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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 16, 



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CBORCB Vr. YORK, • Bditar. 



PUBLISBT WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

 118 &rio2iie-aii St., - CHICAGO, IX,J^. 



$1.00 a Year — Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 (Entered at the Po^^Offlce at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter.] 



United States Bee-Keepers' UjiiDji. 



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



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



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



Membership Fee-$1.00 Per Annum. 



Exooutive Committee, 



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

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



JBoarcJ of Directors, 



E. R. Root. E. Whitcomb. E. T. Abbott. 



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



General Jilanaf^er and Treasurer, 



Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Vol. fflVII, CHICA&O, ILL., DEC. 16, 1897. No. 50. 



Editorial Coinr}n)cr)t^^ 



Talking: Xhrough His (Bee)-IIat.— The Chau- 

 tauquan is the subject of a hold-up in Gleanings. Strange that 

 ably conducted papers don't know enough, when they want 

 sonaething about bees, to have it written by some one who has 

 a personal acquaintance with them. The stuff in Chautauquan 

 is just stujf. Room here for only one instance. Yes, two : 



" A queen-bee from the South is introduced in one 



of the modern queen-cages. So closely imitated is the ordi- 

 nary cell of a queen-bee by this cage that the hive-workers 



are readily deceived The bees will instantly pounce upon 



it and liberate the queen by eating through the sugar paste. 

 Poor, deluded souls ! in their innocence they think they have 

 hatcht out a queen." 



There's richness for you ! And here's something in the 

 way of e.xact figures : 



" It should be remembered that bees deserve our respect 

 and protection, and that to kill a bee is to waste a pound of 

 honey ! !" 



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Traiis-IHississippi Exposition Bee-Notes. 



— Of course all bee-keepers are Interested in the great exposi- 

 tion to be held at Omaha next year, on account of the large 

 apiarian exhibit that is being workt up by Hon. E. Whitcomb, 

 the head of the Bureau of Bee-Industries. He writes us that 

 Nebraska will occupy 500 feet of space In this department. 

 Mr. L. D. Stllson, who is In charge of this exhibit, will fill it 

 very creditably, and has a goodly portion of the material 

 necessary already In warm storage where he will carry it over 

 winter. 



Mr. R. F. Holtermann, of the Canadian Bee Journal, Is 

 engaged In rustling up a fine honey exhibit from Ontario. The 

 bee-keepers across the line are evincing an energy that may 



put their Yankee neighbors on their mettle, unless the latter 

 begin to hump themselves. 



The Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Supply Manufacturing Com- 

 pany (the name alone will need large room) are taking space 

 at the Exposition, which will be In charge of Mr. Don West- 

 cott, of Nebraska. " Don " is one of the young bee-keepers of 

 the State, and is evincing an energy that must bring success, 

 and which indicates that he may be heard from in the future 

 among bee-keepers. 



Several State bee-keepers' associations hold their annual 

 meeting this and next month, and Mr. Whitcomb is hoping to 

 hear from them shortly afterward. 



Mr. N. E. Prance has been doing some work towards a 

 proper representation of Wisconsin's bee-lndusturies at the 

 Trans-Mississippi. Mr. France is in a position to get up a fine 

 exhibit from his State, and he should receive substantial en- 

 couragement from the big bee-keepers in that State. 



Secretary Chase, of the Iowa Commission, says that he 

 expects to make a very fine exhibit of honey and other bee- 

 products, also bee-keepers' implements and machinery. A 

 superintendent for the Iowa honey exhibit has not yet been 

 appointed, but this appointment will be made sometime dur- 

 ing this month. 



It is proposed to allow States that put up exhibits in the 

 Bureau of Bee-Industries, to liquefy honey as often as is 

 necessary in order to keep their exhibits looking bright, and 

 to replace their exhibits, or as much thereof as they may 

 desire, with the honey crop of 1898, at any time during the 

 Exposition. 



The official bird's-eye view of the Exposition grounds is 

 now being issued, and is giving the general public an idea of 

 what may be expected next summer. Work on all buildings 

 in course of construction is being pusht regardless of the 

 weather, and they will certainly be in readiness for occupancy 

 in time for the opening of the Exposition, June 1. We hope 

 soon to have a picture of the Exposition grounds to show our 

 readers. It will be a big fair, second only to the World's 

 Columbian Exposition in 1893. Better begin to think about 

 going, should all be well with you next summer. 



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Do Bee-Keepers' Conventions Pay?— This 

 question is discust by G. M. Doolittle in the Canadian Bee 

 Journal. He says If they are for personal quarrels and adver- 

 tising wares, then they don't pay. But if wholly for dlscus- 

 ing practical bee-keeping, each one imparting his mite to the 

 common fund of information, then they pay big. Three points: 



First, at a convention "forget all the cares and worry 

 which have prest upon us during the year, and go to the con- 

 vention like a boy let loose from school, to recuperate our 

 health and life by a free and social intercourse outside of con- 

 vention hours. By such intercourse we often learn more of 

 value than we do during the hours the convention is In 

 session." 



Second, get all information possible, using pencil and 

 note-book, and afterward impart to others. 



Third, examine all hives, implements, etc., to see If any 

 or parts of any will help our own work. One Item of this 

 kind that he got at one convention paid him all he ever spent 

 in attending conventions. It was the " no-drip " idea of hav- 

 ing raanilla paper in the bottoms of shipping-cases. 



llnitins: the Unions.— In the Orange Judd Farmer 

 for Dec. 1 1, Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson has a brief but very inter- 

 esting article on unltijig the national bee-keepers' organiza- 

 tions, a part of the last paragraph of which reads as follows: 



"The United States Bee-Keepers' Union held its annual 

 convention In BulTalo, N. Y., at the time of the meeting of 

 the G. A. R. encampment. The attendance was the best since 

 the World's Fair convention. At this meeting were present 



