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AMERICAN BEE jOURNAL, 



Aug. 22, 1901. 



EEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK H COMPANY 



144 & 146 E rie St., Chicago, III. 



Entered at the PostrOfflee at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



EDITORIAL STAFF. 



George W. York, - - Editor-in-Chief. 



g.''E'H'.sfr"^^"''iDepan.ne„t 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, f ^'^""'^^• 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 



The Subscription Price of this Journal 

 is $1.00 a j'ear, in the United States, Can- 

 ada, and Mexico; all other countries in the 

 Postal Union, 50 cents a year extra for post- 

 age. Sample copy free. 



The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper 

 indicates the end of the month to which 

 your subscription is paid. For instance, 

 "decOl" on your label shows that it is 

 paid to the end of December, 1901. 



Subscription Receipts. — We do not send 

 a receipt for money sent us to pay subscrip- 

 tion, but change the date on your wrapper- 

 label, which shows you that the money has 

 been received and duly credited. 



Advertising Rates will be given upon ap- 

 plication. 



National Bee Keepers' Association 



OBJECTS: 

 To promote and protect the interests of its 

 members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honey. 

 To prosecute dishonest honey-dealers. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



E. Whitcomb, Thos. G. Newman, 



W. Z. Hutchinson, G. M. Doolittle, 



A. I. Root, W. F. Marks, 



E. T. Abbott, J. M. Hambaugb, 



P. H. Elwood, C. p. Dadant, 



E. R. Root, Dr. C. C. Miller. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 Ernest R. Root, President. 

 R. C. AiKiN, Vice-President. 

 Dr. a. B. Mason, Secretary, Toledo, Ohio. 



Eugene Secor, General Manager and Treas- 

 urer, Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



1^" If more convenient. Dues may be sent 

 to the office of the American Bee .Journal, 

 ■when they will be forwarded to Mr. Secor, 

 who will mail individual receipts. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a very 

 pretty thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller 

 to wear on his coat-lapel. It often serves to in- 

 troduce the subject of honey, 

 and frequently leads to a 

 sale. 



Note. — One reader writes: 

 '* I have every reason to be- 

 lieve that it would be a very 

 good idea for every bee-keeper 

 to wear one [of the buttonsj 

 as it will cause people to ask 

 questions about the busy bee, and many a con- 

 versation thus started would wind up with the 

 sale of more or less honey; at any rate it would 

 give the bee-keeper a superior opportunity to 

 enlighten many a person in regard to honey 

 and bees.'* 



The picture shown herewith is a reproduc- 

 tion of a motto queen-button that we are fur- 

 nishing to bee-lieepers. It has a pin on the 

 underside to fasten it. 



Price, by mail, 6 cents; two for 10 cents; 

 or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the office 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



\ Weelily Budget. \ 



Closed Saturday Afternoons.— It seems 

 that some of our customers have forgotten 

 that our office and store are closed Saturday 

 afternoons from July 1 to Oct. 1. 



Mr. E. M. Hint, son of M. H. Hunt, of 

 Wayne Co., Mich., was married to Miss Jessica 

 Sawtell, Tuesday, Aug. 13. Heartiest con- 

 gratulations to them. 



On to tue Thousand. — Still they come — 



those who are helping to make up the first 



1000 members 'of the National Bee-Keepers' 



Association. These names have come to this 



office, Jwith the dollar each, since our last 



issue: 



Geo. W, Harrison, John Consek, 



H. P. Hexningsen, Frank L. Goss. 



Theo. J. Woodward. 



Mr. H. W. Congdon, of Hardin Co., Iowa, 

 called on us Aug. 9. He was on his way to 

 Buffalo, to visit the Pan-American Exposi- 

 tion, and also his parents who live near 

 there. Mr. Congdon has between 40 and 50 

 colonies of bees, and hopes next year to estab- 

 lish out-apiaries. His crop this year, owing 

 to the drouth, has not been very much. Still 

 he is not discouraged. 



