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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 2i, 



CBORCB W. YORK, ■ Editor. 



PtJBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

 IIS Aficbig^an St., - CHICAOO, ILJ.. 



$1.00 a Year— Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 [Bntered at the PostrOfflce at Chicago aa Second-CIaas Mall-Matter. 



United States Bee-Keepers' Uliion. 



Organized to advance the pursuit of Apiculture: to promote tlie interests 



of bee-keeper-s ; to protect its members ; to prevent tlie Jidulteration 



of hone.v: and to prosecute the dishonest Iioney-commission men. 



Membership Fee-$1.00 Per Annum. 



Executive Comiiilitoe, 



President— George W. York. Vice-Pres.— E. Whitcomb. 



Secretary— Dk. A. B. Mason, Station B, Toledo, Ohio. 



Hoard of Direct ors. 



E. R. Root. E. Whitcomb. E. T. Abbott. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. Dr. C. C. Miller. C. P. Dadant. 



General Afanag-er and Treasurer. 



Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Next Aiinnal Meeting at Buffalo, N. ¥., Aug. 34-26, 1897. 



Vol. imil, CHICAGO, ILL, JUNE 24, 1897, No, 25, 



Editorial Con)n)cr)i^^ 



The Buffalo Convention, as has already been 

 announced, will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 

 Aug. 24, 25 and 26. And now Mr. 0. L. Hershiser, who lives 

 in Buffalo, has been so fortunate as to secure the main hall of 

 Caton's Business College, corner of Main and Huron streets, 

 in the B. D. Morgan building. Mr. Hershiser says: "This 

 is an Ideal location, and very easy of access— an airy, light, 

 and very commodious hall." Mr. H. then adds: 



" The use of the hallis free. Mr. Catou is one of those 

 large-hearted men who seem anxious to help a good thing 



along I think perhaps he Inherited his liberality towards 



bee-keepers — his father was a bee-keeper." 



Mr. Hershiser is " working like a nailer" to make the 

 Buffalo meeting the best ever held by bee-keepers. It ought 

 to be, for never before have they had the advantage of such 

 low railroad rates. To-day (June 17) the round-trip rate 

 from Chicago was fixt at $10.50; tickets will be sold here 

 Aug. 21, 22 and 23. That is just one cent a mile each way. 

 The Grand Army always secures a low rate. 



Further announcements will be made later as to hotel 

 accommodations for bee-keepers when In Buffalo, as Mr. Her- 

 shiser Is now working that up. Begin now to make plans to 

 be there. The full program for the bee-convention will bo 

 out very soon, as it Is now In the hands of the printer. 



Enforcing Laws Ag^ainst Adulteration.— 



Mr. C. P. Dadant— one of the excellent Board of Directors of 

 the New Union- has an article on page :J87 that carries with 

 It the true ring. Wo want to endorse what Mr. Dadant says, 



and urge bee-keepers everywhere (where there exist any laws 

 at all against adulteration) to see if they can't be directed 

 against the adulteration of honey, If it is practiced there. 



But first join the New Union, and then you will be en- 

 titled to the aid of all Its influence, its wise suggestions, and 

 whatever of financial assistance it will be able to give. While 

 the latter may not be great at first, it may be discovered that 

 very little cash will go along way when it comes to fighting a 

 battle in which every honest man is directly Interested. 

 Furthermore, we are under the impression that when the 

 defendant finds the plaintiff is backt by a Union of a national 

 character and reputation, he will think twice before he under- 

 takes to fight with such odds against him. 



Now is the time to begin the war — before the adulterators 

 get hold of the new honey crop with which to mix their glu- 

 cose or other adulterants. 



Disiionest Honey Commission Illen, as in 



the past two or three years, will likely attempt to work their 

 fraudulent schemes on bee-keepers this year. So we are out 

 thus early with our annual and oft-repeated advice — 



don't SHIl> YOUR HONEY, OR ANYTHING ELSE, TO NEW AND 

 UNTRIED C0.MMISSI0N MEN. 



.lust remember that, when you receive a flowery letter 

 from some strange firm soliciting a shipment of your honey, 

 and don't allow yourself to be caught, as has been many an 

 unlucky bee-man the past few years. 



Another thing : Should you receive a letter of any kind 

 from any commission firm, and you have the least doubt of 

 their reliability, just send that letter to us, and we will inves- 

 tigate them ; and if we find the facts warrant it, we will warn 

 bee-keepers at once. We don't propose to allow any of our 

 readers to get swindled hereafter, if we can possibly do any- 

 thing to prevent it. 



Now read this whole item again, and if you get fleeced on 

 account of not heeding our advice, don't you dare whimper 

 to us. 



Wisconsin Foul Brood Inspector.— Mr. N. 



E. France, of Platteville, wishes us to say, for the benefit of 

 bee-keepers in that State, that as the appropriation to support 

 the Foul Brood Law is so small, Mr. France will be compelled 

 to treat many cases by letter. Any Wisconsin bee-keeper 

 who knows of a case of foul brood in that State, is askt to re- 

 port it to him at once, and he will guarantee its cure. Mr. 

 E^ance furnishes to all such a free copy of Dr. Howard's foul 

 brood book, with McEvoy's and his (Mr. France's) methods of 

 treatment in the book. He says that about one in 20 in Wis- 

 consin, who have bees, have neither a book nor a paper on 

 bees. No wonder many do not know what to do, or when 

 their bees are diseased. 



So far Mr. France has inspected over 2,000 colonies of 

 bees, and found mauy yards with affected colonies. But he 

 says that all owners are going to follow directions, and cure 

 the disease. 



For any further information in regard to this matter, 

 Wisconsin bee-keepers will address their State Inspector of 

 Apiaries— N. E. I^rance, Platteville, Grant Co., Wis. 



A L,ibel on Comb Honey.— The Northwestern 

 Agriculturist is one of our valued exchanges, and having, as 

 we supposed, an experienced bee-keeper — Mrs. Effie Brown — 

 at the head of its apiarian department, we were greatly sur- 

 prised to read therein the following paragraph credited to her 

 pen : 



ADULTERATING COMB HONEY. 



Many people prefer comb honey for table use because they 

 know It Is not adulterated. How do they know it is not adul- 

 terated ? Because it is impossible to make artificial comb 



