AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Homey Ruined l>y iflotlis.— One 

 morning last week we received the follow- 

 ing note from one of the largest dealers in 

 honey in Chicago : 



George W. York. Esq.— 



Dear Sir: — If you will call before noon to- 

 day, we can furnish yoa with an item of 

 interest. Yours truly, 



Honey-Dealer. 



We omit the real name signed to the 

 above, as well as the signature of this let- 

 ter, which accompanied a shipment of 

 honey to the dealer referred to : 



Wisconsin, Aug. 17, 1894. 

 Bear Sir .-—"We ship to-day over 100 cases 

 of comb honey, mostly white clover. There 

 is a little dark honey with it. The fare will 

 tell you. It is put up as well as we know 

 how. Trusting you will get all it is worth, 

 we are. Yours truly, 



Honet-Bees. 



Having called at Mr. Honey-Dealer's 

 ofBce, he took us to the rear of the ware- 

 house, and directed his experienced em- 

 ploye to open a few of the crates sent in by 

 " Honey-Bees." He did so, and in the cen- 

 ter of nearly every 12-section crate of 

 otherwise nice looking honey, were several 

 sections totally destroyed by the moths. 

 Between the sections the moth-nests, as 

 well as the full grown and larval moths, 

 could be seen. What an unsightly thing it 

 was — to see the beautiful sections of honey 

 so completely demolished. 



Of course, all the dealer could do, was to 

 write the shippers about the condition the 

 honey was received in, and hold it subject 

 to their order. It was useless to try to sell 

 it without first re-crating, and throwing 

 out the filthy-looking and moth-destroyed 

 sections. 



It seems to us that a good lesson should 

 be learned from the foregoing account. Be 

 >ture that your honey is in good condition 

 when it leaves your hands. Don't crate it 

 until ready to ship. Keep the moths out of 

 it by sulphur fumigation, the details of 

 which have so often been described in these 

 columns, and which may be found in all 

 the best bee-books. 



What shall it profit a bee-keeper, if he 

 does gain a good crop of doney, and then 

 lets the moths destroy it ? Why work hard 

 to produce it, and by carelessness after- 

 ward permit it to l)e ruined and lost ? 



We notice that the producers in question, 

 are not readers of the Bee Journal, and 

 perhaps do not take any other bee-paper. 

 You see, they will now lose perhaps fifty to 



one hundred dollars, when in all probability 

 had they been readers of the bee-papers, 

 such loss would have been avoided. In 

 other words, it 23(1'!/^ to be posted in any 

 business in order to make a success of it. 



Xlie Illinois State Fair will be 

 held at Springfield on Sept. 34th to 39th. 

 The apiarian department is represented by 

 the following liberal Premium List : 



bees and honey. 



1st. 2nd. 



Display of comb honey $10 00 $5 00 



Case comb honey, 13 to 24 lbs. . 5 00 3 00 



Display of extracted honey. ... 10 00 5 00 

 Display of samples of extracted 



honey 3 00 3 00 



Display of candied honey 5 00 3 00 



Display of beeswax 5 00 3 00 



Nucleus of Italian bees in obser- 

 vatory hive 5 00 3 00 



Display of apiarian implements 

 and devices not otherwise pro- 

 vided for 5 00 3 00 



Display of queen-bees in cages. 5 00 3 00 



Honey extractor in operation.. 10 00 5 00 



Wax extractor 3 00 1 00 



Comb foundation machine in 



operation 3 00 3 00 



Honey -vinegar, one gallon 3 00 1 00 



We wish to urge upon bee-keepers of this 

 State the importance of making an extra 

 effort this year, as the honey crop is short, 

 and those who have any at all shoald make 

 it known to the Secretary of the Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association— Jas. A. 

 Stone, Bradfordton, lU.— or to some of the 

 State Fair officials, so that arrangements 

 can be made to have our interests properly 

 represented. As the time is short, let there 

 be prompt action in the matter. 



Bro. JTas. A. Stone, the active Sec- 

 retary of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, has been annoyed greatly 

 by chicken ' thieves lately. He succeeded 

 in landing two of them in jail, but one es- 

 caped. Bro. Stone's bright son attached 

 wires from the hen-house door to an elec- 

 tric bell in his bed-room, and in that way 

 "cotched" the rogues. Now if a few of 

 them could only be " electrocuted," it 

 would somewhat lessen the supply of 

 chicken thieves, and also make the chicken 

 business more profitable for honest people. 



'I'iirpentine applied to ant-hills is 

 recommended as being efficient in inducing 

 the ants to '■ move on." 



