AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Feb. 21, 1901. 



William H. Lockerby Quincy 



Frederick F. Sovereign Three Oaks 



James W. Humphrey Wayland 



Arthur D. Bangham Homer 



Hugo Charles Loeser Jackson 



George W. Moore I'ort Huron 



Jerome W. Nims Romeo 



William S. Pierson Flint 



John Robson Lansing 



Anthony B. Schuniaker Grand Ledge 



Robert B. Loomis Grand Rapids 



Augustus W. Weeks Lowell 



George E. Nichols Ionia 



Hiram M. High Ovid 



Albert E. Sleeper Lexington 



Theron W. Atwood Caro 



John Baird Zihvaukee 



William D. Kelley Muskegon 



Frank L. Westover Bay City 



Ellery C. Cannon Evart 



Augustine W. Farr Ouekama 



Ambrose E. Palmer Kalkaska 



Alfred J. Dougherty Clare 



Daniel P, McMullen Cheboygan 



Oramel B. Fuller Ford Kiver 



Gad Smith Marquette 



Charles Smith So. Lake Linden 



LIST OF REPHESESTATIVES. 



Name Vounly or District 



Adams, C. Spencer Van Burcn 



Alward, Robert Ottawa 



Ames, Dr. J. W Wayne 



Balleutine, Silas L St. Clair 



Barnaby, Horace T. Jr Kent 



Baumgaertner. Leonard Saginaw 



Baumann, Jacob Wayne 



Bland, Joseph Edward Wayne 



Bolton, Earl B Alpena Dist. 



Bonser, John E Bay 



Boyd, William Calhoun 



Branch. Norris H .Jackson 



Burns. David E Kent 



Bushnell, William B Branch 



Byrne. Charles J Maniuette 



Campbell, Thomas G Midland Dis. 



Carton, John J Genesee 



Chandler, William Chippewa Dist. 



Chapman, Ira G Macomb 



Colby, Sheridan J Wayne 



Combs, John H Lenawee 



Corwin, Alva H Osceola Dist 



Curtis, William L Cheboygan Dist 



Dennis, Orville Wexford Dist 



Dingley, Edward N Kalamazoo 



Dunn, James St. Clair 



Dupont, Charles Wayne 



Doyle, Michael S Clinton 



Ferry, Dexter M. Jr Wayne 



Foster, William J Calhoun 



French, Charles B Monroe 



Gee, James J Muskegon 



Gillette, Joel H Berrien 



Goodrich. Lester A Hillsdale 



Gordon, John R Marquette 



Hellenbeck, C. A Eaton 



Handy, Sherman T Dickinson DLst 



Hardy, Anson R Ingham 



Harley , Charles I Mason 



Hastings, Ernest W Grand Traverse Dist. 



Hemans, Lawton T Ingham 



Henry, John Saginaw 



Holmes, John W Gratiot 



Hunt, Fred A Wayne 



Hurst, William A Wayne 



Kerr. Angus W Houghton 



Kidder, Charles B Lapeer 



Kirk, William Tu^'iila 



Kanouse, Luther C L n i 1 1 l;v| i m 



Laflamboy, C. H MMiiicalm 



Lafler, Warren B .Monroe 



Lane, John Berrien 



Lowrey, Berry J Montcalm 



Lugers, Luke Ottawa 



Marks, Herman Wayne 



Martindale, Frederick C Wayne 



Mason, George T Shiawassee 



McCall, L. H Eaton 



McCallum, George P Delta Dist. 



McFarlane, Duncan Wayne 



McKay, William -.Tuscola 



Mick, John Ionia 



Monroe. James S Gogebic Dist. 



Moore, Franklin St. Clair 



Murdoch, J . J Huron 



Murphy, Christopher Sanilac 



Nash , Edward P Kent 



Neal, Frank S Wayne 



Nevius, B. A \llcgan 



Osborn, Frank A Kalamazoo 



Perkins, John J Barry 



Powell, Herbert E Ionia 



Randall, E, S Oceana 



Read, J. Herbert Manistee 



Reed, William A Jackson 



Riili, .\[iluir 1, Newaygo 



H).-il, .lohn Michael Bay 



K.. Mil-. 11. .lames L Cass 



Kodf,aa », Lincoln Muskegon 



Rulison, George W Houghton 



Sanderson, Asa T Saginaw- 

 Scott, Andrew J Saginaw 



Seeley , Thaddeus D Oakland 



Sharpe, Albert E f Iosco Dist 



Spencer, Newton C Menominee 



Stone, Alvah (iardner Lenawee 



Stumpenhusen, Henry C Washtenaw 



Tcittc-n, William D Antrim Dist. 



Vandercook. Henry B Kent 



VanZoei-en, Jacob J Kent 



Wade, Theodosius Allegan 



Walker, Edward A Genesee 



Ward. Newton O Mecosta 



Waterbury, I Roy Oakland 



Weter, James E Macomb 



Wheeler, Charles P St. Joseph 



Whitaker, Byron C Waahtenaw 



Willis, George W Bay 



Willis, Mark Sanilac 



Wright, Henry D Isabella 



I Weekly Budget | 



Notes on the Wisconsin Convention. — 

 As we promist last week, we will now en- 

 deavor to jot down a few notes concerning the 

 recent annual convention of Wisconsin bee- 

 keepers, which was held at Madison, Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, Feb. 5th and fith. 



