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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 12. 



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GBORGE: W. YORK, • Bdltar. 



PnBLISBT WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W, YORK & COMPANY, 

 tl8 Mlcblgan St., - CHICAGO, ILK. 



$1.00 a Year— Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 (Bntered at the Post-Offlce at Chicaifo as Second-Class Matl-Matter. 



United States Bee-Keepers^ Ujiioji. 



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



of bee-keepers : to protect its members ; to prevent tlie adulteration 



of honey: iind to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



Membership Fee— S1.00 Per Annum. 



Exeoiittv^ Committer. 



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



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



Jiittird of Directors. 



E. K. Root. E. Whitcomb. E. T. Abbott. 



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



fVenora/ Manns^cr and Treasurer, 



Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Next Annual ineelins at Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 24-26, 1897. 



Vol. fflVII, CHICAGO, ILL, AU&. 12, 1897, No. 32, 



Editorial Q>on)n)cr)i^^ 



BuflTalo, Aug:. 24t 25 and 26— the place aad date. 



Will you be there ? 



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The Season's Experience will now be a fine 

 topic to write on for many a bee-l<eeper. And we shall be 

 glad to report in these coiiimns anything that may prove help- 

 ful to others. Each can help the other by telling how he 

 managed his apiary for the best results. Others have helpt 

 you by their writings, now why not you return the favor, or 

 pass It on to those who are now the learners or beginners ? 



A Special Car of Bee-Keepers.— Lately sev- 

 eral of our friends have askt us when and by what route we 

 expect to go to Buffalo, to attend the bee-keepers' convention. 

 We had intended going a few days before the meeting, and 

 stopping off to see our near and dear relatives in northeastern 

 Ohio, but we have been compelled to change that intention, 

 and now expect to leave Chicago on the Nickel Plate railroad 

 at 3:0.^ p.m., Monday, Aug. 2;.>, arriving at Buffalo at 8 

 o'clock the next morning, in time for the opening of the con- 

 vention at 10 a.m., as per the printed program. 



Since deciding as above, we have wondered If it were not 

 possible for the bee-keepers around Chicago, and those from 

 the West who will pass through here on their way to Buffalo, 

 to make up a special car on the Nickel Plate, and go on to- 

 gether from hero. We find that we can have a sleeping car 

 for such purpose at .¥10.50 for the round trio per passenger, 

 and the berth $1.50 extra, tickets with special return privi- 

 lege of extension to Sept. 20. But there need to be at least 



25 persons to go thus together in order to have the special 

 car ; however, 30 or 35 am comfortably get into the car. Of 

 course, ladies will be welcome to go thus as well as the gen- 

 tlemen. Bring your wives and daughters. It will be a grand 

 trip. 



But shall we all go in that special car ? What do those 

 bee-keepers who expect to go say about It ? We'd all have a 

 fine trip together — from 3:05 p.m. Monday till 8 o'clock the 

 next day. 



Now, let all who will join in this, write us at least by Fri- 

 day, Aug. 20, so that we can fully complete the arrange- 

 ments. We will attend to getting your tickets and sleepiug- 

 car berths, if you will send us the necessary$l2 to do it with, 

 and have everything ready when you get here Monday. Come 



on, friends. 



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Honey-Xea. — Mention is made in German papers of 

 an old man who attributes his hearty vigor in extreme old 

 age largely to the use of what he calls honey-tea. Many will 

 find upon trial that this same drink will be for them whole- 

 some and refreshing. Take a teacup of hot water, put into it 

 extracted honey in quantity to suit the taste, and there is your 

 honey-tea all ready to sip. If extracted honey is not at hand, 

 the liquid part drained from comb honey may be used, or even 

 a piece cut from comb honey, only in the latter case the wax 

 as well as the honey is present. If children must have a hot 

 drink this will be much better for them than a decoction of 

 coffee or tea. So says an exchange, and wisely, too. 



Xhe Illinois Pure-Food Laws. — Mr. Herman 

 F. Moore, a young Illinois attorney and honey-dealer, copied 

 the pure-food laws in force in this State, and forwarded them 

 for publication in Gleanings. They are as follows : 



Criminal Code, § 471 : Be It enacted, etc., that no per- 

 son shall mix, color, stain, or powder, or order or permit any 

 other person in his or her employ to mix, color, or stain, or 

 powder any article of food with any ingredient or material, so 

 as to render the article injurious to health, or deijrecate the 

 value thereof, with intent that the same may be sold ; and no 

 person shall sell or offer for sale any such article so mixt, col- 

 ored, stained, or powdered. 



J 473. mixt articles to be markt. 



No person shall mix, color, stain, or powder any article 

 of food, drink, or medicine with any other ingredient or ma- 

 terial, whether injurious to health or not, for the purpose of 

 gain or profit, or sell or offer for sale, or order or permit any 

 other person to sell or offer for sale any article so mixt, col- 

 ored, stained, or powdered, unless the same be so manufac- 

 tured, used, or sold, or offered for sale under its true and 

 appropriate name, and notice that the same is mixt or Impure 

 is markt, printed, or stampt upon each pdckaijc, roll, parcel, or 

 vessel containing the same, so as to be and remain at all times 

 readily visible ; or unless the person purchasing the same is 

 fully informed by the seller of the true name and ingredients 

 (if other than such as are known by the common name there- 

 of) of such article of fond, drink, or medicine, at the time of 

 making sale thereof or offering to sell the same. 



i 475. penalties for violations hereof. 



Any person convicted of violating any provisions of any of 

 the foregoing sections of this act shall, for the./t)'.st nffcnuc, be 

 fined not less than $'>'>. 00 nor more than $W0. For the second 

 offense he shall be lined not less than $100 nor more than $200, 

 or confined in the county jail not less than one month nor more 

 than sf.r monllis, or both, at the discretion of the court ; and 

 for the third and all sid>se<iucnt offenses he shall be fined not 

 less than .>'<J(«Mior more than $2,000, and imprisoned in the 

 penitentiary not less than one year nor more than five years. 



It was Mr. C. P. Dadant's suggestion that the New Union 

 first begin the enforcement of present laws, and see if much 

 of the lioiipy-adulteration could not be stopt without working 

 for more stringent laws. It seems to us that with such a law 

 as the above on the Illinois statute books, the New Union 

 ought to be able to do something along the line Indicated. Of 

 course. It takes money to do such work, and there ought to be 



