DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO BEE CULTURE. 



Vol. XIII. Chicago, Illinois, October, 1877. No. 10. 



1^ We should use a book as a bee 

 does a flower— draw from its well. 



1^ A large portion of the Patent 

 Office, containing models of bee hives, 

 etc., was destroyed on the 24th inst. 

 A defective flue was the cause. 



i^The annual product of honey and 

 wax in the United States is at present 

 worth nearly $15,000,000. We export 

 about $700,000 worth of wax and $,1 ,200,- 

 000 worth of honey. 



r^ The Southern Kentucky Bee- 

 Keepers hold a Convention on Wednes- 

 day, Oct. 3d at Glasgow, Barren Co., 

 Ky. A general invitation is extended. 

 Dr. N. P. Allen is President and H. W. 

 Sanders, Secretary. 



i^We learn that Messrs. Thurber & 

 Co., of New York, have a very nice ex- 

 hibit of honey at the American Insti- 

 tute. Other parties are sending quite 

 a number of apiarian implements as 

 well as honey. We trust that the dis- 

 play will be the best that was ever made 

 on the continent. 



i^Geo. H. Teague, of Wakefield, 

 Mass., has sent us a view of his bee 

 shed, which, to say the least, appears to 

 advantage in the picture. He remarks 

 that " it has many points to recommend 

 it," and that he can take any of his 

 friends inside to "see the bees, etc., 

 without fear of stings," etc. 



1^ A letter from C. O. Perrine, who 

 is now " going the rounds " in Europe, 

 informs us that he intends to visit Italy, 

 Egypt and Cyprus Island, and will 

 bring good queens of several varieties 

 with him. He called on friend Abbott, 

 editor of the British Bee Journal, and 

 expects to see him again on his return. 



W J. Oatman & Co., of Dimdee, 111., 

 have sold their entire crop of honey to 

 C. O. Perrine of this city. 



1^ Let every bee-keeper do all in his 

 or her power to make a magnificent 

 display of honey and implements for 

 the apiary at the American Institute 

 next month, during the meeting of the 

 i^ational Convention. We have sent 

 on a box of implements and quite a 

 number of others have sent on articles 

 of their manufacture. Let it be the 

 most creditable display ever made on 

 this continent. 



i^We are informed by a bee-keeper 

 who was present at the Illinois State 

 Fair at Freeport last month, that only 

 one small lot of honey was exhibited, 

 and that was of a poor quality and in 

 very indifferent shape. We notice that 

 the Concord Bee Hive manufactured by 

 Kraetzer Bros. & Stauber of this city, 

 was exhibited and awarded a premium 

 and diploma. Is it not strange that out 

 of the large nmnber of bee-keepers in 

 this State only one could be found en- 

 terprising and energetic enough to have 

 an exhibit of honey thereV " Tell it 

 not in Gath; publish it not " at home ! 



i^Of friend A. B. Cheney, of Sparta, 

 Mich., the Grand Eapids Post says: 



Mr. A. B. Cheney has over 100 swarms 

 of bees and is one of the most success- 

 ful bee-keepers in the State. He has 

 made .5,000 pounds of honey this year, 

 which, owing to its quality and superior 

 manner in which it is put up commands 

 considerably more than the regixlar 

 market price. 



Listen to that, ye who put up good 

 honey in a slovenly manner. You see 

 now that it pays to put it upon the mar- 

 ket in an attractive shape. Will friend 

 Cheney tell our readers just how he 

 does ity The modus operandi must be 

 good, for the honey "commands con- 

 siderably more than the market price." 

 That is proof enough ! 



