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CHICAGO, ILL, JULY 7, 1904. 



Vol, XLIV— No, 27, 





Editorial Comments 





JULY. 



There's a low, excited murmur in the branches of tbe trees ; 

 There's a note of expectation in the humming of the bees; 

 Tbe corn flings out its pennants and reaches toward the sky— 

 And, to the mowers' merry song, is ushered in July. 



All Nature turns to greet her, the fair mid-summer queen. 

 And swift before her magic wand, the gold supplants the green. 

 She bends above the meadows ; her touch is on the grain ; 

 And harvest time is come once more to valley, hill, and plain. 



In her hand she holds fruition of the promises of Spring, 

 A gracious benediction from the Palace of the King. 

 When her smile is resting on you, then be thankful to the Lord, 

 For her lilessing and her favor are the farmer's sweet reward. 



— Farm Journal. 



The National Association and Honey Advertising. 



It seems that the agitation that was begun a year or two ago at 

 the Denver convention, looking toward the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association doing something about advertising honey as food for 

 daily consumption, promises to result in something tangible in the 

 not distant future. 



.Mr. Dadant, on another page, gives his views on the subject, and 

 also urges the National to make an exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition. 

 In his article, he mentions having referred it to Mr. France, who re- 

 plied as follows: 



Mk. C. p. Dadant: — Your article is all right, and I approve its 

 ideas. I fear, however, it is too late for an exhibit at St. Louis; and 

 so many being short on the lyi 14 honey crop also cuts a figure. I do 

 feel that the National must do something soon in the way of advertis- 

 ing and helping on honey marketing. I have been quietly trying sev- 

 eral plans, some that will work perfectly providing each producer, and 

 afterwards dealers, would be honest with themselves and the Associa- 

 tion. To test my plans, I have lately purchased several thousand 

 pounds of honey and sold it, and by so doing saw how quickly some 

 will take advantage of it, if the National establishes a brand. Our 

 markets to-day are not half what they might be if the confidence of 

 the public in honest goods can be had; also, the superior value i>f 

 pure honey as food needs advertising. Seeing the State honey show 

 so poor at St. Louis is why, at my own expense, I am getting up this 

 State honey display of one-pound bottles, every kind of honey each 

 Slate produces. And I hope during the winter, in my lectures at in- 

 stitutes, to use some of the same to illustrate why all honey does u^t 

 look or taste alike. 



Our 435 colonies of bees have hardly enough clover for their liv- 

 ing; no show before basswood. N. E. Frasce. 



Our suggestion would he that at the convention in St. Louis, in 

 September, this whole subject of advertising honey be thorou^rhiy 

 discussed, and then appoint an able committee to prepare a plan %vhiili 

 shall afterward be submitted to the Board of Directors, and on their 

 approval put into effect. 



Also, as to the National taking up the matter of bandline "v 



branding the honey of its members — we think that is a matter that 

 needs careful consideration. It's a big subject, and requires the ex- 

 ercise of much wisdom to handle it properly. Better go rather slowly 

 on. that, is our judgment, until sure of being on the right track. 



Beeswax as a Solder. 



If a watering-can or other vessel in which nothing hot is to be put 

 has a leak, try beeswax as a solder. Warm over the stove the spot to 

 be mended, warm also the wax and put a bit of it flattened out on each 

 side the hole, then press firmly together. Perhaps propolis (wasn't it 

 Hasty that recommended propolis?) is still better. 



Nebraska State Fair Apiarian Exhibit. 



This great annual Fair will be held at Lincoln, Aug. '29 to Sept. 

 3, 1904. The part which will likely interest our readers most is the 

 apiarian exhibits, for which the following list of premiums are offered : 



BEES AND HONET— OPEN TO THE WORLD. 



1st 2d 3d 

 Pre. Pre. Pre. 



Best comb, basswood or white clover honey, not less 

 than 20 pounds, cased and in single-comb sec- 

 tions, weighing not more than 2 pounds each S5 00 S2 GO $2 00 



Best alfalfa honey, the same amount and cased as 



above 5 00 3 00 3 00 



Best sweet clover honey, the same amount and cased 



as above 5 00 3 00 2 00 



Best fall honey, the same amount and cased as above 5 00 3 00 3 00 



Best 20 lbs. extracted white clover or basswood honey .5 00 3 00 2 00 



Best 20 lbs. extracted alfalfa honey 5 00 3 00 2 00 



Best '20 lbs. extracted sweet clover honey 5 00 3 00 3 00 



(The above to have been extracted previous to July l.J 



Best 30 lbs. heartsease fall honey, to have been stored 



after Aug. 1 5 00 3 00 2 00 



Best 20 lbs. extracted alfalfa fall honey, to have been 



stored after Aug. 1 5 00 3 00 3 00 



Best 20 lbs. extracted sweet clover fall honey, to have 



been extracted after Aug. 1 5 00 3 00 2 00 



Best and largest display by any one, including bees, 



extracted and comb honey 15 00 10 00 5 00 



Best and most artistic designs in beeswax 7 00 5 00 3 00 



Best exhibit of apiarian supplies and implements. , . .15 00 10 00 5 OO 



Best display of honey in marketable shape, products 



of exhibitor's own apiary 15 00 10 00 5 00 



Best display of honey -candy,honey-sugar,and sweets, 

 by any one, in which honey is made to fill the 

 place of sugar 3 00 2 00 100 



Best honey-vinegar, not less than '-. gallon 3 00 3 00 1 00 



Best display of bees and queens in oliservatory hives, 



and not allowed to fly, not less than five cages. .10 00 5 00 3 00 



Best exhibition of extracting honey, to I 'e exhibited 

 on the grounds, under the direction of the Super- 

 intendent, not later than Thursday of the Fair.. 3 00 2 00 1 lid 



Best honey-extractor, test to be made by actual ex- 

 tracting upon the ground 3 00 3 00 1 00 



Best all-purpose single-walled hive 3 00 2 00 1 00 



Best all-purpose chaff hive 2 00 1 00 50 



Best bee-smoker 1 00 .50 35 



Following confined toexhibitors in Nebraska alone: 



Best display of apiarian implements and supplies, in- 

 cluding comb foundation drawn, and bees in 

 cages, not less than five cages 10 OO 5 00 3 00 



Best report of surplus honey stored by imy colony of 

 bees during the year 11104, amount (if stores, man- 

 ner of building up, handling, kind of hive used, 

 kind and c|uality stored, to be vt-rilied by owner. 

 Entries to conform with other entries of this class, 

 and report, with verification, 10 be filed with 



