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the other races above. They are very active, and fly far iu quest 

 of food, beiug the best bee for this country we have as yet trieil. 



Now, taking it all and all, we are yet standing to our old state- 

 ment, that tlie (Itrce ran'ti of btt'a ijiufti iihtn'e aye ]ifai'iirit/l!/ fi>/<l i'huti- 

 ciit/ij till' siiiiie. with a little off color on account of different hiriili- 

 ties. The pure Italians are quite different when bred in this loun- 

 try awhile. We are aware that most of the bee-world is against 

 us on these points, but when this matter is sifted down as it ought 

 to be, the three races as ahove will be found to be ojie and the name. 



The writer of the above has advertised Cyprian queens within 

 the past year, but after reading the foregoing, how many will be- 

 lieve they got genuine Cyprian queens when they ordered and paid 

 for them '. How can they be sure they didn't get Syrians or Iloly- 

 lacds ? Pretty slick way of advertising, wasn't it ? We paid a 

 dollar for a Cyprian queen, and as they are " practically and iden- 

 tically the same," why, of course, just as like as not a Syrian or 

 Holyland queen was sent us. And if they are " one and the same," 

 it was just possible the advertiser never had a real Cyprian queen 

 on the plantation. Yet, some of the bees reared from those 

 " Cyprian " queens were on exhibition at the Fairs last fall, and 

 took the first premium ! Pretty good joke, eh ? 



Just give some folks rope enough, and they'll hang themselves. 

 It was very unfortunate for that advertiser, that he said those 

 three races of bees were "practically and identically the same." 



NeM ITuion aiitl Uee-Keeper!<' l&i{£lit!«.— We have 

 just received this letter from a member of the Old Union : 



Sauk ConNTT, Wis., Aug. IS. 1897. 



Mr. YoiiK:— It looks as if the United States Bee-Keepers' 

 Union means business, to try to get pure food laws past so that if 

 an adulterator of honey is taken up, we won't lose the suit and 

 have to pay the cost besides. That law in Illinois alone ought to 

 bring 20U to 300 members to the New Union. 



Now, if there was only a little place in the New Constitution 

 to protect bee-keepers in their rights, a great many more would 

 join. 



Enclosed please find my $1.00 membership fee. 



Yours truly, J. J. Ochsnek. 



If Mr. Ochsner will turn to page .538 of this number of the Bee 

 Journal, and read " Art. II— Objects," he will find just what 

 be was wishing was in the New Constitution, viz. : " to defend 

 them in their lawful rights." With the exception of a few minor 

 details, that Constitution is nil ritjlit — it covers everything needful. 

 There has been scarcely a criticism of it that is worth noticing. 

 The principal thing needed now is to roll up a big membership and 

 full treasury, so that General Manager Secor can get to work. 

 And that is just what we have been trying to do the past year, 

 rather than offering useless criticisms, as some have done. 



No one ever claimed that the New Constitution is perfection, 

 but those who know do claim that it is built to do the work needed 

 by bee-keepers, and it will do it as soon as there is the necessary 

 power behind it. Constitutions are not automatic. 



T)r)c Weekly Budget. 



Mb. B. S. K. Bennett, of Los Angeles Co., Calif., and editor 

 of the Pacific Bee Journal, gave us a call Aug. 30, when on his way 

 to attend the Buffalo convention, and also to visit in the East. He 

 places the honey crop of California this year at S.W carloads. Too 

 bad they can't eat it all out there ! 



Messrs. Cuas. Dadant & Son— the big comb foundation mak- 

 ers— dropt in on us when on their way to Sturgeon Bay, Wis., to 

 spend a short time in resting after a busy season. W^e regretted 

 being out of our office when they called, for we always want to see 

 those two excellent bee-men whenever possible. 



Mk. W, J. PicKARD, of Richland Co., Wis., made us a very 

 pleasant call Aug. 11. Mrs. Pickard is the bee-keeper(ess) of the 

 family, and has in former years produced wonderful crops of 

 honey. But this year's crop was only about half that of other 

 years, being IS. 000 pounds from '2:20 colonies. The basswood in 

 their locality, as in some others, was a failure this year. Mrs. 

 Pickard is perhaps the most extensive lady honey-producef in the 

 world. Consequently Mr. Pickard should be the possessor of a 

 very sweet wife. 



Mr. Louis Dadant, son of Mr. C P. Dadant, and grandson of 

 Mr. Chas. Dadant, recently visited The A. I. Root Company in 

 Ohio. We have not seen " Louis " since the World's Fair conven- 

 tion. He seems to be following faithfully in the footsteps of his 

 famous fathers in foundation making and bee-keeping. We hope 

 he will be as successful as they. 