By previous arrangement, at 3 o'clock Mon- 

 day afternoon, Editors E. R. Root and W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, with the writer, met and boarded 

 the comfortable Chicago, Milw-aukee iV: St. 

 Paul train at the Union Depot here, and 

 started for Wisconsin's fair capital. We ar- 

 rived about S p.m., and ''putup"" at that 

 famous farmers' hostelry, known as the 

 ■• Simon's House." Here is where the bee- 

 keepers and other devotees of rural industries 

 usually stop. And the boarding is good: but 

 the sleeping — well, we have seen downier aud 

 sweeter resting-places. 



Mr. N. E. France, the energetic and enthu- 

 siastic president of the Wisconsin Association, 

 was the tirst of the clan to meet us in the 

 hotel. He had reserved for the '• three edi- 

 torial boys " a room with two beds. But it 

 was too late for supper at the hotel, so we 

 had to look up a restaurant, and were directed 

 to one which seemed to be patronized by State 

 senators (the legislature being in session), so 

 at least two-thirds of the editors were satis- 

 tied ! After disposing of three hot oyster 

 stews, the journalistic trio returned to the 

 hotel, n-here Editor Root began a lengthy 

 nocturnal convention -with Mr. France in the 

 waiting-room, while Mr. Hutchinson and this 

 ■■ little editor " went to their third-story room 

 and retired, each taking a bed. and remarking 

 that wlicn Mr. Root came up we'd see ^vhich 

 bed-fellow he'd choose. (Mr. Hutchinson "got 

 the mitten '' that time, if never before in his 

 life. It's an adv.antage to be Miiall in size 

 sometimes.) 



As we expect to publish a report of the con- 

 vention — especially the excellent papers read — 

 we will not dwell very mucli hereon the meet- 

 ing. We do want to say, however, that Mr. 



France is a splendid presiding officer of a bee- 

 keepers' convention. He keeps things going, 

 and in a very interesting way. As A. I. Root 

 was recently called the '• Poobah " of Ameri- 

 can bee-keepers, Mr. France well deserves to 

 be called the ■' I'oobah " of Wisconsin bee- 

 keepers. 



The first, or Tuesday, evening was devoted 

 to a stereopticon lecture by Editors Root and 

 Hutchinson, one manipulating the slides while 

 the other explained the pictures. This was a 

 most successful feature of the program, and 

 one which was thoroly enjoyed by all present. 



Editor Hutchinson had previously planned 

 for the taking of a photograph of the "editorial 

 triplets," so on Wednesday morning we three 

 called on one of Madison's best " photogs,'' 

 and engaged him to do the job. As each of us 

 had on a queen-bee button, he "caught on,'' 

 and persisted in calling Mr. Hutchinson the 

 " king-bee,'' presumably on account of his 

 (Mr. H.'s) hight and dignified appearance. 

 We understood afterward that we were also 

 taken for three senators (!) by the lady clerk 

 who entered the order for the sitting. ( We 

 all survived, however.) 



.\t 1:15, on Wednesday, Mr. Root and the 

 writer decided to take the train for Water- 

 town, and call on the G. B. Lewis Co. Mr. 

 Hutchinson was to follow on a later train, by 

 another route, and meet us in Milwaukee in 

 the evening, and then all three go on to 

 Chicago. 



Neither of us had been to Watertown be- 

 fore. We arrived at 2 :30, and immediately 

 went to the office of the G. B. Lewis Co. We 

 found Mr. George C. Lewis, the affable man- 

 ager, " at home." He is the worthy son of 

 Mr. G. B. Lewis. He gave us a cordial re- 

 ception, and showed us all over their great 

 factory, where hives, sections, basket boxes. 

 etc., are turned out in any quantity desired. 

 It was both surprising and interesting to see 

 how rapidly the basket boxes are made by 

 machinery in the hands of hustling boys. 



About an hour before leaving, Mr, Lewis 

 ordered a two-seated sleigh and a pair of high- 

 stepping black horses, with merry bells, and 

 gave us a ride in the bracing air of Watertown. 

 We saw pretty much the whole town, which 

 covers nine square miles, and has a popula- 

 tion of about 10,000 people. It is a delightful 

 place, and if Mr. Lewis is a sample of its in- 

 habitants, it is all right. 



Just before taking the sleigh ride, we called 

 on the firm of Woodard it Stone. They arc 

 large manufacturing confectioners and bakers, 

 employing from .50 to 75 hands, many of them 

 V)eing girls. They use a great deal of hone.\ 

 in their enormous business, aud prefer Wi^- 

 eousin honey. They list over a dozen things in 

 which they use honey, viz : 



Cuban wafers, honey-bar (iced), honey-cake 

 (iced or plain), honey cocoanut-cake (icedi. 

 honey flavors (iced or plain), honey finger^ 

 (iced or plain), honey cocoauut fingers (iced), 

 honey gems ( iccil or plain), honey cocoanut 

 gems ( iced), liom-y jumbles, (iced or plain), 

 and honey cocoauut jumbles lieed). 



We had the pleasure of meeting Mi'. Stone, 

 who was enthusiastic over the use of honey in 

 the preparation of good things to eat that arc- 

 baked. He is an earnest advocate of pure 

 lioney, and will have no adulteration. He 

 knows of no other sweet that can possibly take 

 the place of honey when it comes to keeping 

 a cake or cooky moist and good for a long time. 



