4Ist YEAR. 



CHICAGO, ILL, JULY 11, 1901, 



No. 28. 



^ ^ Editorial. ^ \ 



Are You a Member of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association ? If not. you should 

 be. But perhaps you would like to know 

 more about it before beeominj; a member. If 

 so. write to the general manager. Mr. Eugene 

 Seeor. Forest City. Iowa, for circulars ex- 

 plaining the objects and work of the Associa- 

 tion. 



You will remember that last week we be- 

 gan the effort to secure a membership of an 

 even 1000 by the time of the Buffalo conyen- 

 tion, in September. Send in the dollars ff>r 

 dues, so we can begin to publish the list of 

 names. We want to receive over 200 during 

 .luly and August. 



Are you a member of the Association ; 



The Buffalo Convention. — We have 

 received the following notice and information 

 in reference to the next meeting of the 

 National Bee-Ke«]jers' Association at Buffalo : 



Station B, Toledo. Ohio, July 1. 



Mk. EiiiTOK: — Please say in the American 

 Bee .Tournal that the next convention of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held in the Lecture Room of the Buffalo 

 Society of Natural Sciences, on the 10th, llth 

 and rjth of next September, commencing on 

 the evening of the 10th. The place of meet- 

 ing is in the Buffalo Library Building, corner 

 of Washington and Clinton Streets, near the 

 business center of the city. 



Kailroad rates will vary in the different 

 passenger association territories from one 

 cent a ndle each way to one and one-third 

 for the round trip. Each one can readily 

 learn the rate on enquiry at his or her rail- 

 road station. 



The Buffalo bee-keepers will try to provide 

 entertainment at reasonable rates for all 

 attending the convention who will notify Mr. 

 Sidney S. Sleeper, Holland, N. Y., by Sept. 

 2. In a letter recently received from Mr. 

 Sleeper, he says: 



'■ We want all who can to come, for we 

 wish to make the Buffalo meeting the most 

 pleasant and instructive one that was ever 

 held in America. We will have the co-opera- 

 tiou of all the sciences, as well as the school 

 lioard ; then he names some professional men 

 who are interested in our specialty, and will 

 be at the convention to help; and a long let- 

 ter frotn Mr. Hershiser closes by saying, 

 •' Call upon me for whatever further assist- 

 ance I am able to render;" and Mr. Penton. 

 an ex-president of the Erie County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society, and others, have promised to do 

 all they can to provide for the comfort of the 

 delegates. 



As stated in my previous convention notice 

 in the American Bee Journal, there will be no 

 lixcd pi'dgraiii, and no papers, the time being 

 fully iic( iipii-d in asking, answering, iiml dU- 

 ciissinu' Mucstioiis. except that mi tlii- fvciiing 

 of the r.'lli there will be a joint s<-'.>ion of our 



Association and the American Poniological 

 Society, to disscu.ss ■■ The Mutual Relations 

 of Bee-Keepiug and Fruit-Growing," and 

 Prof. Beach, of the New York Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, and Prof. Fletcher, of 

 the Central Experiment Farm of the Domin- 

 ion of Canada, will help talk for the bees at 

 that session. It is hoped that much good 

 will result to fruit-growers and bee-keepers 

 from this joint session. 



If any bee-keeper who can not attend the 

 convention has any questions he would like 

 to have answered at the convention, will send 

 them to me, I will see that they are presented. 

 I made this same request in my previous con- 

 vention notice in your journal in April last, 

 and perhaps you'll remember of writing me 

 to the effect that with such a request in all 

 the bee-papers I would be deluged with ques- 

 tions, and in the last week's American Bee 

 Journal you talk very nicely editorially on the 

 same subject, and still I've not received a 

 single ciucstion, except about 20 I've sent 

 myself, and I have several more in my mind 

 that I'm going to send to the secretary. 



A, B. Mason, Hec. 



In-Breeding, as treated by C. P. Dadant 

 in this journal, seems to puzzle Deacon Hard- 

 scrabble, a bright writer who has suddenly 

 appeared in the horizon of the American Bee- 

 Keeper. He is confused at the two state- 

 ments that nature abhors in-breeding, and 

 that " in natural conditions a colony may be 

 several miles from other bees and probably 

 requires all the drones that it may produce." 

