1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



631 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. G. M. Whitfobd. of Arlington, Nebr., Is the editor 

 of the •' Bee-Departmeut" in The Cultivator — a farm paper 

 published at Omaha. 



The a. I. Root Co. report that they have just put up 

 another large building at the "Home of the Honey-Becs." It 

 is 52x120 feet in size, and will hold 600,000 feet of lumber 

 for sec;iions. It is the largest of all their numerous buildings, 

 some of the others being 40x 1 20 feet. 



Mr. M. M. Baldbidge, of Kane county, III., called on us 

 last week. He is one of the oldest readers and correspondents 

 of the Bee .lournal, having written for it from the very first, 

 in 1861. He reports that had it not been for the sweet 

 clover, bee-keepers in his part of the country would have had 

 no surplus honey the past few years. 



Mr. Geo. W. Brodbeck, in Gleanings for Sept. 15, sug- 

 gests that when the North American and the Union are amal- 

 gamated, there be two classes of members — protective and 

 non-protective. We agree with E litor Root that nil inembers 

 should be protected. We should want all on an equal footing, 

 and all to pay the same membership fee, and assessments, if 

 any. 



Rev. James M. Smith, of Santa Maria, Calif., shows a 

 very generous and unselfish spirit in the following, which ac- 

 companied a request that a sample copy be mailed to a friend 

 of his, whom he hopes to succeed in inducing to become a sub- 

 scriber : 



"I am surprised how great a help the American Bee 

 Journal is, and want others to learn its worth and get its 

 help." 



Mr. James Laidlaw, of Canada, having failed to receive 

 a copy of the Bee Journal one week, wrote for it and said : 



"I would not be without the ' Old Reliable ' on any account. 

 I have learned more from it than I could have learned in a 

 lifetime without it." 



By the way, should a subscriber fail to get the Bee Jour- 

 nal any week, kindly let us kuow promptly, and we will be 

 glad to mail you another copy. 



Dr. E. Gallup, of Santa Ana, Calif., has sent us numer- 

 ous and interesting copies of pamphlets, magazines, etc., ex- 

 tolling the natural beauties of scenery and climate of that 

 Pacific wonderland. If he doesn't stop, we fear he will bo the 

 cause of a hopeless case of "California fever." We want to 

 thank him for all the literature he has sent us, and if the 

 "fever" gets high enough he may have another neighbor 

 some day. 



We have a' long article from the busy Doctor, telling 

 something of his Dee-keeping experience of the present year. 

 It is in answer to a number of inquiries, and we hope to pub- 

 lish it next week. 



Dr. Mason, in an article in Gleanings, says that previous 

 to 1893 the National Bee-Keepers' Union " was known as the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Uuion." That is news to us. 

 We think if the good Doctor will look up the matter, he will 

 find that it has always been the "National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union "—that it is national in name and international in its 

 me-'jbership and object. 



The Union has done a noble work in the interest of bee- 

 keepers, and it must not be impairtd in any way. We believe 

 it would be greatly strengthened if it were reorganized in 

 such a way as to take in the North American. There really 

 is no need of two such societies, we think. 



Messr8. R. a. Burnett & Go. are probably the oldest 

 honey-dealers in Chicago. They are a firm who understand 

 their business thoroughly, and are square in their dealings. 

 Upon receipt of the Bee Journal for Sept. 17, they immedi- 

 ately wrote us as follows: 



Mb. York: — The Bee Journal of this date at hand. It 

 seems lo us that it is one of the issues that must be of great 

 benefit to the trade and pursuit you especially promote. Your 

 warning under the head of " Editorial Comments " should be 

 sufficient to protect all those seeking to market honey in 

 Chicago. By that offer you are placing at your subscribers' 



disposal the information, for cost of postage, that may save 

 them individually many dollars, and to the producers as a 

 whole, thousands of dollars. The unprincipled dealer hurts 

 all, by depressing the market to realize immmediately upon 

 receipt of honey. Yours very truly, 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



We aim constantly to make the Bee Journal of real value 

 to its subscribers, in every possible way, and we believe they 

 appreciate it. Many are showing their approval by sending 

 in new subscribers, as well as by paying their own subscrip- 

 tions promptly. We trust that during the next few months 

 there may be a genuine boom in the line of renewals and new 

 subscriptions, as we are anxious to attain unto our ideal of a 

 bee-paper, but cannot do so unless we have the hearty co- 

 operation of the bee-keeping fraternity. 



