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THO S. G . NEWMAN g ^SON, 



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EDITOR. 



Voini?. Jnly25,1888. No. 30. 



Only » Utile, modest flower, 

 But tli« hee, that busy rover, 



Gathers many a store of sweets 

 From tlie modest, wee white clover. 



And so, in the quiet wallis o£ life. 



Sometimes a song is given, 

 Only a strain that our ears have caught 



Of the melodies sung in heaven. 

 —Maude Meredith, in Vlck's Mag. 



Xlie Xerritorial Fair of south Da- 

 kota will be held at Mitchell, on Sept. 24 to 

 28, 1888. Charles Keith, of Volfja, is the 

 superintendent of the Apiary Department. 

 Thirty dollars are offered in premiums. 



Comb Honey keeps best in a warm, 

 dry room— the temperature should not go 

 below 80% and a liltle warmer would be 

 even better. The whiteness of the comb 

 would be better preserved in a dark room. 

 The honey will " gather moisture " when 

 the temperature goes below 60°. 



Capt. .1. E. Hetltering-ton is rep- 

 resented by an engraving in the Norwegian 

 bee-paper, Tidsskrift Diskjotsel, for July. 

 Mr. Ivar S. Young, the editor, was enter- 

 tained by the Captain at his residence in 

 Cherry Valley, N. Y., when he visited 

 America last year. Capt. Hetherington is 

 the most extensive apiarist in America, as 

 well as a genial companion and friend. 



Jn»«tioe tor Uee-Keeper^.— W. H. 



Shirley, Millgrove, Mich., on July 12, 1888, 

 writes thus when sending his dues to the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union : 



While the prospect here is that I shall not 



get one dollar's worth of honey from my 

 ees this season, yet, when i see what peo- 

 ple will do for spite or jealousy, I gladly 

 give the SI. 00 to the National Bee- Keepers' 

 Union for justice, which will "ever come 

 uppermost." 



XUe Annnily.— Conceming the pro- 

 prosed annuity of Father Langstroth, Dr. 

 C. C. Miller, of Marengo, Ills., on July 13, 

 1888, wrote us as follows : 



FiiiEND Newman :— I enclose a letter 

 from "Amateur Expert," which explains 

 itself. I am conhilerit tliat American bee- 

 keepers, as a rule, will l)e only too glad of 

 any interest that the Hritish apiarists may 

 take in "Fatlier Langstroth," who belongs 

 not to us alone, but to the bee-keepers of 

 the world. Yours truly, C. C. Mii>ler. 



The letter from our English friend, who 

 signs himself as " Amateur Expert," is as 

 follows : 



Herts, England, June 19, 1888. 



Dr. MrLLEi:.— D(((/' .Si/- .•— You will have 

 seen in the columns of the British Bee Jtmr- 

 nal what a letter of mine to the Editor, on 

 behalf of "Father Langstroth" has led to, 

 amongst British bee-keepers. Sufticient 

 time has not yet transpired for ray appeal 

 to be commented on in the States, and for 

 those comments to have reached us on this 

 side. The last of your bee-papers to hand 

 is the American Bee Jourstal of June 6, 

 which came yesterday. 1 ain writing you in 

 this matter, as I tind you have the matter in 

 hand, and several on this side are slow to 

 subscribe, las they say, judging from past 

 experiences, the movement is liable to give 

 offence to Americans. The collection made 

 for the poet Whitman, they quote as a case 

 in point. 



I venture to think there is sufficient 

 fraternity amongst bee-men to enable us all 

 to unite in helping our friend Langstroth, 

 considering the man and the circumstances, 

 without our for one moment offending the 

 dignity of Americans. We are nothing if 

 not proud, but I trust our pride is not of 

 that false kind that would not allow us to 

 accept the co-operation of Americans in 

 any work of philanthropy we may under- 

 take, and I am sure 1 can count on Ameri- 

 cans for a similar feeling. 



Should such an expression arise on your 

 side, I am sure I can count on you to rightly 

 express our feelings about it, but for myself 

 I confess 1 have no such fears, my experi- 

 ences of Americans lead me to give them 

 credit for better things. I trust you will 

 get a good round sum f(ir our old friend, and 

 that many will remember the injunction, 

 " To do good and to communicate forget 



not, for . Believe me to be, 



Yours very sincerely, 



" A.MATETJB Expert." 



