May, 1908. 



American Vee Journal 



should be published. Owing to this fact, 

 that I was retained by the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association to clean up the Chi- 

 cago market and stop the fraudulent sale 

 of honey, I have been in close touch with 

 this market. Shortly after the time that 

 I speak of, the Illinois Pure Food Com- 

 mission went into business. Then we be- 

 gan to make a collection of samples. We 

 found at that time between 20 and 30 

 different kinds of bogus honey on the 



market. We arrested one man. He was 

 discharged by the Justice because he 

 swore he didn't know it was impure. 

 Since the organization of the National 

 Pure Food Commission the conditions 

 have been better. For the last $ years 

 the Chicago market has been practically 

 bare of anything but pure honey. Those 

 facts should go forth to the public. 



(Continued next month) 



(Sbitortal Ticks '^, (Eommcnts 



i Continued from pasje 135, 

 Mr. Titofi — Russian Apiarian Expert 

 Abraham E. Titoff, a young Russian, 



came to the United States about 5 years 

 ago to learn bee-keeping. He worked 

 for some time with the A. I. Root Co., 

 and later went to California, where he 

 reared queens. Recently he passed 

 through Chicago on his way back to 

 Russia, where his title will be, "Expert 

 in Apiculture, in the Russian Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, in Charge of Api- 

 culture, in Province of Kieff." 



Mr. Titoff has learned to speak the 

 English language quite fluently during 

 his 5 j-ears' residence in America, and 

 returns to his far-away Russian home 

 imbued with the spirit of progressive 

 apiculture that abounds in the United 

 States. We wish him every success, and 

 hope that in the years to come the old 

 American Bee Journal may frequently 

 be favored w'ith something from his pen 

 about apiarian conditions and prospects 

 in Russia. 



Please Patronize Our Advertisers 



There are very few .papers that could 

 be published very long w'ere it not for 

 the advertising patronage extended to 

 them. And in order that such adver- 

 tising may be continued, it is necessarj' 

 that it be made profitable to those who 

 order it and pay for it. In view of this 

 w'e wish to urge our readers to patronize 

 the advertisers in the American Bee 

 Journal. This will encourage them to 

 continue their advertisements, and thus 

 help the publishers to get out a good 

 paper. Any one who has had experience 

 knows that a bee-paper is no bonanza, 

 and that there are many other lines of 

 business that are much more profitable. 

 But publishing a bee-paper is a clean, 

 honorable bus'ness, and we have enjoyed 

 the work immensely for more than a 

 score of vears, even if we have not 

 grown rich at it. We feel, however, 

 that we have been permitted to do some 

 good by helping bcc-kccpers in their 

 work with bees. So in return, besides 

 a prompt payment of subscriptions, we 

 simply ask that our advertisers be pat- 

 ronized liberally, not forgetting always 

 to mention tlio American Bee Journal 

 wlien writing tn them, all of whom we 

 liL-lievc 10 he thoroughly reliable. 



"Southerr Bee Culture" 



This is the title of a new work of 

 some 140 pages intended to be adapted 

 especially to bee-keeping in the Southern 

 States. Its author is the Georgian bee- 



keeper, J. J. Wilder, and while the gen- 

 eral principles of bee-keeping are the 

 same North or South, it will seem more 



J. J. Wilder. - 



natural to a Southerner to read of 

 swarming in April than in July. Some 

 20 pages are occupied with illustrations 



of hives, bee-keepers' implements, etc. In 

 the last 40 pages are found articles re- 

 garding bee-keeping conditions in the 

 different Southern States, each written 

 by a resident of the State of which he 

 writes. 



The pamphlet is in paper covers, well 

 printed on good paper, and it is to be 

 regretted that lack of care allowed some 

 blunders in writing, as where it is said, 

 page 9, that a worker becomes a field- 

 bee when 8 or 10 days old ; or on page 

 6, where the royal larva is said to be 

 fed 6 days, when "the queen enters her 

 larval state in the cell, and continues 

 thus for about 10 days." 



The author favors Italian bees, and of 

 the two kinds of black bees found in the 

 South prefers those with "a brownish 

 waist, and short, dubby abdomen.". The 

 other variety is black, and has a longer 

 and smaller abdomen, seeming to be a 

 wild race, "very spiteful, and furious 

 stingers." 



The price of the book is 50 cents,, 

 postpaid : or with the American Bee 

 Journal for one year — both for 90 cents. 

 Send your orders to n8 \v. Jackson, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Tennessee State Association 



At the close of the Course in Apicul- 

 ture given at the University of Tennes- 

 see, at Knoxville, recently, a State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association was formed. The 

 following officers were elected : Presi- 

 dent, Prof. G. M. Bentley, State Ento- 

 mologist and Plant Pathologist, Knox- 

 ville, Tenn. ; Vice-President, Henry Cook,. 

 Springfield, Tenn. ; and Secretary and 

 Treasurer, John M. Davis, of Spring 

 Hill. Much enthusiasm was demon- 

 strated in the organization of this asso- 

 ciation, the list of membership has in- 

 creased rapidly, and additional names are 

 being received daily. The annual meet- 

 ing is to be held conjointly with the 

 State Horticulturists and Nurserymen in 

 Nashville during the last week in Jan- 

 uary, 1909. 



Apiarian Pictures 



We would be glad to have those who 

 can do so, send us pictures of bee- 

 yards, or of anything else that would be 

 of interest along the bee-kcepinj; line. 



'^m^mm^^mm^sm^' 



Reflections^ 



California Bee-Keeper 



By \V. .\. I'RVAL. Alden Station. Dakland, falif. 



A Year of Flowers. 



Such a wealth of blossoms I hardly 

 remember ever seeing iiefore. No mat- 

 ter where I go over hill and dale, the 

 earth seems carpeted with beautiful 

 flowers. Fruit-trees are a mass o'bloom 

 — the cherry tree seems to have the most 

 blossoms, and it is immaculate in its 



snowy whiteness. Why, "the old apple- 

 tree" is not "in it" with our beautiful 

 cherries. And "the hum of the bees in 

 the apple-tree bloom" is a far echo to 

 the roar of our bees when they sail into 

 the petals of our cherry-blootn. The 

 coming of the white squadron or fleet to 

 San Francisco will not create a greater 



