October, 1910. 



American Hee Journal 



Niscellaneous News-Items 



That Special Car lor Albauj 



While at this writing (Sept. 15) it is 

 a little too early to announce a full 

 carload of bee-keepers to start from 

 Chicago at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 11th, for the 

 Albany convention, Oct. 12th and 18th, 

 yet there have been enough already, 

 who have said they intended to go in 

 the special car, to insure the car. We 

 hope that all who can jjossibly join it 

 will let us know not later than Oct. 8th, 

 so that we can reserve berths for them, 

 and make all necessary arrangements. 



We very much regret to state that 

 through a misunderstanding and mis- 

 information the rates quoted in the 

 last issues will not apply, being discon- 

 tinued after Sept. 30th. The rate, there- 

 fore, will be that authorized by the 

 Trunk Line and Central Passenger 

 Associations, namely, o>ic faiL- and 

 three-fifths on the certificate plan from 

 Chicago (do not fail to ask for certifi- 

 cate when purchasing ticket for going 

 journey), which means $18.1.") going, 

 and $10.90 returning ; selling dates Oct. 

 8 to 11, inclusive, and final limit Oct. 17. 



When buying your ticket, be sure to 

 see that it reads over the Lake Shore 

 and Michigan Southern and New York 

 Central Railways from Chicago to Al- 

 bany. (See page 3t2(>, ou rates.) 



It has been wisely suggested that 

 we give the time of arrival of the spe- 

 cial car at some of the important cities 

 along the way, as follows : 



Leave Chicago 10:30 a.m.. Oct. nth. In In- 

 diana— La Porte. 12:06 p.m.; South Bend, 12:47 

 p.m.; Elkhart, 1:20 p.m. In Ohio— Toledo, 

 4:37 p.m.; Cleveland. 7:30 p.m.; Erie, Pa., 

 io:os p.m. In New York — Buffalo. 12:25 a.m.; 

 Rochester, 3:30 a.m.; .Syracuse. 5:30 a.m.; 

 Utica. 6:55 a.m. Arrive at -Albany. q;20 a.m.. 

 Oct. 12. 



The sleeping-car berth from Chicago 

 to Albany will be $4..i)(», or $2.2.5 each 

 when two occupy the same berth. 



The convention will be held in the 

 City Hall at Albany, beginning at 10:30 

 a.m., Oct. 12th, and concluding with the 

 afternoon session of the following day. 

 This will make .5 sessions in all, one 

 session being at night. 



The indications are that the attend- 

 ance will be very good, and the meet- 

 ing one well worth attending. Of 

 course, the railroad trip and meeting of 

 old and new friends will be a very en- 

 joyable feature of the convention. 



The Hotel Kenmore, one block from 

 the Union Depot, has been selected as 

 headquarters. The rate is $1,.50 per day 

 and upward, but when four bee-keepers 

 occupy one room the rate will be $1.2.') 

 each. The Kenmore is one of the best 

 hotels in ."ilbany, and it would be very 

 nice if as many as possible who attend 

 the convention will stop tliere. so that 

 the time between the sessions of the 

 convention may be spent most enjoy- 

 ably in meeting and conversing with 

 others attending the convention. 



As we have announced before, we are 

 ready to make reservations in the spe- 

 cial car for all who will notify us that 

 they can go. You can address this office. 



or G. K. Thompson, General .Agent o.f 

 the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern 

 Railway, 180 S. Clark St., Chicago, III., 

 for any additional information you may 

 wish to have about the special car. 



Switzerland's Wealth in Honey 



Switzerland is a land of flowers, and its 

 thrifty inhabitants have made the blossoms 

 very largely contributory to the food supply. 

 .According to statistics gathered by the Swiss 

 Society of Agriculturists. " There are 2?o.ooo 

 colonies of bees in the country, each of 

 which produces 40 pounds of honey during 

 the season, a total of 10,000.000 pounds a year. 

 The average price of Swiss honey for the 

 year 1000 was 25 cents a pound, giving the 

 year's product a total value of 82.500,000." .\s 

 the flowers grow without cultivation, and 

 the bees work without other wage than care- 

 taking, producing their own food-supply, 

 the honey crop is in great part clear profit. 

 The Swiss honey is of very delicate flavor 

 and fine <iua.\\iy .—P/i i ltidcl/>lii,r A'ciord. 



The foregoing item is clipped from a 

 leaditig Chicago daily, which, as it ap- 

 pears, had copied it from another paper, 

 and just where it started it may not be 

 easy to know. It shows that besides 

 being the foremost bee-keepers in the 

 world, the Swiss brethren know some- 

 thing about the fine art of advertising. 

