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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



A Ricli Honey Harvest may 



yet result before the season is over. It 

 is said that late seasons are usually 

 better than early ones, as they are much 

 longer, extending far into the fall of the 

 year. If such should be the case this 

 year, all may yet be well for those who 

 succeed in getting their bees through 

 the unfavorable spring and early sum- 

 mer. The American Bee-Keeper for 

 June has the following very encouraging 

 words to offer about the apicultural 

 prospects : 



"This certainly ought to be an un- 

 usually good honey season, as the long- 

 continued rains will make a serious 

 drouth almost impossible; and we have 

 always noticed that when there has been 

 a severe winter or spring resulting in a 

 heavy loss of bees, there was iiwariably 

 an abundance of nectar. Those who 

 have carried their bees through success- 

 fully this spring, will doubtless reap a 

 rich harvest." 



Score Another Point in favor 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Union. Its 

 moral influence is even more important 

 than its financial support. The strength 

 of a body corporate is wonderful when it 

 is exerted in defending a righteous 

 cause. 



Some time ago, J. H. Andre, of Lock- 

 wood, N. Y., when sending to the Gen- 

 eral Manager his fee for membership 

 for the present year in the Bee-Keepers' 

 Union, wrote: " I may not keep bees 

 but a short time, but I shall feel more 

 safe if I am backed by the Union." Mr. 

 Andre is in poor health, and is hardly 

 able to do the work in the apiary, 

 and that is what he means by saying 

 that he " may not keep bees but a short 

 time." 



Si4)sequent to this, a disagreeable 

 neighbor threatened to sue him for dam- 

 ages, said to be done by his bees. Mr. 

 Andre sent for some copies of "the 

 decision of the Supreme Court of Arkan- 

 sas," and circulated them around his 

 neighborhood. The result was magical, 

 and ho writes thus : " When they found 

 that I belonged to the National Bee- 



Keepers' Union, they wanted nothing 

 more to do with the matter." 



This is but one of the many proofs of 

 the advantages to be derived from a 

 membership in the Bee-Keepers' Union. 

 Truly, "in union there is strength." 

 The Bee-Keepers' Union is a veritable 

 " stronghold for defense," is worthy of 

 the esteem of every apiarist, and should 

 have a hundred thousand members. 



Xfaiin Comb Foundation sam- 

 ples have been received from Mr. C. W. 

 Dayton, who is now at Greeley, Colo. 

 The foundation was made on a Vander- 

 vort mill, and are very fine indeed. One 

 sample runs 143^ square feet to the 

 pound, and the other 13 1-7 square 

 feet. Mr. D. thinks that with extra 

 care in dipping the sheets, it can be 

 made 163^ square feet to the pound. 

 Mr. Dayton contributes an interesting 

 article to this number of the Bee Jouk- 

 NAL, on " Bee-Keeping in Colorado, 

 Iowa and Wisconsin." Read it. 



A German Bee-Keeper says : 

 "I have business relations with some 

 73 societies, and have become personally 

 acquainted with more than 3,000 bee- 

 keepers. Among the 3,000, I do not 

 know of one drinker." What a splendid 

 record for sobriety and good habits ! 

 We often wonder whether as much could 

 be said of American bee-keepers. We 

 hope so, but somehow we can almost 

 hear a good many say, "I don't know," 

 about that. We believe most emphati- 

 cally that there is not another class of 

 persons in existence that can show any 

 more honest, industrious and sober men 

 in its ranks than the industry of bee- 

 keeping. 



Circulars have been received at 

 this office from the following :— - 



Leiningcr Bros., Fort Jennings, O. — 

 Italian Queens. 



J. P. Moore, Morgan, Ky. — Italian 

 Queens and Bees. 



N. A. Knapp, Rochester, O. — Bees, 

 Queens, Chickens and Ferrets. 



