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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 23 



CBORCB yr. YORK, . Editor. 



PUBLI8BT WEEKLY BY 



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ot bee-keepers ; lo protect its members ; to prevent the adulteration 



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PRE.sn>ENT— George W. York. Vice-Pres.— W. Z. Hutctjixsov 

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



Board of /J/recf ors. 



E. WuiTcoMB. E. T. Abbott. 



E. R. Root. „. ..„.,^„,.,„. 



• W. Z. Hutchinson. Dr. C. C. Miller 



C. P. Dadant. 

 General Alanager and Treasurer. 



Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Vol. inVII, CHICAGO, ILL., SEPT, 23, 1897. No. 38. 



Editorial Con)rr)€r)t^^ 



A Itee-Kcfpei-s' Picnic— 'Mortons brother-in-law," 

 of New York State, sends us the following account of a picnic held 

 recently by a New York bee-keepers' association : 



Editor York :^ The annual picnic of the Cortland Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association met at Riverside Park, Freeville, N. Y., Sept. 2. 

 with a good attendance, and Editor E. R. Root the honored guest. 



After discussing the chicken-pies, etc.. President Wood called 

 us to the usual, all-absorbing topic— Bees and how to manage them 

 to get the best returns for our labor. The main facts brought out 

 by the comparison of experiences, was. first, there isn't much in it 

 anyway; and. profits are growing gradually and beautifully less; 

 that this season's crop would be not over one-third the usual one 

 with prices low. in this locality. 



None of us ever saw foul brood, and don't wish to, although 

 Mr. Root tried to make us think it would be a good thing to ship 

 some in, in order to know it when we see it, and could stamp it out 

 before it got a big start. 



After a visit to the "George Junior Republic, " and a vote that 

 we had a general all-around good time, the picnickers departed for 

 home, wishing we may all meet agaiu a year hence. 



MoKTo.v's Buotheu-ix-Law. 



It isn't often that a bee-keepers' association goes on a picni •. 

 But we see no reason wliy they shouldn't. Judging from the .iolly 

 ways of the New York bee-keepers at the Buffalo convention, we 

 are very certain a picnic with them would be an enjoyable affair. 

 We found them a grand lot of folks— especially the two that 

 ■■ cotted " in the same room with us two nights of the convention. 

 They were Morton and Morton's brother-in-law. Two good 

 samples ! 



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lliillalo <'oiii<-nlion .\otcs.— We promist last week to 

 tell more about that sprightly Caiiadinu lady bee-keeper that at- 

 tended the convention. Well, she generously invited Dr. Miller, 

 Mr. Poppleton, Mr. liliss and wife, with the writer, to go home 

 with her at the close of the meeting on Thursday (the last day), 

 which we all did. We took the electric street cars to Niagara 

 Falls, walkt across the new span bridge of the Grand Trunk rail 



road, and soon found ourselves at the cozy home of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Stewart, about •'. of a mile from the roaring Niagara. 



After supper (which was rather late) we all retired, being 

 very weary at the close of a three days' session of the convention . 

 Dr. Miller and the writer slept in a room adjoining one that was 

 used as a sentry box by the British during the War of 18l'i-14 

 Eighty-three years seems a long time, doesn't it '. The Stewarts 

 live on what is known as Lundy's Lane, made famous on account 

 of the decisive battle of that War having been fought there— only 

 about '20 rods from where we slept. There were 1,700 soldiers that 

 fell un both sides (almost equally divided) that fateful July 25, 

 1S14, and as they could not be buried, for some good reason, the 

 dead soldiers were stackt up, a layer of rails, and then a layer of 

 the dead, and so on, and then the whole pile burned. Awful, 

 wasn't it; And until but recently nothing would grow on that 

 spot, because of the earth being saturated with the oil from the 

 human bodies. 



Surely we were on historic ground, and the highest point near 

 the Falls. We could look away seven miles and see Brock's monu- 

 ment, with beautiful scenery all aloog the enchanting view. 



The next morning we also lookt at Mrs. Stewart's apiary of '24 

 colonies, from which she had taken about 1,000 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey this year. She had seven colonies in the spring, 

 and afterward bought four more. She has no difficulty in dispos- 

 ing of all her surplus honey right in the home market, and no 

 wonder, for isn't her honey just the finest possible? 



Friday morning we all went to see the wonderful Niagara 

 Falls. As the distance was short we walkt down. We (the 

 writer) had never seen those famous waterfalls, and can't describe 

 them or our feelings when on that clear, beautiful morning we be- 

 held them. We had often thought we would like to go to Niag- 

 ara Falls, but could scarcely believe that right then and there we 

 were gazing at one of the most wonderful wonders on this conti- 

 nent. We felt that surely the water must soon cease falling over 

 those rocks and dashing to the abyss nearly 160 feet below. But 

 they just kept on, as they had been doing all the long centuries 

 gone by. Wonderful Niagara! Beautiful Niagara! Oh, could 

 we but stand, untiring, and gaze into thy glassy depths forever! 



But we had to hasten on. Had only about three hours to 

 "do " the Falls, and then away to Buffalo again to take the after- 

 noon train for Chicago, once more to dive into the work of getting 

 out the Bee Journal, so that it might retain its record of nnvr leav- 

 ing the ollice I'lU. 



Dr. Miller and the writer arrived in Chicago, after a pleasant 

 night's riding, about 9;30 a.m., Saturday, and at 4:15 p.m. the Doc- 

 tor took the train for his home, having been away a whole week, or 

 practically from Sunday to Sunday. 



We hope very soon now, to be able to begin to publish the re- 

 port of the convention proceedings. But as the Secretary, Dr. 

 Mason, visited in New York a week or two after the convention, 

 and as Mr. Hutchinson, the reporter, on account of his recent 

 awful affliction will consequently be unable to furnish his part of 

 the report as promptly as anticipated, all will necessarily be de- 

 layed. But we trust when we do begin it, we can crowd it right 

 through. It will all be publisht before the end ot the present vol- 

 ume, at any rate. So, please have patience. 



I'klitoi- lliiloliinson's Great SorroM.— Somehow 

 some of the private affairs of editors of bee-papers seem to be of 

 more interest to their fellow editors and bee-keepers in general, 

 than are the private affairs of newspaper editors to their readers 

 or fellow editors. Hence it is, that when a bee-keeper is in trouble, 

 a stream of sympathy at once goes out to him in his distress. This 

 will especially be so in the case of Mr. Hutchinson's recent trou- 

 bles, for he has so many personal friends among bee-keepers who 

 will be interested in knowing the particulars of what we only re- 

 ferred to briedy two weeks ago. 



While it is not always a pleasant thing to publish the details 

 of certain affairs, still in this instance we think we will be par- 

 doned if we reproduce in Mr. Hutchinsou's own tender words the 

 full account of the cause of his late home sorrows. Here is what 

 he said in the September Review: 



TUB SAll DEATH OK SWEET LITTLE FERN. 



Five years ago this very day (August :!l) there came to our 

 home the sweetest, brightest little girl baby that 1 ever knew. 

 How she gladdened our hearts as day by day she uufolded like the 

 human blossom that she was. Happiness deeper and sweeter than 