 Here is an item that seems to be going 

 the rounds of the papers in a strange 

 land as something of general interest, 

 and a very little change in it would 

 make it apply to this country, said 

 change making it all the more interest- 

 ing. This is a land of flowers as well 

 as Switzerland, and the value of its 

 honey is a good deal more than $2,500,- 

 000. Why is it that bee-keepers of this 

 land can not unitedly enter upon a 

 campaign of advertising that would 

 make hundred-fold returns ? 



A Kough-anrt-Ready Hive Level 



When the suitable tool is not at hand a 

 most efficient substitute will be found in a 

 common soup-plate. Lay it on the floor- 

 board and fill up with water. If inclined to 

 one side, prise up the stand until you judge 

 the water stands level with the rim all 

 around, and there you are!— D. M. Macdon- 

 Ai.D, in the British Bee Journal. 



A California Visitor 



September 14th there dropped in to 

 see us one of the big (225 pounds) 

 specimens of California bee-keepers. 

 Just now, however, he has no bees, but 

 is manager of the Madary's Supply 

 House at Los Angeles. This concern 

 manufactures doors, windows, and bee- 

 keepers' supplies, and has built up a 

 large trade in California and the sur- 

 rounding territory. 



Mr. C. reports ttiat Southern Califor- 

 nia has practically no honey crop this 

 year, and many bee-keepers are feeding 

 their bees, whicli surely is very dis- 

 couraging for all concerned. So Cali- 

 fornia honey will not compete very 

 nuicl) with the honey produced in otlier 

 parts of the country this year. 



Mr. Clayton is a great lover of 

 Southern California. He has been in 

 that .State since 1874, and, altliough 



having been in the East only about two 

 weeks, he said he would be mighty 

 glad to get his feet back on Los Ange- 

 les Courvty soil once more! It is 

 strange what a fascination California 

 people seem to have for that State. 

 And they all want everybody else to 

 come out there and help them enjoy 

 both climate and country. 



Mr. C. is one of the substantial busi- 

 ness men of Los Angeles, being promi- 

 nent not only in the line of his own 

 business, but is public spirited in many 

 ways. While only 60 years of age, he 

 does not look over 50, and enjoys the 

 distinction of having children and 

 grand - children galore. ("Galore" 

 means in that place 6 children and 8 or 9 

 grand-children, all living in Los Ange- 

 les. No race suicide in his family!) 



Mr. Clayton was spending a few 

 weeks in the Central East, and expected 

 to return to his home the last of the 



month. 



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The Excessive Use of Sugar 



The following clipping from the San 

 Diego (Cal.) Sun, of Aug. II, 1910, has 

 been received : 



Now comes a high medical authority who 

 declares that through the use of sugar the 

 human race is degenerating. This assertion 

 was made by Dr. Robt. Roessler. of Hobo- 

 ken, who. in speaking before the New Jersey 

 State Dental convention, claimed that sugar 

 commonly used in all families is nothing else 

 but concentrated and crystallized acid, 

 which is exceedingly dangerous to the hu- 

 man system. In former years sugar was a 

 luxury, and only the wealthy could afford it. 

 Today everybody uses it. and many of the 

 new diseases, says Dr. Roessler. are caused 

 by the modern method of manufacturing 

 sugar. 



The loss of energy. Dr. Roessler declared, 

 through the consumption of sugar in the last 

 century, can never be made good. Alcohol 

 has been consumed for thousands of years, 

 but has not caused the degeneration of the 

 human race that sugar is causing. 



Without raising the question as to 

 whether the picture has been at all 

 overdrawn by Dr. Roessler, there can 

 be no question that it is well that a 

 note of warning should be sounded. A 

 few years ago the consumption of 

 sugar in this country was 60 pounds 

 annually for every inan, woman and 

 child. Now it is 82 pounds ! 



That is no doubt more than the diges- 

 tive organs can safely care for, and it 

 is well the public sliould know it. But 

 what a fine thing it would be if medical 

 auhorities, while calling attention to 

 the harm done, would add that the 

 harm would mostly disappear if honey 

 were substituted for sugar. People 

 will have sweets, and why not have the 

 most wholesome of all sweets ? 



A B (.; and X Y Z of Bee Culture 



A copy of the 11)10 edition of this 

 wonderful bee-book is on our desk. It 

 completes the 131st thousand copies. 

 Just think of it— 131,000 copies of a 

 single bee-book printed and circulated 

 within only about 30 years ! This last 

 edition of "ABC and X Y Z of Bee 

 Culture " is the most complete of all. 

 The whole book is kept standing in 

 type so that each succeeding edition 

 may be more easily revised and brought 

 up to date. Where it is possible to 

 use a picture to make the te.xt more 

 clear, a picture has been used. The 

 whole has been gotten up in cyclopedic 

 form, so that every topic is readily re- 



