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June 28, 1906 



American Ttee Journal 



queen-breeders are rather careless, and cut it wider than 

 the cage. In handling- such cages in the mails, the edges 

 of the wire-Cloth, where it is thus cut too wide, extend over 

 on either side of the cage, and are quite sharp to the fingers. 

 If anything, it would be better to cut the wire-cloth slightly 

 smaller than the cage so this objection might be avoided. 



We have also seen queen-cages that were covered with 

 crumpled wire-cloth, which shows carelessness on the part 

 of the queen-breeder. Nothing but straight wire-cloth 

 should be used for this purpose, in order to have a neat 

 package to go through the mails. 



iscellaneous 

 flews (ferns 



Committee to Spend the League Money.— Chairman 

 R. L,. Taylor, of the Board of Directors of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, has appointed N. E. France and W. 

 Z. Hutchinson a committee to devise ways to spend the 

 money ($1400) which the National recently received from 

 The Honey-Producers' League. 



The Apiary Of A. W. Yates, with a picture of himself 

 holding a frame of queen cells and cups, appear on the first 

 page. When sending the photographs, June 7, Mr. Yates 

 wrote thus : 



I send a photograph of my bee-yard, also one of a lot of queen- 

 cells ripe and ready to cage in the nursery. I use the twin mating 

 boxes, which I consider the best of anything I have before tried. I 

 can get queens laying quicker in them, and keep them stocked more 

 easily. These pictures were taken just after apple-bloom, on a bright, 

 sunny day. 



Bees have been a hobby of mine for 27 years, and I do not know 

 how I should now do without them and the American Bee Journal. 



A. W. Yates. 



"Puck" Was Fooled— Not the Bees.— mV F. p.. 

 Daum, of Missouri, sends us this item from Puck — a joking 

 monthly : 



Some unprincipled agriculturists in the West are imposing upon 

 their bees by giving them artificial honey-combs. It is a mean man 

 who would fool an industrious but simple-minded bee, and when the 

 deception is found out, we shudder to contemplate the result. 



Probably that Puck writer has just heard of comb foun- 

 dation, and got the idea that it was " artificial honey-comb. " 

 Of course, all bee-keepers know that this does not fool the 

 bees, for it is made of pure beeswax, and is simply the im- 

 pressions of the bases of the cells in the beeswax. But, of 

 course, Puck must have its little joke, or at least try to 

 have it. This time it was only "a try," for there is no joke 

 about it at all — except that the Puck writer was fooled, in- 

 stead of the bees. 



The Fifth Annual RepOFt of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association has just been gotten out at the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal office, and mailed to members. It contains, 

 among other things, reports in full of the last Illinois State, 

 Western Illinois, Chicago-Northwestern, and National con- 

 ventions ; also 12 pages by N. E. France, Wisconsin's Foul 

 Brood Inspector, on " Foul Brood and Other Diseases of 

 Bees," showing how to detect and cure foul brood, etc. 

 These 12 pages alone are well worth $1.00 to any bee-keeper. 

 The Report is 5"sx8 ; s inches in size. 



Jas. A. Stone, Secretary of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, has this to say concerning the Report, and 

 how it may be secured : 



It was the order of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, at 

 its last annual meeting, that cloth-bound copies of its Fifth Annual 

 Report be made for all the members of the Association. Following 

 these instructions there were 300 copies cloth-bound. As there are 

 still a few copies of same in the hands of the Secretary, they will be 

 sent out to those who first send in their fee of $1.00 (which entitles 

 them to membership, as well, in the National Bee-Keepers' Association 

 for one year) , and when they are exhausted paper-covered ones will be 

 sent instead of the cloth-bound. 



To those desiring the Report who are not members of the Illinois 



Association, the paper-covered will be sent if they will forward to the 

 Secretary 15 cents in stamps. 



The Report shows 236 members (and other names have been re- 

 ceived too late to get into the Report), contains 239 pages, and the 

 pictures of the presidents of the National, Illinois State, Chicago- 

 Northwestern, and Western Illinois Associations, respectively; also the 

 picture of the old State House, now the Court House, where the last 

 two meetings of the State Association have been held in Springfield. 



This Fifth Annual Report is the best job we have ever had done. 

 The quality of the paper is better, giving both the pictures and the 

 print a cleaner and finer appearance. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



Route 4, Springfield, 111. 



The Canners Can Co. have been represented among 

 our advertisers during the past 6 months. We trust that 

 bee-keepers generally are patronizing them. They are the 

 only manufacturers of tin cans, we believe, that have ever 

 used the advertising columns of the American Bee Journal, 

 at least to any extent. Although tin plate has gone up in 

 price recently, the prices made by the Canners Can Co. to 

 bee-keepers remain the same. This is certainly unusual, 

 and it would seem that if they are willing to make less 

 profit, bee-keepers should encourage them by sending in 

 their orders. At any rate, we trust that those of our readers 

 who need tin cans for marketing their honey will write to 

 the Canners Can Co. for their illustrated circulars and 

 prices, not forgetting to mention having seen their adver- 

 tisement in the American Bee Journal. By so doing it will 

 be a help not only to those who do this, but also to the Can- 

 ners Can Co. and the American Bee Journal. Here is an 

 instance where co-operation is an advantage all around. 



White's Class Advertising Co., 334 Dearborn Street, 



Chicago, gave their third Annual Round-Up and Banquet 



at the Auditorium Hotel, the evening of May 22 — last month. 



There were almost 600 present, being 



representatives of every field of en- 



^^ ^^ deavor associated with advertising ef- 



■ fort. Mr. Frank B. White, President 



f ■*■• ^Mfc °f the Company, welcomed the guests 



^^^ ^H after the banquet, and introduced the 



J^^L toast-master, Hon. T. D. Harman, pub- 



X^ I lisher of the National Stockman and 



^^^^^•""m Farmer. Among the speakers of the 



^B ^^|J| I evening were Hon. W. B. Otwell, of 



' Illinois, Hon. F. D. Coburn, of Kansas, 



^7 and Hon. J. H. Hale, of Connecticut. 



The speeches were of a very high order. 



frank b. white Following these were brief talks on 



various advertising subjects. It was 



the largest and most successful gathering of the kind ever 



known. 



White's Class Advertising — a montly publication de- 

 voted to the subject of advertising, and published by the 

 Company mentioned — gives in its June issue a full report 

 of the banquet and addresses delivered. The yearly sub- 

 scription price is 25 cents, but the June issue alone is well 

 worth that amount, though it can be had for 5 cents. 



White's Class Advertising Co. devotes its energies to 

 the development, preparation and placing of advertisements 

 in agricultural publications mainly. It leads in ability and 

 efficiency in its special line of advertising. If any of our 

 readers desire to secure the best advice and help in the line 

 of advertising in general farm publications, they can do no 

 better than to write to this Company, and explain to them 

 what they want done. As in cases of severe sickness or 

 troubles in a legal way, it is best to consult the most expert 

 physician or lawyer ; so in advertising, the best is none 

 too good ; but in their special line, White's Class Advertis- 

 ing Co. is good enough, because it is the best. 



Deaths from Bee-Stings.— We have received marked 

 copies of newspapers lately telling of deaths of several per- 

 sons as the result of bee-stings. We believe in each case 

 the one who died from the bee-stings did not wear a bee- 

 veil. Now, a good bee-veil costs only SO cents. Why try to 

 do anything with bees when not properly protected with a 

 veil, when it costs so little? It doesn't pay to take any risk 

 in working with bees, or when being around them. - 



See Langstroth Book Offer on another page of this 

 copy of the American Bee Journal. 



