Oct. 8, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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then the train to Los Angeles, and after that the electric car for Pasa- 

 dena, where we were to stop over .Sunday. We arrived at our desti- 

 nation about 0:30 p ra.. two very tired travelers. Oh, how glad we 

 were to get to rest. 



On the return voyage on the I'acilic, .Mrs. York seemed to get 

 wolibly on the boat, as it was a rather choppy sea. After giving up 

 some of her dinner, she felt a little better. The ride on the water did 

 not alTect us unfavorably at all. Too tough and hardened, we suppose. 



Before leaving lovely Avalun and Catalina, we wish to quote a 

 little from a descriptive circular of the Island, which tells it so much 

 better than we can. Here it is: 



Santa Catalina Island.— "A land where Winter hath fair Sum- 

 mer wed," a bit of world by itself, picturesquely located in the Pacific 

 Ocean, 30 miles from Los Angeles. 



Santa Catalina is truly a " Harden of the Gods in the land of the 

 free." The island contains 47,(100 acres of plains and valleys, and 

 abounds in beautiful and lofty mountains, stupendous rock cliffs and 

 precipices, and in climate, natural beauties and opportunities for out- 

 door pleasure comes as near perfection as one can tind. 



The Marine Gardens.— The Ocean, along the entire coast of 

 Catalina Island, is a wonderful natural aquarium. The water is still, 

 tropically rich, and clear as a diamond; hence the famous glass-bot- 

 tom boat, down through which visitors peer at the wonders of the 

 deep, provide an entertainment found nowhere else in the world. 

 Here one sees a perfect forest of seaweed, in all the colors of the rain- 

 bow, in the branches of which lloat beautiful fishes of rare and radiant 

 tints, being the home of gold perch and schools of emerald fishes, while 

 the black, long-spined echinus, star-fishes, sea cucumbers, abalones 

 and octopi are seen clinging to the bottom of the ocean, and in the 

 intervening water scores of rich jelly fishes of every form and shape 

 captivate the eye. Nowhere so near a city of 100,000 inhabitants can 

 such a strange and fascinating panorama be witnessed as that to be 

 had from the window of the Santa Catalina glass-bottom boats. 



Bathing. — The boating and fishing is superior to that of many 

 California resorts. The perfect climate and sanitation, the smooth 

 bays ami facilities for safe boating and bathing, render it the ideal 

 place for ladies and children. The little bays are crowded with fish- 

 ing boats, steam launches and yachts, all providing for the public 

 pleasure. 



Fishing. — Fishing is a sport that can be better enjoyed here than 

 any place in the world. Here may be caught finny monsters that 

 weigh from one to 500 pounds, while yellowlail, barracuda, rock bass 

 and albicore afford the fisherman all the sport he can ask for. The 

 famous leaping tuna is caught nowhere else with rod and reel. 



A novel sport confined to Catalina is flying fish shooting. The 

 big tunas rush in, driving the Hying fishes out of the water in flocks, 

 like quail, and at this time the sportsman on a launch can pick them 

 off with a shot-gun. 



Climate— Catalina is a natural sanitarium, combining all that is 

 best in the Maderia Islands and the famous Riviera. Even in mid- 

 winter the days are mild, frost being unknown; the Island is then a 

 flower-garden. It has valuable sulphur springs, and the opportunities 

 for salt baths and enjoying the remarkable varieties of climate, make 

 it an ideal resort. 



The days are never uncomfortably warm in summer, nor too cold 

 in winter, presenting conditions which challenge comparison. The 

 average temperature of .July days at Avalon is 65 degrees. In August 

 the highest mean temperature observed at in the morning was 72 

 degrees. 



We liked Avalon so much that we want to return some time when 

 we can remain there a week or two. It is an ideal place to rest. The 

 climate is simply perfect. There is just enough going on there to 

 keep one from getting too stagnant and out of touch with the world. 

 There is a daily paper published on the Island called " The Wireless.'' 

 It is a great place to purchase curiosities and mementoes to carry 

 home. 



It you ever go to Los Angeles, don't fail to cross over to Catalina 

 Island, and slay there a few days. You will never regret it. Audit 

 you can find Mr. and Mrs. Ros;-. and Bessie, you will have a much 

 better time there than you can possibly have otherwise. 



Xext week we will tell how we and some of the other convention 

 members spent Sunday in California. 



