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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 19, 1904. 



some bee-keeper made a terrible blunder — just what he w»s going to 

 do himself. How he will smile and avoid the red light of danger that 

 he saw in the beejournal. 



Then, again, it the bee-keeper is at a loss to And out something 

 about his bees, and he can't see it in his bee- journal, how handy it is 

 for him to write to the editor, who is always ready to give his sub- 

 scribers the latest information that they may require. 



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Miscellaneous Items 





Mr. Morley Pettlt, of Ontario, Canada, wrote us May 6, as 

 follows : 



" Spring has really come now, and queens are working overtime 

 to make up for the long delay."' 



Mr. F. A. Snell, of Carroll Co., 111., called on us the first of the 

 month. He is one of the old-time bee-keepers, yet as up-to-date and 

 alert as the most progressive youngster in the ranks. He missed the 

 Chicago-Northwestern convention last December, but we think he will 

 not be guilty of so doing again. 



Mr. M. M. Rice, of Grant Co , Wis., one of our long-time 

 ■ readers, called on us recently with one of his sons who is just graduat- 

 ing from the Chicago Theological Seminary. Mr. Rice lost practically 

 no bees the past winter, having about 100 colonies. He is one of 

 Wisconsin's many successful bee-men, and a genial man to meet, as 

 well. 



Mike D. Mohr, whose apiary is shown on the first page, is one 

 of the younger bee-keepers, and lives in Rock Island Co., 111. The 

 picture does not show all of his bees. Mr. Mohr has read all the bee- 

 books of importance, and with his experience not only manages his 

 own bees, but also those of his neighbors. Last year was a very good 

 one for white clover honey in his locality. 



E. Zielke and Apiary appear on the first page this week. 

 He has kept bees over 5 years, and also has worked a camera over 2 

 years. The picture is of his apiary in Nebraska, when he lived there. 

 He has also kept bees in Alberta, Canada. 



The fall of 1902 he shipped H strong colonies of Italians to Alberta, 

 which were 14 days on the cars, and arrived very weak. They were 

 wintered outdoors, and by spring were dead. 



His Nebraska apiary averaged 23 pounds of comb and extracted 

 honey per colony in lfl02. 



Deacon Hardscrabble, who wrote both sense and nonsense 

 for the American Bee-Keeper for several years, passed away Jan. 2". 

 Considering his deaconship, he always seemed to scrabble hard to find 

 the good in any one, even if he did put it down in black and white in 

 a rather rough way. " Stenog " says in Gleanings that he " frequently 

 dipped his pen in sulphuric acid." Perhaps he imagined by so doing 

 his written words would have the same effect on the characters of 

 those he criticised as such acid has on dirty Ijeeswax. Still, it all 

 served to please the Deacon, and never harmed " the other fellow.'' 

 But " peace to his ashes " — without any sulphurous odors. 



Queen-Rearing and Its Proportions.— Mr. John M. Davis, 

 of Maury Co., Tenn., writing us May 4, said: 



George W. York & Co.— 



Dear Sim : — We have had the worst season that I have experi- 

 enced since being in the queen-business. Cold rains, high, cold winds, 

 and days at a time that a bee dared not peep out of the hive, have 

 been the order of the day. I am now returning all money to patrons 

 asking for queens by return mail, writing them that I can not fill their 

 orders before May 25 or June 1 — that it will take me nearly so long to 

 clear off my book. The i|ueen-trade is assuming immense proportions. 

 Yours truly, John M. Davis. 



Early queen-rearing, even in the South, seems to be interfered 

 with nearly every year by unfaTorable weather. This is exceedingly 

 unfortunate, for there are many bee-keepers who require early queens 

 in order to save colonies that became queenless during the winter. 



Mr. Davis says the business of rearing queen-bees " is assuming 

 immense proportions." True it is that the demand for queens is 

 growing from year to year. And the breeder that is prepared to sup- | 



ply that demand with good queens will not lack for generous and 

 profitable patronage, which is bound to increase as the seasons come 

 and go. 



White's Class Advertising Co. (which occupies the larger 

 part of this 9th floor of the Caxton Building, at .334 Dearborn St., 

 where our office is located also,) tendered a banquet to some of the 

 leading publishers and advertising men of this country at the Union 

 League Club, Chicago, on 

 the evening of May 5. It was 

 intended to limit the num- 

 ber of plates to 100, but it 

 became necessary to increase 

 the number, so that at the 

 banquet there were 135 pres- 

 ent. It was a rare occasion. 



Mr. Frank B. White, whose 

 picture appears herewith, is 

 the president of the Com- 

 pany. He has an advertis- 

 ing experience of IT years, 

 and is a leader along the 

 line of agricultural news- 

 paper advertising. About 12 

 years ago Mr. White started 

 the banquet idea among 

 agricultural advertisers and 

 jiublishers here in Chicago, 

 and it was said that it was 

 the first of the kind at 

 which no liquors were 

 served. Of course, this last 

 banquet fo lowed the same 

 commendable rule. 



It was the second occasion 

 of the White's Class Adver- 

 tising Co., last year's ban- 

 quet having an attendance 

 of but 85. It is the inten- 

 tion to make it an annual 

 event. It will be looked 

 forward to with great inter- 

 est by those who are so fortunate as to be invited to participate. Dr. 

 C. C. Miller was one of the guests on both occasions, and was probably 

 the " oldest boy " present on May 5. 



After the menu had been partaken of, Mr. White introduced the 

 Editor of the American Bee .Journal (the treasurer of the Company), 

 who read interesting extracts from a number of letters received by 

 Mr. White from those who regretted their inability to be present. 

 They seemed to realize trorti afar how much they were going to miss. 



Col. Hunter, of the Star Monthly, was afterwards introduced as 

 toast-master for the occasion. He in turn introduced the various 

 speakers of the evening. The general subject for discussion was, 

 " Higher Ideals in Advertising." There were about a half-dozen ex- 

 cellent addresses, which will appear in due lime in the monthly pub- 

 lication known as " White's Class Advertising," subscription price of 

 which is 25 cents a year. It is a compendium of information along 

 agricultural advertising lines, and one of the handsomest publications 

 of the present day. Any one who is at all interested in the subject 

 should read it regularly. 



White's Class Advertising Co. is devoted exclusively to preparing 

 and placing advertisements in the class of papers known as Agricul- 

 tural. The Company was organized about a year ago, and has had a 

 phenomenal growth. Its president, Mr. 

 White, is imbued with a spirit of high 

 ideals, and has an original way of carrying 

 them out in his work. On May 1st the 

 space occupied by the Company was more 

 than doubled, in amicipation of the in- 

 creased business which is promised for 

 another year. With the clean and honor, 

 able way of doing business which has 

 characterized the Company since its in- 

 ception, it certainly has a very promising 

 future. It is thoroughly equipped for handling its business in a satis- 

 factory and up-to-date manner. It is proving its ability and efllciency 

 daily. All it asks is an opportunity to serve the best interests of its 



Pres. Frank B. White. 



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