1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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20 men who were also members of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union, and they all exprest themselves in favor of amalRama- 

 tion. This new Union is only a little over a year old, but it 

 has already done some excellent work In bringing some of the 

 honey-dealers to time." 



The United States Bee-Keepers' Union is having new 

 names added to its membership list daily. It has now over 

 SOO members, and we believe that very soon there will be a 

 stampede into its ranks. Poor seasons previous to the past 

 one have workt against building up a large membership in 

 such organizations, but now that there Is a better feeling, and 

 better crops, we see no reason why bee-keepers and others 

 who are in favor of pure food — pure honey — should not join 

 the New Union in large numbers. 



The same number of the Orange Judd Farmer has on its 

 first page a good reproduction of the photograph of the Lin- 

 coln, Nebr., meeting of the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, held In 1S96. 



A Great Honey-Regfion. — Speaking of a part of 

 Colorado, R. C. Aikin says in Gleanings: 



"In 1S92 the number of colonies of bees in Boulder 

 county was estimated at 18,000, which, yielding '2o pounds, 

 would give 20 carloads. Outside of the towns, I should judge 

 that one-fourth of the homes have from one to ten or more 

 colonies of bees, and that within 75 miles of Denver there are 

 bees enough to produce 50 or more carloads of honey, if they 

 were properly handled." 



If this is a fair sample of the density of Colorado's bee- 

 population, it seems to us that it ought to be a good field for 

 securing subscribers to bee-papers. And yet we doubt if 300 

 bee-keepers in that whole State read any bee-paper regularly. 



Xlie michigan State Convention will be 

 held at the Donevan Hotel in Mt. Pleasant, Dec. 31 and Jan. 

 1. Of course, all who can possibly attend are invited. The 

 Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Association Is one of the oldest 

 bee-organizations in this country, and one of the very best. 

 Its annual gatherings are always exceedingly interesting and 

 profitable, whether there be many or few present. There 

 should be a large attendance at the coming meeting. For 

 further Information address the Secretary, W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 Flint, Mich. 



Change' of Date.— The Seneca Co., N. Y., bee- 

 keepers' convention has changed its date of meeting from 

 Dec. 16 to Wednesday, Dec. 22. A part of the program was 

 given last week. C. B. Howard, Romulus, N. Y., is the 

 Secretary. 



Tl?e Weekly Budget. 



Mr. R. C. Aikin, wife and baby, are pictured in Gleanings 

 fer Dec. 1. They form a pretty solid-looking family, as well 

 as a happy-looking one. 



-nHoN. El'gene Secor— General Manager of the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Union — is also President of the North- 

 eastern Iowa Horticultural Society, which held its 13th an- 

 nual meeting at Forest City, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 and 2. 



Mk. Fred HoLTKE, of Essex Co., N. J., writing Dec. 7, 

 said : 



" Your American Bee Journal is grand. I cannot see how 

 I could do without it. It is better than ever." 



Mr. C. C. Parsons, of Jefferson Co., Ala., writing us Dec. 

 19, said: 



" Bees have done^well here this year. My best colony 

 gave me 196 pounds of comb honey. The American Bee 

 Journal is well worth^the price you ask for it." 



The Minnesota Bkk-Keei'ers' Supply Mfg. Co., of 

 Minneapolis, have just sent us a copy of their new catalog. It 

 contains descriptions of about everything needed in a well- 

 outfitted apiary. Their advertisement will be found running 

 regularly in the Bee Journal. 



Mr. M. H. Mendleson, of Ventura Co., Calif., writing us 

 Nov. 29, said : 



"I always read the American Bee Journal with Interest. 

 Bee-men from here to the Ojal and Matilaja canyon, had a 

 failure in the crop of honey the past season, but their bees 

 have filled up for the winter." 



" Honey as Food " — our a-l-page pamphlet does not con- 

 tain a single advertisement of anybody's goods. But it has a 

 blank space on the front for the use of a rubber stamp by the 

 bee-keeper who is wise enough to distribute them for the pur- 

 pose of creating sales of honey. We mail a sample free, and 

 after that the cost is : 25 for 30 cents ; 50 for 50 cents ; or 

 100 for 85 cents. Prices on large quantities given on appli- 

 cation. 



Renewing Subscriptions. — This month is usually the 

 greatest of the twelve for renewing subscriptions to the peri- 

 odicals taken during the year. Many publishers offer pre- 

 miums for advance renewals, such offers expiring Jan. 1. If 

 you have received any such don't forget to take advantage of 

 them this month — don't wait until January, and then claim a 

 premium. They are offered usually for a specified length of 

 time, and any one falling to comply with the conditions, must 

 not complain if they get no premium for renewing. These 

 suggestions apply to any and all offers in the line indicated. 



Editor R. B. Leahv, of the Progressive Bee-Keeper, de- 

 scribes in the December issue a trip he took last July, visiting 

 Messrs. J. W. Rouse and Jno. Nebel & Son, of Missouri, E. T. 

 Flanagan, of Illinois, and Chas. F. Muth, of Oaio. He says 

 that Mr. Flanagan now has over 600 colonies, but aspires to 

 be the manager of 1,000 ; and that Mr. Muth, some years 

 ago, when the national bee-keepers' convention was held in 

 his city, "ordered free lemonade prepared for all present, 

 and kept a barrel of it standing in the room below the hall 

 during the convention," at a cost to himself of about §40. 

 That was generosity for you. The lemonade-cup is far ahead 

 of the German wine-cup mentioned last week. You can count 

 us in on the lemonade, every time. 



Mr. J. Messinger, of Elroy, Juneau Co., Wis., has been 

 offering his home and apiary for sale (see page 798). If you 

 want a bargain, write to him. His report for 1897 is as fol- 

 lows : 



" My bees went into winter quarters in fine condition. I 

 got more than an average crop, considering there was no 

 honey gathered from basswood in this section, and but very 

 little from buckwheat, as we had a cold, wet August, but they 

 made up largely in September, as we had fine, warm weather. I 

 had 76 colonies, spring count, increast to 100, and ray honey 

 crop was 7,800 pounds of fine quality, a little over one-half 

 being white clover. I have made bee-business a study for 

 years, and with the help of the 'Old Reliable' I have made it 

 a success. There is a good prospect for 1898, as white clover 

 was fine when winter set in." 



Editor Hutchinson, of the Bee-Keepers' Review, has the 

 following very complimentary paragraph in his November 

 number, for which we make our politest bow : 



"An editor will notice editorial work on a journal similar 

 to his own quicker than will any one else ; and in this con- 

 nection I wish to say that I believe no bee-journal shows more 

 careful, conscientious, editorial work than does the American 

 Bee Journal. By this I do not mean that it contains a large 

 amount of editorial matter, because it does not, but there is 

 an undeSnable something about a paper that tells to the prac- 

 ticed eye when things have been ' lickt into shape,' or whether 

 they have been thrown together after the ' slap dab ' style. . . . 

 I doubt if the Bee Journal was ever of much more practical 

 value than at present. Speaking of work, I believe that Bro. 

 York does not have a large force, yet he gets out a weekly, 

 and I know that he must have to put in hours of work with 

 which we monthly fellows have no acquaintance." 



)^~ See " Bee-Keeper's Guide" offer on page 685. 



