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THOMAS O. NEVinnAN, 



EDITOR. 



YoiniV. Noy.14,1888. No. 46. 



Ediwrml 'Bueemqs, 



When things don't go to suit you, 



And tlie world seems upside down, 

 Don't waste your time in fretting. 



But drive away that frown. 

 Since life is oft perplexing, 



It is the wisest plan 

 To bear all trials bravely, 



And smile whene'er you can. 



Oar Engrlisli Friend, Mr. T. B. 



Blow, made us a short visit last week. He 

 spent Sunday at Medina, O., and intends to 

 return to England very soon. He was un- 

 avoidably delayed in Wisconsin, and now 

 regrets that he has not time to accept the 

 many invitatrons to call on bee-keepers on 

 his return trip. He is a well-informed api- 

 arist, and has traveled in many countries in 

 the interest of bee-keeping. 



Wew Cook Hook.— On our desk is a 

 copy of " Miss Maria Parloa's New Cook 

 Book." It has an elegantly illuminated 

 cover, and is filled with wise, judicious and 

 palatable instruction. By adopting these 

 directions, house-keeping may be made sim- 

 ple, easy and elegant. It will be sent for 30 

 cents by the publishers, Estes & Lauriat, 

 301 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 



Honey Xurning to Sugar.— 



When we were at the Columbus Conven- 

 tion Dr. A. B. Slason gave us a bottle of 

 honey-sugar for our Museum. It was ob- 

 tained thus : Let a barrel of honey granu- 

 late, and after removing the head of the 

 barrel, scoop out and reraovS the honey in 

 tlie centre. After awhile the honey at the 

 sides will drain off the liquid portion and 

 become dry sugar. That Is how the doctor 

 obtained this. 



Bees in llie Museum Zoo.— Geo. 

 A. Wright, Glenwood, Pa., on Oct. 30, 1888, 

 says: 



I have just read the item from the Wash- 

 ington, D. C, SUii; on page 69U and by 

 your footnotes to the article in question, I 

 see that you believe there is some truth in 

 the statement. Now I happened to be in 

 Wasliingtim, U. C, on Oct. U and 12 (only 

 three days after the article in question was 

 written) and I spent the best part of two 

 days in the National Museum ; 1 looked the 

 agricultural and "zoo" departments through 

 with treat care ; made careful inquiry of 

 the Government officials, and none of them 

 had ever seen or heard anything of bees or 

 honey in the National buildings. Had 

 Miller or any one else placed bees on ex- 

 hibition in tlie Museum, I should have been 

 quite sure to have found them, for I had 

 bees and honey particularly in mind when 

 looking through the Museum. So just put 

 the reporter down with Wiley, Evans & Co. 



We know that Mr. Miller has bees on 

 exhibition, but the Star reporter may have 

 got things mixed up some on page 691. 



Since the above was in type Mr. J. P. 

 Miller called at this office, and we showed 

 him Mr. Wright's letter. He said he was 

 sorry Mr. Wright did not see the exhibit of 

 bees. They were in the department of live 

 animals, a small building just south of the 

 Smithsonian. Had he gone there it would 

 have been almost impossible to have missed 

 seeing them. They were near the south 

 window, just to the left of the large cage 

 containing the two black bears six months 

 old. If Mr. Wright still doubts Mr. Miller's 

 word, he can write for the facts to Mr. 

 Hornaday, Superintendent of the Depart- 

 ment of Live Animals in the Museum at 

 Washington, D. C. Mr. Miller, during the 

 warm weather, exhibits bees in the large 

 cities of America for a living, and he is an 

 adept at it. 



Oleomargarine, as a honey adul- 

 terant, is a strange thing, but that is what 

 the paper stated, as we quoted from it on 

 page 691. Our friend, A. I. Root, comments 

 thus upon it in Oleanmgs for Nov. 1 : 



According to the American Bee Journal 

 there are now reports started in the papers 

 that in Holland honey is adulterated with 

 olei/margarlne. This last is ahead of all 

 other previous false statements. We have 

 heard about glucose, old rags, boots, shoes, 

 etc., being used as material for making 

 spurious honev ; but oleomargarine is ahead 

 of them all. 1 wonder if the compositor or 

 editor had not lost his dictionary, and in- 

 tended to use some other word. 



No, friend Koot, it was not a typographi- 

 cal error. The writer may have been im- 

 bibing or enthusing, but the proof may be 

 found in Milfhell, a. d. Chem. Tech. Ver- 

 suchsanstalt in Berlin, 1886, page 14. We 

 hope some German apiarist will look it up, 

 and report in the Amekican Bee Jouunal. 



Xhe Xime tor Reading- has come, 

 with the long winter evenings. We have a 

 large stock of bee-books, and would like to 

 fill orders for them. To read and post up is 

 the way to succeed in any pursuit— in none 

 is it more important than in bee-keeping. 



A Correspondent in the Canadian 

 Dee Journal suggests that the Ontario Bee- 

 Keepers' Association liold a union mee^g 

 at Brantford with the next annual sesnon 

 of the International American Bee-Associa- 

 tion. Here is what he says : 



I see by the last Bee Jottunal that the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Association 

 is to meet at Brantford next year. Why not 

 have the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association 

 meet there with them ? I observe that you, 

 Mr. Editor, suggest that the Ontario Bee- 

 Keepers' Association attend in a body, but 

 I go one belter, and propose to liold both 

 annual meetings at once. "I may be wrong," 

 as Mr. Pringle says, in the suggestion, but 

 there is no way to find out how little a 

 fellow knows until he comes out and makes 

 himself heard. 



We heartily endorse the suggestion. One 

 large and enthusiastic convention Is far 

 preferable to two smaller ones. 



Bee-Keepers' Union.— After giving 

 a brief resume of the annual report of the 

 Manager of the Union, the Axistralasian 

 Bee Journal adds this paragraph, winding 

 up with an expression of good will and de- 

 sire for its prosperity : 



The report gives particulars of several 

 cases the Union has defended on account 

 of its members, and shows how the Union 

 has forced not only the now celebrated Prof. 

 Wiley, but also lawyers, doctors, and min- 

 isters to recant all they have said in con- 

 nection with artificial comb honey. The 

 Union has paid away principally in defend- 

 ing cases against bee-keeping during the 

 year ending June 30, 1888, S305.45, and the 

 balance in hand on the same date was 

 8358.27. Long may the Union flourish ! 



Colorado Climate. — Prof. A. J. 

 Cook writes as follows in reply to Mrs. 

 Harrison's article on page 718 : 



Let me assure Mrs. Harrison that Color- 

 ado climate seems not necessary. I have had 

 a small platof Rocky Mountain bee-plant for 

 over ten years. It blooms well, and has 

 attracted the bees freely each year. I have 

 just sown eight acres, and shall know what 

 is what next year. 



Farmers sliould keep a regular account 

 book, which will give them a full showing 

 of the transactions of the year, showing the 

 amount of profit or loss in each department, 

 together with all the receipts and disburse- 

 ments. Our Farmers' Account Book con- 

 tains 150 large folio pages, with useful in- 

 formation and reference tables at the end. 

 Price $3.00. 



We will present it to any one sending us 

 four new subscribers for a year, with 84.00 

 to pay for them. A little work in the dull 

 winter days will procure this nice present. 

 We send it by mail post-paid. It is hand- 

 somely bound. 



L.ast W^eek we sent bills for those who 

 are in arrears for subscription for a year and 

 more. We hope they will be prompt in 

 sending in this amount together with a 

 dollar for next year. 



