Dec. 21, 1905 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



879 



place solidly packed with oat-straw, which packingf comes 

 well above the tiers of cases. 



Over the joints of tiers in the drawing may be seen the 

 ends of stout cleats or beams crosswise of the car, which 

 serve to hold down the cases. These, however, are used 

 only over the joints of the 3 end rows, though our artist has 

 tried to make things doubly safe by using them throughout 

 the length of the car. 



Mr. Hanegan further advises that before loading a car 

 with comb honey one should be sure that it has no " flat 

 wheels," as " a flat wheel will make mush of a load of comb 

 honey in short order." Harry E. Hili,. 



Mr. Hanegan says further, in a letter to us, that the 

 cases do not stand as sloping as represented in the smaller 

 engraving. By loading thus he feels that honey will stand 

 more rough handling than by loading in any other way. 

 He has loaded very large cars where the honey was packed 

 solid, with some 12 inches of straw in each end of the car. 

 The honey in cars packed thus, however, did not arrive in 

 as good condition as when packed with straw between every 

 few tiers of cases. 



Mr. Hanegan very kindly offers to furnish any further 

 information that may be desired by our readers. We shall 

 be pleased to hear from other honey-producers who have 

 had experience in shipping carloads of honey. This is a 

 very important subject, and one that specialists in comb- 

 honey production will need to consider more and more as 

 the years come and go, and as their interest in bee-keeping 

 increases. 



XTIisccUaueous 

 Hctps •:' 3 terns 



A Merry Christmas to every reader of the American 

 Bee Journal is our wish. 



He Reads Two B'S.— A North Carolina beekeeper was 

 asked lately what he was reading. His reply was : " Two 

 B's. The Bible and a Bee-book." 



The National Convention for 1905 will be almost 

 closed by the time the majority of the readers of this num- 

 ber of the American Bee Journal receive it. We expect to 

 publish a full report of the proceedings in these columns as 

 soon as possible after the convention. The program as 

 prepared by Secretary Hutchinson is given below. 



Samuel Dysart, of Franklin Grove, 111., wrote us as 



follows on Dec. 4 : 



I have taken the American Bee Journal almost con- 

 tinually since it was published by Wagner, in Washington, 



D. C, which must be nearly 50 years ago. I kept bees then, 

 and I have them now, and desire to keep company with 

 what I call my little friends as long as I can look after them. 

 With kind regards to all lovers of the honey-bee, I am 

 Yours respectfully, Samuel Dysart. 



We are very glad indeed to hear from the older readers 

 of the American Bee Journal, which was started by Samuel 

 Wagner, in January, 1861, so it is not quite 50 years ago. 

 Occasionally we receive a letter like the one from Mr. 

 Dysart, although we suppose there are not very many 

 among our subscribers who took the American Bee Journal 

 when it first started, and have continued ever since. If it 

 were possible to get them all together in one group, we 

 would like very much to have a photograph taken of them 

 to use in the Journal. 



Considerate Bee-Keeper.— Mr. E. Brubaker sends us 

 the following clipping : 



A thoughtful beekeeper was greatly harassed by the 

 question ever uppermost in his mind, " Have I any right to 

 rob these bees of their honey ?" After a long time he set- 

 tled the question this way : , . ,. ^ 



" I used to feel mean about robbing the bee-hives, but 

 after thinking the matter over I see now I am right. If it 

 wasn't for me taking the honey, all of them bees would be 

 out of work the whole of next summer."— Boerne Post. 



But " all of /Af )« bees would be" dead by " next sum- 

 mer." So his considerateness for the bees was all wasted. 

 But he doubtless got the honey for it, anyway. 



Mr. ThOS. Wm. Cowan, editor of the British Bee Jour- 

 nal, who has been spending some months in California, 

 wrote us from Vancouver, B. C, recently : 



Dear Mb. York :— We are juststarting East, and hope 

 to reach London before Christmas, so as to be with all our 

 family again. We have much enjoyed our visit, and were 

 pleased again to see our friends. We have met friends all 

 along our route, and have had a hearty reception. 



Yours truly, Thos. Wm. Cowan. 



We trust that Mr. and Mrs. Cowan may arrive in Lon- 

 don again safely, and in good time to enjoy the holiday sea- 

 son with their family and old-time friends in the homeland. 



The Minnesota Convention was held Dec. 6 and 7, in 

 Minneapolis. We expect to publish a report later. The 

 officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows : 



President, Dr. L. D. Leonard, of Minneapolis ; 1st .Vice- 

 President, Scott La Mont, of Jarretts ; 2d Vice-President, 

 J. M. Doudna, of Minneapolis ; 3d Vice-President, J. W. 

 Murray, of Excelsior; Secretary, Rev. C. B. Blaker, of 

 Richfield; and Treasurer, W. S. Wingate, of Minneapolis. 

 Executive Committee, H. G. Acklin. of St. Paul ; Rev. J. 

 H. Kimball, of Duluth ; and Wm. Russell, of Minneapolis. 



Why Not send in some new subscriptions for the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal ? Samples free for the asking. 



Program for the National Convention. 



FIRST DAY— TCESDAT. 



Evening Session- 7:30 p.m. 



Wax-Rendering Methods and their Faults — 

 0. L. Hershiser, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Can the Tariff on Comb Honey be Tinkered 

 to the Advantage of the United States Bee- 

 Keeper?— Hildreth i^i Segelken, New York. 



SECOND DAY— Wednesday. 



Morning Session— 9:30 a.m. 



How Many Bees Shall a Man Keep' — E. D. 

 Townsend, Remus, Mich. 



Short Cuts in Bee-Keeping— M. A. Gill, 

 Longmont, Colo. 



Question-Box. 



Afternoon Session — 2:00 p.m. 



The Control of Increase— L. Stachelhausen, 

 Converse, Tex. 



Migratory Bee-Keeping — R. F. Holtermann, 

 Brantford, Canada. 



The Dietetic and Hygienic Relations of 

 Honey— Dr. E. L. Eaton, State Analyst Illi- 

 nois Food Commission, Chicago. 



Question-Box. 



Evening Session— 7:30 p.m. 



Contagious Diseases Among Bees and How 

 to Distinguish Them— Dr. Wm. R. Howard, 

 Ft. Worth, Tex. 



Experimental Apiculture— Dr.E. F. Phillips, 

 Washington, D. C. 



THIRD DAY— Thursdat. 

 Morning Session — 9:30 a.m. 

 The Honey-Producers' League — Can it Help 

 Bee-Keepers!— R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 



The Business End of Bee-Keeping— N. E. 

 France, Platteville, Wis. 



Successful Experience in the Making of 

 Honey-Vinegar— H. M. Arnd, Chicago. 



Question-Box. 



Afternoon Session- 2:00 p.m. 



In What Way Can Bee-Keepers Secure their 

 Supplies at Lower Prices? — W. H. Putnam, 

 River Falls, Wis. 



How the Producer and Dealer May Advance 

 their Mutual Interests— Fred W. Muth, Cin- 

 cinaati, Ohio. 



Question-Box. 



Evening Session — 7:30 p.m. 



What Have We to Hope for from the Non- 

 Swarming Hivei—L. A. Aspinwall, Jackson, 

 Mich. 



Poultry Keeping for the Bee-Keeper — 

 Emerson T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo. 



