July 5, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



425 



Cowan, of London, Enprland ; Dr. Wni. R. Howard, of 

 Texas; Mrs. H. G. Acklin, of Minnesota; S. A. Niver, of 

 New York ; Herman F. Moore, of Illinois ; and R. C. Aikin, 

 of Colorado; and if you want to know what the papers are 

 about, and assist in the discussion and enjoyment of the 

 questions, please report in person at the above mentioned 

 hall at the time indicated. 



I have been unable as yet to learn what the railroad 

 rates will be, but they probably will be as heretofore— one 

 fare for the round trip from some localities, one and one- 

 third from others, a cent a mile each way in the Central 

 Passenger Association territory, or one fare for the round 

 trip. The exact rate may be learned by inquiring- at any 

 railroad station. A. B. Mason, Sec. 



P. S. — Say, Mr. York, it has occurred to me that you 

 might be willing to help delegates to secure lodging-places, 

 if they would ask you to. A. B. M. 



Yes, we will be glad to do what we can toward securing 

 lodging-places for those who will notify us a sufficient time 

 in advance of the meeting. Already several have requested 

 it. We think the Revere House will be able to care for one 

 hundred or more, and likely the balance of the convention 

 can secure lodging thru their friends and acquaintances re- 

 siding in Chicago, aside from ourselves. Please do so if 

 you possibly can, as we will likely have all the applications 

 we shall be able to place. 



There is an excellent restaurant, with reasonable 

 charges, adjoining the hall, where doubtless most of the 

 members will get their meals. The best part of a conven- 

 tion is the time between sessions if as many as possible can 

 be kept from getting scattered. That is one reason the 

 committee tried to secure hall, hotel and restaurant accom- 

 modations all within a half block of each other. 



Australian Honey-Plants seem to be largely trees. A 

 list of names of honey-bearing plants or trees in that re- 

 gion sounds strange to American ears. Among them, as 

 recited in the Australian Bee-Bulletin, are bottle-bush, ti- 

 tree, pepper-tree, flooded-gum, mahogany, bloodwood, red- 

 gum, spotted-gum, white-gum, blue-gum. water-gum, black 

 butt, tallow-wood, white-box, and stringy-bark. 



Editor Tipper says lucerne (alfalfa) does not yield honey 

 generally till its third year. If that is the case in this 

 country, it has not been reported generally. 



The great heat of the sun in Australia is likely to dry 

 up white clover so as to lessen its value as a honey-plant. 



California Bee-Men Organize. — Not long ago there ap- 

 peared in the Pacific Rural Press a report that the bee-keep- 

 ers of the San Joaquin vallej', recognizing the advantage 

 arising from co-operation, met in Selma, Fresno county, 

 March 12, 1900, and formed a State organization under the 

 State law of 1895, whereby each member has but one vote, 

 whether he has 10 or 1,000 colonies. 



The qualification for membership is the ownership of 

 10 or more colonies of bees and a compliance with the con- 

 stitution and by-laws of the organization. There is a mem- 

 bership fee of $2.00, and no dues nor assessments. The or- 

 ganization will be known as the California Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. It is hoped to get every bee-keeper in the 

 State to join. 



The object is to run the business along the same lines 

 as the raisin-growers, adopting their by-laws as nearly as 

 practicable, and if they can succeed in getting 60 percent 

 of the bees in any county or locality subscribed there will 

 be a district formed in that county, and conducted the same 

 as the prune or raisin growers manage their affairs. 



The following were elected temporary officers : J. P. 

 Johnston, president ; M. A. Gilstrap, secretary ; J. W. 

 Payne, treasurer ; J. P. Johnston, J. F. Crowder, J. W. 

 Payne, B. D. Vanderburgh and W. M. Grimes directors. M. 

 A. Gilstrap was chosen secretary of the board, and B. D. 



Vanderburgh corresponding secretary. Messrs. Johnston, 

 Payne and Crowder constitute the executive board. 



The above information was furnisht by Corresponding 

 Secretary B. 1). Vanderburgh. 



To Our Foreign Subscribers.— It seems to be necessary 

 again to inform our foreign subscribers that any offers we 

 make in the bee-papers of this country do not apply to any 

 country outside of the United States, Canada and Mexico. 

 This will be self-evident to any one who stops a moment to 

 think, on account of the extra postage. For instance, a 

 sub.scriber in Jamaica sent us $1.00 for a new subscription, 

 and expected us to send the Bee Journal for one year to the 

 new subscriber, and a Dr. Miller queen to himself as a pre- 

 mium for sending the new subscriber. Our queen offer does 

 not apply to any country outside of the three named, and 

 the Bee Journal sent to Jamaica for one year is $1.50 alone. 



Whenever we receive any money from foreign countries 

 it is a// applied on subscription to the Bee Journal at the 

 regular foreign rates, so that full value is always given in 

 return for the amount sent us. 



Dr. A. B. Mason, of Toledo, Ohio, Secretary of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, writing us June 23d, 

 has this to say : 



"There has been no surplus honey here since fruit- 

 bloom, and some colonies have had to be fed to keep up 

 brood-rearing. Sweet clover is just beginning to bloom, 

 and white clover is past its prime." 

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Mr. John P. Weibler and Miss Marguerite Wehling 

 were married at Glen EUyn, III. (the home of the bride), 

 Tuesday, June 19, 1900. Many of our readers will recognize 

 Mr. Weibler as the young man in our employ who has the 

 principal charge of the bee-supply department and its 

 patrons. He has been with us continuously, in various 

 capacities, since the spring of 1892, and has been faithful, 

 efficient, sober and industrious. All who know "John" 

 will unite with us in hearty congratulations, and wish both 

 him and his wife a long and happy life. 

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Hon. Eugene Secor, of Forest City, Iowa, General 

 Manager of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, re- 

 turned home the latter part of June, after a six-weeks play- 

 spell in the East. No doubt there are many of his corres- 

 pondents who have been getting anxious to hear from him 

 during his absence. Such undoubtedly have received 

 prompt attention since his return home. Mr. Secor simply 

 dropt all business, and but few letters were forwarded to 

 him while he was away. Of course, he made arrangements 

 before leaving so that nothing should suffer very seriously. 

 He reports that while he was absent from home his bees 

 had it all their own way, and that when he came back to 

 them " they evidently needed a director." 



Mr. Secor wrote us, June 22d, that he was all right 

 again, and ready for business at the old stand. 



York's Honey Calendar for 1900 is a 16-page pamph- 

 let especially gotten up to create a demand for honey among 

 should-be consumers. The forepart was written by Dr. 

 C. C. Miller, and is devoted to general information concern- 

 ing honey. The latter part consists of recipes for use in 

 cooking and as a medicine. It will be found to be a very 

 effective helper in working up a home market for honey. 

 We furnish them, postpaid, at these prices : A sample 

 free ; 25 copies for 30 cents ; 50 for 50 cents ; 100 for 90 

 cents; 250 for $2.00 ; 500 for $3.50. For 25 cents extra we 

 will print your name and address on the front page, when 

 ordering 100 or more copies at these prices 



