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15 years, and we were not aware that there had been any 

 trouble since the paper-box incident. 



It was Prof. A. J. Cook who made a special trip to Wash- 

 ington to get the queens readmitted to the mails, and he was 

 successful ; but the condition was made that there should be 

 two sheets of wire-cloth over the opeuiuK to the cage. But In 

 later years bee-keepers have, instead of two sheets, .used one, 

 and a'thin strip of board over the wire. This conforms to the 

 npiril of the law — in fact, Is better than the two pieces of 

 wire-cloth. 



WORK FOR THK NEW UNION. 



The I'nited States Bee-Keepers' Union, recently organized, 

 has been advised of this matter; and as a member of the 

 Board of Directors, I feel sure it will take energetic and 

 prompt aciion. But in order to accomplish much in this or 

 any other direction there must be more means and more funds 

 at the disposal of the (ieneral Manager, Mr Secor. I'nder 

 the circumstances, the new organization has made a good 

 start ; but it needs something more than a good beginning to 

 do the work that it has laid out for itself. Bee-keepers every- 

 where who are interested in seeing that queens are not shut 

 out from the mails, in fighting di^ihouest commission men. in 

 coping with the adulteration evil — in fact, in any and every 

 thing that needs intelligent and organized effort, should send 

 In their names, accompanied by .SI. 00, at once to the (ieneral 

 Manager, Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa, or to the Secretary, 

 Dr. A. B. Mason, Station B, Toledo, Ohio. If more conven- 

 ient, the money may be sent to George VV. York, 118 Michi- 

 gan Street, Chicago, or to this office, and we will see that the 

 money is duly forwarded; and the persons enrolled as mem- 

 bers. Remember, the amount is .SL.OO. This entitles you to 

 all the privileges of the organizition, and allows you to have 

 a voice in certain matters at the annual meeting, whether you 

 are present or not. 



We are glad the New Union has taken hold of this matter 

 promptly, for we are sure that when the Postmaster General 

 finds that bee-keepers have an organization that looks after 

 all their interests, he will be only too glad to see that their is 

 DO Interference with so needful and rightful a thing as the 

 permission of queen-bees through the mails, as has been the 

 practice for so many years. 



As Chairman Root says, to exclude queen-bees from the 

 mails would be a serious blow to the onward progress of im- 

 proved bee-culture in this country, and certainly a wise Post- 

 master General will not unnecessarily injure so useful and 

 honorable an Industry. 



Bee-keepers will readily see that in order for the New 

 Union to properly look after their interests, they must become 

 members of it. This they should do at once, for certainly it 

 is not fair that a very few should bear the e.xpense of work 

 which is for the benefit of all. 



Tl?e Weekly Budget. 



Mr. J. T. Jones, of Maryland, when renewing his sub- 

 scription wrote : "The 'Old Reliable ' is a welcome weekly 

 visitor, and when It fails to show up it will be when I can no 

 longer raise the wherewithal." 



Mr. L. M. Willis, of Clark Co., Wis., was recently elected 

 for the fourth term to the position of Town Clerk. This shows 

 what the folks that know him best think of him. He evidently 

 doesn't belong to the class that " are without honor save in 

 their own country." 



Mr. Thos. Evtlns, of Lansing, Iowa, is now advertising 

 his process of sheeting wax for making comb foundation. 

 Unfortunately, in the first appearnnce of his advertisement in 

 the Bee Journal last week we had his address printed "Lans- 

 ing, Mich." It should have been Lansing, Iowa. 



Mr. I. J. STRINGHA.M, of New York State, writing us 

 April 22, said : 



" The reports from everywhere seem to indicate a big 

 honey crop. We had lots of snow, and that usually means 

 lots of clover, which is coming right along now. Everybody 

 is buying supplies, which is another good sign." 



Mr. a. Y. Baldwin, of DeKalb Co., when sending in his 

 dollar for membership in the New Union, had this to say : 



"Here is my dollar for the New Union, and my best 

 wishes go with it, and all else that I can do to promote its best 

 Interests. May you and the Union be prompted in any way to 

 put down any fraud or dishonest person or corporation to the 

 lowest notch possible." 



