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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May S, 1904. 



started that does not first begin with a bee-supply business. Of course, 

 Mr. Morehouse's paper is a notable exception to this rule. But, then, 

 Mr. M. is an exceptional man. There have been others who thought 

 they were exceptional in the same way, but later found to their loss 

 that they were mistaken. 



However, if we say more, some will accuse us of jealousy in the 

 matter. But why should we be jealous of the American Bee Journal's 

 babies? We are not. We only feel sorry that nearly all of them are 

 such puny, weak little things, born only to fill an early grave. 



Latbr. — Since writing the foregoing, we have received the follow- 

 ing letter from Mr; Morehouse, dated April 21 : 



Friend York : — I have just sold the Rocky Mountain Bee Journal 

 to Mr. V. F. Adelsbach, of California, the editor of the Pacific States 

 Bee Journal, and manager of the Central California Honey-Producers' 

 Association. Reason: Mr. Adelsbach wanted it, and for more than a 

 year I have realized that I had " too many irons in the fire." I will 

 now devote my entire time to the production of honey. 



Kindly mention this change in the next issue of your journal. 



There will be no issue of the Rocky Mountain Bee Journal for 

 April. The outcome of the consolidation will be a new journal with a 

 new name, and a much better journal than has hitherto been published 

 in the West. Yours truly, 



H. C. Morehouse. 



And so " two little hearts will beat as one " hereafter, and under a 

 new name. Well, that's a little different from the usual way of " get- 

 ting married," as in the latter case only one of the united couple 

 changes the name — at least " in this locality." But "away out West" 

 they may be improving on the conservative old order of the East. 



In conclusion, we may say that we thinli Mr. Morehouse did a 

 wise thing for himself. But Mr. Adelsbach — well, he will get experi" 

 ence with the passing time. We really would like to wish him success, 

 but judging from the copies of the Pacific States Bee Journal that we 

 have seen, he has practically a limited idea of what it means to get up 

 a creditable bee-paper, either typographically or in any other way. It 

 is very unfortunate that one who is as sincere in his endeavors as Mr. 

 Adelsbach evidently appears to be, should feel called to publish a bee- 

 paper. It reminds us of the " call " that a very poor preacher had- 

 It was said of him that some one else was called, but that he heard it 

 and answered! Sincere, but mistaken. 



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Miscellaneous Items 





Mr. Sanford Hartinan, of Lincoln Co., Nebr., called on us 

 last week. He was on the return trip from attending his mother's 

 funeral in New York State. He is not only a successful bee-keeper, 

 but for 2" years has been an employee on the Union Pacific railroad. 

 He is one of those whole-hearted Westerners one reads about. 



The State Entomologist ol Georgia is doing some good 

 work in issuing bulletins, among which is one which will not fail to 

 make fruit-men better friends to bee-men. Bee-keepers will not be 

 surprised at this when they learn that the State Entomologist of 

 Georgia is none other than our old friend Wilmon Newell, late of Te.xas. 



The State of Illinois will not make an apiarian exhibit at 

 the St. Louis World's Fair, as the State Commission have refused to 

 grant the necessary money to pay for the same. We hope that, some 

 of these days, the bee-keepers of Illinois, after getting their strength 

 united, will arise in their might and insist that their demands be 

 granted at the hands of any commission that has the distribution of 

 public funds. There is no good reason why the bee-keepers' interests 

 of the great State of Illinois should not be adequately represented at 

 8t. Louis. 



Mr. C. F. Kannenberg and Apiary are shown on the first 

 page of this number. He wrote us as follows when sending the pho- 

 tograph, Feb. 36 : 



I commenced bee-keeping in 1895 on a small scale, with one col- 

 ony of bees, which I had to take for a debt for a pair of shoes. (I was 

 then in the shoe busiuess.) The first colony starved because I did not 

 know enough about them. Then I bought another colony, the book 



" A B C of Bee-Culture,'' the American Bee Journal, and other books. 

 I have studied them all pretty well, but do not know it all yet. 



This picture was taken by my son. I have now 80 colonies in 

 winter quarters. J use the S-frame dovetail hive, and run mostly for 

 comb honey. The last two seasons were poor. In 1903 I '^ot UTb 

 pounds of comb honey, and 22.5 of extracted ; besides increasing 25 

 colonies. 



