle Folks, as having a conver- 

 sation In which the bee carries off the 

 honors, by saying, "When Idle, the work 

 that I have done has not only maintained 

 me during my life, but will benefit others 

 after my death." Here la the story : 



On a splendid autumn day, when all the 

 flower-beds were ablaze with purple, and 

 orange and crimson, and gold, a modest 

 brown bee and a gorgeous butterfly found 

 themselves together on the same cluster of 

 a scarlet geranium. 



"Dear me, how you do s'ave, neighbor I" 

 said the butterfly. " Here have you been 

 working away ever so long on this one 

 flower, whilst I have roved over a dozen 

 beds in the same time. And then bow 

 people admire me, and stare at me, and run 

 after me 1" 



" Yes : and sometimes catch you," said the 

 bee ; "and kill you." 



The butterfly was somewhat taken aback ; 

 but he was a Jaunty fellow, and soon re- 

 covered himself. 



" Well, I'm off 1" he said. Tnu can stay 

 and plot here all day on one stupid flower 

 If you choose. Give me constant change." 



" All that is very fine," said the bee. " But 

 those who gad about so much, seldom do 

 any good work. Besides, as you say, you 

 only stop a moment on each flower, whereas 

 I never leave It till I have sucked all the 

 honey out of it. So I work, and yet fly about 

 all the same." 



" Yes, yes I" answered the butterfly. "But 

 all your toil only causes you to be killed for 

 the sake of your honey. I die after an idle 

 life, and you alter a busy one. But we both 

 die so where is the ditference?" 



"We must all die." said the bee; "but 

 there is a great difference. Tou die, and no 

 one regrets or remembers you. But when I 

 die. the work that I have done has not only 

 maintained me during my life, but will 

 beneflt others after my death." 



This book was written for youthful and 

 unfolding minds. and should be in the bands 

 of such. We can supply it for $1 a copy. A 

 copy of It and the Bee Journal for 1888 

 (both by mall postpaid) for $1.75. 



Father Langstrotta. — The following 

 from Mr. Hutchinson will explain itself : 



Enclosed you will find a card from Father 

 Langstroth, acknowledging the receipt of 

 the money sent him by the North American 

 Bee Keepers' Society. I think Its perusal 

 will more than repay all who contributed 

 their mites towards our dear friend's com- 

 fort. His card reads as follows : 



Dayton. O., Nov. '26, 1887. 



Dear Friend Hdtchinson :— The check 

 for $.13 20 was received. I heartily thank 

 my bee keeping friends for their kind re- 

 membrance. I'hat money enables me to 

 get a heating stove, which will be a great 

 comfort to myself and family. I often call 

 to mind the pleasant talks we had In that 

 front chamber of our hospitable friend 

 Newman. Was very sorry to learn that you 

 were such a loser by Are. My health never 

 was better. Your friend, 



L. L. Langstroth. 



It is a pleasure to know that the kind re- 

 membrances of his friends "In convention 

 assembled," will contribute to his comfort 

 during the coming winter. We often think 

 of his visit to the convention and at our 

 residence a few years ago, and It seems that 

 our friend has not forgotten it either. May 

 the future days of " the grand old man " be 

 pleasant and peaceful. All will be glad to 

 learn that bis health " never was better." 



The Odor of Honey pervades the halls 

 and rotunda of the Commercial Hotel, while 

 the products and all paraphernalia of the 

 apiary may be found in the ladles' ordinary. 

 It Is there that the Bee-Keepers' Union Con- 

 vention le in progress.— Chlcaoo Herald. 



An Illustrated Instrnctlon-Booli of 

 Bee-Keeping, is the name of a bandy 

 German pamphlet of over 200 pages, that 

 we have recently received. Mr. J. G.Bess- 

 ler, of Ludwigsburg, Germany, Is its author. 

 It is a thorough and complete treatise on 

 bee-keeping and the nature of bees. The 

 illustrations are exceedingly distinct, and 

 the whole mechanical work of the pamphlet 

 is a credit to the art of printing. To those 

 who read the German language, this work 

 will doubtless prove a great aid in bandlinK 

 bees properly, and thus return to the bee- 

 keeper all the benefits to be derived from 

 the right management of bees. 



Home Markets.- The Chicago '.Tribune, 

 In its report of the convention, says : 



" Controlling the price of honey," was the 

 subject allotted to Mr. M. M. Baldridge, of 

 St. Charles, Ills., and ho advocated the 

 working up of the home trade by honey- 

 producers, and that the surplus only should 

 be sent to the large cities, where "boney- 

 houses" controlled by the producers should 

 distribute the product at a fair, remunera- 

 tive, and uniform price. 



Mr. Baldridge has followed It up with 

 more on the same subject in this week's 

 Bke Journai,. 



Mr. Eugene Secor's essay on the sub- 

 ject of " Bee-Keeping alone, or with other 

 pursuits." will be found on page 774 of this 

 Issue. When other pursuits are necessary, 

 Mr. Secor prefers dairying, gardening, poul- 

 try, and the cultivation of small fruits. 



Some stated that it was appropriate to 

 unite bee keeping with professional work 

 which provided intervals of leisure during 

 the five busy months for apiculture. A 

 perusal of Mr. Secor's essay will repay you. 



France has always been a land of In- 

 trigue, and the recent events, which shake 

 the present government, bring forward Gen. 

 Boulanger, wbom they were scheming to 

 suppress. Toe sketch by W. H. Gleadell, In 

 Frank LenlU's Popular Monthly for Decem- 

 ber, gives all needed Information of this 

 "Coming Man."! 



