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floitoy as Foort.— We copy the fol 

 lowiug item from the British Bee Journal 

 on " honeyed food :" 



The aim of your new venture would, may- 

 hap, be furthered by the gathering together 

 of receipts for eatables in which forms a 

 part. 



In the hope that you will find room for 

 siieli, and that others of your readers will 

 adil to tlie stock, I send the following by 

 way of beginning : 



III Miss Gordon-Cunimings's Wanderings 

 in CTiina, wherein she describes a Chinese 

 dinner, occur " ham stewed in honey," and 

 " pears sliced in honey," " crab-apples and 

 chestnuts preserved In honey and dried." 

 We are not told what kind of pears are used, 

 but our stewing pears seem suitable. 



It does not appear whether the ham is 

 cured, or stands for leg ; but perhaps the 

 latter, for we have it, in his own Confes- 

 sion that St. Patrick found fresh pork sea- 

 soned with lioney so luring that he ate more 

 of it than was good for him. Being on board 

 ship, where thev were short of provisions, 

 at last they fell in with a herd of swine, of 

 whom, killing many, they ate their fill, sea- 

 soning the meat with an opportune find of 

 wild honey. As might he expected, St. 

 Patrick had night-mare. This was not due 

 to the honey, but to the surfeit of pork to a 

 starved stomach. 



Tour readers are advised (1) to try such 

 of the Chinese dishes as they have a chance, 

 and(2) to take warning by St. Patrick.— G. 

 0. WuAY, L.L.D., Bedford. 



lu America our best liams are cured with 

 honey, and pears and apples are often pre- 

 served in honey. In fact, honey has the 

 quality of preserving, for a long time in a 

 Iresh state, anything that may be laid in it 

 or mixed with it, and to prevent its corrupt- 

 ing in a far superior manner to sugar ; thus 

 many species of fruit may be preserved by 

 being laid in honey, and by this means will 

 obtain a pleasant taste, and give to the 

 stomach a tieaithy tone. One who has once 

 tried it, will not use sugar for preserving 

 fruit. 



Honey may replace sugar as an ingredient 

 in the cooking of almost any article of food 

 —and at the same time greatly add to Its 

 relish. 



Digestion (all-potent in its effects on the 

 mind as well as the body) depends largely 

 on the food. Poor honey, received into a 

 poor stomach, is the cause of many un- 

 happy homes— while good, healthy food, 

 received into a healthy stomach becomes 

 "an Angel of Peace" to many a house- 

 hold. 



S. J. VOUI\GiTIAI\. 



The following is a biographical sketch of 

 this successful apiarist of Michigan, written 

 at our request, by Mr. Youngman himself : 



My father was born in Tioga county. Pa. ; 

 and my mother in Boston, Mass. My father 

 afterward removed from the United States 

 to the Dominion of Canada, but becoming 

 complicated in the so-called rebellion or 

 patriot war of 1837-38, he was obliged to 

 leave. Applying to the Mayor of the city of 

 London, tor a " pass " to the United States, 

 lie was told by him in a very emphatic and 

 bombastic manner, " Yes, I will give you a 

 pass to London jail, and from there to 



h ." A hint being sufficient for the wise, 



he, like the Arabs, " folded his tent and 

 silently stole away." coming to Michigan ; 

 and the subject of this sketch was born at 

 Oxford, in Oakland county, on Feb. 1, 1848, 



tainingat one time 140 colonies in Lang- 

 stroth hives, and with all the modern im- 

 Ipiovements, such as extractor, comb foun- 

 dation, etc. 



In 1884, I conceived the idea of having 

 bees wintered in the South, and the same 

 sent to the North in time for the basswood 

 bloom. Bees having wintered disastrously 

 at the North, a contract was made with Mr. 

 E. T. Flanagiin, of Illinois, to try the pro- 

 ject. Accordingly a carload of bees were 

 sent from Keiiner, La., in a common freight 

 car, via Chicago, arriving at Lakeview, 

 Mich., on the evening of .June 19, 1884, hav- 

 ing been about ten days cji route. Many 

 colonies had perished for want of .stores. 



