THlf fEMBRICSK BEE JOl^RlHat. 



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HOW TO BECOME MEMBEKS. 



As this Report will be sent to many 

 not now members, but who shonlil be- 

 come such, it may be well to say that 

 the entrance fee is $1.00, and that pays 

 for the dues of any portion of the un- 

 expired current year, ending Dee. 31. 

 Then it costs only .$1.00 for annual 

 dues, which are payable every New 

 Year's day, and must be paid within 6 

 months, in order to retain membership. 



If membership ceases, all claims 

 against former members also cease ; 

 and all claims to the protection of the 

 Union are dissolved. 



Finaiiolal Statement for 1889. 



Balance iis pc-i- last Report $'^79.38 



Fees from 315 .members for 1880 315.00 



DouatioDS 3.70 



$.598.08 



Disbursements $236.40 



Balance, Dec. 2, 1889 $361.68 



Liabilities. — Bonds are given for 

 the costs in the Rich lawsuit. These, 

 with the amount necessary to carry up 

 the appeal, if it is passed upon by the 

 "Court of Appeals," will probably 

 amount to $600.00, or more. 



The Union has also engaged attor- 

 neys for the defense of several other 

 cases, the costs for which will have to 

 be paid when they come up for trial — 

 so we shall have use for all the money 

 on hand and the dues for the next year 

 — as the cases come up for trial. 



DUES AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



It now becomes my duty to call for 

 $1.00 for the coming year, as dues 

 from each member. A Blank will 

 be sent to be used for that purpose ; 

 and also a Voting Blank. Fill up all 

 the blanks, and send to the Manager 

 with a postal note or money order for 

 $1.00 in the enclosed envelope. It 

 must be received by Feb. 1, 1890, or 

 the vote will be lost. 



CONCLUDING REMARKS. 



If the Union is to continue its good 

 work, it must be supported both by 

 the financial as well as moral influence 

 of all the apiarists of America. 



The General Manager has labored 

 incessantly, without the hope of re- 

 ward, except such as comes from a 

 consciousness of having done his full 

 duty, and now is fully prepared to wel- 

 come his successor, when elected. His 

 energies have been given in unstinted 

 measure for the defense of the pursuit, 

 and it is a pleasui'e to know that his 

 labors are appreciated so far as words 

 go — but it takes money to obtain " de- 

 cisions of law," and lift up a standard 

 in defense of the pursuit. 



Thomas G. Newman, Manager. 



925 West Madison Street, - - CHICAGO, ILL. 



A GOOD TEST. 



The lluiiey .Alniiinat* Creating a 

 markel fur lluney. 



Written for Vie American BeeJowmal 



BY KEV. STEPHEN KOESE. 



To bee. keepers the Honey Almanac 

 is well worth all that it costs them, 

 and I think that all who live to see 

 another honev season, will feel the 

 need of a double portion of those grand 

 little helps in honey sales. I, for one, 

 will want a full 1,000, I think, to sow 

 broadcast over the land. They will 

 accomplish the object in view — the 

 readj' sale of our honey ; and, besides, 

 inform the public in regard to its va- 

 rious uses in the kitchen as food, and 

 in the nursery as medicine ; and, what 

 is more, it will remove a prejudice 

 which has hitherto planted itself as a 

 monstrous battery to keep at a distance 

 from mankind, their family friend and 

 God-given blessing — honey. 



It is very strange that the want of 

 such a "leader" among the many 

 thousands of bees-keepers of the land 

 has not been felt before. With my 

 small lot of Honey Almanacs, I have 

 begun experimenting. Wherever I 

 intend to sell honey. I send them out 

 as an "advance guard," to open the 

 way, and this " advance guard " is 

 marching on unmolested ; and good 

 reason and judgment will not suffer it 

 to be ordered to turn about. 



One year ago I went to St. Paul with 

 some comb honey, and 200 pounds of 

 extracted. The comb honey I sold, 

 but the extracted no one wanted, so I 

 left it with commission men until last 

 May, when I had it shipped back 

 again, without selling one pound, and 

 used it in feeding bees. Of late, since 

 I got the Honey Almanacs, I went to 

 that city again, with some comb honey 

 and only one gallon can of exti'acted, 

 which I begged the groceryman to 

 purchase on time. Seeing he had jelly 

 tumblers for sale, I told him to till 

 them with honey, and put them on the 

 counter, and if they were not sold 

 when I returned, I would take the 

 honej' back, and pay for the tumblers 

 — which he agreed to. 



I left a Honey Almanac, and in less 

 than a week he wrote to me, saying 

 that the honey was all sold, and to 

 send more at once — a case of 2 tin 

 cans (60 pounds each), and some 

 Honey Almanacs also, which I did, and 

 sent him three cases instead of one, 

 jn-epaying the freight, and stating that 

 he need not purchase the two cases 

 not ordered, but to please store them 

 for safe keeping until I went to St. 

 Paul. 



To my daughter residing in another 

 town, I sent one copy of the Honey 



Almanac, and after letting a neighbor 

 read it, she ordered 100 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honej-, and I had hardly re- 

 ceiveil her letter, acknowledging the 

 receipt of the honey, when she wrote 

 back, "The honey goes like hot-cakes. 

 It is all gone, but don't send me any 

 more honey in 60-pound tin cans, as it 

 is too much trouble to weigh it out. 

 Send me 200 pounds more, imme- 

 diately, in 12-pound tin cans. Nearly 

 every family wants at least that much. 

 The people are coming with horses and 

 buggies from far oflf, to mj' door, and 

 call for honey." 



Those "little, big levers" (Alma- 

 nacs) have helped me wonderfully in 

 the almost discouraging work before 

 me, of selling my honej'. 



Although times are hard, money is 

 scarce, and bee-keepers should econo- 

 mize and save expenses in directions 

 uncalled for, yet a few dollars invested 

 in Honey Almanacs, will bring its in- 

 terest annually in gold. What brought 

 the riches to the patent-medicine in- 

 stitutions, such as Drs. Payne, Ayer, 

 Schenk, World's Dispensary, and 

 others ? Advertising ! If their adver- 

 tising mediums — their Almanacs — were 

 able to accomplish such ends, what 

 may be looked for in the near future 

 from the Honey Almanac, having such 

 a broad field, and sure foundation to- 

 work upon ? 



Patent-medicine almanacs have only 

 here and there a few feeble testimonies 

 to work with, but the Honey Almanac 

 has truth for its basis and foundation, 

 and the most learned and scientific 

 men of the nation to bear testimony in 

 its favor, and back it, too, wherever it 

 goes. The Bee-Keepers' Union stands 

 ready, as a protecting friend, for all 

 who will seek shelter under the shadow 

 of its wings, to ward oft" the fierj' darts 

 of all enemies of this honest industry, 

 and the dollar spent in this direction 

 is equally well invested as in the Honey 

 Almanac, and only old-fogy bee-keep- 

 ers will sit with their hands folded, 

 growling about hard times, and wish- 

 ing and praying for better prices, and 

 more ready sale of their honey ; but 

 wishing and praying, without a manly 

 act, and a disposition U> keep pace 

 with the bee-keeping body, is like a. 

 locomotive without the moving power. 

 Life is motion, and nature, in its on- 

 ward course, teaches mankind the 

 great lesson that a Stand-still has cor- 

 ruption in store, and decay in its. 

 bosom. 



Maiden Rock, Wis. 



U^~ We always extend the term of re- 

 newal suh.scriptions from the date of 

 expiration on our books. Present sub- 

 scribers whose time may expire one, two, 

 three or six months hence, can safety- 

 renew now, without fbar of loss thereby. 



