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VOL. XVIII. FLINT, MICHIGAN, JULY 15, 1905. NO. 7. 



A Trip t© OJiiio amid Do^y^im In 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON. 



ro,HE hentlquarters of the Hamilton 

 -^ Countj', Ohio, Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation is at Cincinnati. When they 

 held their May meeting at the Grand 

 Hotel, I was present as their invited 

 guest. Perhaps 40 members were pres- 

 ent, and most of them were amateurs. 

 While in the city I was the guest of 

 Mr. Fred W. Muth who is the President 

 of the Hamilton Co. Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, and manager of the Fred W. 

 Muth Co., dealers in bees, honey and 

 supplies. There are few persons, per- 

 haps none, vvho have done more than 

 Mr. Muth has in developing a wholesale 

 trade in extracted honey. The day 

 thatl was at his place of business, the 

 orders that came in, and the supplies 

 and number of barrels of honej' that 

 were shipped out, were more than suffi- 

 cient to convince one that this firm is 

 doing a most thriving business. Mr. 

 Muth is one of the kind of dealers that 

 we ought to encourage. He does not 



handle honey on commission but buys 

 it out and out, paying spot cash — not in 

 30 days, or 90 days, but the very day 

 that the honey arrives a check goes out 

 in payment for it. 



lalsocalleduponMf. C. H. W. Weber, 

 but, unfortunately', he was atone of his 

 out-apiaries, and previously arranged 

 engagements did not leave me time to 

 go out and see him. His son told me 

 that they were having a very good 

 trade in supplies and bees, and I was 

 very courteously shown the apiary on 

 the roof of the store where there were 

 some of the brightest colored Italians 

 that it has been my fortune to see. 



The next day after my arrival, Mr. 

 Muth, Mr. J. C. Frohliger and m3'self, 

 took a trip of about 50 miles into old 

 Kentucky, and visited the queen rear- 

 ing apiary of a man that I have long 

 wished to meet — Mr. J. P. Moore, of 

 Morgan — the man who furnishes the 

 Superior Stock. 