 You didn't notice that "may be," Deacon. 

 You know there are exceptions to all rules, 

 and nature doesn't in all cases find things to 

 her liking. She'll remedy that by planting a 

 colony at next swarming-time between the 

 two distant colonies, so that the drones can 

 pass the distance between. 



Several Laying Queens in One Hive. 



— Swarthmore says in Gleanings in Bee-Cul- 

 ture that the secret of success in having sev- 

 eral laying queens kept throughout the sea- 

 son in one hive, lies in the giving them all at 

 one time to bees that have been queenless lor 

 but three days. "An indefinite number of 

 queens may be confined in boxes or cages 

 arranged in such a way that none can come 

 in contact, yet allowing the bees freedom to 

 go and come, to do as they will." 



Watercress Honey. — W. A. D. Pern re- 

 ports in the British Bee Journal that he gets 

 quite a quantity of honey of very good 

 quality from watercress bloom. He says the 

 bees store very fast from this source, and will 

 fill a super in a few days. We have never 

 heard of watercress yielding honey in this 

 country. Perhaps .some of our readers can 

 report on it. We understand that watercress 

 is shipped to Chicago by the barrel, being 

 used as greens. 



The Illinois State Fair premium list 

 for 11)01 is now issued. A copy of it can^e 

 had by addressing W. C. Garrard, Secretary, 

 Springfield, 111. It will be the 48th annual 

 exhibition, under the auspices of the Illinois 

 State Board of Agriculture. 



Under the heading, " Bees and Honey," we 

 find the following list of premiums offered, 



which are " open to the world:" 



iBt 2d 3d 

 prm.prm.proj. 



Display of comb honey -*20 .*1.^ $10 



Collection of labeled cases contain- 

 ing 12 or more pounds of white 

 honey from different flowers .... S .5 8 



Collection of labeled cases contain- 

 ing 12 or more pounds of amber 

 or dark honey from different 

 flowers 8 5 3 



Case white clover comb honey, 12 



to 24 pounds 4 3 2 



Case of sweet clover comb honey, 



12 to 24 pounds 4 3 2 



Case basswood comb honey, 12 to 

 "24 pounds 4 3 2 



Display extracted honey 20 1.5 10 



Honey extracting on the grounds. 5 3 2 



Frame of comb honey for extract- 

 ing .5 3 2 



Display of candied honey 20 15 10 



Display of beeswax 15 10 5 



Otie-frame observatory hive dark 



Italian bees 4 3 2. 



One-frame observatory hive Golden 



Italian bees 4 3 2" 



One-frame observatory hive Car- 



niolanbees 4 3 2 



Honey-vinegar, i.i gallon, with 

 recipe for making 4 3 2 



Display of designs in honey or 

 beeswax 12 S t> 



The judges will be governed by the code of 

 rules adopted by the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association. 



500 pounds will receive full score for quan- 

 tity in displays of comb and extracted honey,, 

 and 300 pounds in displays of candied honey- 

 50 pounds will receive full score for quantity 

 in display of beeswax. 



Only one entry will be allowed by each ex- 

 hibitor for any one premium. 



There is over jSOO offered to bee-keepers in 

 the above list. For some years there have 

 been very creditable apiarian exhibits at the 

 Illinois Fair, and we trust that this year will 

 be no exception. All who can possibly 

 arrange to do so, should begin to plan to 

 make an exhibit. 



The State Fair will be held' at Springfield 

 Sept, 30 to Oct. 5. 



Hot Weather for Honey.— Editor Root 

 says that in the Salt River valley, Arizona, 

 the bee-keepers want the heat to be from i»5 

 to HO in the .shade to get the best results in 

 honey storing. When the temperature is be- 

 low 90 there is .[uite a perceptible decrease in 

 the inflow of honey. " Apparently," he says, 

 "the Arizonians want more heat than we of 

 the North. Yet the hottest days, ami the hot- 

 test nigUtu, seem to be the best in the North 

 for a big flow." 



