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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 26, 1902 



months. In reply he would say that while a slight im- 

 provement is noticeable, he is still unable to read any ordi- 

 nary printing^ or writing. 



The best magnetic healers have been employed — in- 

 cluding mental scientist treatments, suggestion and hypnot- 

 ism, but all have failed to cure. The case is stubborn, and 

 we doubt if any of these can cure, while we have to use our 

 eyes so persistently. 



Henry Dadant, second son of C. P. Dadant, dropped 

 into our office recently. He had been in Chicago looking 

 up some work along his line — that of civil engineering. He 

 found a position with the Illinois Central Railroad Com- 

 pany. He expects to hustle during his vacation months, 

 and then return to the State University at Champaign, 111. 

 " Henry " will get along all right. He is well mannered, 

 alert and cheery. Quite like his " dad " in these respects. 



The Apiary of C. E. Knott, of Buffalo Co., Nebr., is 

 shown herewith, concerning which Mr. Knott writes this : 



I send a picture of my bee-yard, showing my wife, two 

 boys, and myself. The boys are a great help to me ; they 

 are hiving a swarm apiece, one on a limb, the other between 

 the legs of a saw-trestle. One boy is 10 years old and the 

 other one is 11. 



I have kept bees for three years, and like it first-rate. I 

 have not lost any during the winter. Last summer I got 

 301) sections of comb honey and 250 pounds of extracted 

 from 21 colonies. I winter the bees in open sheds on the 

 summer stands. Our pasturage is nearly all alfalfa and 

 sweet clover. 



I am always glad to get the American Bee Journal. I 

 read it the first of the papers. I wish it success, as usual. 



C. E. Knott. 



Mrs. Anna E. Danzenbaker, wife of F. Danzenbaker, 

 died at Claymont, Del., June 11, 1902, aged 63 years. When 

 sending us this sad information, Mr. Danzenbaker wrote 

 thus tenderly concerning his departed life companion : 



Claymont, Del., June 11, 1902. 



Dear Friend York : — Tne sufl'erings of my saintly 

 ■wife ended at 4 o'clock this lovely June afternoon, filled 

 with bird songs and roses' perfume. How sadly we miss 

 the inspiration of her sweet voice and kindly ways, that for 

 42 years have been the chief corner-stone and crowning joy 

 of our life and home. How sacred in memory her sterling 

 worth, her purity of soul and life, her sacred devotion to 

 truth, duty, and right, for the very love of right. 



She won the esteem and love of all who knew her. We 

 were always proud of her. She taught us in life how to live 

 for others' good ; in death — too dear the lesson — to die with- 

 out a fear. F. Danzenbaker. 



For 42 long years to tread life's pathway together — and 

 then to stop. How lonely will seem the way to our brother 

 who now goes on without lier who was thus long the 

 delight of his life and home. Bee-keepers everywhere will 

 sympathize deeply with Mr. Danzenbaker in his sad be- 

 reavement. The American Bee Journal de.sires to unite 

 with them in their feelings of sorrow for a stricken brother. 



The Red Clover Queens which we have been book- 

 ing orders for during the last six months or more, are now 

 being mailed by our breeder. He has been greatly delayed 

 by unfavorable weather, but he expects to get caught up 

 with the present orders by about July 1, so those whose 

 orders have been received lately can not expect to have 

 their queens until July, for the orders were taken "first 

 come first served," as will be noticed by referring to the 

 Red Clover Queen advertisement previous to this week's 

 issue. 



Orders for regular Italian queens we are filling almost 

 by return mail, at terms quoted on page 402. 



Advanced Bee-CtlTURB is the title of a 90-page (6x9) 

 pamphlet on practical bee-keeping, by W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 The first edition was issued about 10 years ago ; the second 

 edition is just off the press, and we have a supply at this 

 office. It is sent post-paid for 50 cents ; or with the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal one year — both for $1.35. 



I Convention Proceedings. \ 



The Chicago Convention. 



Report of the Semi-Annual Convention of the 



Chicag-o Bee-Keepers' Association, Held 



Dec. 5, 1901. 



BY A SHORTHAND RErORTER. 



(Contiaued from pape 389.) 

 SHIPPING-CASES FOR HONEY. 



QuES. — '"What kind of shipping-cases is the most 

 desirable?" 



Mr. Burnett — The case that has come into general use 

 now is known as the non-drip case ; it is perhaps the best I 

 know of. We prefer cases that hold 12 and 24 sections. Of 

 course, we probably sell honey in other sizes, but people 

 rather like uniformity of packages. They like to call for a 

 package of honey, and know about what they are going to 

 get. The non-drip case has certainly been the best thing 

 that has come to my knowledge during ray time in the 

 honey-business, and I sometimes think it would be a little 

 difficult to improve upon it ; however, there are some peo- 

 ple who don't understand how to manage it, even as simple 

 as it is, and put the strips in without fastening them at all, 

 and, at times, despite the fact that the honey is in that sort 

 of a case, it is injured. I know it is something the bee- 

 papers have called attention to a great many times, and I 

 think it is a fact that the manufacturers do give directions 

 to fasten in those strips before the honey is put in. Is not 

 that a fact ? 



Pres. York — I think they do. 



Mr. Burnett — I think I have seen some advertising call- 

 ing attention to the fact that the strips should be fastened 

 in the case, and it certainly is not of great value unless it 

 is done, but if the combs are injured the paper that is in 

 the bottom prevents the honey from getting out of that 

 case, as a rule, and smearing the others. So far as some 

 honey is concerned, I think it is the best thing now in use. 



Mr. Walker — I have a few words to offer in regard to 

 the shipping-case question. While I sanction all that Mr. 

 Burnett says about the superiority of the non-drip case, I 

 can't say I regard the cases now on the market under that 

 name as deserving of such a name. Possibly I was among 

 the first instrumental in the introduction of such a case, 

 and I have used these cases largely — what I call the non- 

 drip case — for perhaps 15 years, and after using them for a 

 good many years I had them made to order bj' the Root 

 Companj', and succeeded in getting that company to list 

 them in their price-list. When they first sent them out 

 they made them after the pattern I was using. Of late 

 years they have adopted something quite different. Pos- 

 sibly some of you remember my criticising them several 

 years ago. I think it is stated in Gleanings, that the drip- 

 sticks that are used in common shipping-cases are worth- 

 less, and that possibly two different kinds of drip-cases 

 should be used, one for the careless bee keeper, and another 

 for the other sort. The inference was that it was good 

 enough if bee-keepers would only be careful enough. The 

 point I wish to make is, the drip-sticks commonly used are 

 altogether too shallow — only about 's of an inch in thick- 

 ness; I have always used them about 5-16 inch deep. The 

 reason for this is, if there is any drip to amount to any- 

 thing, for instance, a couple of spoonfuls of drip in the bot- 

 tom of the case, it will spread, and when you lift the sec- 

 tions up, you will find them half filled, while if the drip- 

 sticks were 516 of an inch, or V thick, there would be no 

 trouble in that respect. I consider that a very essential 

 point, and one that has been overlooked, and thus causes a 

 great amount of money to be lost in handling honey that 

 has been dripping more or less, to put it in condition. 

 There are some very careless freight-handlers as well as 

 bee-keepers. I had a consignment the other day, and the 

 sections were thoroughly fastened all around — the combs 

 were thoroughly fastened — they were the plain sections, 

 averaging about 15 ounces to a section ; the honey was 

 packed in the common style of non-drip cases, with drip- 

 sticks about Js-inch deep, and nearly all of them were fast- 

 ened so they could not move about, and nearly every case 



