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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Sept. 13. 1900 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



George W. York & Co. 



116 Michigan St., Chicago, III. 



[Entered at the Post-Oflice at Chicag'o as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter.J 



IMPORTANT NOTICES: 



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 ico; all other countries in the Postal Union, 

 50c a year extra for postag-e. Sample copy f ree, 



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 the end of the month to which your subscrip- 

 tion is paid. For instance, *' DecOO" on your 

 label shows that it is paid to the end of De- 

 cember, 1900. 



Subscription Receipts— We do not send a receipt 

 for money sent us to pay subscription, but 

 change the date on your wrapper-label, which 

 shows you that the money has been received 

 and duly credited. 



Advertising Raten will be g-iven upon applica- 

 tion. 



Reformed Spelling. —The American Bee Journal 

 adopts the Orthography of the following Rule, 

 recommended by the joint action of the Amer- 

 ican Philolog cal Association and the Philo- 

 logical Society of England: — Change ■*d" or 

 "ed" final to "f* when so pronounced, except 

 when the "e" affects a preceding sound. Also 

 some other changes are used. 



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Mr. E. E. Hasty, of Lucas Co., Ohio, 

 writing us Sept. 5, said : 



" Some honey came at last, and may 

 be more will yet." 



Hon. ErGENE Secor attended the 

 Farmers' National Cong-ress at Colo- 

 rado Spring's, Colo., Aug. 18 to 28, and 

 so could not also get to the Chicago 

 convention. He reports as follows, 

 Sept. 3 : 



" We had a very interesting meeting, 

 and some delightful outings in the 

 mountains. Last week I spent two 

 days at the Iowa State Fair, judging 

 honey, etc. This week I have promist 

 to perform the same act for Minnesota. 

 Bees are doing nothing in these parts. 

 Poorest season for years." 



Mr. J. T. Calvekt, of the A. I. Root 

 Co., is still in Europe. In the last num- 

 ber of Gleanings in Bee-Culture he 

 gave a very entertaining account of 

 his trip so far, closing with these par- 

 agraphs referring to some people in 

 England : 



"I am particularly struck with the 

 markt civility and gentlemanly bear- 

 ing of the people. You may accost any 

 one on the street, and always receive a 

 courteous and civil answer. They ap- 

 pear not to begrudge the time taken to 

 be civil. Indeed, they will often vol- 

 unteer just the information needed at 

 the opportune time. In the common 

 exchanges of everyday life the deferen- 



tial ' Thank you, sir,' is heard on every 

 hand, even between servants and por- 

 ters. I have not yet heard a word of 

 profanity nor anything approaching it. 

 " The feeing system is quite univer- 

 sal, and servants expect a fee for everj' 

 service rendered. No doubt this has its 

 inlluence in molding their manners, 

 and yet they are none the less courte- 

 ous if they do not receive the expected 

 fee. They are often quite ready to re- 

 mind jou of the fee in an adroit way." 



Mr. Thos. B. Blow, of England, 

 called on us just after the Chicago con- 

 vention. Mr. Blow, some years ago, 

 was perhaps the most extensive bee- 

 supply dealer in Europe. He sold out 

 his business a few years ago, and since 

 then he has put in most of his time in 

 trotting around the world. He is now 

 on his way to Japan via the Pacific 

 Ocean. Mr. Blow is such an exceed- 

 ingly pleasant gentleman to meet, that 

 it was unfortunate that he could not 

 have arrived in Chicago in time to at- 

 tend the convention, and let the Amer- 

 ican bee-keepers see more of him. 



Mr. Geo. P. Prankard, of Bergen 

 Co., N. J., sends us a clipping from the 

 St. Louis Republic, which tells of a 



young farmer, Henry Fitch, who, while 

 plowing with an ox team and whist- 

 ling, had a swarm of bees to settle on 

 him and the oxen. He continued to 

 plow and whistle until he arrived near 

 his home, the field extending up to the 

 house. Upon arriving, his mother 

 helpt him to hive the bees. The report 

 said that both Mr. Fitch and the oxen 

 lookt as if they were covered with a 

 soft brown fur when the bees were on 

 them. It seems he held the tails of 

 the oxen so they should not anger the 

 bees by switching. 



So there are bee-stories as well as 

 fish-stories. 



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Our Postal Service in Wax is the 

 heading of an interesting column arti- 

 cle in the Kansas City Star, sent us by 

 Mr. A. C. Thomas, it tells all about 

 an interesting United States Govern- 

 ment display at the Paris Exposition, 

 covering half the floor space of a 

 building 80 feet square. From the be- 

 ginning of our wonderful postal sys- 

 tem up to the present time — every de- 

 velopment is illustrated in wax. No 

 doubt Mr. C. P. Dadant will see it, and 

 have something to say about it in 

 these columns, as he has promist to 

 write of other things of interest to bee- 

 keepers. 



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This is the famous White 

 Extracted Honey gathered in 

 the great Alfalfa regions of 

 the Central West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat 

 honey at all can''t get enough 

 of the Alfalfa extracted. 



BASSWOOD 



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This is the well ■ known 

 light-colored honey gathered 

 from the rich, nectar-laden 

 basswood blossoms in Wis- 

 consin. It has a stronger 

 flavor than Alfalfa, and is 

 preferred by those who like a 

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Prices of Either Alfalfa or Basswood Honey : 



A sample of either, by mail, 8 cents ; samples of both. IS cents — 

 to pay for package and postage. By freight — one 60-pound can, 9'i 

 cents per pound; two cans, 9 cents per pound; four or more cans, 

 S'i cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. If ordering 

 two or more cans you can have half of each kind of honey, if you so 

 desire. This is all 



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The fiuesl of Iheir kinds produced in this country. 



Read Dr. Miller's Testimony on Alfalfa Honey : 



I've just sampled the honey jou sent, and it's prime. Thank you. I feel that 

 I'm sometbinj^ of a heretic, to sell several thousand pounds of honey of my own pro- 

 duction and then buy honey of you for my own use. But however loyal one ouf.-'hl to 

 be to the honey of his own refi^ion, there s no denying- the fact that for use in any 

 kind of hot drink, where one prefers the more wholesome honey to sugar, the very 

 excellent quality of alfalfa honey I have received from yoa is better suited than the 

 honeys of more markt flavor, according- to my taste. C. C. Miller. 



McUenry Co., III. 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce 

 enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of 

 the above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, 

 can get this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. 



Address, 

 GEORGE W.YORK & CO., ii8 Michigan St., Chicago, III. 



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