THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



passed for the purpose of persecuting 

 their neighbors. The sugar honey law, 

 which has been offered to two parHa- 

 nients in succession gives itself away by 

 its wor(Hng; evidently not so much intend- 

 ed for general enforcement as for a handy 

 club to hit prominent heritics." Certain- 

 ly, these are strange statements. Com- 

 ments are unnecessary. The bill below, is 

 a sufticient answer. 



Then, farther along, the writer contin- 

 ues "The act is so draconically worded,, 

 that the most innocent beginner in the 

 land could be put in prison under it for 

 no greater crime than feeding sugar to his 

 starving bees to keep them alive over 

 winter." 



Doubtless, Mr. Kditor, some one must 

 have imposed upon the Review. I wrote 

 the Bill, and I am not ashamed of it, 

 and I regret that it did not become law 

 unmutilated, but, to place beyond con- 

 troversy the point as to whether, when 

 first introduced to Parliment, it contained 

 the necessary proviso for feeding sugar to 

 bees when necesssay to do so for food for 

 them, I wrote T. S. Sproule, M. P., who 

 had the bill in charge, and here is his re- 

 ply, and also the bill which, in due course, 

 he kindly sent me. 



M.\RKD.\LE, Jan. 31, 1899. 

 My Dear Pettit— 



I was most agreeably sur- 

 prised, on receipt of your letter of the 26tli 

 inst. to hear from an old friend whom 1 

 have so often tliought of and wondered 

 how he was fareing in life. I need scarce- 

 ly say I trust our pleasant associations to- 

 gether during the time you were in Otta- 

 wa, and the faithful and energetic way 

 you stuck to and advocated the "Pure 

 Honey" question, endeared you to me to 

 such an extent that I can never do other 

 than think in the most kindly way of yrui. 

 I am perfectly satisfied that in the first 

 Kill there was provision for feeding bees 

 sugar when refjuireil for food, but it is so 

 long since, and memory is so treacherous, 

 that I tnight be mistaken; and, to put it 

 beyond contradiction, I have written the 

 clerk of the Distribution Office to send 

 me a copy of the orginal Bill as introduc- 

 ed; and when that is received I will for- 

 wanl it to you, and then you can put an 

 effiectual quietus to those untruthful 



statements which from time to time ap- 

 pear in the bee journals. 



Vours truly, 



T. S. Sproule. 

 S. T. Pettit lisq., 

 Belmont. Ont. 



(Copy of the Bill.) 

 TTK;R Majesty, by and with the advice 

 and consent of the Senate and House 

 of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 



No imitation of honey, or "sugar hon- 

 ey" so called, or other substitute for hon- 

 ey manufacturetl or produced from cane 

 sugar or from any other substances other 

 than those which bees gather from nat- 

 ural sources, shall be manufactured or 

 produced or oiTered for sale in Canada, 

 or sold therein; and every person who 

 contravenes the provisions of this Act in 

 any manner shall, on summary conviction, 

 incur a penalty not exceeding four hun- 

 dred and not lers than one hundred dol- 

 lars, and in default of payment shall be 

 liable to imprisonment for a term not ex- 

 ceeding twelve months and not less than 

 three months: Provided that this Act 

 shall not be interpreted or construed to 

 prevent the giving of sugar in any form 

 to bees, to be consumed by them as food. 



Yes, the bill was offered to two parlia- 

 ments in succession; but it did not fail 

 because of its faultiness, but because of 

 the malicious and unscrupulous attacks 

 upon it from those within our own ranks; 

 assisted mightily by mixers and adultera- 

 tors. We have similar laws to protect 

 our butter and cheese; and we know how- 

 to appreciate them. 



Bki.mon'T, Ont. March, 15, 1899. 



ood things 



'2ii Pram Oftier Joufoals, 



SET.ECTriD BY DR. A, B. MASON. 



HKK-KKKPING AN KNNOBIJNG PURSUIT. 



TN the report of the late annual meeting, 

 i of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, published in the Canadian Bee Jour- 



