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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 14, 1901. 



exhibit their apiarian manufactures and products. One person in this 

 class proposes to install an exhibit comprising a ear-load of 30,000 

 pounds of comb honey, and it is expected that there will be others of 

 great magnitude, especiall}' from localities noted for large productions 

 oi honey of a standard and uniform grade, as is the case with the 

 alfalfa of Colorado, the sage of California, and the basswood of Wis- 

 consin. Many of these, as well as some State exhibits, will lie of the 

 present season's honey harvest, and will not be installed before the mid- 

 dle of July to the middle of August: but application for space should 

 be made early, in order that it may be provided. 



Apiculture is accorded a prominent place in the Exposition, and a 

 special building, in an excellent location, will be provided for the api- 

 cultural exhibits, the extent and size of which will be commensurate 

 with the needs and desires of the bee-keepers who will exhibit. 



It begins to appear that Mr. Hershiser is going to try to outdo the 

 combined apiarian exhibits at the World's Fair in 1893, and the Omaha 

 Exposition in 1898. We hope he will succeed. He is a hard worker, 

 and deserves every encouragement in his huge undertaking. Surely, 

 his objects, as stated above, are highly creditable, and, if carried out, 

 ought to help to elevate bee-keeping and the products of the apiary to 

 a higher plane than they have occupied before in the estimation of the 

 public. 



The American Bee Journal is ready to do all in its power to aid in 

 making the apiarian feature of the Pan-American the most eutertain- 

 ing and educative of any to be shown. 



"Watch the Bees" — Robbers.— A subscriber at Ackley 

 Station, Pa., wrote us as follows Feb. ISth; 



I enclose a clipping from the Farm and Home. It is a good thing 

 we don't depend on farm papers for our bee- informal ion. 



The clipping referred to reads as follows: 



Watch the Bees. — Be sure they have food enough. This can be 

 easily ascertained by lifting the stands. They should weigli at least 

 75 pounds. If they are not supplied dissolve white sugar in w-ater, 

 enough to make a thick syrup, place in shallow pans and put imme- 

 diately in front of stand on warm, sunny days. Watch for robbers if 

 this is done. Tour own swarms will not rob one another. — M. Hale. 

 Coos Co., N. H. 



When it comes true that " Your own swarms will not rob one 

 another," it will no doubt also be true that two roosters will not light 

 if they belong to the same owner, and there will be no possible chance 

 that one dog will snatch a bone from another unless they belong to 

 different owners. There is, however, a serious side to this matter. In 

 some eases a man will be punisht who pretends to practice medicine 

 without proper ciualifleation. He must know enough about the laws 

 of health to be able to instruct his patients as to their health, or he is 

 guilty of crime. Altho less in degree, is it not of the same kind when 

 a journal ostensibly gives instruction upon agriculture, and knows 

 nothing about the matters it treats of ; If a physician is subject to 

 punishment when guilty of mal-practice, should not an agricultural 

 paper be punisht when guilty of mal-practice in its instruction '. Farm 

 journals should give reliable instruction as to bees, or let bees alone. 



It says iu the clipping that the "stands" should be lifted, and 

 should weigh 75 pounds ! If a " stand " weighs 75 pounds, how much 

 should the hive, with bees and combs, weigh ? 



I % The YVeekly Budget. ^^ I 



Mr. Johx B. York, the Father of the editor of the American Bee 

 Journal, died of pneumonia at Randolph, Portage Co., Ohio, Sunday, 

 March 3d, and was buried there March 6th. We returned this fore- 

 noon (March 8th) from our old home, where we laid to rest one of the 

 best men that over lived. He was a sincere, earnest Christian worker, 

 and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church tor 55 years, most of 

 the time in some official capacity. 



Father was born Aug. 34, 1829, in Starke Co., Ohio, only a few 

 miles from where he died. He left mother and seven children to 

 mourn his departure — foiu' sons and three daughters, the youngest 

 being a son 28 years of age, and the only one unmarried. Fatlier lived 

 to see his children grown up, and all in comfortable circumstances. He 

 believed that to give them a fair education, and ability to look out for 

 themselves, was far better than to leave them financial wealth. He 

 was wise in thus doing. We believe father was fully ready not only to 

 die, but also to live again— in the Eternal Home, where all his family 

 hope to meet him by and by, to part no more. 



