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AMEKICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 17, 1902. 



that the only real reg^ion where hone.v is produced is in the 

 southern half. 



Honey-buyers agreed with each other, as soon as it was 

 given out that we had a prospect of a honey crop, to pay 

 but 3'2 cents here, f. o. b. Their mouths watered for the 

 crop, and they agreed to cinch us. 



You may be certain that our crop will not enter into the 

 East at all this year. Yours very truly. 



This is indeed a sad condition of affairs for California 

 bee-keepers. In all probability, then, what seems to be 

 their loss may be the gain of the bee-keepers east of the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



In view of the honey prospects throughout the country, 

 we should say that honey certainly should not be any lower 

 in price than last j'ear, and it ma3' be a trifle higher. Still, 

 it must not be forgotten that there was considerable honey 

 carried over from last year, and this may aid in holding the 

 price down somewhat. 



We would like to see all our bee-keepers prosperous and 

 happy — not only for their own welfare, but for the good of 

 all mankind. None of us liveth to himself. We are all of 

 one body — one humanity — and so no one should rejoice over 

 the probable or real prospects that may result in adversity 

 even to a portion of our fellows. 



Let us all hope that there may yet be a fair harvest of 

 honey for every worthy bee-keeper in this great country of 

 ours. ■ 



* The Weekly Budget. * \ 



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Mr. N. E. France, the energetic inspector of apiaries 

 for Wisconsin, wrote us June 30, as follows : 



" Bees in southern Wisconsin are starving. One year 

 ago we were talking basswood honey. No clover in 1902. 

 There is plenty of clover in central Wisconsin." 



The Apiary of Wilford Chapman appears on this 

 page. Mr. Chapman wrote us : 



"I send a photograph of ray apiary of 145 colonies. The 

 person shown is my son " Harry.'' The bees did fairly 

 well here last year, considering the dry weather. I had 

 about 5000 pounds of comb honey. 



" I think the American Bee Journal is just right — full 

 of good for the bee-keeper." 



Dr. C. C. Miller, of McHenry Co., 111., wrote us re- 

 cently as follows : 



"I think June, 1902, was the worst June for bees I ever 

 knew. So cold that throughout the entire month I wore the 



suit of clothes I wore in winter, only I shed my under- 

 clothes. Clover seemed to yield only pollen, and I fed 

 nearly a thousand pounds of sugar to prevent starvation. 

 Suddenly there came a change July 2, and now for several 

 days we have had delightfully hot weather. Whether there 

 is any nectar to be had from the clover is not yet deter- 

 mined, but after the manner of bee-keepers I am hopeful." 



Mr. Gus Dittmer, of Wisconsin, wrote us July 7 : 



" I am thinking of going to Denver in September with 

 the rest of you." 



Good 1 Keep on thinking about it, Mr. Dittmer, and we 

 are sure you will then go. We would like to have such a 

 representation there from east of Denver as will simply 

 overwhelm those '" windy " Coloradoans. Of course, we 

 want to see a lot of people from west and south of Denver, 

 too — in fact, from everywhere. Wouldn't it be a fine joke 

 on those Denverites if .there would be such a crowd that 

 they would simply have to allow all to walk on their " beau- 

 tiful grass," whether they wanted to allow it or not. You 

 know that " Working " secretary of the Colorado Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, said they had such restful grass to look at! 

 Pshaw ! we want to walk on it, and all over those alfalfa- 

 honey chaps out there. They're " just too sweet " for any- 

 thing, and need to have some of it "extracted." Let's go 

 for them ! 



Mr. Thomas G. Newman, in a letter to us dated June 

 30, had this to say in reference to attending the Denver 

 convention in September : 



"Had ray health increased and given me strength 

 enough to have borne the journey, I might have put in an 

 appearance at Denver, which I fully hoped to have done, 

 but I am in no condition now to take such a journey, and 

 must, therefore, give it up. I shall be with you in spirit, 

 and hope for a pleasant and profitable convention." 



With many others we regret that Mr. Newman will be 

 unable to go to Denver. It would be a nice thing if all of 

 the old friends, who are in the West, might be present at 

 the next National convention. We hope that as many as 

 1 possibly can do so will be there, and make it a grand re- 

 union. 



Mr. Sanford HarTman, of Lincoln Co., Nebr., wrote 

 us June 18 : 



"If Providence permits, my wife and myself will join 

 your party when you go through to Denver, and help you 

 take in the sights. You want to take time to take in some 

 of the excursions up into the mountains. It's the grandest 

 thing you ever saw." 



We hope that a large number will join our party on the 

 way to the Denver convention. Remember, our train leaves 

 Chicago at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept 3, on the Chicago & 

 North-Western road, and arrives in Denver on the Union 

 Pacific at 2 p.m. Wednesday. A little later we will likely 



APIART OF WILFOHD CHAPMAN; OF CHIPPEWA CO., WISCONSIN. 