Mr. J. E. Pond— of our "Questlon-Bix" force— wrote 

 thus April 22: 



"Editor York:— The season here seems to open well, 

 and if everything keeps up as it has, it will be favorable for a 

 honey crop. But, then, we don't produce much honey here, 

 anyhow. I am pleased to see that the American Bee Journal 

 keeps on in the old line, and abreast of the times. This is to 

 be expected, of course, but still you are entitled to thanks for 

 your efforts. I appreciate your work." 



Mrs. N. L. Stow— a successful bee-keeper about 10 miles 

 north of Chicago— is still " Mrs. Alderman Stow," as Mr. S. 

 was lately re-elected alderman for his ward In the Evanston city 

 council. But that doesn't mean that he is " Stow-ed away " 

 in a cozy place, for to be the right kind of an alderman in a 

 thriving city like cultured Evanston, is no "soft snap." And 

 Mr. Stow will be the "right kind," every time. But if he 

 should get cantankerous, Mrs. S. can easily turn the bees 

 loose on him, and make him into a big " pin-cushion !" 



Mr. V?. L. Porter, Vice-President of the Colorado State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, wrote us from Arapahoe county, 

 April 27 : 



"The bees are all right so far, and we are in hopes we 

 will not have the trouble we had last year. The Denver mar- 

 ket is bare of extracted honey, but there are quantities of the 

 adulterated stuff." 



Better try to get an anti-adulteration law in Colorado, 

 and then all your ;bee-keepers join the New Union, and it will 

 help you enforce the law. 



No-w for Ne-w Subscribers for the rest of isy7 : 

 We would like to have each of our present readers send us at 

 least one 71CU) sub.scribe?- for the Bee Journal before June 1, 

 1897. That surely will not be hard to do, when they will 

 need to pay only 60 cents for the rest of this year. That is 

 about S months, or only 7}-^ cents a month for the weekly 

 American Bee Journal. Any one with only a colony or two 

 of bees should jump at such an offer as that. 



Now, we don't ask you to work for us for nothing, but 

 will say that for each new 60-cent subscriber you send us, we 

 will mail you your choice of one of the following list: 



Wood Binder for the Bee Jouraal. 



50 copies ot leaflet on •• Why Eui, Houey ?"'.... 



50 *■ " on *' How t » Keep H >ney 



30 " " on '■ Alsike Clover" 



6 copies "Honey as Food and Medicine" 



1 copy each " Preparation of Hoiiev lor the Market "(10c.) 

 and DooUttle'B " Hive I U-e " i3e 



1 copy each Dadants' "Handling Bees" iSoand '■ Bee- 

 Pasturage a Necessity "( lOc. I 



Dr. Howard's book on " F)ul Brood " 



Kohnke'8 " Foul Bro..d " boo < i-^- • i y;;-j 



Cheshire's " Foul Brood " book ilOj.) and Dadants " Hand- 

 ling Bees" [8c ] 



IJr. Foote'B Hand-Bookot Health 



Rural Life Book 



Our Poultry Doctor, by Fanny Feild 



Poultry tor Market and Proflt, by Fanny Field 



Capons and Caponizlng 



Turkeys for Market and Proflc 



Green s Four Books on Fruit-Growing 



Ropp Commercial CalcuUlor No I 



Silo and SUaRe. by Prof. Cook 



Bienen-Kultur LGerman] 



Kendall's Horse-Book [English or German] 



1 Pound White Clover tiecd 



1 " Sweet •• ■• 



m •• AUike '• " 



m •■ Alfalfa " " 



m '• Crimson " " 



Queen-CUpplng Device 



20c. 

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 20c. 

 20c. 

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18r. 

 2Ac. 

 25c. 



18c. 

 250. 

 25c. 

 25c. 

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 •j;5c. 

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 40c. 

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We make the above offers only to those who are now sub- 

 scribers ; In other words, no one sending in his own 60 cents 

 as a new subscriber can also claim a choice of the above list. 



Every Present Subscriber of the Bee Journal 

 should be an agent for it, and get all others possible to sub- 

 scribe for it. See offer above. 



