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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 23, 



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•IN A^RrCA 





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VoiniVI, CHICAGO, ILL, JAN. 23, 1896, No. 4, 



A Free Bee-BooU.— Gleanings for Jan. 1, -jiakes 

 favorable mention of Government Bulletin No. 1, entitled, 

 " The Honey-Bee : a Manual of Instruction in Apiculture. 

 By Frank Benton." It was to be ready for distribution by the 

 Department of Agriculture in a few days at 15 cents per copy ; 

 stamps not taken. Editor Root speaks very highly of it. So 

 far we have seen nothing of it. 



The Bee-Keepers' Union Report will be 

 found on page Sit of this number of the Bee Journal. Mr. 

 Newman always gets out a very interesting " annual message," 

 showing the results of the conflicts of the year preceding, and 

 the financial condition of the Union. This latter is in good 

 shape, as will be seen— so that those who paid their dues for 

 1895 will not need to pay any for 1896, unless it is found 

 necessary later on, which, in all probability, will not be the 

 case. 



Read that 11th Annual Report, and then if you are not 

 now a member of the Union, send your $1.00 to the General 

 Manager— Thomas G. Newman, 147 South Western Ave., 

 Chicago, III. 



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Sellingf Honey on Commission.— We have 

 just been talking with the head of what we consider the 

 largest firm of Chicago honey-dealers, about selling honey on 

 commission. We asked particularly about the amount or per 

 cent, charged for handling honey, and his reply was, that on 

 a shipment which sells for less than §100 gross, their rule was 

 to charge 10 per cent. On any shipment selling for over 

 §100, they deduct 5 per cent, for their commission. We be- 

 lieve this is about right. 



The gentleman referred to above, agreed with us in think- 

 ing Chicago the principal honey-distributing point in this 

 country. As nearly as we are able to learn (and we believe 

 it is not far out of the way), since the season for shipping 

 honey opened for 1895, there have been shipped to the Chi- 

 cago market up to this time, about 60 carloads. That means 

 about 600 tons, or 1,200,000 pounds of honey. And that 

 would be only about one pound for each person living in 

 Chicago ! Surely that one pound wouldn't last very long — 



say probably a week. Then something like 50 times this 

 amount might be consumed here every year, if it were 

 properly distributed among the people. 



Bee-keepers have a great work ahead of them, if the pub- 

 lic is ever to be educated to use honey as it deserves to be 

 used. Let every one do his share to popularize the consump- 

 tion of the best sweet known — honey. 



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"Satisfaction Guaranteed."— While many are 

 preparing advertisements for the new year, we wish to give 

 them a hint. It should be the aim of all supply dealers and 

 queen-breeders to give entire satisfaction to all of their custo- 

 mers, by giving " value received " for every dollar sent to them 

 for goods — but no one can guarantee that every customer will 

 be satisfied. Will those interested " take the hint," and en- 

 deavor to avoid complaints by "doing unto others" just as 

 you would have them do to you ? That " rule " is " worth its 

 weight in gold." No wonder, for 'tis but the " Golden Rule." 

 Resolve that it shall be the "rule" of your life this year. 

 You will be happier, and so will all with whom you meet or 

 do business. 



Honey-Production in Germany. — An ex- 

 change says that it should be noted that in Germany little 

 comb honey is produced, there being for the greater part no 

 market for it. From the hives with fixed combs the Ijest 

 honey that is obtained is what is called " run honey," and it 

 approaches extracted honey very nearly in quality. The 

 crushed combs are placed in a seive or a trough, and the 

 honey permitted to run o£f. What remains is gently heated 

 and strained. Extracted honey and " run honey " are sold on 

 the average for 25 cents per pound, the "strained honey" 12 

 to 13 cents per pound. Come honey and extracted are the 

 same in price. The honey is gathered chiefly from fruit- 

 bloom, rape, esparcette, acacia or honey-locust, linden, corn- 

 flower, etc. 



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9Ir. Sutherland's Apiary, so nicely shown on 

 the first page of this number, was photographed in August, 

 ] 895. Mr. S. writes this about it : 



In the foreground you will see my wife, daughter and my- 

 self, while farther back is my son sitting in the buggy. On 

 the left a portion of the house is shown ; next is the wood- 

 house, then the top of the barn is seen over the peach-trees, 

 while at the right is the poultry-house. 



I was born in Bainbridge, Mich., Oct. 10, 1851, and with 

 the exception of a few months at a time I have always lived with- 

 in the township. I first began bee-keeping in 1873, in com- 

 pany with my brother-in-law, with a few colonies, and 

 increased to 30, then lost all with dysentery in the winter of 

 1875. In the fall of 1883 I found two bee-trees, transferred 

 the bees into hives, and those, with two others, died in the 

 winter of 1884. Then I was without bees until July 7, 

 1889, when a run-away swarm settled on a tree in the front 

 yard. I hived them, and bought one colony in the spring. I 

 have 20 colonies now, after selling 10. 



In 1885 a man moved here with an apiary : he was tak- 

 ing another bee-paper, in which I found the advertisement of 

 the American Bee Journal, for which I then subscribed. I 

 should not know what to do without the Bee Journal now. 



Henry Sutherland. 



Selling- Anotber's Honey.— In regard to what 

 has appeared in the Bee Journal for Oct. 17, 189.5, page 

 675, and in a recent number. Dr. Miller has this to say : 



In the Question-Box was asked a question, some of the 

 answers to which might be understood as intimating, if not 

 plainly stating, that it was all right to buy other people's 

 honey and sell it as honey produced in your own apiary. It 

 was a mistake to answer without noting more clearly the 

 bearing of the question, for when carefully examined the 

 question asks : " Would it be right " " to make my customers 

 believe " a thing that is not true? Put just in that shape 

 perhaps not one in the lot would have answered in the afBrm- 



