Nov. 22, 1906 



American Ttec Journal 



honey now. Then make up your mind you 

 will see to the matter earlier another year. 



Remember that the best place to keep ex- 

 tra combs of honey is right in the hive so 

 long as there is room for them there. 



The Bee-Inspectors' Meeting 



This, we think, was a surprise to the ma- 

 jority of those who attended it. It was won- 

 derfully interesting. It was held on Monday 

 following the National meeting. There were 

 some 50 inspectors and other bee-keepers 

 present. Dr. Phillips, Acting in Charge of 

 Apiculture, at Washington, D. C, presided. 

 Dr. G. F. White, bacteriologist of the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, in Washington, D. C, 



and Prof. John M. Rankin, representing the 

 apicultural work of the Government at Chico, 

 Calif., were also present. All three of the 

 Government officials took a large and leading 

 part in the meeting. 



It was the second gathering of bee-disease 

 inspectors held in this country. The first 

 met in Syracuse, N. Y., where the American 

 Bee-Inspector's Association was organized, in 

 1903, with N. E. France as president, N. L. 

 Stevens as vice-president, W. Z. Hutchinson 

 as secretary, and W. D. Wright as treasurer. 



A committee to prepare a constitution was 

 selected at San Antonio. 



A fuller report of this very important meet- 

 ing of inspectors will be given in these col- 

 umns later. 



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Miscellaneous 

 flews -Items 



S. P. C. A. and Bees in Show- Win- 

 dow. — The following item appears in a Chi- 

 cago daily : 



Pittsburg, Oct. 7. — Because confinement 

 of bees in a show-window was held cruel, as 

 the bees had no chance to take exercise, G. 

 K. Stevenson, a grocer, will send them out to 

 the country for some fresh air to-morrow. 

 An Agent of the Society for Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals saw the grocer's display, 

 and warned him to give the bees a change if 

 he would avoid prosecution. 



There is such a thing as being over zealous 

 in a good cause. The next thing the S. P. C. 

 A. will be insisting that instead of allowing 

 the queen to be imprisoned in the hive year in 

 and year out, she shall be led out for a daily 

 promenade whenever the weather is fine. If 

 a temporary sojourn in a window for a few 

 days is so bad for bees, how about keeping a 

 canary from flying all its lifetime? 



such that I can not depend upon a day ahead 

 I could count in Blue Island, a few years ago 

 600 colonies of bees, and to-day 100 will more 

 than cover them all. 



I have only one son, 14 years old. He, my 

 wife, and myself tip the scales at over 600 

 pounds. So you can see that bees and honey 

 have not stunted us. John H. Redmond. 



The Apiary oi J. H. Kedmond ap- 

 pears in one of the pictures on the first page 

 this week. Mr. R. wrote us as follows con- 

 cerning it, Oct. 19: 



Editor American Bee Journal: — I have 

 been interested in bee6 from a small boy. I 

 have seen more men go into the bee business 

 and again " lose out," or what I call "let 

 them die out for the want of proper atten- 

 tion," than any other man in the State. It 

 takes only about 5 years to see when a man 

 goes into the bee-business what he will do. 

 Some who have failed claim they did not 

 have time, but this is no excuse, for a man 

 who is a natural bee-keeper has plenty of 

 time to look after bees, and is glad to do it. 

 I know men who keep bees that do not go 

 near them for months — they are not bee- 

 keepers; they only let bees keep themselves. 



I am not at home a quarter of the time, yet 

 I have plenty of time to look after my bees, 

 and a man who does not do so, would do the 

 bees a great favor to give them to some one 

 who will care for them. 



I have but 10 colonies, which are about all 

 I can handle on a city lot 50x140 feet, and a 

 poultry yard on one side of it. I never cared 

 to keep bees on a large scale, for my work is 



The Apiarian Premiums awarded at 

 the late Illinois State Fair, with Mr. C. P. 

