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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Jan. 31, 1901. 



ijjnoraut ueiglibors. This writer lias been a 

 member of the Association for nearly 10 years, 

 and has never had to call upon it for any help, 

 and never expects the time to come when it 

 will be necessary for him to call for such aid. 

 However, he would not think of being outside 

 of the Association, for. in view of such good 

 work as it already has done for bee-keepers, 

 he feels that it is a very little thing for him to 

 pay his ?1.00 a year to help. 



Instead of a membership of less than 600 

 there ought to be at least 6,000 bee-keepers 

 w ho have paid their annual dues to advance 

 the interests of the pursuit in which they are 

 engaged. There are many lines of work that 

 could be pusht if the officers of the Associa- 

 tion had the means to vmdertake it. But we 

 have always felt that even a larger member- 

 ship would of itself be a great influence ; if. 

 when an attempt is made to secure the pass- 

 age of a law against foul brood or spraying 

 fruit-trees, those working for the passage of 

 such law could say that the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association with its 6.000 member- 

 ship was unanimously in favor of such laws, 

 it would go far, we think, towards securing 

 the enactment of such measures. So long as 

 only a few of the thousands of bee-keepers in 

 this country deem it of sufficient importance 

 to belong to their National organization, we 

 can hardly blame legislators for paying 

 scarcely any attention to any resolutions or 

 suggestions that might come thru the Asso- 

 ciation. In numbers, as well as in a full 

 treasury, is their strength. It is true the full 

 treasury is very necessary, but the best way to 

 secure that desideratum is to get a larger 

 membership. More money will always follow 

 inereast membership. 



Not being an ofhcer of the Association we 

 feel very free to speak in its favor, and do all 

 we can to get others to join and send their 

 membership dues to General Manager Eugene 

 ■Secor, of Forest City, Iowa. However, as we 

 have often said before, if it is more conven- 

 ient for anj' one to send the dues to this office 

 we will be glad to receive it and forward to 

 Mr. Secor, who will then mail individual 

 receipts. 



♦ 



" The Uncappiiig-Fork continues to be 

 vaunted in the German bee-journals as supe- 

 rior to an uncapping-knife. It is made with 

 adj ustable forks or needles, so that if one is 

 broken it may be replaced. Price, with ex- 

 tra needles, 33 cents. '' So says a Stray Straw 

 n Gleanings in Bee-Culture. We have seen 

 one of the uncapping-forks referred to, in the 

 apiary of Mr. L. Kreutzinger, of this county. 

 We do not know whether he has tried to use 

 it, as he works mainly for comb honey. We 

 hardly think that it could take the place of 

 the uncapping-knife in this country. 



In Liove writh Your Business. — In 



one of our agricultiu-al exchanges we read 

 this recently : 



'■ The successful farmers arc the ones who 

 are in love with their business." 



•'In love with their business." That's it. 

 That's the secret of the truest success. You 

 may not become rich while following a certain 

 lifmorable business. You may not eiiual in 

 many ways your competitor's ability to get 

 ahead. But if you love your work there is 

 good prospect of the best success. 



We know some men who are " dead in 



love" with their work — if it were not so they 

 would turn their attention to something else, 

 for they are not getting rich in their present 

 business. But they are successful, neverthe- 

 less. 



It is the same way with bee-keeping. Seest 

 thou a man or woman in love with bees and 

 their care, surely such will succeed, for they 

 will persist until success is compelled to be 

 theirs. 



The j'oung man who is truly " in love'' 

 never gives up the struggle until the young 

 lady is won — or until he finds out the reason 

 why he fails of success. The same spirit of 

 determination should fire the heart of every 

 man who would win success in any line of 

 honest effort. 



I Weekly Budget j 



The Wiscoxsin [Conventiox will be 

 held at Madison next Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day. Feb. 5th and 6th, in the State capitol 

 building. A portion of the interesting pro- 

 gram is as follows ; 



President's Address, by N. E. France i Cel- 

 lar vs. Outdoor Wintering, by A. P. Miner: 

 Outlook for a Bee-Keepers' Exhibit at the 

 Pan-American Exposition in 1901, by E. D. 

 Ochsner ; Honey Exchange, by C. A. Hatch; 

 How to Maintain Present Prices of Honey in 

 the Event of a Good Honey Crop, by Harry 

 Lathrop : Short Cuts in Extracting, by Frank 

 Minnick : Discussion of J^aws Pertaining to 

 Foul Brood, by N. E. France; and Mrs. Evans 

 and Mrs. Towle will each present a paper on 

 subjects of their own selection. 



The secretary. Miss Ada h. Pickard, in her 

 announcement, says; 



Many of the prominent and experienced 

 bee-keepers will be present. 



