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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 12, 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 



Editors and Proprietors, 

 US Mlcbigaa St., - CHICAGO. ILL. 



KEGULAK CONTRIBUTORS : 

 G. M. Doolittle, of New York. Prof. A. J. Cook, of California. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, of Illinois. Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of Georgia. 



J. H. Martin, of California. Kev. B. T. Abbott, of Missouri. 



Chas. Dadant & Son, of Illinois. 



$1.00 a Year — Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 [Entered at the Post-Office at ChicaKO as Second-Class Mall-Matter.] 



Vol. niVI. CHICAGO, ILL, MAR. 12, 1896, No. II. 



Removal Notice. — In order to get more room, we 



have removed from 56 Fifth Ave. to US Michigan St., 



where all our correspondents should now address us. We are 



on the 3rd floor in the large brick building on the southwest 



corner of La Salle and Michigan Streets — one block north and 



one block east of the Chicago & Northwestern Passenger 



Station. Remember, we are on Michigan Street, not Michigan 



Avenue. The latter is used almost wholly as a boulevard and 



residence thoroughfare, while the former (where we are) is a 



business street. 



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The Xoronto ConTention Report is now is- 

 sued in pamphlet form, and will be mailed free to those who 

 became members of the North American at Toronto, in a few 

 days — just as soon as we can reach it after getting settled in 

 our new office. This fulfills our offer to furnish a bound copy 

 of the Report to Toronto mc?nt>ers free of cost; anyone else 

 desiring a copy, can have it by sending us 25 cents in stamps, 

 when it will be mailed promptly. As we had less than 100 

 copies of the Report bound, it will be necessary to order at 

 once, if you wish to get it. 



Mr. Xhomas G. IVe-^'Mian— the Manager of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union — expects to remove to San Diego, 

 Calif., with his family about April 10. This will be welcome 

 news to hfs many friends in the sunset State. Mrs. Newman's 

 health, and that of Mr. N., have been quite bad for some time, 

 and it is with the hope of recuperating weakened energies 

 that they make the change. We trust the invigorating cli- 

 mate of southern California will do wonders for them, and 

 that they will favor the Bee Journal with frequent reports. 



Next week we will publish an article from Mr. Newman, 

 on the amalgamation subject. Hon. J. M. Hambaugh puts in 

 a vigorous protest this week, on page 162. 



All Honey Couimission-lflen are not thieves 

 and swindlers, as some of our readers might think from read- 

 ing recent denunciations of certain unreliable ones in the Bee 

 Journal. No, sir; we know there are good, honest men in the 

 commission business, and we believe that all who are found in 



the honey and beeswax dealers' list on another page are treat- 

 ing their customers all right. If not, we want to know it, for 

 we will not Iceep their names in the Bee Journal after being 

 assured of any crooked dealing on their part. 



During the past year we have refused and cast out what 

 will amount to a loss to us of about .$200 a year in advertis- 

 ing, just because we became satisfied that they were not treat- 

 ing customers as they should. As we have said before, we will 

 not knowingly advertise for a dishonest firm. We will en- 

 deavor to protect our subscribers in every way possible, even 

 if we must suffer the loss of money from advertising that we 

 need. But we believe our readers will appreciate our efforts, 

 and send us more than enough new subscriptions to make up 

 for all loss in advertising from any dishonest commission-men. 

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Ulr. E. Kretcbmer, of Red Oak, Iowa, thinks he 

 was slighted on page 136, where several of the leading supply 

 manufacturers were named, and Mr. K. was omitted. Of 

 course, it was quite unintentional on our part; we had no 

 thought of doing him, or any other firm, an injustice. Come 

 to think of it, the Page & Lyon Mfg. Co., and J. Forncrook, 

 of Wisconsin, should also be included. 



From a publisher's standpoint, it might easily be decided 

 that " the largest " firms are also those that should advertise 

 the most extensively. That may be one reason why some 

 were overlooked. We should think that large bee-supply 

 manufacturers would also advertise largely in the best bee- 

 papers, for the papers really create the demand for new sup- 

 plies in their untiring effort to reach every bee-keeper in the 

 land. Sometimes we think dealers and manufacturers do not 

 sufficiently appreciate this fact. But, of course, they are sup- 

 posed to know their own business best, and we may be wrong 

 about it. However, we venture the suggestion that the most 

 successful in any line do the most advertising — judiciously, of 



course. 



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" Xhe California Bee-Keepers' Exchange 



is now fully on its feet,", writes Prof. Cook. " Articles of in- 

 corporation have been adopted ; directors appointed for each 

 of the counties of Southern California ; one of the best bee- 

 keepers of the State elected for President, and a very bright 

 business man appointed as Secretary and Manager. This last 

 gentleman will give his entire time to the Exchange, and if we 

 may judge from the enthusiasm already shown in favor of the 

 movement, it will not be difficult to secure the co-operation of 

 the whole bee-fraternity of Southern California. This gentle- 

 man will at once commence to work up markets for the com- 

 ing year, so that by the time the honey is ready for sale, it will 

 be known just where it is to be sent, and what prices may be 

 secured. It is expected that the membership fee, together 

 with one-sixth of the honey crop — which every member of the 

 Association is to promise — will give all needed funds for the 

 necessary preliminary work. The bee-keepers are wide-awake 

 in this matter, and are very hopeful of the results." 



A Bee-Keepers' Arbor Day has been suggested 

 by Mr. N. Levering, the editor of the apiarian deparitnent of 

 The California Cultivator. He says : 



Bee-forage is a most Important question for bee keepers' 

 consideration on account of the diminution of the furage by 

 agriculture and grazing, which, in part, accounts fi'r short 

 honey crops in many parts of the country. An incinase of 

 bee-forage will remedy the deficiency in a great measure. This 

 can readily be done by concerted action on the part of the 

 apiculturists who reside in the mountain districts, and where- 

 ever there are lands not susceptible of cultivation, by plant- 

 ing trees whose bloom yields nectar, and such other plants 

 and vegetation as contribute to the bee's storehouse. This 

 would soon bring about a perceptible increase of honey as well 

 as bees. Planting by a few would secure the desired object 

 only to a limited extent, whereas if all plant each year for a 



