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under the new act. I then wrote very 

 elaborately to Secretary Foster. I 

 showed him that the spirit of the law 

 did not require a strict construction, 

 that under the old law bees received 

 special consideration ; that the new law 

 could not be kept, so as to do justice to 

 bee-keepers, and that equity required 

 that a liberal construction should be put 

 to the new act; otherwise the spirit of 

 the law would be disregarded, many 

 people injured, and injustice done to a 

 most worthy class of our people. 



1 am very glad we have won this 

 battle so early. I expected we would 

 win in the end. I did not expect so early 

 a victory. " Ever the right comes 

 uppermost, and ever is justice done." 

 A. J. Cook. 



Agricultural College, Mich., June 18. 



Honey-Oew.— Mr. S. Burton, of 

 Eureka, Ills., reports that his bees have 

 gathered nearly a thousand pounds of 

 the so-called honey-dew from the walnut 

 trees. It is as black as tar, and he does 

 not know what to do with it. The bees 

 gather large quantities of it every 

 morning. 



Some I^eaves are sent us by Mr. 

 Henry W. Schmadaka, of Germanville, 

 Iowa. They are thickly covered with 

 the so-called honey-dew. We never saw 

 such a heavy covering of it before. 



Kire destroyed the dwelling of Mr. 

 Geo. H. Kirkpatrick, of Union City, Ind., 

 on June 16, 1891. It was insured, as 

 such property should be. 



IV. H. IVorton sends us more of 

 his very thin comb-foundation. This is 

 thinner than ever. It takes 36 sheets 

 to weigh. a pound. 



C 'W. Banker died at Morgan- 

 town, N. C, leaving his widowed mother, 

 Mrs. G. Lamb, without, other means of 

 support than the revenue from his bees. 

 She desires employment in a family. 

 Any one in that locality will do her a 

 favor to correspond with her on that 

 matter. 



Hon. J. M. Hambaug-li is en- 

 titled to the hearty thanks of the bee- 

 keepers of Illinois for the efficient work 

 he has done in the Legislature, as 

 shown by his report on page 15 of this 

 issue. We have assisted him in every 

 way within our power, by writing 

 personal letters to Senators and Repre- 

 sentatives, asking their influence and 

 votes in favor of our pursuit, etc. We 

 are satisfied with what has been accom- 

 plished, and in behalf of the bee-keepers 

 of the State, we tender our hearty 

 thanks to Mr. Hambaugh for his 

 energetic work— not forgetting those 

 who assisted in carrying the measures 

 through to a final vote. 



Xlie Squire and the Bees.— 



A comical scene in a court room was 

 reported in the Dubuque Telegraph on 

 June 15, 1891. Two neighbors had 

 quarreled, and one of them entered a 

 suit before Justice Carson to recover 

 damages for the bite of a dog, which, 

 during the quarrel, attempted to defend 

 his master. The Telegraph adds : 



In addition to being Justice of the 

 Peace, 'Squire Carson runs a bee-yard, 

 and during the progress of the trial he 

 was frequently compelled to interrupt 

 the attorneys, sometimes in the midst of 

 their flights of eloquence, saying, 

 "Excuse me, but the bees are swarming, 

 and I'll have to go out and take care of 

 them." The 'Squire, no doubt, hopes it 

 will be many years before he will have 

 to settle a dispute between neighbors 

 again. 



Keeders have been received from 

 Abner Brown, of Michigan. They are 

 to be screwed to the back of the hive, 

 after boring a hole in it. We much pre- 

 fer several others already on the market, 

 which require no such work.* 



1^" The California Bee-Keeper has 

 been removed from San Francisco to 

 San Mateo. No May number was issued 

 on account of moving. The June issue 

 has just arrived. 



