1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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are under weight, so far as the amount of honey they hold, it 

 appears that the amount of comb honey produced during the 

 year in the United States is somewhere about 25,000,000 

 pounds ; and i/ there is as much extracted honey produced as 

 comb, then the total amount of honey produced annually in 

 this country would be about 50,000,000 pounds, or 25, OOO 

 tons. While this estimate may not be strictly accurate, it is 

 far better than the rough guesses that have been made from 

 year to year, and far more accurate than the government 

 reports. 



Our stenographer thought I ought to deduct something 

 for sections on hand, not filled with hooey. There were thou- 

 sands (and we might say millions) of sections of last year's 

 output left over. These, by the law of averages, would bal- 

 ance the number left on hand of this season ; but this year the 

 number left over will be less than last, because, as I have 

 shown, the season has been better. 



According to the foregoing, there is 50,000,000 pounds 

 of honey produced annually in this country. Suppose we say 

 that its average value is 10 cents per pound (and that is suffi- 

 ciently high, we think), or $5,000,000. If that be true, then 

 the $20,000,000 that some enthusiast estimated nearly a 

 year ago was about four times too high. Still, it is a difficult 

 thing to get at the right figure in a matter of this kind. 

 There is so much chance for error; but we think that an 

 estimate of $10,000,000 would be quite ample to cover the 



needs of the case. 



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The Soutb-western Wisconsin bee-convention 

 was held at W^uzeka, Oct. 7 and 8. The officers elected were: 

 President, N. E. France, of Platteville; Vice-President, Thos. 

 Evans; Secretary, F. L. Murray; and Treasurer, J. W. Van 

 Allen. 



After much discussion on marketing honey, the conven- 

 tion voted to sell next year's honey crop through a member of 

 the association, and Mr. N. E. France was selected for the 

 purpose. 



The President exhibited a large picture frame containing 

 75 portraits of prominent bee-keepers, the most of them hav- 

 ing been clipped from the American Bee Journal, Gleanings 

 and the Review. 



We expect soon to be able to give a full report of the pro- 

 ceedings. 



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Geo. T, 'Wbeadon & Co. Again.— Mr. Dana 

 Twining, of Frankfort Station, III., has had some correspon- 

 dence with the would-be honey-commission firm of Wheadon 

 & Co., of this city, as will be seen by the following : 



Editor American Bee Journal — 



Deixr Sir : — Some time ago I received a circular from Geo. 

 T. WheaJou & Co , of Chicago, giving quotations of honey, 

 and later on I received a letter from them requesting a reply. 

 They wished to know about the prospect of obtaining honey 

 in this vicinity ; they would send a man here if I had enough 

 to be worth while. 



In niy reply I wrote them that last year I received circu- 

 lars from C. R. Horrie & Co., but did not ship them any 

 honey ; I referred them to an editorial in the American Bee 

 Journal of Sept. 10, 1896, and I did not intend to ship Geo. 

 T. Wheadon &. Co. any honey this year. 1 also referred them 

 to Ihe American Bee Journal of Sept. 24. They wrote me a 

 reply, which 1 enclose, not because they request it. You can 

 see that Geo. T. Wheadon & Co are not a legitimate firm. If 

 they were, they would have written me a different reply. 

 Yours truly, Dana Twining. 



Frankfort Station, III., Oct. 12. 



The letter referred to by Mr. Twining, which he received 

 from Geo. T. Wheadon & Co., of 198 South Water street, is 

 here given in full, excepting, of course, the lithographed letter 

 heading which mentions honey as a part of their business : 



Dana Twining, Frankfort Station, 111. — 



DeiirVir: — Your somewhat sarcastic letter under date of 

 Sept. 28, is at hand. We Judge from the tone of your letter 

 that yuu pin your faith to the editor of the American Bee 

 Journal. We will inform you right here that he does not 

 amount to much in Chicago. He is endeavoring to make 

 his readers think that he is a prominent personage, but he Is 



not known among our leading business men. From the tone 

 of your letter, we judge that you have never seen him. You 

 should come to Chicago and see him once — it will be well 

 worth your carfare. It would be as big a sight as to attend 

 the World's Fair. You might send him this letter. We 

 would consider it a great favor, as he does not hear from us 

 in a direct way, we doing no advertising with him. 



Very truly yours, Geo. T. Wheadon & Co. 



E.— Dictated by G. T. W. 



It is a real pleasure to us to publish the foregoing corres- 

 pondence, for it shows that our denunciations of fraudulent 

 commission firms is having the proper effect. Wheadon's let- 

 ter reminds us of the saloon people's talk about prohibition 

 laws not prohibiting, and yet they spend time and monny In 

 trying to break down such laws or to prevent their enactment. 

 'Tis simply a case of " sour grapes." 



So far as we know, Wheadon has never seen us, and he 

 knows better than to attempt to advertise In the Bee Journal ; 

 and as for our "not amounting to much in Chicago" — well, 

 we are entirely satisfied if we can only be known well enough 

 among bee-keepers to prevent them from shipping their honey 

 to such parasitic firms as Geo. T. Wheadon & Co., C. R. Horrie 

 & Co., and others of their kind. 



We want to thank Mr. Twining for sending us these let- 

 ters, and we trust that others who wish to aid in protecting 

 bee keepers from being unfairly dealt with, will also forward 

 to us any and every thing that they may receive of a similar 



nature. 



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The Toronto Apiarian Exhibit.— The Cana- 

 dian Bee Journal has this to say concerning the apiarian ex- 

 hibit made this year : 



Never before in the recollection of exhibitors has there 

 been as fine an exhibit of honey at the Toronto Industrial 

 Exhibition, but unfortunately for the exhibitors and for the 

 public generally, the place this year occupied is under the 

 east end of the Grand stand, a position in a remote corner, 

 and away from other exhibits, people expecting to find under 

 this building nothing but lunch counters and dining halls. 

 Again, moving the building each year gives those wishing to 

 see the honey-building and intending purchasers no end of 

 trouble. What bee-keepers and the bee-keeping industry 

 requires is a separate building permanently located, and the 

 position of that building in a location where it can be readily 

 reached. We have said this building is required by the bee- 

 keeping industry, because it must not be forgotten that those 

 exhibiting at Toronto are benefiting bee-keepers generally, 

 because they are drawing attention to honey, and many pur- 

 chase honey in city stores, through having seen and perhaps 

 tasted it at the exhibition. The large exhibits are all neatly 

 and tastily put up, some of course going to greater expense 

 than others in providing the finishing touches, but all of them 

 a credit to beekeepers. 



" Dra'wn Combs increase the crop of comb honey 

 100 per cent., writes L. A. Ressler to Gleanings. When I first 

 read that I thought that Mr. Ressler had been a little extrava- 

 gant, and it does sound so, but I am not so sure that he isn't 

 pretty near the truth. How much more extracted than comb 

 honey can you produce? That's the question; and drawn 

 comb will enable you to produce as much comb as extracted 

 honey. There is a big field here for experiment and investi- 

 gation." 



The above paragraph was written by Editor Hutchinson 

 in the Review for September. That last sentence sounds 

 queer, for, if we mistake not, it was Mr. H. himself who only a 

 short time ago was saying that he thought bee-keeping, along 

 the line of improvements, had about reached ;' the end of the 

 string." And yet he says, "There is a big field here for ex- 

 experiment and investigation." Must have changed his mind. 



Honey Sponqe-Cake. — One cupful of honey, one cup of 

 flour, five eggs. Beat the yolks and honey together; beat the 

 whites to a froth ; mix all together, stirring as little as possi- 

 ble ; flavor with lemon, and bake quickly. 



