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KDITOK. 



Vol, in, Dec, 14, 1889, No, 50. 



The Bee went a courting 



My Lady, the fly ; 

 Said the Bee to my Lady, 



"For you I would die." 



Said sweet Lady Fly, 



As she blushed 'neath her wing, 

 " I love your soft words. 



But I hear that you sting." 



The Canadian Honey Producer 

 bows itself out of existence with the De- 

 cember number — having existed three 

 years. It was well conducted, and leaves 

 many pleasant memories. 



The International Convention was 

 held in Brantford last week. We were un- 

 able to be present, but our representative, 

 Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, took a stenographic 

 report for us, and will write it out in time 

 for our next issue. The new officers are : 



President— R. L. Taylor. Lapeer, Mich. 



Kirst Vice I*re8.— Euvene Secur. Forest City. Iowa. 



Secretary— ('. P. Diidaiit. Hatnilton. Ills. 



Treasurer— Dr. C. C. Miller. .Marengo, IllB. 



The next meeting will be at Keokuk, Iowa. 



The Third Congress of the Central 

 Society of apiarists of Germany was held 

 at Stettin, last September. There was a 

 magnificent exhibition of honey, and a fete, 

 which had more than 700 visitors — as we 

 see by the Bienen Zuechter. 



I%ot the •' i'\utioual.'''> 



In the last issue of the Alpieulturist we 

 find this item ; 



We see it hinted in some of our ex- 

 changes that a National Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention has boon held somewhere in the 

 Western States. It must have been a very 

 quiet affair, it seems to us, or more noise 

 would result from it. The Ameiucax Bi:i: 

 Journal, vijhich, we lielieve, is the official 

 organ of the National Convention, has said 

 very little about the meeting, and what it 

 did say was in reference to the fun the 

 local papers made over the whole affair. 



Well, who objects to those worthy gentle- 

 men, though few in numbers, meeting in 

 convention once a year to discuss the great 

 problems connected with bee-keeping ; No 

 real injury can come from it, and some 

 good may be accomiilished. Whether they 

 continue or not to meet, we believe the sea- 

 sons will be alternately favorable and un- 

 favorable, just the same, during the honey 

 harvest. 



Surely, the editor of the ApicuUur'tst 

 has been asleep for some months. The 

 Convention he mentions, of which the 

 "local papers made fun," was the "North- 

 western," held at Chicago last October, and 

 a full report of it may be read in the A.meri 

 CAN Bee Jouunal for Oct. 36, 1889. It is 

 a pity Bro. Alley missed the the reading of 

 that report. We have now mailed an ex- 

 tra copy, marked, for his perusal. It was 

 7l0t a "very quiet affair," but a really 

 lively, old-fashioned meeting. 



Bro. Alley errs also in his statement that 

 the American Bee Jocrn'al is the "official 

 organ of the National Convention." It is 

 not, and never has been an " official organ " 

 of any Society. It is an independent Jour- 

 nal — independent of persons or cliques ! 



The ironij of the last paragraph is harm- 

 less — a mere "pleasantry " — for no one else 

 ever thought of such a thing as " the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Convention" (or any 

 other National or International Conven- 

 tion) being a "real injury " to bee-keeping. 

 No one who attends them, or reads their 

 reports, so regards them. Wake up, Bro. 

 Alley, and keep posted. 



Dr. Dzierzon, who is now 79 years 

 of age, attended the late Congress of Ger- 

 man and Austrian bee-keepers at Ratis- 

 boune, in Bavaria. The Baroness of Ber- 

 lepsch, Carl Gatter, Prof. Kunnen, of 

 Luxembourg, Baron Ambrozy, and many 

 other distinguished apiarists were also in 

 attendance. This was the 34th annual 

 meeting. 



\ ■•'nil Crop— i»crf«-ii»a{jcs. 



Much confusion prevails on account of 

 those who report their crops of honey, mis- 

 apprehending what constitutes a full crop, 

 or percentages. The Indiana Fa/rmer 

 makes these remarks on the subject : 



Bee-keejiers are interested in knowing 

 what a full yield of honey is. Statistics are 

 usually made up in percentage of a full 

 yield. But confusion alwaj's happens when 

 people make statements calculated from 

 different bases. 



The common basis is 100 per cent., and 

 this should mean a full yield of whatever 

 the crop may be. One hundred pounds of 

 honey ])er hive is generally accepted as a 

 full yield, and if this is taken as a standard, 

 then every one interested knows what a 50 

 or 60 per cent, yield will be. 



A number of prominent bee-keepers who 

 have reported the yields for the past sea- 

 son, give them as follows: 32,000 pounds 

 per 300 colonies, or 107 to the average; 

 30,000 pounds per 350 colonies, average 

 57 pounds; 5,000 pounds per 68 colonies, 

 average 73}.^ pounds; 35,000 pounds per 

 400 colonies, average 87)^ pounds; 2,000 

 pounds per 200 colonies, average 10 

 pounds; other averages are 10, 26>i, 75 

 and 28 pounds per colony. 



Some have requested us to print a 

 card on a less number than 100 Honey 

 Almanacs, and we have concluded to ac- 

 commodate them. We wiU furnish 25 

 copies with card printed on the first page, 

 postpaid, for .*1. 10 ; 50 copies for .?1.70 ; 

 75 copies for .*2.30. President Mason, in 

 his addi'ess at Brantford, said : 



At least one copy of the Honey Almanac 

 should be in the house of every family in 

 Canada and the United States, and it rests 

 with bee-keepers to see that such is the 

 case. 



See prices for more on the next page. 



A neat programme of the 20th an- 

 nual convention of the "International 

 American Bee-Association," at Brantford, 

 was gotten up by Secretary Holtermann. 

 It is a credit to the Society. 



Cln1>s of 5 for $4.00, to any addresses. 

 Ten for $7.50, if all are sent at one time. 



!^W We call particular attention to the 

 Fifth Annual Report of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, published in this issue, 

 and invite eveiy bee-keeper to become a 

 member. Send to this office for a Blank 

 and vote for officers. Those now in the 

 office have been re-elected so often that we 

 know they would all like a change. Let us 

 have a new deal all around, and perhaps 

 that will put new life into the organization. 

 Select those you prefer in the list of mem- 

 bers, which will be sent with the Voting 

 Blank ; fill it up, and return it to the Man- 

 ager, with a dollar, and that will make you 

 a member, and pay all dues for the year 

 1890. The result of the election will be 

 announced in the Bee Jouu.n'ai. for the sec- 

 ond week in February. If you get more 

 than one Voting Blank, please hand one to 

 your neighboring bee-keeper, and get him 

 to join the Union, too. 



The Chicago Herald published the 

 principal part of our denial of its assertion 

 that comb honey was being manufactured 

 (as found on page 724) without comment! 

 This virtually admitted its error in making 

 the foolish statement — though it had not 

 the manhood to apologize for the blunder. 



E^" If any of j'our numbers of the Bee 

 Jouunal for this year are lost or mislaid, 

 and you desire others to replace them, you 

 should look them over at once and send for 

 them before all our stock is exhausted. 

 They are already getting low on some 

 numbers. 



Any of the Political Dollar Weekly 

 Newspapers will be clubbed with our JoUR- 

 NAi, at $1.75 for the two; or with both our 

 Home Joukxai, and Bee Joiunal for $2.50 

 for all three papers. 



