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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 22. 



GEORGE -W. YORK, . Editor. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BV 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

 MS Mlcblgan St., . CHICAGO, ILT^. 



tl.OO a Year— Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 IBntered at the Post-Offlce at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter. 



United States Bee-Keepers^ Umon. 



Organized to advance the pursuit of Apiculture; to promote the interests' 



of bee-keepers ; to jirotect its members ; to prevent the adulteration 



of honey; and to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



Membership Fee-$1.00 Per Annum. 



Executive Committee. 



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



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



lif}ar<l of Directors, 



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



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



• General AIanaa;er and Treasurer, 



Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Next Annua] meeting at BufiTalo, IV. Y., Ang. 24—26, 1897. 



Vol. imil. CHICA&O, ILL, JULY 11 1897. No, 29, 



Editorial Confnfcxfi^^ 



The BufTalo Convention— Aug. 24, 25 and 26 — 



Is expected by many to be the largest meeting of bee keepers 

 yet held in this country. We hope it will be. Mr. 0. L Her- 

 shiser, who is right on the ground, is doing his utmost to in- 

 sure a successful gathering. From a letter he wrote us, we 

 take the following paragraphs, as they will be of interest to 

 all our readers : 



My Dear Mr. York :— It will be possible to find good 

 places for all our convention people in nice, private families. 

 I will see to this matter. 



If you are a wheel-rider ynu ought to bring your wheel. 

 There are some pretty rides in Buffalo that could be taken in 

 the early morn, before convention hours. 



I expect a large attendance at this convention. There is 

 every reason for this anticipation. The G. A. R. encampment 

 will be a sight that many have never seen. Buffalo is a cool, 

 delightful city, that is becoming noted for its conventions. It 

 Is an interesting city in which to spend a few days. Niagara 

 Palls is but a few miles distant, where the unlimited power of 

 the ceaseless-flowing river Is being utilized. Lastly, bee-keep- 

 ers have had a good flow of honey from white clover, and of 

 course they are enthusiastic, and will want to learn every new 

 thing about the bees. 



Do you not think it would be an excellent thing to publish 

 the program in the bee-papers? It is an excellent one. The 

 subjects are very Interesting, embodying the burning apicul- 

 tural questions of the hour. After knowing what the program 

 contains, and who the gentlemen (and lady) are who will 

 handle the various questions before the convention, the query 

 with apiarists will be, " Can I afford not to be present ?" in- 

 stead of, " Can I afford to go ?" 



Every wise beekeeper who Uvea within a reasonable dis- 

 tance from Buffalo will be sure to be present. 



Yours very truly, Quel L. Hkrshiskb. 



There Is no doubt Mr. Hershiser will see that all attend- 



ing bee-keepers are well taken care of. He will have his 

 hands full, to be sure, but then he's one of those big, strong, 

 .lolly-hearted bee-keepers that just enjoys seeing everybody 

 else happy. 



Yes, It might be well to publish the program in full, but 

 when it can be had for only 5 cents, including the six bee- 

 sougs, which it contains, everybody will send for a copy, any- 

 way, and thus make it unnecessary to put it in the papers. 

 Seud to Dr. A. B. Mason, the Secretary — Sta. B, Toledo, Ohio 

 — for a copy. Or, better yet, send your one dollar membership 

 fee, and get a free copy of the program with your receipt. 



If it is more convenient, just send your dollar to the Bee 

 Journal office, and we will see that you get the program and 

 the receipt. (.See page -±55 for information regarding con- 

 vention, railroad rates, etc.) 



A Cheap Bee-Brush is thus described in The Bee- 

 Master, an English publication : 



A brush of some kind is mostly a necessity when manipu- 

 lating bees, but, whatever it is made of, no animal fibre should 

 be in its composition, as nothing seems to irritate bees more. 

 Always use one made of vegetable substance. The one I 

 always use, and is the best of any I have ever tried, is simply 

 a bunch of green grass, tied at one end with a piece of string, 

 and then trimmed, after first pulling out the hard stalks. It 

 can be used green or dried, tho I prefer to use new ones every 

 time. This is the best as well as the cheapest I know of. 



Bee-Keeping: Requires Attention.— The W. 



T. Falconer Mfg. Co., publishers of the American Bee-Keeper, 

 have the following editorial paragraph in their last number : 



Every mail brings to us news of the excellent honey-flow 

 that is being gathered in almost every section of the country. 

 Not for several years have such reports been so numerous, 

 nor have our orders for supplies been so large and numerous. 

 Two or throe such seasons would make bee-keeping much 

 more popular, and increase the number of bee-keepers many 

 'fold. There is no industry that pays better for the amount of 

 labor and expense required than that of bee-keeping, but 

 there are too many who seem to think bees require no atten- 

 tion whatever to be profitable, and such bee-keepers, in con- 

 sequence of their negligence to give tlieir colonies proper at- 

 tention, receive no profit from them. Like any other success- 

 ful business, bee-keeping requires careful and intelligent at- 

 tention. 



Honey and Its Uses is the title of a small pamph- 

 let issued in England by Rev. Gerard W. Bancks. Gleanings 

 publishes the following excellent quotation from it, and we 

 wish to suggest that it would be a wise thing if bee-keepers 

 everywhere would request their local newspaper editors to 

 copy it for the benefit of their readers : 



Apart from the consideration of the many other valuable 

 properties claimed for honey, the following facts, which seem 

 well authenticated, must certainly go far to recommend its 

 use as an anticle of food : 



1. The sugar of honey, being in the most suitable form 

 for assimilation, requires hardly any digestion. It is in a 

 condition to enter at once into the system. 



2. It is, in a usual way, not liable to occasion any disorder 

 of the system, and may therefore generally be used by those 

 with whom ordinary sugar is found to disagree. 



3. The grape sugar of honey does not cause decay of the 

 teeth as cane sugar does. 



These statements, of course, have reference only to honey 

 that is absolutely pure. Erroneous opinions, and much mis- 

 taken prejudice, have unfortunately arisen with regard to the 

 use of honey, owing to the unpleasant effects upon many per- 

 sons of tho various compounds, consisting chiefly of glucose 

 made from potatoes or rice, and sulphuric acid, which of late 

 years have been in such large quantities sold as a substitute 

 for pure honey. It is of the greatest importance, if its bene- 

 ficial effects are to be enjoyed, that the honey consumed be 

 pure. 



Till comparatively recent times honey was the chief sweet- 

 ening agent in use. After the introduction of cane sugar, 

 however, the use of honey in this and other countries largely 



