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December, 1908. 



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that Mr. France and Mr. Hutchinson 

 were a little bit discouraged at the re- 

 cent World's Food Show. I think with 

 more experience they will get better re- 

 sults. I believe it can be done. They 

 had no bees there this year. I know 

 bees will always attract considerable at- 

 tention. I think there should be bees 

 shown. 



Mr. Arnd — I sent some honey for that 

 exhibit. I received a very nice letter 

 the other day, saying that they were 

 much pleased with the exhibit, and had 

 many inquiries as to where they could 

 get pure honey in Chicago. It was an 

 exhibit where no one advertised his own 

 honey. Each simply mentioned the 

 place where the honey came from. 



Mr. Wheeler — I helped Mr. France a 

 little at the exhibit. I think it is a good 

 thing, but I think it might be carried 

 farther. I think a demonstration of 

 honey would be a good thing. Mr. 

 Hutchinson intended to bring some bees, 

 lint something happened to them. 



Mr. Duff — Mr. Hutchinson said little, 

 but I think he was disappointed with it. 

 I was disappointed with it. It didn't 

 impress me very favorably. 



Dr. Bohrer — I received a communica- 

 tion from Mr. France asking for honey 

 to be put on exhibition, and I told him 

 that I had no honey good enough. 



Mr. Whitney — I visited that exhibition 

 and had a conversation with Mr. France. 

 I was disappointed at the interest people 

 seemed to take. I said I was disappoint- 

 ed that the exhibition did not attract 

 attention, and it is my opinion that this 

 is no place for an exhibit. If there had 

 been an observatory hive of bees there, 

 or some queens, it would have been bet- 

 ter. 



Mr. Chapman — I believe an exhibit 

 of that kind would be tnore attractive 

 by showing some uses of honey, as at the 

 Chicago Corn Show, where demonstra- 

 tions of the use of corn-meal, etc., were 

 made. Few families use honey in cook- 

 ing. If we could have demonstrations 

 of honey in cooking, it would add to 

 the interest. You would thus open up a 

 new field for the use of honey. 



Mr. Arnd — No bee-supplies were ex- 

 hibited. 



Mr. Boyden — Mr. France came to my 

 office on Wednesday or Thursday and 

 asked us what we wanted to do. I said, 

 "What would you like us to do?" The 

 next day Mr. France and Mr. Hutchin- 

 son came and asked about honey for the 

 exhibit. I said I would furnish what- 

 ever they suggested. It was with the 

 understanding that our name was not to 

 be used in that exhibit. I did it simply 

 to help out Mr. France and Mr. Hutch- 

 inson in the exhibit. I did my best to 

 furnish good goods, so that there would 

 be no discredit on pure honey. Sweet 

 clover honey in a large jar will always 

 look attractive. 



Mr. Kimmey — The exhibit of 14 x 14 

 feet was too small. If you expect to 

 have any sort of notice taken of such 

 exhibit, you are sure to be disappointed. 

 You have to do something to attract 

 the people. Get it in the papers. 



Mr. Wheeler — The liquor exhibit took 

 all the attention because they gave out 

 samples. We should have demonstrated 



honey. The bees that were to be shown 

 died on the way. 



Mr. Kanncnberg — Once there was a 

 little boy who had a bantam hen. He 

 was quite worried over the fact that she 

 laid such small eggs. Finally he thought 

 of a plan whereby he felt he could in- 

 duce her to increase their size. So he 

 procured a large ostrich egg and put it 

 up in front of the little bantam hen's 

 nest, and above it put these words : 

 "Look at this, and do your best." So 

 we must keep on trying to improve our 

 honey exhibits. 



Pres. York — That was a very good 

 illustration. It was a mistake not to 

 have given out samples of honey at the 

 Food Show. 



Mr. Wheeler — Mr. France and Mr. 

 fjutchinson did a great deal of work 

 for that exhibition. I think the bee- 

 keepers ought to remember that. 



