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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



I^ast IJVeek: we mentioned, on page 

 749, the fact that the London Journal of 

 Horticulture had apologized for the libel- 

 ous article it had published, written by 

 " Hallamshire Bee-Keeper," and that 

 the lawsuit had been withdrawn. Here 

 is its apology in full : 



We have received notice that the arti- 

 cle which appeared on page 211 of the 

 Jouimal of Horticulture for September 3, 

 1891, under the heading of " Punic 

 Bees, and Those who Know Nothing 

 About Them," and signed a "Hallam- 

 shire Bee-Keeper," charges the editors of 

 the British Bee Journal and Record, 

 Messrs. Cowan and Carr, while purport- 

 ing, in answer to an inquiry, to give all 

 the information in their power about the 

 so-called Punic bees, that they deliber- 

 ately suppressed facts within their 

 knowledge, and thus gave a false account 

 of matters of interest to the readers of 

 their journal. That the article also in- 

 sinuates that Messrs. Cowan and Carr 

 have some personal and unworthy motive 

 for concealing facts which it is plainly 

 stated they must have known. 



There was no mention of Punic bees in 

 the Record of June, 1890, nor has there 

 been any allusion to them either editori- 

 ally or by any of its correspondents. There 

 is also no statement in the Record for 

 June, 1890, that Mr. Carr had a Punic 

 stock in his possession, and he has never 

 written anything about Punic bees. 



It is suggested that the appearance of 

 the article in question might be due to 

 an oversight, and not to any intention to 

 injure any one. That is certainly the 

 case, for it is far from our desire to make 

 reflections on the reputation of those for 

 whom we have never entertained feel- 

 ings other than those of true respect, 

 and we now desire to express our regret 

 that the article referred to appeared, 

 and to withdraw all the charges and in- 

 sinuations therein contained. 



If You Have any honey to sell, 

 get some Honey Almanacs and scatter 

 in your locality. They will sell it all in 

 a very short time. We have a few 

 Almanacs for 1891, which we are selling 

 at half price. 



J^" If those who are in arrears will pay up 

 during December, and add a dollar for 1892. 

 we will present each one with a copy of 

 "Rural Life", or the Convention Hand-Book 

 (see pages 793 and 800), as they may select. 



Xlie Honey Almanac for 1892 

 will be published this week, and all 

 orders for it will be filled by the time 

 this JouENAL is in the hands of its 

 readers. Honey producers should scatter 

 these Almanacs liberally, not only to 

 pay for getting them up, but to inform 

 the public generally about the uses of 

 honey, and the benefit to the physical 

 system by its generous consumption. 



A Biogfrapliical sketch of Prof. 

 A, J. Cook is given in the American 

 Agriculturist for December, accompanied 

 with a half-tone engraving. We notice 

 in it this well-deserved compliment : 



Prof. Cook's special field of science is 

 well know to all, for, as an entomologist, 

 he has achieved remarkable success. 

 While not unmindful of the value of 

 " truth for truth's sake," he finds his 

 greatest pleasure in working along many 

 extremely practical lines in economic 

 entomology. 



As a teacher. Prof. Cook has seen his 

 department in the college grow from 

 practically nothing — for he created it — 

 to one of the best equipped laboratories 

 and museums in entomology in this 

 country, and it has become a center in 

 the Western States, where young men 

 gather for advanced work. His former 

 pupils fill many responsible positions in 

 the colleges and experiment stations in 

 this country. 



An Ideal Bee Funeral (?)— An 



exchange gives a fanciful description 

 of a bee funeral. Bees are not usually 

 credited with sympathy or sentimental- 

 ism, but the writer of this item evidently 

 thinks they should possess such traits if 

 they do not. He says : 



Two bees were observed to issue from 

 a hive, bearing between them the body 

 of a comrade, with which they flew for 

 a distance of ten yards. Then, with 

 great care, they put it dow^n, and selected 

 a convenient hole at the side of the 

 gravel walk, to which they tenderly com- 

 mitted the body, head downwards, and 

 then afterwards pushed against it two 

 little stones, doubtless in memoriam. 

 Their task being ended, they paused 

 about a minute, perhaps to drop over the 

 grave of their friend a sympathizing 

 tear, and then they flew away. 