As no agreement had been made with the 

 railroad companies between Chicago and 

 the place ot destination, they evidently 

 thought that so valuable a consignment 

 should pay a round transiinrtation price, and 

 so the modest charge of S489 was fixed upon 

 by the companies of the two roads that the 

 bees passed over. I refused to acceed to 

 their exorbitant demand, and also to take 

 the bees. The railroad agent having such 

 an "elephant" upon his hands, was obliged 

 to call upon me tor assistance to remove the 

 bees from the car, and also to take care of 

 tliem, wliich I was of cour.se glad to do, as 

 they were in need of having the dead bees 

 lenioved from the hives, etc. The charges 

 were finally reduced to $140, which was 

 quickly paid, and the bees removed to my 

 farm some three miles from the depot. 



I will not receive any more bees by 

 freight, but will sometime give, in the Bee 

 .louRNAL, my views as to how bees should 

 be sent by express. 



Although largely engaged in farming 

 (having a farm of 480 acres), I still have 

 time to attend to the bees. 1 had about 30 

 acres of Alsike clover the past season, and 

 the result shows a larger yield of honey 

 than any apiary near, that did not have 

 access to the same. S. J. Youngman. 



8. J. YOl WOMAN. 



entitling him to the distinguished title of 

 " Wolverine." 



RofeUing^.— An exchange wisely makes 

 the following seasonable suggestions : 



Stimulative feeding in early spring often 

 produces robbing. This should be carefully 

 guarded against, as disastrous results are 

 often produced at this season by robbing. 

 Colonies are weak in bees.andare not liable 

 to protect their combs with such certainty 

 as when strong in numbers at other seasons 

 of the year. Hence we should be on our 

 guard at the critical time. It should be as- 

 certained if every colony has a fertile queen. 

 This is the best preventive. Colonies hav- 

 ing defective queens are always the founda- 

 tion of trouble, and such never fail to come 

 to naught it neglected. If good queens are 

 not at hand to till the deficiency, they 

 should be united with other colonies con- 

 taining good fertile queens. 



My father again removed to Montcalm 

 county, settling in the town of Cato, in 1856. 

 It was then a new country, and he moved 

 through 30 miles of unbroken forest, appar- 

 ently only the home of the Indian and the 

 wild beast. Tlie making of sugar from the 

 maple tree, and bunting of the deer, was a 

 source of revenue, and a pastime. It was 

 also soon found that the woods were full of 

 wild bees— the more strange, as there were 

 no domesticated ones within at least 20 

 miles, and there but a few. 



The hunting of bees soon was practiced, 

 and the cutting of some huge pine trees for 

 the honey was a much-looked-for event. 

 The honey was quickly sold at a price that 

 would make a modern apiarist smile ; and 

 although the honey was mostly from bass- 

 wood, the way it was handled would make 

 the purchaser of the present day decline, 

 with thanks. It was when enjoying tliis 

 exciting sport and revelling in the delicious 

 sweet, stolen from the wild bees, that 1 con- 

 ceived the Idea of doiiiesticating some of 

 these, which were regarded, at that time, as 

 being unmanageable insects. So some 

 medium-sized trees containing bees were 

 selected, and let down gently with a block 

 and line. But this did not suffice. A deep 

 interest was aroused. The interior of these 

 log hives could not be exposed, so some 

 movable-frame hives were procured, and 

 some of the bees transferred. This was 

 the beginning of an extensive apiary, con- 



T%o Iletter Evidence of the spread of 



modern bee-culture over the world has 

 lately reached us than a little journal pub- 

 lished in Mahon, Balearic Islands, east of 

 Spain, entitled Remista Apicola (Apicul- 

 tural Review). It is edited by Francisco F. 

 Andreu, and Is tlioroughly abreast with the 

 latest improvements. Mr. Andreu has just 

 been traveling through France and Eng- 

 land, and has adopted the system most 

 prevalent in the latter country. The large 

 yields per colony made in England seem to 

 astonish Mr. Andreu ; but we seem to think 

 his astonishment will increase when he 

 learns the large yields made by Edwin 

 France, for instance, in hundreds of colo- 

 nies. He speaks of apiculture in France as 

 being In a very backward state. He says 

 that in the garden of Accllmitization, in 

 Paris, the old box-hives are shown as repre- 

 sentative of apiculture in France to-day. 

 The journal has S pages, and Is published 

 at a nominal price which does not seem to 

 be stated.— GtedJiinfls. 



■•'avors llie Syrians. — John H. 

 Guenther, Theresa, Wis., writes : 



I commenced with 37 colonies last spring, 

 and some of these were rather weak, be- 

 cause I put too much confidence in outside 

 packing. I work for extracted honey, and 

 depend upon Alsike and basswood chiefly 

 for surplus. I have nearly all Syrian bees, 

 and for our short season I think they are the 

 best. 



