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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Apr. 8, 



CBORGB W. YORK, ■ Bdtter. 



PUBLISBT WEEKLY BY 



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Editorial Con)n)€r)i^^ 



New Union Ready for Business.— Oyer a 

 month ago — as soon as convenient after amalgamation was 

 defeated— the Executive Committee of the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Union decided to carry out the provisions of the New 

 Constitution, and, as it authorized them so to do, appoint a 

 Board of Directors, so that the New Union might be ready to 

 take up the work intended to be accomplisht by it. But 

 thinking it would be more satisfactory to the members if they 

 were consulted as to their preferences for General Manager 

 and those composing the Board of Directors, a circular and 

 voting card were mailed to each present member, the latter to 

 be used in indicating those whom each member would prefer 

 that the Executive Committee should appoint, in order that 

 the official part of the organization should be complete. 



After allowing sufficient time for the ballots to be re- 

 turned to Mr. M. Best, of Toledo, Ohio (the member selected 

 to receive and count the ballots, assisted by Secretary Mason), 

 the Executive Committee can now issue the following notice, 

 based upon the result as indicated by the returned ballots, 

 there being 61 returned out of a total of 81 : 



To the Members of the United Stales Dec-Keepers' Union :— 



We, the Executive Committee, according to the power 

 vested in us by the New Constitution, hereby appoint the fol- 

 lowing as General Manager and Board of Directors of the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union, to hold their offices during 

 the balance of the year 1897, or until their successors are 

 elected and qualified : 



General Manager— Hon. Eugene Secor,Porest City, Iowa. 



Board of Directors— Ernest R. Root, Medina, Ohio; 



Rev. E. T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo.; Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 



111.; W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich.; E. Whitcomb, Friend, 



Nebr.; and C. P. Dadaut, Hamilton, 111. 



George VV. York, Pres., 

 E. Whitcomb, Vice-Pres., 

 A. B. Mason, Sec, 

 Chicago, HI., April 1, 1897. Executive Committee. 



Now, as the United States Bee-Keepers' Union is fully 

 cquipt as to its officers, we trust that bee-keepers everywhere 

 will at once send In their dollar membership fees to the Gen- 

 eral Manager, Hon. Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa, or to 

 the Secretary, Dr. A. B. Mason, Sta. B, Toledo, Ohio, so that 

 there may be ample funds to begin to carry out the objects of 

 the Union, which are exprest In the following paragraph 

 taken from the New Constitution : 



ARTICLE II.— 0B.IKCT8. 



Its objects shall be to promote and protect the interests of 

 Its members; to defend them in their lawful rights ; to enforce 



laws against the adulteration of honey ; to prosecute dis- 

 honest honey-commission men ; and to advance the pursuit of 

 bee-culture in general. 



What more do you want ? Where is the bee-keeper that 

 doesn't want to help carry out every one of those splendid 

 "objects ?" Surely, every bee-keeper in the land will be glad 

 to have his name enrolled as a member of the New Union. 



As to the newly selected and appointed officers, we need 

 only say that all of them are too well known, and stand so 

 high in the estimation of bee-keepers, that it would seem that 

 the greatest success of the United States Bee-Keepers' Union 

 is now already assured. 



Spraying: Fruit-Xrees.- On another page of this 

 number of the Bee Journal, Mr. E. S. Lovesy has an article 

 on the subject of spraying for the destruction of the coddling 

 moth that is such a destroyerof fruit — such a pest to the fruit- 

 growers. It has been clearly demonstrated, by repeated ex- 

 periments, that it is worse than useless to spray fruit-trees 

 during their bloom, for it has beeu found that it is imme- 

 diately after the fragrant blossoms have fallen that the cod- 

 dling moth comes, and lays its eggs upon the rapidly forming 

 fruit itself. Then is the time to spray with the death-to-cod- 

 dling-moth mixtures. 



We hope that bee-keepers will see that it is to their inter- 

 est, as well as that of the fruit-grower, to delay spraying until 

 after the blossoms have disappeared. And this for two rea- 

 sons—one that it prevents needless destruction of bees by 

 poisoning, and it gives the bees an opportunity to show their 

 great value to the fruit-growers themselves, by aiding in a 

 more perfect pollenization of the blossoms, thus insuring a 

 more abundant ha-vest. 



To spray during the blossoming period, resulting in the 

 death of the bees, and hence much loss in the fruit crop, is 

 quite like " killing the goose that lays the golden egg." 



If all could be led to see the truth in this matter of the 

 proper time of spraying, there would no longer be any dis- 

 agreements among the fruit-growers and their little friends — 



the blessed bees. 



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Another Honey-Commission Fraud.— This 



time it is New York City that again furnishes the same old 

 story of deception, dishonesty and finally decamping. 



Mr. J. W. Parker, a bee-keeper of Onondaga Co., N. Y., 

 has kindly furnisht us the information against the now ex- 

 tinct " firm " of Sanford & Co., formerly of 289 Washington 

 St., New York City. Here is his letter, with which came the 

 usual samples of printed letters and circulars that all snide 

 commission firms send out : 



Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 22, 1897. 



Messrs. George W. York & Co.: — You will remember I 

 askt you a few weeks ago if you had heard anything about 

 Sanford & Co., commission merchants of New York. I received 

 a card stating you bad not, and asking about them, so I will 

 try to give you some facts. 



Mr. A., of this place, received several letters from said 

 firm, asking him to send his honey to them. He decided to 

 send a portion of it, so consigned about 400 pounds of fancy 

 basswood honey to them, and did not get one cent from the 

 shipment. 



I have a sister living in New York, and I told Mr. A. 

 that I thought my brother-in-law would, if he could, get his 

 money for him. I wrote him, and will send you his letter. 

 Also, will send you one or two letters from the said company 

 that were sent to Mr. A. Should you like anything more, 

 and I can give it, I would be pleased to do so. 



Yours respectfully, J. W. Pabkkr, 



The following letter is the one written by Mr. Parker's 

 brother-in-law, after investigating Sanford <&Co.: 



Brooklyn, N. Y., March 12, 1897. 

 Bro. Parker: — After looking over the letter to Mr. A., 

 that you enclosed, I made up my mind that it was a case of 

 fraud, but to make sure that I was right, I went to the place 



