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buckwheat honey in New York is pre- 

 ferred by some to anything else, and 

 that, in a similar way, there are certain 

 flavors in Southern honeys that are 

 liked by some and disliked by others." 

 The injustice is, then, a result of er- 

 ror or inaccuracy in reporting Mr. 

 Root's statement, which we trust the 

 American Bee Journal will set aright 

 before its readers. Editor Root's ex- 

 planation is very gratifying, and every 

 Southern apiarist will be glad to know 

 that he did not say, "Southern honey is 

 strong." We hope Mr. Whitcomb can 

 as easily clear up the statement attri- 

 buted to him, that honey produced in a 

 warm climate is inferior in flavor. 

 Again The Bee-Keeper solicits an ex- 

 planation. 



"The Busy Bee," published by E. T. 

 Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo., has recently 

 been enlarged to sixteen pages llxlSi/^ 

 and is now published weekly instead of 

 monthly as formerly, and its contents 

 embrace every branch of general agri- 

 culture, whereas bee-keeping was here- 

 tofore its exclusive theme. This inter- 

 esting home paper will hereafter be 

 known as the "Modern Farmer and 

 Busy Bee," and the subscription price 

 is $1 a year. "We have perfected ar- 

 rangements with the publisher whereby 

 we are enabled to offer the Modern 

 Farmer and Busy Bee and The Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keeper, both for $1 a year if 

 the subscription is sent to us. If you 

 desire to see a sample copy before sub- 

 scribing, a postal card to the above ad- 

 dress is all that is required. 



President's Annual Address. 



DELIVERED AT THE OMAHA CONVENTION 

 OF THE UNITED STATES BEE-KEEPEES' 

 UNION, SEPTEMBER, 1898. 

 Fellow Bee-keepers and Friends: 



Once more we meet in annual conven- 

 tion; and once more west of the great 

 "Father of Waters." Much of import- 

 ance has transpired w"ithin the short 

 year since last we assembled. Another 

 honey, season has come and gone. The 

 year's record can soon be completed. 

 Judging from reports received, in many 



regions of our country the season has 

 been a very poor one; in a few locali- 

 ties it has been one of abundant yields 

 of honey. In view of this condition, it 

 would seem that the ruling price of 

 honey should be higher than last year. 

 Whether or not it will be, will depend 

 much upon those who have the honey 

 to sell. If like many who rushed their 

 honey to the large city markets last 

 year, the price this year will not be 

 high. But if it is kept out of the large 

 centres as much as possible, and sold 

 more in the local or home -markets, 

 there should be no difficulty experi- 

 enced in securing a good price. 



But my address is not intended to be 

 an exhaustive discussion of the proper 

 methods of marketing honey — that may 

 well be left to this convention, the 

 members of which have had much more 

 experience in that line than have I. 



If we may judge from the general and 

 almost overwhelming increase in the 

 business of manufacturing bee-keepers' 

 supplies, and the demand for them, this 

 year, there has been an unprecendent- 

 edly large growth the past year or two 

 in the industry which we all have the 

 honor to represent. It seems that many 

 of the apiarian manufactories have 

 never had in succession two such large 

 seasons' business as the past two have 

 been This, of itself, indicates a de- 

 velopment quite beyond the ordinary 

 expectation. It means, I think, that 

 those who were in the business hereto- 

 fore have been enlarging their apiaries, 

 and that many new recruits have come 

 into our ranks, to begin the business of 

 honey-production. 



On account of the smallness of the 

 bee itself many of our new friends 

 might be led to the conclusion that 

 there is little to be learned concerning 

 its management, and not much finan- 

 cial profit to be obtained. But not so. 

 Some of the wisest men of the centuries 

 gone by have devoted much of their 

 lives to a study of the habits and man- 

 agement of the little, busy bee. The 

 apiarian galaxy of immortals includes 

 the names of Huber the blind, Dzier- 

 zon, Quinby and Langstroth, who com- 

 pleted their labors and are now en- 

 tered into well-merited reward. Of the 

 present time leaders who have gained 

 enviable notoriety may be named Doo- 

 little. Miller, the Dadants. Root and 

 Cook. Of course there are many others 

 almost equally prominent, both of the 

 past and of the present, who might be 

 included did time permit to name them 

 all. 