Let none of our English friends think for 

 a moment that American apiarists are so 

 vain and foolish. We rejoice in the hearty 

 co-operation expressed by "Amateur Ex- 

 pert," for Father Langstroth belongs not to 

 America alone, but to the bee-keeping 

 world, as Dr. Miller so noblj expressed it- 

 like Huber and Dzierzon. 



Our English cotemporary, the Bee-Keep- 

 crs' Recmd for July, contains the follow- 

 ing editorial remarks from Mr. W. B. Carr, 

 on the same subject : 



We draw attention to the fact that an ef- 

 fort is ju~t now being made among British 

 bee-keepers to supplement the fund.in course 

 of collection In America for the benefit of 

 the Rev. L. L. Langstroth, to whom apicul- 

 ture is indebted perhaps more than to any 

 man living. He it was who first demon- 

 strated the fact that bees would build a 

 comb within a given rectangle inside a bee- 

 hive without attaching the frame either to 

 the hive sides or floor board. Here lies the 

 basis whereon all our modern improvements 

 are built ; and " Fatlier Langstroth," as he 

 is affectionally known in America, to whom 

 we thus as bee-keepers owe so much, is, we 

 are sorry to learn, none too well provided 



with the worldly comforts which should ac- 

 company the declining years of a well spent 

 and useful lire. Owing to his advanced 

 aue, and some affliction in the form of 

 a head trouble," the reverend gentleman 

 has, for some years past, been compelled to 

 relinquish his clerical duties, while, chiefly 

 as we believe owing to' his unrequited 

 labors in the cause of apiculture, his 

 pecuniary circumstances are known to be 

 such as will render a generous public appre- 

 ciation of his work very acceptable. Had 

 ' Father Langstroth" been less unselfish in 

 his labors, there would have been less need 

 for the present effort. 



As it is, there is need for it, and we trust 

 our readers will not ignore the fact. Some- 

 thing has been said — and well said — in 

 our cotemporary, the British Bee Jour- 

 niil, on the need for bee-keepers this side 

 of the Atlantic aiding their American 

 brethren in the good work of which we 

 speak. We, however, prefer to place it be- 

 fore the readers of the Record in a very 

 matterot-fact way, and earnestly hope our 

 appeal may be responded to. It is less to 

 the few who are able and willing to give 

 their five guineas, or even their one guinea, 

 as to the great bulk of bee-keepers gentle 

 and simple who will' read these lines. 

 Nothing would be more gratifying to us, as 

 editors of the Record, than to receive even 

 a single shilling trom every one of its read- 

 ers, in aid of the Langstroth Fund. It 

 would enable us to hand over a very hand- 

 some addition from this country to the sum 

 being raised, and it would confer on all con- 

 tributors the privilege of lending a helping 

 hand in a very worthy effort for the benefit 

 of a worthy Christian gentleman. 



(Donations may be sent either to W. 

 Broughton Carr, Higher Bebington, Che- 

 shire, or to W. Raitt, Blaigowrie, Perth- 

 shire.) 



We are only too glad to see that Father 

 Langstroth is appreciated by English api- 

 arists, and that they are willing to honor 

 him as one of the greatest living lights in 

 the apicultural world. 



<(ueen Bees can now be sent by mail 

 to Canada. The following letter from N. 

 M. Bell, Esq., Superintendent of Foreign 

 Mails, to Dr. S. W. Morrison, Oxford, Pa., 

 shows that the Canadian Postal Department 

 decided on July 10, 1888, to receive queen- 

 bees and their attendants in the mails from 

 the United States. Thus ends another 

 annoyance to which American queen-breed- 

 ers have been subjected, and one which 

 came at the time when the interruption was 

 the most annoying— just at the shipping 

 season ! Here is the letter : 



Washington, D. C, July 14, 1888. 



Sir;— Referring to my letter No. 82,033, 

 of the 7th instant, in reply to yours of the 

 6th, I have to inform you that, under date 

 of the 10th instant, the Canada office has ad- 

 vised this Department that it assents to the 

 proposition that packages of queen-hees and 

 their attendant bees shall be admitted to 

 the mails exchanged between the United 

 States and Canada, when so put up as to 

 prevent injury to those handling mails, 

 while at the same time allowing an easy 

 verification of the nature of the contents. 



Pursuant to this notice. United States 

 postmasters have been Instructed that, for 

 the future, packages of bees are entitled to 

 be forwarded l)y mail to Canada at the same 

 postage rate, and under the same conditions 

 as would apply to thera if they were ad- 

 dressed for delivery in this country. lam, 

 very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

 NicuoLAs M. Bell, 

 Superintendent Foreign Mails. 



