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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 29. 



GBORCB W. YORK, • Editor. 



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Next Animal meeting at Buffalo, N. li ,, Aug. 34—26, 1897. 



Vol. Xmil. CHICAGO, ILL, JULY 29, 1897. No, 30. 



Editorial Con)n}ct)i^^ 



BuflTalo Hotel Accommodations, during the 

 convention of the United States Bee-Keepers' Union, will not 

 all be sold out entirely to the Grand Army. The bee-keepers 

 will be taken care of all right, be sure of that. We hope no 

 one will remain away, fearing that Buffalo will not be able to 

 "eat and sleep them." In a recent letter, Mr. Hershiser 

 wrote us as follows : 



"There will be no lack of good accommodations in private 

 families. We cannot afford to miss this grand opportunity 

 for a great and interesting convention. I will do all in my 

 power to the end that every one is comfortably housed aud 

 fed, and I feel quite certain that no guest of this city will 

 have reason to complain." 



Mr. Hershiser thinks that perhaps he can arrange to have 

 the bee-keepers all together in one house, to be fed at the 

 same place, and at rates not to exceed the rates of second- 

 class hotels. We'll trust to Mr. Hershiser to take good 

 care of all the bee-keepers that attend — if he doesn't do it as 

 becomes a good " BulTalonian," we'll all just vote never to go 

 to see him again. So, there! 



Cultivatiiisf the Home market for honey will 

 pay well this year, in many localities. The large city honey 

 markets will be relieved of any glut, just in proportion as a 

 large or small amount of the crop is distributed in the home or 

 local market. 



Mr. S. N. Black, an old Illinois bee-keeper, told us that 

 one year he took 10 pounds of extracted honey to a grocer, 

 telling him to give It away to his customers, by asking them 

 to bring a saucer or something else that would hold a small 



amount. He did so, and, as expected, of course every sample 

 " tasted like more," and the result was that through that one 

 grocer Mr. Black sold all the honey he had for sale at that 

 time. 



There is scarcely a family but what will buy honey, es- 

 pecially if there are children in it. All that is necessary in 

 many cases is to simply let them have a taste of really good 

 honey, and then they'll buy if they can at all afford it. And 

 they can afford it when they are properly shown the value of 

 honey. 



The leaflet, " Why Eat Honey ?"— which we mail at 30 

 cents per 100 — will be a good thing to give out with every 

 free sample of honey. It will help to interest people, and 

 cause them to take a trial order of your nice honey. 



Remember, it is ever so much better to take a less price 

 for your honey near home — and get that price — than to ship it 

 away to an overloaded market, and perhaps be compelled to 

 take little or nothing for it, after paying freight charges, 

 dealer's commission, leakage, breakage, etc. If you must 

 accept a low price for your honey, any way, why not give your 

 friends and neighbors the benefit? Surely, you will treat 

 them as well as you would city strangers ! 



The CoiiTention at Buffalo— Aug. 24, 25 and 



26— seems to grow more promising all the time. Let's see, 

 we haven't said anything about it for a whole week in the Bee 

 Journal, and as we have something new to tell, we'll out with 

 it now. 



Well, Mr. Hershiser — you all know him, but if you don't 

 you will when you are in Buffalo — is just doing lots of advance 

 work at that end of the line. Actually, he writes us that the 

 "Hon. Edgar B. Jewett, Mayor of Buffalo, has signified his 

 pleasure in making a welcome address to the convention ot 

 the United States Bee-Keepers' Union." He then adds: "I 

 think you will be pleased with this announcement of so desir- 

 able an addition to our program." Certainly, we are delighted, 

 and will be glad to arrange it so that Mr. Jewett can " wel- 

 come " the convention when it will best suit his convenience ; 

 but if he can be present in the evening of the first day (Aug. 

 24), we believe it would come in best. But he shall set his 

 own time, for with all the G. A. R. "boys" to look after at 

 that time, he'll be a busy man, sure enough. 



Without first getting his consent, we will announce right 

 here, that the Rev. Emerson T. Abbott, of Missouri, will re- 

 spond to Mayor Jewett's welcome address, and Mr. Abbott 

 will do it up in good shape, too. If you doubt it, you'd better 

 be present and see for yourself. Mr. Abbott is a good speaker, 

 and will not only represent splendidly the Board of Directors 

 (of which he has the honor of being a member), but also the 

 whole bee-fraternity of the land. 



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Itlarketing; a Large Honey Crop will be the 

 principal work of a good many bee-keepers during the next 

 six months. And unless great care and well-directed effort 

 are put into it, not very satisfactory returns will be secured. 



We called on one of the largest Chicago honey-dealers last 

 week, and when askt what he would advise bee-keepers to do 

 who had a large honey crop, he smilingly replied, "Sell it!" 

 Of course, that's just the thing for them to do. But when we 

 askt him, " How ?" he didn't answer quite so promptly. 



Wo learned that two carloads of the very finest California 

 white comb honey was put on this market this month at 12 

 cents per pound. So, more than likely not over that price, if 

 so much, can be expected from this market for this season's 

 crop. Surely, if two carloads bring only 12 cents per pound 

 on a bare market. It is very probable that when the large new 

 crop begins to come In fast, not so much will be realized. 



And right here Is where bee-keepers need to be strongly 

 cautioned. Don't rush your honey Into a market already well 



