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AMERICAN BEE ;OURNAL 



Sept. 5, 1901. 



GEORGE W. YORK 6 COMPANY 



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



Entered at the Post-OtBce at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



EDITORIAL STAFF. 



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

 Dr. C. C. Miller, ) t^ ., * 

 E.E. Hasty, P?fuT 



Prof. A. J. Cook, ) ^^^'^'"^^■ 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 



The Subscription Price of this .Journal 

 is $1.00 a year, 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 tor 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. Hambaugh, 



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



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



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 Ernest R. Root, President. 

 R. C. AlKlN, Vice-President. 

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



Eugene Secor, General Manager and Treas- 

 ttrer. Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Does, $1.00 a year. 



IpW° 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-kee))er 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 forevery bee-keeper 

 to wear one [of the buttons! 

 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-keepers. 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. 



I Weeiily Budget. | 



Two More ox the 1000. — We have two 

 more names to report before the Buffalo con- 

 vention, which meets next week. We hope 

 the membership will reach the 1000 mark very 

 soon. We have tried to do something toward 

 raising the number to that figure during the 

 past two months. We will not fe.el that it is 

 our fault if the desired number is not secured 

 within the time mentioned. We still believe 

 that every bee-keeper ought to be a member 

 of the National Association, which has done 

 such excellent work for the benefit of bee- 

 keeping. 



The two names to be reported are these : 

 Chas. E. Kemp. A. J. Stratton. 



Buffalo Cosvextion Lodging.— Secre- 

 tary Mason writes us that he can secure for 

 such, who desire, " a good, nice, clean place to 



less the yard including his home were given. 

 His house is one of the finest in the city 

 where he lives, and to protect his property he 

 bought 100x100 feet running from the rear 

 of his house lot to another avenue, and this 

 he has for lawns and apiary. The small, 

 long building seen in the rear is a bee-house 

 with doors in front and rear, which opens as 

 a shade in summer. This is for queen-rear- 

 ing, etc.. as well as honey. 



The photograph was taken by Miss Mary E. 

 Bickmore, who is a teacher in the High 

 School in New York City. Bee-culture comes 

 in her line. Mr. Ferry has an observation 

 hive, whichi is used in schools before the 

 classes. 



Daniel Wcrth's long-tongue five-banded 

 queens — you can hardly afford to let this sea- 

 son pass without trying a few of them. See 

 his advertisement on another page of this 

 number. 



Dr. a. B. Masox, secretary of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, has declined to act 

 as judge of the apiarian exhibit at the Ohio 

 State Fair, on account of the Fair being 



sleep and get your breakfast at Buffalo for 75 

 cents." He says he can get such places for 

 about 60, if they will apply to him at the con- 

 vention. If more places are needed, The Dr. 

 Pierce's Free Bureau of Information, at 653 

 Main Street, will furnish them in such style 

 and at such prices as will be satisfactory, pro- 

 vided th&y will call for Sydney S. Sleeper, 

 for arrangements have been made to accom- 

 modate all on reasonable and satisfactory 

 terms, provided the applicant is not unreason- 

 able in his demands; and the information 

 furnished will be free to all convention mem- 



The Apiart of Mr. H. S. Ferry, of 

 Westchester Co., N. T., appears on our first 

 page this week. At least a portion of one is 

 shown, which gives a pretty good idea of how 

 Mr. Ferry has his neat bee-yards arranged. 

 The surroundings can not be appreciated un- 



opened on Sunday. That is the kind of a 

 stand to take. Some Fair managers need to 

 be taught a lesson, and the Doctor has had 

 the courage of his convictions, and let the 

 Ohio Fair managers know that he doesn't 

 countenance Sunday desecration. He will 

 have no part or lot with them. Fairs or 

 expositions that can't succeed without open- 

 ing on Sunday better " die a-borning." 



The Niokle Plate railroad is the one 

 over which Dr. C. C. Miller and the editor of 

 the American Bee Journal will go. The lat- 

 ter expects to leave on Friday evening, Sept. 

 6, and spend the following Sunday with his 

 mother, about .50 miles south of Cleveland. 

 Dr. Miller will likely leave Chicago Monday, 

 Sept. 9. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. York expect to 

 accompany their respective " partners " — to 

 keep them straight. 



