Sept 6, 1906 



American Itee Journal 



that excluded all other agencies, then judg- 

 ment might be passed upon the bees. But 

 there is no such evidence. There is the pos- 

 sibility of night attack, as given on page 653. 



Also, the "early bird " may have gotten in 

 its work while Mr. Kennedy was still in bed. 



If bees are the culprits, it ought not to be 

 a difficult thing to have positive evidence. 

 When they are upon the grapes by the thou- 

 sand, present to them a sound cluster, or un- 



cover a cluster that has been covered with a 

 paper sack. Then watch and see thcin pierce 

 the grapes — if they are guilty. Or, if that be 

 too difficult, watch awhile to see that nothing 

 but grapes can be in the case; then brush off 

 the bees and see whether the grapes are punc- 

 tured. Bees have been tried more than once 

 in this way, and their innocence established. 

 A trial by Mr. Kennedy is likely to establish 

 it more firmly. 



QUIT KICKING 



iscellaneous 

 flews -Items 



National Nomination Notice. — We 



have received the following from General 

 Manager N. E. France, of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association 



Each member of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association is hereby requested to mail to the 

 office of the General Manager, on or before 

 .Sept. 29, 1906, nominations of candidates for 

 otlices now filled by the following : 



C. P. Dadant. President: Geo. E. Hilton, 

 Vi. e-President ; \V. /.. Hutchinson, Secretary ; 

 N. E. France, General Manager; and Direc- 

 tors: Jas. A. Stone, G. M. Doolittle and R. A. 

 Holekamp. N. E France, 



Platteville. Wij General Manager. 



Every member of the National should ac- 

 cept the foregoing invitation to make nomi- 

 nations for the offices named. If not satis- 

 fied with the present officers and their man- 

 agement of the Association's affairs, here is 

 your chance to nominate and eltct those that 

 you think would do better. Of course, each 

 member has the last Annual Report with the 

 names of all the members at the time it was 

 published, and from that list selections can 

 be made. 



Prof. A. J. Cook, of Claremont, Calif . 

 who has been spending a year in Germany, 

 called to see us on Aug. 25, when passing 

 through Chicago on his return trip. Mrs. 

 Cook and daughter are still in Germany, and 

 expect to remain a year or so longer. Prof. 

 Cook is looking and feeling very well indeed. 

 Even though he is just 64 years old, he hasn't 

 a grey hair, and seems as young as a man at 

 10. His naturally buoyant disposition com- 

 bined with Southern California climate seem 

 to have kept him young in looks and actions. 

 >'o doubt, also, his trip across the "briny 

 deep " helped him physically, and his stay 

 and study in Berlin brightened him up intel- 

 lectually. Prof. Cook is a delightful conver- 

 sationalist, and has abounding faith in every- 

 body and every good thing. 



The Jenkins' Apiary, shown on the 

 first page, is located in St. Paris. Ohio. Mr. 

 Jenkins writes as follows: 



In June. 1902, I walked out in my orchard 

 and saw a large swarm uf bees hanging on a 

 limb. I let them hang until nearly sundown. 



and none came to claim them, there being no 

 bees close to me. Haviog no experience with 

 bees I did not know what to do but to secure 

 a box and try to get them into it. Being in 

 the merchandise business, I went to the store 

 and secured a nice box, and cut the limb off 

 and laid it and the bees down in front of the 

 box. They then and there took possession 

 and went to work. Thereafter my leisure 

 hours were spent in watching them work. 



The next spring I transferred them to a hive 

 made by myself. They gave me two nice 

 swarms the same year. I wintered them on 

 the same stands, but with a shed over them. 

 I now have 20 colonies. I never take from 

 them but one super containing 24 sections of 

 honey, and let them have the balance to win- 

 ter on. 



I sell all my honey without any trouble at 

 home for 15 cents a section. I get my in- 

 structions from several bee-books and bee- 

 papers. S. N. Jenkins. 



Gen. James P. Smith, the new Gover- 

 nor General-elect of the Philippines, who 

 takes his position Sept. 15, is a friend of one 

 of the prominent bee-keepers of California, 

 having been brought up on a farm in Sonoma 

 Co., Calif. It is just a possibility that the 

 much-talkedof bees of the Orient — Apis 

 dorsata — may be landed on the Pacific Coast 

 first, if Mr. Benton, who is now in the Far 

 East, does not soon succeed in landing them 

 in Washington, D. C. 



Qait kicking just because you think 



The old world's going wrong; 

 There's always something somewhere 



Of happiness and song. 

 Besides, you never made the world; 



Life's scheme is not your own; 

 Quit kicking; take what happens, and 



Just reap what you have sown. 



Quit kicking. When the pay is bad 



Remember what you've lost 

 Some other fellow's gained: and so 



In summing up the cost 

 We find that in the end we know 



What other men have known — 

 Kesults? We take them as they come— 



We reap what we have sown. 



— Successful F'<: 



Bee-Keeper vs. Saloon-Keeper. — One 



of the best paragraphs we have ever read on 

 the anti-saloon question is this from the 

 Modern Farmer and Busy Bee : 



"If the ealoon-keeper is engaged in a legiti- 

 mate business and wants to deal fairly and 

 honorably with his fellow-men, why is it that 

 he defies public sentiment and disregards the 

 wholesome and reasonable laws of the land? 

 Why is it that he is the enemy of every officer, 

 from the president down to a constable, who 

 tries to enforce the laws which have been en- 

 acted by the people to regulate the liquor- 

 traffic? The simple truth of the matter is 

 that be is engaged in a business that depends 

 upon the depravity and vices of humanity for 

 its perpetuity. The saloon is not a necessity 

 to anybody, and no one becomes a patron of 

 it until he has developed an abnormal appe- 

 tite, for no one is born with a thirst for such 

 things. If a saloon is a business proposition, 

 like other business propositions, why not 

 close it at 6 o'clock on Saturday and let it 

 remain closed until Monday morning?" 



But one may say after reading the above, 

 " I don't see what that has to do with bee- 

 keepers.'' Well, it has at least this much: 

 The laboring class of this country are the peo- 

 ple who support mostof the saloons, and they 

 are the class that buy most of the honey — or 

 at least would do so if they didn't spend any 

 money for liquor, which is thus worse than 

 wasted. 



It would be to the honey-producer's inter- 

 est to have the saloons closed not only from 

 Saturday 6 p.m. till Monday morning, but all 

 the rest of the time during the week. The 

 open saloon is a curse— yes. a crime, and a 

 criminal-producer. Bee-keepers and all other 

 honest and moral persons ought to help close 

 it tight, and forever. 



Conducted by Emma M. Wilson, Marengo, 111. 



Sweet Clover Seed 



Dear Miss Wilson : — As a 

 bee keeper, and in search of 

 clover seed, I thought I would 



sister 

 sweet 

 write 



you, as I saw the picture of Dr. Miller 

 standing amid the sweet clover in the 

 American Bee Journal of July 26. Do 

 you have the seed to sell, or know any 

 one that does ? I have been watching 



