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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 16, 1903. 





Association Notes 





Mr. D. H. Welch, of Stafford Co., Kans., writes as follows in 

 reference to attending the convention at Los Angeles : 



Could one get a stop-over enroute to San Francisco and attend 

 the convention and still not miss the 0. A. R. meeting at the latter 

 place? If so, could I take the same train you come on that stops one 

 day at the Grand Canyon ; What hour would it pass through our 

 town ; Would I need a special ticket to get these privileges! 



D. H. Welch. 



We will have to refer Mr. Welch to his station agent, who likely 

 can answer his questions. As we understand it, the train on the 

 Santa Fe that will have the special oar goes first to Los Angeles. The 

 G. A. R. Encampment meets a little before the bee-keepers' conven- 

 tion, we believe, so that it would be necessary to go to San Francisco 

 first. 



We will not attempt to say anything further in answer to Mr. 

 Welch's questions, as we really are not able to answer them. His sta- 

 tion agent will likely be able to furnish him all the information 

 needed. 



A Car-Load of Bee-Kebpers for the Los Angeles convention 

 would be a great thing. We suppose all have read what Prof. Cook 

 said, in last week's Bee Journal, about the Grand Canyon and other 

 scenes along the route to be taken to and from the convention. We are 

 certain that the required number, which is only IS persons, will easily 

 be secured to make the trip together. Pres. Hutchinson, in referring 

 to " the pleasures of a trip across the continent, and a visit to the 

 Grand Canyon, of a company of bee-keepers who are sufficiently in- 

 terested to cross the continent to attend a bee-convention," has this to 

 say also : 



" Four days and nights in such company will beat any convention 

 all hollow. The fellow that does not go will regret it only once — but 

 that will be for a lifetime.'' 



Those who have already expressed themselves as expecting to go 

 in the company referred to are the following: W. Z. Hutchinson, one 

 or more of the Root Co., Dr. C. C. Miller, and the writer and his wife. 

 So it will be seen that a good start has been made already. There are 

 others who are thinking of going, and, no doubt, will decide to join 

 the party. If all such will kindly write us we will be pleased to men- 

 tion their names in this department. No doubt there will be several 

 from New York State who will meet in Chicago and go in the car 

 mentioned. It will be a great trip, and should be taken by every bee- 

 keeper who possibly can get away long enough to go to Los Angeles 

 and back. 





Miscellaneous Items 





Father Langstroth has credit in Gleanings in Bee-Culture tor 

 having given forced swarming, substantially as now practiced, more 

 than 40 years ago. 



Geo. W. Brodheck, president of the California National Honey- 

 Producers' Association, writing us June 30 from Los Angeles Co., 

 said that he finds from observation and reports that had come in up 

 to that date, that their honey season was nearly over, and that the 

 crop is less than one-half in comparison with that of two years ago. 



Mr. J. Q. Smith, the new Inspector of Apiaries for Illinois, has 

 begun his work. He says he has put in several days Inspecting, and 

 found foul brood in every apiary so far. Surely, an inspector is 

 needed when such conditions exist. He wishes us to invite those 

 wanting their beee inspected to write to him as soon as possible, so 

 that he will know just where to go, and thus better arrange his work. 

 He might go to one part of the State, and ihen the next call be almost 

 back where he started. He wishes to save all the time he can for 

 work, and not waste it in traveling. Address Mr. Smith at Lincoln, 

 Logan Co., 111. 



[ Convention Proceedings ] 



Chicago-Northwestern Convention. 



Report of the Chicag-o-Northwestern Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Convention, held in Chicago, 

 Dec, 3 and 4, 1902. 



BY ODR OWN SHORTHAND REPORTER. 



(Continued from pa^e 43'>.) 



Pres. York — We have a few more questions here, but 

 before we take them up, I wish to call on Prof. Eaton, 

 chemist of the State Food Commission, who is with 

 us. He has always been in great sympathy with the bee- 

 keepers, and especially pure honey. Dr. E. N. Eaton, of the 

 Illinois State Food Commission. 



ADDRESS BY STATE ANALYST EATON, 



I am very sorry that I was not with you yesterday, as I 

 understand you had the question of the adulteration of 

 honey up for discussion. I am sure I would have been very 

 much interested in your talk upon that subject, and perhaps 

 I could have helped you in some way, at least by calling 

 your attention to some of the facts concerning the adultera- 

 tion of honey. 



I have not missed a meeting of the Chicago Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, and I did not want to miss this one, so, 

 although the subject in which I am especially interested 

 was discussed yesterday, I thought I would come and listen 

 anyway, although I did not expect to say anything. I be- 

 lieve a chemist, especially one engaged in the crusade for 

 pure food, can get a good deal of good from your meetings. 

 I have noticed the lack of knowledge of many of my col- 

 leagues along the practical lines of bee-keeping, and you 

 have noticed it yourselves, I am sure. Just this year there 

 have been two State bulletins published in which the com- 

 missioners of pure food declared that comb honey was adul- 

 terated, that the comb was artificially manufactured. One 

 of these was from North Carolina, and the other from South 

 Dakota. It was also declared that there was a great deal 

 of glucose-fed honey. Of course, South Dakota has not a 

 chemist. Their chemical work is done at the Experiment 

 Station. That probably accounts for the otherwise very 

 efficient Commissioner making the statement he did ; but if 

 these people had attended bee-keepers' conventions they 

 would not have made the mistakes which I am sure did a 

 great deal of damage to the bee-keeping and honey indus- 

 tries. 



I noticed with a good deal of pleasure the remarks of 

 Mr. Abbott before the Denver convention, in which he said 

 there was no adulterated honey in Illinois. I am not sure 

 that he made it quite that strong, but almost as strong as 

 that. I suppose you could find a little adulterated honey, 

 but I believe that the markets of Illinois are very free from 

 adulterated honey, at least in comparison with the condition 

 in other States in the Union. 



The Illinois Food Commission have six inspectors. 

 They have special instructions to look at the honey on the 

 shelves, to see whether it is labeled correctly ; that the 

 adulterated has the word " adulterated," and the name of 

 the producer on it. They also have instructions to take up 

 all suspicious samples and send them to the laboratory for 

 analysis. I have examined a number of samples lately, but 

 haven't found one adulterated ; whereas, two or three years 

 ago, over 33' j percent of honey sold in Illinois proved to be 

 adulterated. 



Mr. Wilcox — I would like to ask Prof. Eaton if there is 

 any danger of the chemist making the analysis being mis- 

 taken in his conclusions ? Are we not in danger of being 

 improperly judged, or our products? Can they tell to a 

 reasonable certainty ? and, if so, how does it happen that a 

 chemist in South Dakota reported glucose-fed honey ? 



Prof. Eaton — This remark was not made by a chemist, 

 but by a commissioner who is not a chemist, and probably 

 did not seek the advice of his chemist before making the 

 report. I don't know that a chemist could tell whether glu- 

 cose was fed to bees. However, in case of cane-sugar, I 

 think the chemist could tell in the analysis of the honey 