Dr. William Crenshaw, of Fulton Co., 

 Ga.. dropped in to see us Friday, Aug. 2, 

 when on his way home from the national 

 meeting of the dentists of America, at Mil- 

 waukee. Dr. Crenshaw has about a dozen 

 colonies of bees, and is doing nicely with 

 them. Of course, he keeps them more as a 

 pleasurable pastime, in connection with his 

 profession, rather than as a source of finan- 

 cial profit. ^ The] Doctor is a very pleasant 

 gentleman to meet. Success to him. 



Mr. N. E. France, of Grant Co., Wis., in- 

 spector of apiaries for that State, will be the 

 judge of the apiarian exhibits both at the 

 State Fair in Milwaukee, Sept. 9 to 12, and at 

 the Fair at Platteville, Sept. 17 to 20. The 

 judging will be well done, and all will be 

 satisfied. 



Mr. France] says he has been quite busy 

 treating foul brood, and has had many ob- 

 stacles to overcome the past year. But he 

 says further that he has now gotten the dis- 

 ease pretty well stamped out of the State, and 

 all remaining cases under quarantine control. 



Oh, that levery State had a bee-inspector, 

 and every one equal to this one with a French 

 name ! 



Pan-American Buildings. — On the pre- 

 ceding page we show two of the many beauti- 

 ful buildings of! the Pan-American Exposition. 



The Agricultural Building contains exhibits 

 of agricultural products, processes and articles 

 pertaining to the farm, of a most interesting 

 character. In these days of scientific farming 

 the successful agriculturist finds it necessary 

 to acquire a fair knowledge of many of the 

 sciences. The agricultural exhibits show 



many of the wonderful possibilities in farm 

 work. 



At the Pan-American Exposition, we under- 

 stand, are shown the largest display of electri- 

 cal machinery and appliances ever presented. 

 Nearly every article is the very latest design, 

 and the visitor will find novelties without 

 number in this interesting division. The 

 Electricity Building is of very rich and beau- 

 tiful design, having a broad loggia on the 

 southern side, while the roof-line is broken 

 with domed towers. 



Doubtless many of our readers will have an 

 opportunity to see the Exposition while at- 

 tending the annual meeting of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association at Buffalo, next 

 month — Sept. 10, Hand 12. 



He Works Stands. — In one of the recent 

 issues of a certain bee-paper an old and ex- 

 perienced writer says, " I work 200 stands." 

 Just think of working the '^ staiuh.'" Wonder 

 what he does with them ? But quite likely he 

 meant colonies instead of stands. It's almost 

 beyond understanding how some bee-keepers 

 stand around and still talk about their stands 

 of bees. Or, perhaps they'll say they had so 

 many Idves in the spring, and increased to 

 twice as many ''hives." They don't say 

 whether they bought the extra hives from 

 some bee-supply dealer, or got them by " in- 

 breeding!" 



Of course they mean colonies, and not 

 " stands" or " hives." 



A Badge Pin for the members of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association is thus 

 suggested by Mr. N. E. France: 



■• I wish the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion would adopt some design for a badge 

 pin, and every member have one to wear. 

 The one used at Chicago is good enough. I 

 could relate several instances where persons 

 have asked what that l:iee-keeper's badge 

 represented. (I wear one all the time.) I 

 answer always, ' National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation.' In one case I was called to settle a 

 dispute about bees, and was introduced as 

 State Inspector and member of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. The fact that I 

 belonged to said Association seemed to settle 

 all dispute, and both were willing to leave 

 their troubles for my settlement. Neither of 

 them belonged to the State or National 

 organization of bee-keepers, but they will 

 join them both at our next meeting." 



Hurrah for a badge pin for the members of 

 the Natioual Bee-Keepers' Association ! Why 

 not adopt one at the Buffalo meeting ? True, 

 the badge pin tised at the Chicago conven- 

 tion last year is all right. Why not adopt it J 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clovep Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, c?-sh with 

 the order: 



Stts 10ft 25ft soft 



Sweet Clover (white) $.70 $1.20 $2.75 $5.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) .... 1.00 1.80 4.25 S.OO 



Alsike Clover 90 1.70 3.75 7.00 



White Clover 1.(10 l.')0 4.50 8.S0 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.25 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 2S cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILI*. 



