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supplied, and thus help to lower prices for yourself as well as 

 those who will ship after you do. Here Is a j?ood rule to 

 follow : 



Never ship lioney to a dealer ivUhoid first writing him as to 

 the condition of the market, and some Idea as to what price can 

 likely be realized. 



Find out whether or not your honey is wanted at all in a 

 certain market. We have actually known bee-keepers to ship 

 their honey to a commission man who was overloaded, without 

 first writing, and then expect to realize the top price. Of 

 course If they didn't get the returns they expected, they 

 berated the helpless commission man. Now, we hope none of 

 our readers will be guilty of such unbusinesslike methods 

 this year. 



Investigate several markets before shipping, and find out 

 where you can likely do the best. We think if bee-keepers 

 are a little careful, and don't get in too big a hurry to realize 

 on their houey all at once, even tho the crop is large, a fairly 

 good price will be secured. But if you can anywhere get 12 

 or more cents per pound, net, for your white comb honey, and 

 6 or 7 cents for extracted in a wholesale way, we would say, 

 " take it quick " — that is, if we wpre going to advise you. But, 

 understand, we are not advising about that at all. Each must 

 do as he thinks best, and then if later any blame is to be 

 placed, he will know right where to lay it on. 



The BufTalo Programs are going out nicely at the 

 .jcent rate. When one thinks of the half-dozen bee-songs 

 that go with it — and all for only 5 cents — why, he will of 

 course send for a copy. Address the Secretary, Dr. A. B. 

 Mason, Sta. B. Toledo, Ohio, who will mail you as many of the 

 programs as you may want at price named. Better get a copy 

 in advance of the convention, and learn the songs so that 

 when you get to Buffalo you can help sing them. We expect 

 Dr. Miller to be there to play them, and show us all Just how 

 they ought to be sung. But we can all learn the melodies 

 before going, and be ready to Join in the " swelling chorus " 

 In the convention hall. 



Ti)c Weekly Budget. 



Mr. E. C. Hanfobd, a promising young bee-keeper of 

 Bergen Co., N. J., made us a short call while in Chicago, .luly 

 20. He is getting along nicely with his beekeeping venture. 



Mr. Jonathan Stewart, of Winnebago Co., 111., writing 

 July 15, said : 



"We are having a pretty good honey season — the first for 

 four years." 



Mr. Harry Lathrop, of Green Co., Wis., wrote us July 

 21, as follows : 



"Our honey-flow is phenomenal. White clover is still 

 holding out good. Basswood was of short duration." 



Mrs. a. a. Simpson, of Greene Co., Pa., wrote July 19 : 



" I have a very large honey crop, having taken, to date, 

 1.600 pounds of extracted, and yoo pounds of comb honey. 

 I am selling the extracted at 12 cents, and the comb at 20 

 cents per pound." 



Mr. J. A. Green, of Lasalle Co., III., wrote us July I'.i, as 

 follows : 



'• We have had a good yield from white clover, a fair one 

 from basswood, and bees are working well and getting lots of 

 honey from sweet clover." 



Mr. S. N. Black, of Adams Co., 111., gave us a very pleas- 

 ant call when in Chicago, July 22. Mr. Black is unfortunate 



again this year in that he has had no crop of honey. This is 

 the third or fourth year of failure. But he has had many 

 swarms, and expects to get a good crop next year. His api- 

 arian faith, tho severely tried, is still strong. We trust he 

 may be well rewarded In 1898. 



Mr. S. LaMont, of Wabasha Co., Minn., writes that he 

 "hopes to arrange so as to go to Buffalo in August." That's 

 good. There ought to bo 5U0 at that meeting. Wonder if 

 Mr. Hershiser has secured a hall large enough ! It would be 

 a good joke if the bee-keepers would have to "swarm out" on 

 account of too crowded a " hive !" 



Mr. Ernest W. Halstead, of Jackson Co., Miss., writing 



us July 16, said : 



"Several days ago I sent you a sample of honey, I would 

 like to have your opinion of. What is it from ? It is the last 

 of the crop here, and is not unusual. I have been told it was 

 ti-ti, but that does not correspond with my observation, as I 

 could find uo ti-ti in bloom when it was gathered. Please an- 

 swer in the American Bee Journal." 



The honey was received all right, but as we never tasted 

 anything just like it, we are unable to tell its source. It is a 

 very pleasant flavored honey — much better than the samples 

 we usually receive of Southern honey. It should give satis- 

 faction to those who buy it for eating purposes. 



Mr. W. A. Prtal. of Oakland, Calif., wrote us a very 

 newsy letter (as usual, when he does write), dated July 15. It 

 is so interesting that we give our readers a goodly portion of it: 



Mr Dear Mr. York : — We have been having very pleas- 

 ant weather here, in fact, our July weather is better than the 

 average. I am glad of this, as we have bad so many Eastern 

 folks here for the past ten days or so. We are not afraid of 

 hot weather at this time, but of foggy or windy weather. The 

 trade winds from the ocean usually blow at this time to quite 

 an extent, and in San Francisco, where it is very sandy, clouds 

 of dust and sand are driven into one's eyes. On this side of 

 the Bay it does not make so much difference, as we have little 

 sand and hardly any dust, as the streets are fairly well 

 sprinkled and cleaned. 



I had the pleasure, a few weeks ago, of meeting Mr. and 

 Mrs. Cowan. I drove them about this city and our sister city 

 of Alameda. They seemed much pleased with the city and 

 the surroundings. I found them to be very excellent people. 

 They told me that they intend to spend next winter in this 

 portion of the Slate. It is Mr. Cowan's intention to visit the 

 bee-ranches of the southern portion of the State this summer, 

 then take a trip East. 



On the 13th, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. J. T. 

 Calvert On the 10th he went with one of the many ex- 

 cursions that were run out of this city and San Francisco to 

 Santa Cruz. This gave him a chance to see some of the fine 

 gardens and orchards that have made this and Santa Clara 

 counties famous. He was much pleased with the trip. Tho 

 he had only seen a portion of the central part of California, 

 he told me that "California is a great State." Mr. C. had 

 some samples of the new drawn foundation with him. It was 

 the first of the kind I had seen. I was surprised that ma- 

 chinery is able to form such cells. The samples were really 

 fine. Yours sincerely, W. A. Prtal. 



A Ne-w Binder for holding a year's numbers of the 

 American Bee Journal, we propose to mail, postpaid, to every 

 subscriber who sends us 20 cents. It is called "The Wood 

 Binder," is patented, and is an entirely new and very simple 

 arrangement. Full printed directions accompany each Binder. 

 Every reader should get it, and preserve the copies of the Bee 

 Journal as fast as they are received. They are invaluable for 

 reference, and at the low price of the Binder you can afford to 

 get it yearly. _ 



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