Mk. A. L. BoTDEN, of the A. I. Root Co., has recently been in 

 Cuba, and gives a report of his trip in Gleanings in Bee-Culture. It 

 seems he visited some box-hive apiaries owned and managed by 

 natives. At one of these he desired to take some photographs, but the 

 Cuban bee-keeper didn't quite understand the kodak act. Mr. Boyden 

 continues : 



When I went to the lower end of the yard to snap my kodak he 

 came rushing up, gesticulating wildly and talking vociferously. The 

 bees were getting roused up at this point: and as 1 did not understand 

 his Spanish, I concluded that he was afraid I would get stung. Being 

 a bee-keeper myself, I determined to take my chances, and so held my 

 ground until I had made two exposures (both failures, however), and 

 then went back to the upper end of the yard, where the rest of the 

 company were. When I got there I found I had offended this man 

 very much indeed, for be thought I had come with some sort of 

 music-box to entice his bees away. It is reported that he lost a large 

 number a year or two ago in the same way, and he is very suspicious 

 of anything he does not understand now. We tried to explain the 

 matter to him, but did not succeed in pacifying him. 



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Etiitor E. R. Root has the following paragraph in Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture, witli this heading, '■ York's Patent Double-Acting Bees: '' 



While we were on the cars en route to the Wisconsin convention, 

 Mr. York poked fun at Mr. Hutchinson and myself on this matter of 

 measuring bees' tongues. Mr. Rankin, you are aware, measures the 

 whole tongue, while we measure from the mandibles to the end of the 

 tongue. When Mr. Hutchinson and I were discussing which was the 

 right way, Mr. York facetiously remarkt that he had a plan that was 

 better than either; and that was, to measure from the end of the bee's 

 tongue to the end of the sting. There could be no confusion if we 

 measured thus. And he proposed, further, that Hutchinson and I go 

 into the business of breeding bees that could suck .up nectar from 

 "both ends" at one time, something like a patent double-acting 

 double-plunger pump. 



When those two editors have queens for sale of the double-acting 

 kind of bees, we will give them a free advertisement. Only we hope 

 they won't develop long stings at both ends, also! 



Mr, H. T. Gifford, of Brevard Co., Fla., we learn from Mrs. F. 

 C. Prange, " was shot Feb. 16th by C. D. Reed, a renter. There had 

 been some dissatisfaction about the crops, it seems, but no heated 

 words for over three weeks. Reed used a shot-gun loaded with No. 4 

 shot, fired without warning, at a distance of 50 feet. Mr. Gilford was 

 unarmed, and was pumping water for his horse. He saw Reed when 

 he aimed, and threw his head and body behind the pump and plat- 

 form. This saved his life, but he was badly wounded." Mr. Gifford 

 is one of our subscribers, being 6'3 years old, and most highly respected 

 by the residents of Indian River district in Florida, as well as in 

 his native State, Vermont. We regret very much to learn of this very 

 unfortimate occurrence, and trust that Mr. Gifford will fully recover. 



Not a Bee-Hive. — The following is told at the expense of an 

 .American gentleman who was recently stopping with his wife at Hotel 

 Cecil. On their first evening there he happened to retire somewhat 

 later than his spouse. Arriving at the door of what he imagined to be 

 his room, and finding it lockt, he tapt and called, " Honey !" No an- 

 swer came, and he called again more loudly, " Honey !" Still he got 

 no reply, and becoming somewhat uneasy he shouted the endearing 

 term with his full lung power. This time a reply came, and in a male 

 voice: " Go away, you blithering idiot ! This is a bath-room, not a 

 blooming bee-hive 1"' — London Express. 



Yei.i.owzon'es is the name of a valuable tablet remedy gotten up 

 by Dr. W. B. House, of Detour, Mich. They are intended for the 

 alleviation of all fevers, headaches, coughs, colds, grip, rheumatism, 

 neuralgia, colic, dyspepsia, heart diseases, etc. We have tried this 

 remedy for some of the troubles mentioned, and find it all right. We 

 would advise our readers to send to Dr. House for circular and further 

 information, if interested. Please mention seeing this notice in the 

 Bee Journal, shoidd you write to him. 



Mr. R. B. Leahy, of the Leahy Mfg. Co.. called on us Friday, 

 March 1st, when on his way to visit Wisconsin bee-supply dealers. 

 We didn't think he seemed as well as some years ago, tho he said he 

 felt better than for some time past. He is taking things easier than 

 formerly, saying he doubted if he would ever again work as hard as he 

 did for some years. Nice thing to be able to" let up,'' we presume, 

 and let others worry over business, etc. 