Mr. Moore — I considered that a cred- 

 itable exhibit. A live bee exhibit would 

 be the most attractive and draw the 

 crowd. But I go on record as against 

 these exhibits. It is ahnost impossible 

 to make them pay. The sentiment of 

 this whole matter is to get 2 pounds of 

 honey into the mouth of every man, 

 woman and child. Don't send all the 

 honey to the cities. 



Publishers and Supply-Dealers vs. 

 Honey- Producers. 



"Are the interests of publishers and 

 supply-dealers antagonistic to the inter- 

 ests of the producers?" 



Dr. Bohrer — I can not see why they 

 are. I think they go hand in hand. A 

 man may manufacture and put on the 

 market something that is a decided 

 fraud. If publishers advertise a thing 

 that is a fraud and push it, of course it 

 is not right. I think, however, there 

 is very little of it done. 



Mr. Wilcox — Since this convention 

 first opened I have several times heard 

 remarks reflecting on the supply-dealers, 

 and have read a great deal regarding 

 the antagonistic position toward the sup- 

 ply-dealers and editors. Where did it 

 originate, and how? I have never seen 



any cause for it. Wlien I commenced 

 bee-keeping, I could have done nothing 

 but for the information received from 

 the catalogs of uee-supply dealers and 

 bee-papers, particularly the American 

 Bee Journal and Gleanings. I don't see 

 what the producer would do without the 

 supply-dealers and publishers. I can not 

 see how you can separate their interests. 

 Their conduct might be wrong; they 

 might adopt fraudulent means ; but I 

 don't know when they have. I believe 

 that it is for our interest to preserve a 

 better state of feeling between the pro- 

 ducers and supply-dealers. 



Mr. Moore — I move that it is the 

 sense of this convention that the pub- 

 lishers, bee-supply dealers, and produ- 

 cers are essential to each other. 



Mr. Taylor — It is necessary to make 

 some distinctions here to understand the 

 question. Mr. Wilcox discussed the 

 question as to whether the supply-deal- 

 ers and producers could get along with- 

 out each other. The question is whether 

 their interests are antagonistic. They 

 can not get along without each other. 

 The bee-supply dealers must have the 

 bee-keepers, and the bee-keepers must 

 have the supply-dealers, etc. That doesn't 

 touch the question as to whether their 

 interests are antagonistic. It is one 

 plain question of bee-keeping that the 

 ranks should not be very greatly extend- 

 ed. The interests of supply-dealers and 

 the interests of the publishers of bee- 

 papers are very antagonistic to that. 

 Their interests are in increasing the 

 number of bee-keepers to as great an 

 extent as possible. That is no reason 

 why we should not pull together. And 

 we may sometimes want to curb supply- 

 dealers in some directions, and itiay criti- 

 cize editors in regard to their attitude 

 on the honey market. But we should 

 pull together. Criticism should be taken 

 in good part. Publishers and bee-supply 

 dealers ought to be able to stand criti- 

 cism. 



Mr. Moore's motion was carried unani- 

 mously. 



On motion the convention adjourned 

 to meet in 1908 at the call of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee. 



ioufhem 



Conducted by LOUIS H. SCHOLL. New Braunfels. Tex. 



A Te.vas Greeting. 



"Merry Christmas and Happy New 

 Year !" May the old year have been a 

 happy and profitable one, and the new 

 one still more so. 



Good Honey Year in Texas. 



All in all, Texas has had a good year. 

 There arc a few localities which were 

 not so good this year. However, the 



great majority of bee-keepers have done 

 well enough, hence there were more 

 bright faces among them this season 

 than usual when "crops are not so fair." 

 Most of the bees are going into winter 

 with abundant stores, so that they should 

 be in fine condition for 1909. But who 

 can say what the next year is going to 

 have in store for us. It is to be hoped 

 that it will be a good year, with lots of 

 honey, and — money. 



