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upon, and thus be able to guarantee to their 

 retail customers the honey they buy from 

 a bee-keeper that they knew wouldn't sell 

 anything but the straight article. 



We believe that no bee-keeper, who has a 

 local trade in honey, can afiford to get out 

 of honey at any time of the year, if he can 

 at all purchase it from some one and be 

 able to guarantee its purity. We know 

 many bee-keepers whose honey we would 

 as soon guarantee as if we had produced it 

 in our own apiary. And why not ? 



We think that bee-keepers should help 

 each other, and their industry in general, 

 by aiding in evening up the honey crop as 

 much as possible, and seeing to it that all 

 their neighbors and friends everywhere 

 have all the honey they want to eat. 



Xlie Illinois Convention met at 



Springfield, on Nov. 13 and 14. We learned 

 from the daily newspapers on Nov. 15, that 

 the following were elected as officers for the 

 ensuing year: 



President — J. T. Smith, of Lincoln. 



Vice-Presidents— S. N. Black, of Clayton; 

 George W. York, of Chicago ; Mrs. L. Har- 

 rison, of Peoria; W. J. Finch, Jr., of 

 Springfield; and James Poindexter, of 

 Bloomington. 



Secretary — James A. Stone, of Bradford- 

 ton. 



Treasurer— Dr. C. C. Miller, of Marengo. 



A code of rules or standards for judging 

 honey at Fairs was adopted. The points 

 are graded as follows on a scale of 100: 



Quantity, 40; quality, 40; style of dis- 

 play 20, for comb honey. For extracted 

 honey, quantity, 40 ; quality, 45 ; display, 15. 



The Executive Committee of the associa- 

 tion was constituted a committee on legis- 

 lation to secure the passage of laws to pre- 

 vent adulteration of honey and the sale of 

 bogus articles as honey. 



We expect, of course, to publish a full re- 

 port of the proceedings shortly. 



VKIi»t About I\«xt Year ?— During 

 the winter months is a grand time to plan 

 for the following honey season. Most 

 likely some of the old methods will be dis- 

 carded next year, and the more modern 

 and improved ones substituted. If you 

 have discovered or proven any good 

 methods that will help to make the produc- 



tion of honey more profitable, why not de- 

 scribe them in the "American Bee Jour- 

 nal " during the coming reading season of 

 the year ? An " even exchange " of ideas 

 among bee-keepers would be " no robbery," 

 and by so doing all would be greatly 

 benefited. 



Bee-keeping is quite unlike many other 

 kinds of business. There is no necessity 

 for secrets in the production of honey, 

 while in some lines "the secret" is the 

 principal part of the capital invested. By 

 revealing what some bee-keeper may con- 

 sider as his " secret," he may in return get a 

 suggestion from another who had followed 

 the same line a little further and succeeded 

 infinitely better; thus the first beekeeper's 

 " secret " would be given in exchange for 

 something which he probably would never 

 have found out himself, and which may 

 equal the difference between failure and 



The winter season is the time to "trot 

 out " and examine all the new "kinks " or 

 improved old ones, and prepare for another 

 year's campaign among the bees. What do 

 you know f Or what would you like to 

 know ? Either question will serve as a 

 good starting-point for you to write. 



mrs. A. C Hill, of Moon Run, Pa., 

 died on Oct. 14, leaving Bro. Hill with a 

 little boy 7 years old, and twin babies. He 

 writes with great tenderness, and a sorrow- 

 ing heart, that they had "spent ten very 

 happy years together," and that "life 

 seems a burden now without her." Bro. 

 Hill writes as one having the "blessed 

 assurance " that in some sunnier clime 

 they'll meet again, never more to be sep- 

 arated. What great consolation in so sad 

 bereavement comes from such a trust! Our 

 heartfelt sympathy goes out to the sorrow- 

 stricken father and his three dear littl© 

 ones. 



Nil ni pi 4' 4/<»]»ie!ii of the " American 

 Bee Journal " will be mailed free to all who 

 ask for them. The next three or four 

 months will be just the time for getting 

 new subscribers, and if any of our friends 

 can use sample copies among their bee- 

 keeping neighbors, in order to get them as 

 new subscribers, we will be glad to mail the 

 samples, if the names and addresses are 

 sent to us. Better educated bee-keepers 

 will mean better things for all. 