The hives stand pretty close together on account of lack of room, 

 so I lost a good many young queens, which made the queenless colo- 

 nies. 



The hives all face south. In the picture I am sitting behind the 

 watering trough ; it is a large barrel with one end cut off, and the 

 bottom up. It holds the water for the bees to drink from. 



At my left are the shop and honey-house connected with the 

 barn. The shed at the back where are seen the hives, is the winter 

 shed. It is open in front in summer so I can put the colonies in. I 

 have two rows in now. 



I sell all my honey to local grocers. C. F. Kannenberg. 



Honey in a House.— Mr. H. Gilbert, of Jasper Co., Iowa, has 

 kindly sent us the picture of the house he mentioned some lime ago 

 as containing a colony of bees with very long combs. When sending 

 the picture he wrote as follows : ■ 



Editor York: — I have neglected to send that picture on account 

 of sickness in the family. I send it now. but it is not very plain. 

 The shade of the house-roof hides two feet of the combs. You will 

 notice that the center section is dark; that contains three pieces of 

 comb 2 feet wide by (5 feet long. You can see the comb on the right 

 very plainly, liut on the left it is not so plain. You will notice at the 

 left, on a line with the board that is partly off, a small, dark spot. 

 That is bees. The honey runs from the darlv center to the bees, be- 

 tween the upstairs floor and ceiling — a distance of 10 feet by 16 inches 

 wide, and 10 inches deep. The honey was weighed, and there was 

 302i.< pounds of it. H. Gilbert. 



The Apiary of \V. J. Forehand, of Lowndes Co., Ala., 

 appears on the first page. When sending the picture he wrote thus : 



Friend York: — I send a picture of a corner of my bee-yard. It 

 does not show any of the nuclei, as they are stored over several acres 

 of land below the part shown. This is where I have spent the most of 

 my bee-life, moving here in 1S~3. I have been interested in bees the 

 most of the time ever since. 



The two good-looking fellows in front of the house — the one in 

 shirt sleeves is myself, and the other is Fred W. Muth, of The Fred W. 

 Muth Co., who stopped over to spend the evening with me when on 

 his way to Florida. 



I have been a queen-specialist for about 15 years. After trying 

 every branch of the businesss I have settled down to " turn a queen- 

 crank " the balance of my time; that is, if the good people will be as 

 kind to me in the future as in the past. W. J. Forehand. 



Mr. J. Q. Smith, of Lincoln, 111., foul brood inspector for 

 Illinois, writing us April 28, said : 



Friend York: — I have had a very hard spell cf sickness. I was 

 taken down the first week in March, and was just able to leave the 

 hospital yesterday. I am very weak yet. My trouble was abscess of 

 the kidneys. I had a hard pull to get through. 



I expect to get to work inspecting about apple-bloom time. I am 

 very much behind with my corresponijence, but hope very soon to be 

 able to attend to all. J. Q. Smith. 



It seems Mr. Smith has had just a little more than his share of 

 trouble the past few months. Only a short time ago he laid to rest 

 his invalid wife, and now for weeks he has been compelled to suffer 

 physically as well. We hope he will soon be quite well again, and be 

 able to get out among the bee-keepers. 



Mr. Chas. Becker, of Sangamon Co., 111., is presented by 

 picture to our readers this week. He was born Feb. 16, 1S50, in 

 Weickerdschiem, Kries, Grunberg, Germany, and came to America in 

 1867, stopping in Cass Co., 111. He was married in 1871, in the same 

 county; his wife dying May 3, 1902. 



Mr. Becker began keeping bees in 1880. He moved to his present 

 location in 1886 with 70 colonies. As his hives were all painted white, 

 the people said he had a cemetery in town. 



Mr. B. has been a member of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers" Asso- 

 ciation ever since its beginniug, and has served as its treasurer for 

 about five years. He has also been a member of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Association for five years, and on the committee on pre- 

 miums. 



About 15 years ago he went into politics, and in 1897 was ap- 

 pointed postmaster at his place, which position he still holds. 



Mr. Becker has 15 acres in berries, and finds a man has plenty of 

 work during the months of June and July with bees and berries. He 

 keeps bees for pleasure, and has at present 75 colonies. 