[ Convention Proceedings ] 



Oct of the Bee-Supply Business. — Again we find ourselves en- 

 lirelyout of the bee-supply business; and also the honey-business. 

 The transfer was made to The A. I. Root Co., on Oct. 1, 1903. (See 

 their ad. J For several years we have felt that wehad entirely too 

 many responsibilities, with publishing the American Bee .Journal, 

 looking after a bee-supply business, and handling a large retail and 

 wholesale honey-trade. It was either drop some things or live a 

 shorter time. VVe preferred to do the former, and have acted accord- 

 ingly. It is, of course, with much regret that it seemed necessary for 

 us to make this decision. 



We hope now to have more time to devote to the American Bee 

 Journal, with which we have been connected either as employee or 

 editor for almost 20 years. We have always been in love with it, and 

 trust that with the continued help of its host of loyal readers and con- 

 tributors we may in the future be able to make it a greater power for 

 the advancement of the industry which it represents than it ever has 

 been in all its past nearly 43 years. George W. York & Co. c : 



THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION. 



Report of the Proceeding's of the 34th Annual 



Meeting of the National Bee-Keepers' 



Association, Held at Los Angeles, 



Calif., Aug. 18, 19 and 20, 



1903. 



(Contiaued from page 631.) 

 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



After calling- to order, J. F. Mclntyre, of California, 

 read a paper on 



HOW TO MAKE MONEY PRODUCING EXTRACTED 

 HONEY. 



To make money producing extracted honey it is neces- 

 sary — 



First, to produce a large quantity of high-grade honey ; 

 and 



Secondly, to sell it for a good price. 



In starting out to accomplisfi these objects the first 

 thing to be considered is the location, or locations, as it will 

 be necessary to keep more than one apiary if you make very 

 much money. If you can find a good field where you can 

 keep a number of apiaries around your home apiary without 

 overstocking or crowding out other bee-keepers, you are 

 fortunate. I shall not attempt to tell you where to find this 

 " Eldorado," because every field has some drawbacks, and 

 you might not thank me when you find them out. I will, 

 however, name some of the things to be taken into consid- 

 eration in selecting a field. 



The quantity and quality of the honey that can be pro- 

 duced, an open field, cost of transportation to market, 

 society, healthfulness of climate, annoying insects, exces- 

 sive heat in summer, or cold in winter. 



Having found your " Eldorado," it is important to start 

 with a hive that you will not regret. I have found nothing 

 better than the 10-frame Langstroth, with an unbound zinc 

 queen-excluder between the super and brood-chamber, and 

 a painted duck-cloth under the cover. All combs in the 

 brood-chamber should be built from full sheets of foundation. 



It is also important to stock your hives with the very 

 best stock of bees to be found in the world. I can only 

 recommend that you buy some queens from every breeder 

 who claims to have superior stoik, and breed from that 

 which is best. 



A system of management should be adopted that will 

 prevent excessive increase, and keep both the super and 

 brood-chamber full of bees during the honeyfiow. 



Honey should not be extracted until it is ripe, otherwise 

 it must be evaporated to prevent loss from fermentation. It 

 requires experience to tell when honey is ripe enough to ex- 

 tract. In some seasons, and in damp locations, the nectar 

 from the flowers is very thin, and the honey will often fer- 

 ment after it is all sealed over ; at other times, and in dry 

 locations, it is sometimes thick enough to keep, when the 

 bees commence to seal it over. In most locations it is about 

 right when half sealed. 



It is economy to have the best tools to work with. At 

 my Sespe apiary, this season, my daughter Flora, 19 years 

 old, extracted all the honey, 10 tons, as fast as a man could 

 cart it in ; but she had an 8 comb extractor driven by water- 

 power to do it with. At an out-apiary it cost me S3. 00 per 

 day to get the same amount of honey extracted with a 6- 

 comb Cowan extractor. Two good honey-carts, carrying 

 4 supers, or 32 combs of honey, at a load, are necessary to 

 bring the honey in from the apiary, one cart being loaded 

 in the apiary while the other is extracted in the honey -house. 

 The capping-box should be large enough to hold all the 

 cappings from one extracting, to give time for the cappings 

 to drain dry before the apiary is ready to extract again. 

 Bingham honey-knives, kept clean in cold water, are the 

 best to uncap the honey until we get a power-driven ma- 

 chine that will uncap both sides at one operation. 

 I use smokers with a 4-inch fire-tube. 

 Plenty of tank-room is necessary to give the honey 