 Dadant as judge, are as follows: 



Display of comb honey, 500 



pounds or more §20 8 ¥15 $10 



Collection of labeled cases con- 

 taining 12 pounds or more 



of white honey 5 3 8 



Same of dark honey 8 5 3 



Case of white clover comb 



honey 2 4 3 



Case of sweet clover comb 



honey 3 2 4 



Case of basswood comb honey 2 4 3 



Case of amber comb honey. . . 4 3 2 

 Display of samples extracted 



honey 2 3 5 



Display of extracted honey, 



500 pounds or more 15 20 10 



Honey extracting on grounds 2 3 5 

 Frame of comb honey for ex- 

 tracting 2 3 5 



Display of candied honey, 300 



pounds or more 15 20 10 



Display of beeswax 10 15 5 



Italian bees (dark) 3 2 4 



Italian bees (golden) 3 2 4 



Carniolan bees 4 2 3 



Honey-viuegar 4 3 2 



Display of design* in honey. . 12 S 15 

 Display of designs in beeswax 12 20 8 



The first column of premium figures above 

 are the awards of Chas. Becker; the 6econd 

 column, Jas. A. Stone & Son; the third, 

 Aaron Coppin and wife; and the fourth, Geo. 

 M. Rumler. 



Apiary of T. P. Bingham.— When 



sending the photograph of the engraving on 

 thefir6t page, Mr. Bingham wrote as follows: 



Friend York:— lam sending the picture 

 of one corner of the original closed-endframe 

 apiary with the bees working. My bee-keep- 



ing i6 not much with me, for I have so many 

 things to look after that it is neglected. Yet I 

 probably have the most original apiary in the 

 United States. I often wonder how the lady 

 bee-keepers get along with the massive hives 

 generally used. Perhaps the hive I use is 

 not best for a 4-visitsa-year apiary, but I get 

 along easily with it, and my experiments 

 amuse me. I have made a few of them 

 this year in the non-swarming-fad line, that 

 can not be judged until another winter and 

 summer have gone. 



This is my first run for extracted honey 

 since I located here. It came as a result of a 

 late, cool spring. It has paid well enough, 

 and has been little trouble. I have gathered 

 a few facts not in the books — of no great con- 

 sequence, but interesting to me. 



T. F. Bingham. 



PUSSY WILLOW 



By the brook that skirts the pasture 

 Pussy willows scent the breeze; 



Long before the sleepy linden 

 Wakes to tempt the honey-bees. 



April woods are bare and brown 

 But the willows, pussy willows, 

 Shake thei.- dainty, fluffy pillows, 



Soft as beds of eider-down. 



All the wealth of love and service 

 Are not lavished on the great, 



In the scale of the Eternal 

 They are least who lag and wait. 



Bare and brown the giant trees, 

 But the willows, pussy willows. 

 Early shake their golden pillows, 



Serving hungry honey-bees. 



— Eugene Secor, 



,„ Successful Funning. 



Honey as a Health- Food. — This 



is a 16-page honey-pamphlet intended to help 

 increase the demand for honey. The first 

 part of it contains a short article on " Honey 

 as Food," written by Dr. C. C. Miller. It 

 tells where to keep honey, how to liquefy it, 

 etc. The last part is devoted to " Honey- 

 Cooking Recipes " and " Remedies Using 

 Honey." It should be widely circulated by 

 those selling honey. The more the people are 

 educated on the value and uses of honey, the 

 more honey they will buy. 



Prices, prepaid— Sample copy for a 2-cent 

 stamp; 50 copies for 70 cents; 100 for ¥125; 

 250 for $2.25; 500 for $4.00; or 1000 for $7.50. 

 Your business card printed free at the bottom 

 of front page on all orders for 100 or more 

 copies. Send all orders to the office of the 

 American Bee Journal. 



Our Wood Kinder (or Holder) is 

 made to take all the copies of the 4merican 

 Bee Journal for a year. It is sent by mail 

 for 20 cents. Full directions accompany. 

 The Bee Journals can be inserted as soon as 

 they are received, and thus preserved for 

 future reference. Or we will send it with the 

 American Bee Journal a year — both for si. 10. 

 Address the office of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. 



Anierikanische Hieneiiziiclit, 



by Hans Buschbauer, is a bee-keeper's hand- 

 book of 138 pages, which is just what our 

 German friends will want. It is fully illus- 

 trated, and neatly bound in cloth. Price, 

 postpaid, $1.00; or with the American Bee 

 Journal one year— both for $1.75. Address 

 all orders to this office. 