There is no reason why this journal should not be just 

 twice as valuable to its readers as it is now. We can make it 

 so when all who should receive its weekly visits are found 

 upon our subscription list. 



If your neighbor bee-keeper does not take the Bee Jour- 

 nal now, invite him to begin at once, and thus get in touch 

 with the rest of the bee-world. You will be doing him a kind- 

 ness as well as us, and will thus help to spread the informa- 

 tion that every bee-keeper should have. 



Mb. Walter C. Lyman is a bee-keeper with about 60 

 colonies, at Downer's Grove, III., 2 L miles west of Chicago. 

 He had kindly invited " ye editor " and wife to spend a day 

 with them, and we selected Saturday, Sept. 19. Although a 

 bright day, it was more comfortable in doors than out. The 

 honey season has been a poor one this year with Mr. Lyman. 

 He has taken off not over 250 pounds of comb honey. 



Mr. L., his sister, and mother (who is 75 years old) form 

 the family. Yes, and Miss Dixon, who so acceptably presides 

 over the kitchen department, must be included. Though 

 somewhere around 40 years, Mr. Lyman is still single. But 

 he seems not to worry about it any. Yet, unless he soon over- 

 comes his extreme bashfulness, we fear he will some day be 

 an old bachelor ! 



Mrs. Lyman is a remarkably preserved woman. She is as 

 bright and vivacious as a girl in her " teens." It is a real in- 

 spiration to meet and talk with her. We never saw any one 

 of her age that had kept so young-hearted. 



We had a pleasant day a-visiting, and returned home in 

 the evening rested and cheered. 



A Ne'w Binder for holding a year's numbers of the 



American Bee Journal, we propose to mail, postpaid, to every 



subscriber who sends us 20 cents. It is called " The Wood 



Binder," is patented, and is an entirely new and very simple 



arrangement. Full printed directions accompany each Binder. 



Every reader should get it, and preserve the copies of the Bee 



Journal as fast as they are received. They are invaluable for 



reference, and at the low price of the Binder you can afford to 



get it yearly. 



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Honey as PootI a,ntl Medicine. — A new and revised 

 edition of this 32-page pamphlet is now issued. It has 5 blank 

 pages on which to write or paste recipes taken from other sources. 

 It is just what its name indicates, and should be liberally dis- 

 tributed among the people everywhere to create a demand for 

 honey. It contains a number of recipes on the use of hor^v as 

 food and as medicine, besides much other interesting and vhiaable 

 information. Prices, postpaid, are: Single copy, 5 cts. ; 10 copies 

 30 ets. ; 50 for $1.00; lUO for $l.T.i. Better give them a trial. Send 

 all orders to the Bee Journal office. 



The Alsike Clover Leaflet consists of 2 pages, 

 with illustrations, showing the value of Alsike clover, and 

 telling how to grow it. This Leaflet is just the thing to hand 

 to every farmer in your neighborhood. Send to the Bee Jour- 

 nal office for a quantity of them, and see that they are dis- 

 tributed where they will do the most good. Prices, postpaid, 

 are as follows : 50 for 25 cents ; 100 for 40 cents ; or 200 



for 70 cents. 



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The Xanies and Addresses of all your bee- 

 friends, who are not now taking ilie Bee Journal, are wanted 

 at this office. Send them in, please, when sample copies will 

 be mailed to them. Then you can secure their subscriptions, 

 and earn some of the premiums we have offered. The 

 next few mouths will be just the time to easily get new sub- 

 scribers. Try it earnestly, at least. 