Mil. TuoMAs G. Newman— General Manager of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union— in a letter received just before this number 

 of the Bee Journal goes to press, writes that he will not be able to 

 attend the Buffalo convention of the United States Bee-Keepers' 

 Union. He had been sick the previojis 10 days before writing, and 

 in bed much of the time. It seems the climate of San Francisco 

 does not agree with his constitutiou. 



Mk. Jos. Nysewandek, of Iowa— one of the largest bee-supply 

 dealers of the West— called on us Aug. 14. He had been to Ohio to 

 attend the funeral of his father. Mr. N. is comparatively a young 

 man, and a hustler for business. Tho we saw him for the first 

 time, and but for about a minute, when passing through his city 

 on our way to the Lincoln convention last October, yet we remem- 

 bered and recognized his smiling countenance when he called. 



Mk. Fred S. Thorinotok, of Livingston Co., Mo., speaking of 

 the prospects for a fall honey crop in his locality, said this in the 

 August Progressive Bee-Keeper: 



".We have not had a finer prospect for fall forage for bees in 

 many years than there is at the present time. The roadsides are 

 lined with Spanish-needle that will soon burst its closed buds, and 

 unfold pretty bloom to the busy bees. Then, too, the buck-bush 

 will soon be in bloom, as well as other fall flowers, while the pretty 

 golden rod. not wishing to liloom unseen, is growing in profusion, 

 to shed its fragrance and beauty in the coming autumn." 



Mr. R. B. Leahy, of the Progressive Bee-Keeper, has been 

 travelling around '-down east," visiting the home of his child- 

 hood, talking to Sunday-school children, etc. It's wonderful how 

 some supply dealers get over the earth, and also get a good share 

 of the earth itself— occasionally. Now, there's Mr. Calvert, of 

 The A. 1. Root Company, who recently went clear to the Pacific; 

 and Mr. Leahy has been away off to the Atlantic. If wc were a 

 rich supply dealer, we'd be apt to go to— well, now. where would 

 we go to ? Perhaps to old "Hingland." But as it is, if someone 

 will just " Put us off at Buffalo," this week, we'll try. to 1 e satis- 

 fied for the present. 



Mr. Jas. a. Stone, of Sangamon Co., III., Secretary of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, writing us Aug. 13, said: 



Dear Bro. York;— I see in the American Bee Journal for 

 Aug. 12. under heading, "The Illinois Pure-Food Law," what I 

 take to be nearly as good as the law we tried to get through. I 

 had not read the law through, and did not know we had anything 

 in it. I enclose -*1 00 for membership in our New Union in the 

 hope that we may be able to use it as Mr. Dadant suggests. I 

 would be glad if I could go to the Buffalo meeting, but I think I 

 have too much work to do. 



We are glad to get and forward Mr. Stone's dollar for mem- 

 bership fee in " our New Union." When bee-keepers come to look 

 at it as does Mr. Stone, more of them will send on their dollars to 

 help in the good wook of "our [theirj New Union." We hope 

 that by the time the Buffalo meeting closes there will be funds 

 enough in the treasury to begin the enforcement of some of our 

 present laws against the adulteration of honey. 



Mr. L. W. Trimbull is one of the newer bee-keepers, living 

 17 miles south of Chicago. We went to see him and his apiary 

 Saturday, Aug. 14. upon his kind invitation. Mr. T. began just 

 last spring, with 1-4 colonies. He has now 35 colouies. and about 

 500 pounds of fine comb honey. He feels that be has made a suc- 

 cessful start. And he has. 



Mr. Trumbull lives on a farm of 'XO acres, for which he pays 

 an annual rental of .*1.400. He has three men working for him the 

 year around. It is known as the " Pullman Dairy Farm." and has 

 upon it 40 cows, which yield an income of about -SlU per day. We 

 can testify to the excellent drinkiug qualities of the milk Num. 

 num ! But it oiiijht to be ridi. when the grass or feed producing it 

 grows on a farm worth about .*3.000 per acre ! 



Mr. Trumbull is president of the school board where he lives, 

 and takes a lively interest in all going on in the town near which 

 he lives. He took us in his carriage, behind a large, splendid sor- 

 rel roadster, to call upon two neiglibor bee-keepers. It was a very 

 pleasant two hours that we speut in Mr. Trumbull's company. 

 Going again, sometime. 



