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.^MERICAN BEE FOURNAL 



Sept. 20, 1900. 



PUKI-IsHr ^\■KhKLY BY 



George W. York & Co. 



116 Michigan St., Chicago, III. 



[Entered at the Post-Office at Cbicag-o as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter.J 



IMPORTANT NOTICES: 



The Subscription Price of this journal is $1.00 a 

 year, in the United States, Canada, and Mex- 

 ico; all other countries in the Postal Union, 

 SOc a year extra for postagre. Sample copy free. 



The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper indicates 

 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: Rates 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 Philological Association and the Philo- 

 logical Society of England : — Change "d" or 

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

 when the "e" affects a preceding sound. Also 

 some other changes are used. 



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The Chicago Convention Picture 

 is now ready for delivery, and is a fine 

 one. It is nearly 8x10 inches in size, 

 mounted on heavj' cardboard 10x12 

 inches. It is, we believe, the largest 

 g-roup of bee-keepers ever taken in one 

 picture. It is sent, postpaid, for 75 

 cents; or we can send the American 

 Bee Journal one year and the picture — 

 both for SI. 60. It would be a nice pic- 

 ture to frame. We have not counted 

 them, but think there are nearly 200 

 bee-keepers shown. 



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Mr. Frank McNay called on us last 

 week, when leaving- for the West. For 

 many years he has been one of the 

 most prominent extracted-honey pro- 

 ducers in Wisconsin, but now has re- 

 moved permanently to Los Angeles 

 Co., Calif. Mr. Harry Lathrop re- 

 cently visited Mr. McNay in Wiscon- 

 sin, and had this to say of him in the 

 Wisconsin Agriculturist : 



'• Frank McNay, as many know, is 

 one of the most extensive, as well as 

 most successful, bee-keepers in the 

 State. For many j'ears he has kept 

 from 300 to 500 colonies in apiaries sit- 

 uated sometimes as far as 100 miles 

 apart. He has, in addition to produc- 

 ing honey in large quantities, bought 

 and sold a good deal in recent j'ears. 

 His whole life since boyhood has been 

 spent in the work of bee-keeping. But 

 he informed me that he was about to 

 sell out all his interests here and make 

 his permanent home in southern Cali- 

 fornia, where his family are already 

 settled. He makes this change not in 



order to find a better bee-country, but 

 on his family's account. But as he has 

 workt hard for many years he finds 

 himself in need of rest and a change 

 and as a result of his good business 

 management and faithful effort, he is 

 financially able to retire from active 

 life. With his removal, Wisconsin 

 loses one of her most practical bee- 

 keepers. He has written little but is 

 ready in conversation and willing to 

 impart useful information to any fel- 

 low worker. I was very glad of my 

 good fortune in meeting this veteran 

 bee-keeper before his departure. Mr. 

 McNay informed me that he had kept 

 bees on a certain field for 20 years, dur- 

 ing which time there had not been a 

 single failure of the honey crop. By 

 actual record his annual yields aver- 

 aged more for a long term of years 

 than large apiaries in the famous 

 honey-district of southern California. 

 I am glad to know that our State, as a 

 whole, is second to none, both in the 

 quantity of its honey and the possible 

 amount of productions." 



Mk. L. KreuTzinger, of this (Cook) 

 Countj', had his " annual honey har- 

 vest " last Saturday, Sept. 15, to which 

 were invited a number of city guests 

 to watch the taking ofi^ of honey, and 



to become acquainted with an apiary 

 and its management. Of course, very 

 few practical bee-keepers would follow 

 this plan, and for excellent reasons. 



"Good Honey and Gab did it." 

 That is what Mr. J. T. Hairston, of 

 Indian Territory, writes me in regard 

 to his selling 3,300 pounds of honey in 

 his home market inside of three 

 weeks. Good honey and gab make a 

 winning combination. — Bee-Keepers' 

 Review. 



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" A. I. Root has discovered afresh 

 that, the more one lives outdoors, the 

 healthier one will be. He's making 

 progress. Time was when he would 

 smoke bees into the hive when they in- 

 sisted on hanging on the outside," so 

 savs Dr. Miller, in Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture. 



Mr. C. M. Scott, of Marion Co., Ind., 

 wrote us Aug. 6th : " Hurrah for the 

 American Bee Journal. It looks fine 

 in its new dress." 



Herr Theodor Weippl, editor for 

 10 years of the German bee-paper 

 Bienen-Vater, has resigned. Herr Josef 

 Schmuck is now filling the position. 





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BBST = 



Extracted floneu For Sale 



ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



ALFALFA 

 HONEY.,...,, 



This is the famous White 

 Extracted Honey gathered in 

 the g^reat Alfalfa regions of 

 the Central West, It is a 

 splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't pet enough 

 of the Alfalfa extracted. 





BASSWOOD 

 HONEY....... 



This is the well - known 

 light-colored honey gathered 

 from the rich, nectar-laden 

 bass wood blossoms in Wis- 

 consin. It has a stronger 

 flavor than Alfalfa, and is 

 preferred by those who like a 

 distinct flavor in their honey. 



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Prices of Either Alfalfa or Basswood Honey : 



A sample of either, by mail, S 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, 

 8J2 cents per pound. Cash must accompan3' each order. If ordering 

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

 desire. This is all 



UBSOLUTELY PURE BEES' EQEEY, 



The finest of their kiuds produced in this country. 



Read Dr. Miller's Testimony on Alfalfa Honey : 



I've just sampled the honey you sent, .ind it's prime. Thanl< you. I feel that 

 I'm somethintr 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 ou;,'ht to 

 be to the honey of his own re<rion, 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 you is better suited than the 

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



McHenry Co., 111. 



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, 

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



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