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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Honey Hxliitots should now be 

 more magnificent than ever. The new- 

 Honey Medals are now nearly ready for 



delivery, and two will be sent to each 

 affiliated society, by Secretary Dadant,' 

 at the earliest possible moment. They 

 are furnished without cost to the local 



societies affiliated to the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, and will be 

 awarded by the local officers, one for the 

 best exhibit of comb-honey, and the 

 other for the best exhibit of extracted- 

 honey. Now for good-natured rivalry! 

 Let the best win I 



T'lie loi^a State Convention is to be 

 held next week. This is the "send off" 

 which the Winnebago Summit, published 

 at the home of President Secor, gives it : 



We notice that the programme is out 

 for the State Bee-Keepers' meeting at 

 Des Moines, during the State Fair, Sep- 

 tember 1 and 2. 



The bee is said to be a "hummer," 

 and we judge from what we know qf 

 this society under its present manage- 



ment, that its members are catching the 

 infection. 



It is not a good thing to have a "bee 

 in your bonnet," nor to fool with her 

 "business end," but alive society is sure 

 to buzz with business ; or, in other words, 

 to make business "hum." 



The State Bee-Keepers' Society is 

 making a "bee line " toward success. It 

 will get there. Its present head is a 

 Forest City man — Eugene vSecor. Ask 

 him for a programme. 



A Rank. Decision by a Justice 

 of the Peace is thus recorded and com- 

 mented upon by Mr. W. H. Duncan, of 

 Lawrence, Kansas, in a letter to the 

 Bee JoiTRNAL, dated July 31, 1891 : 



A novel case, that will probably be of 

 interest to your readers, was tried in this 

 city recently, which shows that you must 

 let a " bee " be or ^e won't let you " be." 

 The facts of the case, as elicited at the 

 trial are as follows : About three weeks 

 ago John Wey, an employee of Wm. 

 Hughs, a prominent farmer of the Kaw 

 Bottoms, was sent up a tree to saw off a 

 limb, to which was attached a good sized 

 colony of very irascible bees. Mr. Wey 

 Stated under oath that no protection 

 whatever was furnished him by Mr. 

 Hughs, so that the majority of the vul- 

 nerable parts of his body were assailable 

 by the insects. He prayed for $300 

 damages, under an old and obsolete law, 

 which says that "when a servant engages 

 in a hazardous undertaking, he must be 

 duly warned and protected by his 

 employer." Mr. Hughs wore a mask or 

 veil, but failed to give his man one, 

 hence, the Justice in the case found for 

 the plaintiff $50 damages. The testi- 

 mony in the case was very amusing to 

 the spectators and/the decision is consid- 

 ered somewhat rank. — W. H. Duncan. 



A swarm of bees are not usually apt to 

 sting much ; being filled with honey they 

 are considered amiable. In such a 

 " case " as the above there must be other 

 causes for a quarrel, and this is but the 

 "excuse" for a fight. There could be no 

 justice in it, except the person who tried 

 the case. 



H^" According to Mrs. Ewing, of culi- 

 nary fame, lemonade is the proper drink 

 for hot weather, being both cooling and 

 wholesome, 



