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Entered at the Post-OfBce at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter. 

 PublisUed ^Veekly at Sl.OO a. Tear by Oeorge W. ¥ork Sc Co., 334 Uearborn St. 



QBOROB W. YORK, Editor 



CHICAGO, ILL, MAY 25, t905 



VoL XLV— No, 21 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W.YORK & COMPANY 



334 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ilh 



IMPORTANT NOTICES 



THE StTBSCRIPTION PRICE of this Journal \a 

 Sl.i'o a year, in the United States, Canada, and 

 Mexico; all other countries in the I*oatai Union, M 

 cents a year extra Xor postage. Sample copy free. 



THE WRAPPER-LABEL DATE indicates the 

 end of the month to which your subscription ispaiu. 

 For instance. *"dec"5" on your label shows that it la 

 paid to the end of Dtcember, I9u4. 



SUBSCRIPTION RECBIPTS.-We do not send a 



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 chanpe the date on your wrapper-label, which showa 

 that the money has been received and credited. 



ADVERTISING RATES will be given upon appli- 

 cation. 



National Bee Keepers' Association 



Objects of the Association 



Ist.— To promote the interests of Its members. 



2d.— To protect and defend its members in their 

 lawful rights. 



3d.— To enforce laws against the adulteration of 

 boney. _ 



Annual Membership Dues, $i.oo 



General Manager and Treasurer— 



N. E. Fkance, Plattevllle, MTIb. 



IST" 1 f more convenient. Dues may be sent to the 

 :>ablisbers ot the American Bee JouraaL 



The Honey-Producers' League 



(INCORPOUATED) 



OBJECTS: 



1. To create a larger demand for honey through 

 advertising. 



2. 'J'o publish facta about hODey.and counteract 

 misrepresentations of the same. 



MEMBERSHIP DUBS 



1. Any bee-keeper may become a member by pay- 

 ing to the Manager an annual lee of $I.O(t for each 

 211 1 or fraction of jo) colonies of bees (spring countt 

 be owns or operates. 



2. Any honey-dealer, bee-supply dealer, bee-supply 

 manufacturer, bee-paper publisher, or any other 

 firm or individual, may become a member on the 

 annual payment of a fee of $10. increased by one- 

 fifth of one (1 1 percent of his or its capital used In 

 the allied Interests of bee-keeping. 



George W. York. Manager, 



a34 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Queen-Bee Free as a Premium 



To a subscnt'er whose own subscription to the 

 American Bee Journal is paid at lea;.t to llie end of 

 I905, we will give an untested Itiiiian iiueen for 

 sending us* >NK NEW subscription Willi ^l.nn for tlio 

 Bee Journal a year. Now is a good time to get new 

 subscribers. If you wish extra copies ot the Bee 

 Journal for use as samples, let us know how many 

 you want and we will mail them to you. Address 

 all orders to the office of the American Bee Journal. 



Some Facts About Honey 



Under this head occurs the following clip- 

 ping from the Liverpool Post and Mercury in 

 the British Bee Journal : 



Honey is the only sweet that may be eaten 

 in any quantities and for a long time without 

 interfering with the action of any of the vital 

 organs. Its food value is twice that of pork, 

 pound for pound, and it has been noticed that 

 persistent honey-eaters are not nearly so liable 

 to diseases of the respiratory organs as those 

 who do not use it at all. It is calculated that 

 the entire honey product of 60 bees during 

 their entire working life will not amount to 

 more than one pound of honey, an amount 

 that a man with a good appetite would eat in 

 a day without thinking much about it. 



No bee-keeper is likely to dispute the 

 "fact" that the entire honey product of 60 

 bees during their entire working life will not 

 amount to ntort' than one pound of honey. 

 Butjn reading the statement given, the ordi- 

 nary reader will be likely to understand as a 

 " fact " that the life product of 60 bees will 

 amount to as much as a pound of honey. Let 

 us try a little figuring on that. Take a col- 

 ony that has produced 100 pounds of honey. 

 If each pound required the work of only 60 

 bees, there would be needed only the work of 

 6000 bees for the 100 pounds. 



Again, figure from the standpoint of the 

 number ot bees in a colony. It would be 

 hardly more liian a moderate estimate to say 

 that during a season 60,000 bees of a colony 

 put in their lives at storing honey during the 

 course of a season. If every 60 of them 

 brought in a pound of honey, that would lead 

 us to expect from each colony in a fair season 

 not less than IdOO pounds of honey. 



It is a nice tiling to have the general press 

 give facts about honey; but if the Post and 

 Mercury would lie a little more careful liow it 

 gives the factt contained in the last sentence, 

 the public wo lid be likely to put more faith 

 in its other facts. 



Side Springy: 



Recognizing 

 in a brood-chai.i 

 automatically, : 

 suggested. So: 



for Brood-Chambers 



le need of constant pressure 

 ler containing frames spaced 

 lie use of springs has been 

 ; hives are used with dum- 



mies; some have none. With no dummy, and 

 with the bees strenuously endeavoring to 

 crowd glue between the frames, there is dan- 

 ger that there will be not only fixed distances, 

 but fixed frames as well. The case is better 

 with dummies only in so far as there is more 

 room to fill up. Given time enough, and glue 

 enough, and the dummy is likely to become 

 fixed. As a help against this it is recom- 

 mended, when closing up a hive, always to 

 crowd the frames together hard, so as to 

 squeeze out the glue between the frames. If 

 this be faithfully done, and if the points of 

 contact between the frames be small, there 

 will be a minimum of trouble. But no hur- 

 ried crowding together will do. The frames 

 must be crowded together with force, and 

 held in that way some little time, to allow the 

 glue to be squeezed out. That time would be 

 saved with springs. 



The springs would also continue at work 

 after the closing of the hive. The constancy 

 of the pressure would also be a stand-off 

 against the hundreds of little tongues con- 

 stantly trying to crowd in glue between the 

 frames; and this constant effort ot little 

 tongues, especially in a gluey region with 

 such frames as the Hoffman, is no little mat- 

 ter. 



With some frames and in some localities, 

 springs in brood-chambers might not be worth 

 while; in other cases they might be well 



worth while. 



♦ 



" Be a Booster"— for the League 



In Gleanings in Bee Culture for May 15 we 

 find the following paragraph written by J. A. 

 Green, one ot the department editors : 



BE A BOOSTER. 



Join The Honey-Producers' League, and 

 lend your money and your influence to the 

 first organized effort to improve the condition 

 of the honey market by the use of modern 

 business methods. Tour help is needed. Lay 

 aside your selfishness, and do not be afraid to 

 help yourself because in so doing you may 

 help others. 



Just read that over again, please. The 

 League is, as Mr, Green says, " the first or- 

 ganized effort to improve the conditions ot 

 the honey market by the use of modern busi- 

 ness methods.' Then why not become a 



