616 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 30. 



^m^ 



vT^e 4^ 





Editor. 



GBORCB W. YORK, 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

 ' 118 Mlcblgaii St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



tl.OO a Year— Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 [Bntered at the Poat-Offlce at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter. 



United States Bee-Keepers' Uniaii. 



Organized to advance the pursuit of Apiculture; to promote the interests 



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



ol honey; and to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



Mevbership Fee-si. 00 Per Annum. 



Executive Committee. 



President— George W. York. Vice-Pres.— W. Z. Hutchinson 

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



Board of Directors. 



E. Wbitcomb. E. T. Abbott, 



C. P. Dadant. 



E. R. Root. _. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. Dr. C. C. Mtller. 



General Manager and Treasurer, 



Eugene Secob, Forest City, Iowa. 



Vol. niVII, CHICAGO, ILL, SEPT. 30, 1897. No, 39, 



Editorial (li^on)n)cr)i^^ 



fVintering' Itces is a topic that has been up for discus- 

 sion in nearly every convention of bee keepers ever held. To those 

 iu northern climes it becomes an interesting question along about 

 this time, or a little later, every year. Mr. C. P. Dadant, in his 

 article this week, gives some conclusions drawn from many 

 years of actual and extensive experience. Anything from the 

 pens of the Dadants is always worth reading. Now, that's not 

 saying that nobody else's writings are valueless, for such would 

 not be true. There are many excellent and practical correspon- 

 dents among bee-keepers, but the Dadants are found among those 

 at the top of the list. And there's still room for more at the top. 



Au Kxpt-fieucc tvitli ("uniniiNi^ion Mt-ii.— It seems 

 from the following, taken from the Michigan Farmer, that honey 

 shippers are not the only class that sufTer from a certain class of 

 commission parasites: 



A Berrien county farmer is reported tobaveshipt ?,-i cases of 

 strawberries to a Cleveland, Ohio, commission house. The day 

 the strawberries arrived the wholesale price was quoted at 11(1 cents 

 per case. The grower received from the firm a check for Al ;js as 

 the net proceeds of the shipment. We wonder why the $l'3s was 

 sent. The firm might as well have kept it also. 



If there is one thing that requires looking after by our law- 

 makers, it is the produce commission business. The methods of 

 many firms would do credit to a highway robber. Hotels have 

 special laws to protect them in collecting their debts; so do labor- 

 ing men who work on buildings, etc. Why shoulil not the farmer 

 who IS compelled to trust his property to commission dealers, have 

 a law to protect him ; The large cities are .'ull of men who make a 

 practice of swindling every farmer who consigns them a shipment 

 of produce, and the consignors are powerless to protect themselves. 



That's just right. There o«y/,/ to be a stringent law that will 

 reach the commission robbers, just the same as any other common 

 thieves. It seems a pity that honest commission men should suller 

 OD account of the actions of some others in their line of business. 

 We should think the straight dealers would unite and work for a 



law that would wipe out the crooked fellows. It's high time that 

 the light-fingered commission gentry are put behind iron gratings, 

 where they won't have the chance to defraud the farmers. 



XI«e :\<>rtii\ve!>,tei-n C'onveiilion — don't forget it- 

 will be revived Nov. 1(1 and 11, when it is to meet here in Chicago, 

 at the New Briggs House, northeast corner of Randolph street and 

 Fifth avenue. We are looking forward to a rousing meeting, as it 

 will come during the Fat Stock Show, when railroad rates will be 

 low. We hope to see this old-time convention revived with all its 

 former strength and usefulness to the bee-keepers of the North- 

 west. No doubt Dr. Miller will be here, and be ready to enter into 

 its discussions as he did years ago, when he was its lively Presi- 

 dent. The Doctor is a trifle older now, but he's just as keen for a 

 bee convention as ever. Get ready to attend the meeting in 

 November. ■ 



Scripliire Cake. — We found the following recipe going 

 the rounds, and as it calls for a little honey among its ingredients, 

 we decided to give it here — only we don't vouch for the " good- 

 ness " of the cake, even if it is founded on scripture: 



1 cupful of butter — Judges v. 2.5; S'.j cupfuls of flour — I. Kings 

 iv. 2'3; 2 cupfuls of sugar — ileremiah vi. 20; 2 cupfuls of raisins — 

 I. Samuel xxx. 12; 2 cupfuls of flgs — I. Samuel xxx. 12; 1 cupful of 

 water — Genesis xxiv. 17; 1 cupful of almonds — Genesis xliii. 11; 

 little salt— Leviticus ii. 1.3; 6 eggs — Isaiah x. 14; 1 large spoonful 

 of honey— Exodus xvi. 31; sweet spices to taste — I Kings x. 2. 



Follow Solomon's advice for making good boys, and you will 

 have a good cake — Prov. xxiii. 14. Sift two teaspoonfuls of baking 

 powder in the flour; pour boiling water on the almonds to remove 

 the skins, seed the raisins, and chop the tigs. It makes one large 

 or two small cakes. 



Selling^ Honey. — It is one thing to produce a crop of 

 honey and quite another thing to dispose of it profitably. This is 

 one reason why we are glad to publish everything we can get or 

 find on the subject of marketing. Here is what Mrs. Mate Wil- 

 liams had to say about the matter in a recent issue of Farm, Stock 

 and Home: 



Try hard to make a home market for your honey. If you have 

 produced a fine article and will present it to customers, either re- 

 tailers or consumers, in attractive shape, it will be very strange if 

 you cannot sell your crop at a better price than would be realized 

 if sent away to some city commission mau to sell. Honey-pro- 

 ducers are often enticed by the promises of commission men to get 

 prices that are never realized, and are thus induced to rush their 

 product off iu bulk to the care of some stranger, who may prove as 

 irresponsible as he is untruthful. It requires more business ability 

 to develop a home market, but once secured it will be found much 

 more desirable, becau-ie more profitable. Dealers who have no 

 confidence in a demand for honey by their customers are often 

 given a different opinion by leaving a nice, attractive-looking case 

 with them on sale. And many have been surprised by the ease 

 with which honey is sold by offering it from house to house in 

 their neighlioring towns. 



■♦-•-# 



Xlie Koiillm extern Wisconsin Convention will 

 be held in the G. A. R. Hall, in Boscobel, Oct. C and 7, 1807. One 

 of the principal features in this convention, which is very interest- 

 ing and instructive to both old and young, is the Freefor-All 

 Question-Box and Answers. If you have anything of interest to 

 bee-culture, take or send it. Boscobel has offered plenty of music, 

 and board at 7.") cents per day. The following is only part of the 

 program : 



President's Address, by N. E. France. 

 Th€i Production of Couib Honey, by Thos. Evans. 

 How to Succeed at Bee-Keeping, by J. W. Van Allen. 

 Cellar Wintering of Bees, by M. M. Rice. 

 Marketing the Honey Crop, by H. Lathrop. 

 Swarming — Natural or Artificial, by F. P. White. 

 Oliservations Through the State, by N. E. France, State Foul 

 Brood Inspector. 



The evening session will betaken up with singing and a gen- 

 eral good time. All who are interested in bees cannot afford to 

 miss this convention. Go, and take your friends with you. 



For desired information further, write F. L. Murray, the Sec- 

 retary, at Calamine, Wis., or the President, N. E. France, 

 Platteville. Wis. 



A 4'onK'i'eNS of Au'i-i<-iilliii-al ludiislries. of inter- 

 est to all engaged in agriculture in any of its branches, \vill be held 

 at Omaha during the Exposition period in IS'.ls. This Congress 

 will be composed of representative delegates from all States 



