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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 22, 1904. 



the pure article stored by the bees. A law of this kind, 

 however, will not be easily obtained if it applies to honey 

 alone. It will be much easier to secure a general pure-food 

 law, and it will be just as effective against the adulteration 

 of honey as if it referred to honey alone. The pure-food 

 law of Illinois, for example, is a case in point. A pure- 

 food commissioner makes it his business, supported by able 

 assistants, to look after cases of adulteration, honey among 

 other things, and as a result adulterated honey is no longer 

 placed upon the market as it was. If a law were passed re- 

 ferring to honey alone, it would be idle to think of having 

 a set of State officers appointed with the duty of enforcing 

 the law. No effort should be relaxed until every State in 

 the Union has on its statue books a good pure-food law. 





Miscellaneous Items 



Mp. L. L. Andrews, of Riverside Co., Calif., called on 

 us last week when in Chicago for a few days. He reports 

 no honey in his locality this year— in fact, it will be neces- 

 sary for bee-keepers there to feed. Mr. Andrews will at- 

 tend the St. Louis convention. 



" Facts About Bees and Honey "—the article on page 

 581 by J. E. Johnson, is being copied by local newspapers, 

 as we suggested would be a good thing to do. The Sauk 

 County (Wis.) News published it in full, Sept. 1. Mr.W. P. 

 Just, one of its proprietors, is a bee-keeper, and evidently 

 knows a good thing when he sees it. We trust that more 

 newspapers will copy the article. 



Geo. W. Brodbeek, of L,os Angeles Co., Calif., secre- 

 tary of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, has again 

 been very sick, so that he will not be able to attend the St. 

 Louis convention. This is greatly to be regretted, for all 

 wanted him there, and he doubtless was even more anxious 

 to be present. We trust he may speedily recover his health, 

 and meet with the National again at some future time. 



Rev. M. Mahin, D.D., of Henry Co., Ind., wrote as fol- 

 lows, Sept. 9 : 



" I will be 80 years old Oct. 22, and take as much pleas- 

 ure working with my bees, and in reading the American 

 Bee Journal, as ever. And I preach whenever I am called 

 upon. My wife and I will soon celebrate our 61st wedding 

 anniversary (Oct. 31)." 



Dr. Mahin is one of the oldest readers of this Journal. 

 We wish him and his still many more years of useful 



Wisconsin and Minnesota Bee-Keepers to St. Louis. 



I^f. L. F. Hanegan, of Glenwood, Wis., writes as follows 



about taking a carload of bee-keepers to the St. Louis con- 

 vention next week : 



I am planning to get together a car of bee-keepers to go 

 to the St. Louis convention, to leave St. Paul at 8:35 a.m., 

 Sept. 26, via Chicago. If we get 20 members we get a car 

 direct to World's Fair gates from here without change. 

 Car-fare for the round-trip is $13.00 ; no sleeper. Sleeper 

 can be had Chicago to St. Louis for $2.00. Already a 

 goodly number are planning to go with coach party. Any 

 one can join this car at any point on the Wisconsin Central 

 Railway, or at Chicago. L. F. Hanegan. 



Those who are interested and can possibly join with the 

 proposed car of bee-keepers from the Northwest, should 

 write to Mr. Hanegan at once. It will be a great trip for 

 all who can join in the company. 



I Sketches of Beedomites J 



OFFICERS OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION. 



These are pictured on the first page this week. Con- 

 cerning this " Big Four " we may speak as follows : 



W. H. LAWS. 



Mr. W. H. Laws, of Bee County, is the president, hav- 

 ing been elected to that office at the last meeting in July. 

 He is well known to the bee-keeping fraternity as of queen- 

 breeding fame. Many will know him as the author of the 

 use of the Baby Nucleus for mating queens, with which 

 thousands of queens are mated satisfactorily. As a bee- 

 keeper he has been successful for he has made some money 

 out of the business. 



Mr. Laws has a hive-factory of his own and makes his 

 own hives and fixtures, and also for some of his neighbors. 

 A gasoline engine is used for power. 



Mr. Laws is a fine man, upright in stature and very 

 pleasant in manner. He is well liked by the bee-keepers of 

 the State, and in electing him as President of the State 

 Association they have chosen wisely, and have secured a 

 man who is well qualified to fill the chair in a convention 

 hall. 



W. H. WHITK. 



Mr. W. H. White is Vice-President of the Association, 

 having been elected at the last meeting. He is another fine 

 Texas bee-keeper, like the president, and the two will take 

 good care of the presidential chair during theii term of 

 office. 



While Mr. Laws represents his district from the far 

 Southwest Texas country, Mr. White represents the far 

 Northern portion of the State, residing in Lamar County. 

 Here he has a steam bee-hive factory where thousands of 

 feet of lumber are cut up into bee-hives and other fixtures 

 the year around. 



LOUIS H. SCHOLL. 



Mr. Louis H. Scholl, of Brazos County, is still the sec- 

 retary and treasurer of the Association. Who does not 

 know him ? He has been a contributor to the columns of 

 the bee-papers as an advocate of the divisible brood-cham- 

 ber hive with which he has had splendid success. The 

 Hyde-Scholl separators, gotten out in 1898, are well known 

 to the section-honey producer, and reference has been made 

 to the extensive collection of the Texas Honey-Flora on 

 which he has been working for several years. 



Mr. Scholl holds the office as Apiarist and Assistant 

 Entomologist of the Agricultural and Mechanical College 

 of Texas, with which he has been connected since 1902, 

 and there he has charge of the State apicultural work. 



For 7 years he has held the office of Secretary of the 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, and although he has tried 

 to resign on account of being " too busy", he has not been 

 allowed to step out. That is just the kind of a man that is 

 wanted, hence he has to stay. 



H. H. HYDE. 



H. H. Hyde was appointed as Assistant to the Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer of the Association at the last meeting. Un- 

 til recently Mr. Hyde has been one of the members of the 

 Hyde Bee Co., of Southwest Texas, but he now resides in 

 San Antonio where he has charge of the new Falconer 

 Southwestern Branch House of bee-keepers' supplies. He 

 will also deal in bees and honey on a large scale. 



Mr. Hyde has always been very enthusiastic as a bee- 



