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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Feb. 1, 1900. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



QEORQE W. YORK & COMPANY, 



118 Michigan Street, Ciiicago, Hi. 



[Entered at the Post-Oflice at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter.] 

 EDITOR: 



DEPARTMENT EDITORS: 



Dr. C.C. MILLER, E. E. HASTY, 



" Questions and Answers." ** " The Afterthouyfht." 



LEADING CONTRIBUTORS: 



G. M. DoOHTTLK, C. p. I)AI1.\NT, PrOF. A. J. CoOK, 



F. A. Sneli., R. C. Aikin, "Old Grimes." 



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VOL.40. FEBRUARY 1. 1900. NO. 5. 



Note— The American Bee Journal adopts the Ortho^'raphv of the follow- 

 ing Rule, recommended by the joint action of the American Philolog- 

 ical Association and the Philological Society of England: —Change 

 **d" or "ed" final to *'t" when so pronounced, except when the "e" af- 

 fects a preceding sound. Also some other changes are used. 



The Colorado Convention Report is now in our hands, 

 and its publication in these columns will be commenced 

 next week. A good report is always assured from the Col- 

 orado Association, as they invariably have profitable an- 

 nual meeting's. 



The Wisconsin Convention will be held at Madison, 

 in the State Capitol, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 7 and 

 8 — next week. The editor of the American Bee Journal ex- 

 pects to be present, and hopes to have the pleasure of meet- 

 ing as many as possible of his good bee-keeping friends in 

 that part of the country. Judging from the program, 

 which was publisht in these columns recently, a good meet- 

 ing is assured. 



The Chicago Convention of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held next Aug. 28, 29 and 30— beginning 

 Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The exact place in this 

 city for holding the meeting is not yet definitely known. 

 There are one or two places in view. The executive com- 

 mittee of the Chicago Bee-Keepers' Association having in 

 charge the selection of a hall, think it would be well to hold 

 their next local meeting in a certain place as a trial, then 

 if all is satisfactory have the National convention meet in 

 the same place. The nest meeting of the Chicago Associa- 

 tion will be held Thursday, April 5— about five inonths 



before the National — so there will be ample time after that 

 to announce the exact place of meeting in August. 



In Gleanings in Bee-Culture for Jan. IS, Pres. E. R. 

 Root has this to say in reference to the great annual bee- 

 keepers' convention : 



" The place of meeting is Chicago during the time of 

 the Grand Army encampment, when low railroad rates will 

 be in force all over the country. A program has been in 

 process of preparation for some time back, a:id among some 

 of the special features will be one, and possibly two, stere- 

 opticon lectures on two separate evenings. The question- 

 box for the latter half of the day sessions will be another 

 feature. The questions will be of a character to interest 

 advanced bee-keepers as well as beginners. Every effort 

 is being put forth to make this one of the best in point of 

 discussion and attendance that has ever been held. Chi- 

 cago is a central point, easily accessible from every direction, 

 and there is no reason why there should not be a large 

 meeting. Local associations. State and county, should see 

 to it that delegates are appointed to attend this meeting." 



The Ontario Convention for 1899 was held in Toronto, 

 Dec. S, 6 and 7. It reported a membership of 92, with a bal- 

 ance in the treasury of nearly $117. Messrs. Wm. McEvoy 

 and F. A. Gemniill were re-elected as inspector and assis- 

 tant inspector, respectively. The next place of meeting 

 will be Niagara Falls. A " recommendation was approved 

 which decided that the Association do not assume the pub- 

 lication of the Canadian Bee Journal. The new president, 

 C. W. Post, was recommended as inspector of honey in- 

 tended for the Paris Exposition. 



The Article on Migratory Bee.Keeping, on another 

 page, shows familiarit)' on the part of the writer with the 

 subject. The question why more do not practice migrating 

 is partly answered by Mr. Hutchinson when he says : " An 

 apiarist who is going to practice moving his bees to secure 

 better pastures, must have hives, fixtures and other ar- 

 rangements suitable for that purpose." Every bee-keeper 

 does not have these, especially the proper arrangement for 

 hauling ; and he does not know very well what he should 

 have. Then he has a fear that bees may get out and make 

 trouble en rou/e — a fear not without foundation, for those 

 who have had experience in hauling bees have generally 

 had a pretty tough breaking-in, some of their experiences 

 having been of a decidedly serious character. For some it 

 would be a hard thing to find a spot to locate bees, even 

 after having found the right pasturage ; for there seems a 

 general prejudice against having bees on the place, among 

 those who have no bees of their own. 



Altogether, there is no little to make a bee-keeper hesi- 

 tate about making his first attempt at migratory bee- 

 keeping. 



California as a Honey-State. — That racy writer, Ram- 

 bler, has been for a long time writing Rambles for Glean- 

 ings in Bee-Culture, in which, perhaps, too often there has 

 been so little bee-talk that the busy bee-keeper hardly felt 

 he could spare the time to read them ; and yet did not dare 

 to skip them for fear there might be a hidden nugget that 

 he could not afford to lose. Latterly there has been an im- 

 provement in this respect, and his last Ramble, No. 181, is 

 a perfect gem of its kind, and the kind is a good kind. 



Rambler discusses California as a honey-producing 

 State, and makes a masterly job of it. No attempt at quo- 

 tation or condensation would do the article justice, and it 

 is not worth while to attempt it. A little later on we expect 

 to copy it. A remarkable accompaniment to the article, 

 however, may be mentioned, in the shape of two maps. One 

 is a map of California, showing the State divided into three 

 portions, viz.: Northern California, largely undevelopt ; 

 central, with its alfalfa regions; and southern, undevelopt 



