AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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The Honey Bee : Its Natural History, 

 Anatomy, and Physiology. By T. W. 

 Cowan, Editor of the BHtish Bee Journal, 

 illustrated with 72 figures and 136 illus- 

 trations. 



This is the title of the latest book on 

 Bees. It is not a manual for directing 

 the methods of manipulation in an 

 apiary, but a book of 200 pages on the 

 "natural history, anatomy and physi- 

 ology" of the honey bee. It is printed in 

 the highest style of the art, and the illus- 

 trations are marvelously fine. The subject 

 matter is as interesting as a novel and 

 withal highly instructive. It is nicely 

 bound in cloth, and should have a large 

 sale. We have ordered a stock of these 

 books, and can supply orders about the 

 end of February. Price, postpaid, 75 

 cents. 



This book has already created a 

 considerable amount of interest and stir 

 in scientific circles, as there is no other 

 book that treats of the natural history 

 of bees in the same qaanner. It is 

 already being translated into French and 

 German and will probably be translated 

 into several other languages. The illus- 

 trations are new and original, and it has 

 taken a long time to prepare the draw- 

 ings for them. The result, however, 

 quite repays for the labor. 



Tin Honey Cans. — A correspondent 

 in Nevada, Mo., on Jan. 15, 1891, 

 wrote us as follows : 



I wish you would try to get an expres- 

 sion from the large dealers in honey, and 

 the commission men, stating the sizes of 

 tin cans in which extracted-honey sells 

 the best. Also, as to the favor bestowed 

 on kegs. A discussion on this subject by 

 those who handle large lots of honey 

 would be of interest to many readers of 

 the Bee Journal. 



We will gladly publish anything that 

 may be furnished on this subject, and 

 Invite the wholesale and retail dealers to 

 give us their views and experiences with 

 the different packages for extracted- 

 honey, stating also their preferences and 

 those of their customers. 



Trade-Mark for Honey. — The follow- 

 ing letter on the above subject is of 

 interest to all : 



Dr. Mason, Byron Walker and myself, 

 were appointed a committee, at the 

 Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Convention, 

 held in Detroit, on Jan. 1 and 2, to try 

 and arrange with the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, to have it issue a 

 " Trade-Mark " to its members, to use 

 on honey labels. Just how it can be 

 done, does not occur to me, but I think 

 you, as manager of the Union, can devise 

 some plan to bring it about. If such an 

 arrangement can be made, it will add 

 wonderfully to the ranks of the Union, 

 as well as being a great benefit to the 

 bee-keepers generally. M. H. Hunt. 



Bell Branch, Mich., Jan. 12, 1891. 



We invite all the members of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union, and others 

 who are interested, to discuss the matter 

 thoroughly in our columns, in order that 

 we may arrive at some beneficial conclu- 

 sion, as speedily as possible. 



IW The first number of t\ie American 

 Bee-Keeper is on our desk. It contains 

 16 pages and a cover, and is nicely 

 printed. The name is unfortunate — it 

 being so much like ours, that there is 

 some danger of its being mixed up with 

 it, especially when its editor calls it a 

 " bee-journal." Another thing is to be 

 regretted : It has inserted advertise- 

 ments not only without authority from 

 the advertisers, but against their protest, 

 and then offers a "discount on the first 

 order for goods," when mentioning that 

 "journal." When this "special dis- 

 count " is repudiated, as we are informed 

 that it will be by the advertisers, there 

 will be trouble. It is unbusinesslike 

 in more ways than one, and should be 

 promptly changed. We mention this by 

 special request of their advertisers, who 

 are greatly annoyed over the matter. 



Bee-Keepiiig- lor I»rofir, by Dr. 



G, L. Tinker, is a new 50-page pamphlet, 

 which details fully the author's new system 

 of bee-management in producing comb and 

 extracted honey, and the construction of 

 the hive best adapted to it— his "Nonpareil." 

 The book can be had at this office for 25c, 