E. R. Root, editor of Gleanings in Bee-Cul- 

 ture, will present his stereoptleon views ou 

 the evening of Feb. .5th. These we know to 

 be highly entertaining as well as instructive, 

 and to be appreciated they must be seen. 

 Since Mr. Root presented these at the Na- 

 tional Convention he has obtained many new 

 slides, which will prove to be instructive and 

 interesting to fruit-growers as well as to bee- 

 keepers. 



A general discussion will follow each topic, 

 and a free use of the iiuestion-box and an- 

 swers will be a prominent and valuable fea- 

 ture. . 



Excursion rates, within 300 miles of Madi- 

 son, one and one-third fare for the round 

 trip, ticket purchast Feb. 4th, 5th or 6th good 

 to Feb. flth. Tickets in Wisconsin, over '200 

 miles from Madison, same rate if purchast 

 Feb. 4th, good to Feb. 9th. 



Editor W. Z. Hutchinson, of the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Review, as well as the editor of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, expect to be present also. 

 We are anticipating a good meeting. Wis- 

 consin bee-keepers should turn out in full 

 force. 



Mr. O. O. Poppleton', it seems, has been 

 receiving considerable notoriety recently in 

 several of the bee-papers. About two months 

 ago we received his photograph, expecting to 

 use it in the Bee .lournal very soon after. Ijut 

 before we were able to do so we found that 

 the American Bee-Keeper had also decided to 

 present his picture, which appeared in the 

 December issue of that paper. Then, just 



after making up our forms of the last week's 

 Bee Journal, in which appeared Mr. Popple- 

 ton's picture, we received Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture, and discovered it there also. So it 

 seems that at least three of the bee-papers had 

 been planning to show Mr. Poppleton to their 

 readers. It is all right, as there is no one in 

 all the ranks of bee-keepers whom they would 

 be more pleased to see and read about. 



It was Mr. A. I. Root who said to his son 

 E. R. Root, when he (A. I.) had the editorial 

 management of Gleanings in Bee-Ciilture, 

 " Whenever j-ou see anything from that man 

 Poppleton just hand it right in to the printer. 

 It is always good. He is sound and practical." 

 Editor E. R. Root says he has found his 

 father's statement concerning Mr. Poppleton 

 to be literally true. 



Mr. Poppleton, as is known by most of the 

 older readers of bee-literature, uses what is 

 called the "Long-Ideal" hive, the frames being 

 13 inches square, and from '30 to '34 frames in 

 each hive. The.se frames are all used in the 

 brood-chamber, and, of course, are run en- 

 tirely for extracted honey. Mr. Root says; 



"Mr. Poppleton himself believes that the 

 hive first devised by Langstroth .50 years ago 

 has not been improved upon so far as shape 

 and proportion of frames are concerned, for 

 the production of comb honey. But the pro- 

 duction of extracted huiuy is so different he 

 thinks it is doubtful if the same style of hive 

 and frame can be best for both." 



Mr. Chas. Becker, as well as other api- 

 arian exhibitors at fairs, hear some queer re- 

 marks made by visitors who see the exhibits 

 of honey and bee-supplies. At the Illinois 

 fair last fall an old couple were gazing at Mr. 

 Becker's large exhibit of bottled extracted 

 honey. The old gentleman said to the old 

 lady : 



" What isthat along there in them bottles ?'' 



'■ I don't know unless it is an advertise- 

 ment for a drug-store," replied the lady. 



Mr. Becker is a very sweet " druggist." 



On another occasion some spectators were 

 strolling along and came to the honey-ex- 

 tractor. One of the company upon enquiring 

 what it was. received this wise answer from 

 another visitor; 



" Why, they put the bees in there, and 

 squeeze out the honey I ' ' 



And yet, some of us are just as ignorant 

 about certain things as were the people re- 

 ferred to in the foregoing concerning common 

 apiarian matters. 



Mr. H. G. Osbcrs, writing to Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture, from Cuba, Oct. 10, 1900. after 

 living there 13 years, advises any one contem- 

 plating bee-keeping in that country, to stay at 

 home unless one can first go there and learn 

 the difficulties to be encountered, and how- 

 best to meet them ; also as to insects which 

 delight to feast on "the rich red blood of the 

 new comer, the very best stimulant for a good 

 appetite.'' One year he extracted 73,000 

 pounds of honey from 600 colonies in five 

 months. 



Editor Root wisely saj-s : "No one should 

 ever think of ■ pulling up stakes.' taking his 

 all, and changing everything in a move to a 

 new locality, much less go to a climate that is 

 essentially different from the one in which he 

 has been brought up." 



