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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Aug. 7, 1902. 



set in some dLflerent locality want something 

 different, the real need for something differ- 

 ent perhaps being real, perhaps fancied. It 

 costs more for the manufacturer to make two 

 kinds than to make one kind: and when the 

 need for one of the kinds turns out to have 

 BO little foundation, in fact, that the goods 

 are no longer called for, then the manufac- 

 turer is left with more or less of the stock on 

 hand; and so it is that from time to time 

 remnants of odd goods are advertised at ruin- 

 ous prices. In the final analysis the loss must 

 (all more or less ujion the bee-keeper, for 

 manufacturers are not in the business entirely 

 for their health, and must make themselves 

 good for losses upon odd goods by prices on 

 regular articles. 



The moral for all this is for each bee-keeper 

 to be as conservative as possible, using only 

 such fixtures as are standard, unless there 

 seems an imperative need for something dif- 

 ferent, in which case he must be willing to 

 pay the price for odd goods. 



Competition of Cuban Honey is a 



thing that is not to be feared by bee-keepers 

 of the United States, in the judgment of W. 

 K. Morrison. He says in Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture: 



Cuba bulks largely in the mind's eye of 

 some Northern bee-men just now. They tor- 

 get that the land is comparatively small. 

 Texas is ten times as big. and a good deal of 

 Cuba will be rendered unfit for bee-keeping 

 by the advance of the sugar industry. But 

 even it it produces all the honey that its most 

 sanguine admirers think it will, it i;: certain 

 very little of it will be consumed in the United 

 States. Honey sells for more money in 

 Europe than it does in America; hence, for a 

 long time Cuban honey will gravitate toward 

 Europe, as is the case at present. 



I do not think the present tariff of a cent 

 or so a pound on honey sent to the United 

 States avails very much. It only tends to 

 discourage trade. If honey were on the free 

 list the dealers in New York would buy the 

 whole Cuban and West Indian crop and re- 

 ej-purt it to Kurojx. The American bee-keeper 

 would lose nothing by the operation; on the 

 contrary, a market would be created which, 

 in times of plenty, would be a valuable asset 

 to the United States. 



^ Weekly Budget. 



The Bdtterflt Apiaries of Maynard D. 

 Nichols are shown on the first page this week. 

 He wrote as follows when sending the picture: 



Editou American Bee .Journal:— I have 

 been trying for some time to gel a suitable 

 picture of my bee- keeping investment, and 

 have not been very successful, but will offer 

 the enclosed. If the whole of the wings 

 could have been taken it would have suited 

 my idea. I have named my apiaries " Butter- 

 fly Apiaries,'' and the arrangement of the 

 pictures forms one. 



This is ray fourth season with the bees on a 

 large scale— all short-crop years— and during 

 these years, with the great help of the " old 

 reliable " American Bee .Journal, one other 

 leading paper, and one of my neighbors, I 

 have acquired some of the rudiments ot bee- 

 keeping as managed now-a-days. 



In the " Butterfly " the two upper pictures 

 represent my increase of last year, nearly all 

 caught in decoy hives placed in trees, then 

 transferred to standard hives. The picture 

 with the wheelbarrow scene is my queen- 



rearing stock exhibit near my house, and the 

 other is my main apiary with 100 colonies in it. 

 They are according to Dr. Miller's plan, ex- 

 cept there are three twos on each IG-foot rack 

 up from the ground, so that big skunks can 

 not molest them so badly. I have adopted 

 the 9-frame ".Jumbo" hive, and am getting 

 very strong proof that a large hive is the best 

 tor this canyon. The fl-trame hive is being 

 used more from year to year in this county. 



In the body of the " Butterfly " is the pict- 

 ure of the members of my family. 



I run every colony for extracting, and have 

 the honey-house arranged so that I can wheel 

 the honey in on a slight incline, uncap it. put 

 through the extractor, then it runs on a 

 cheese-cloth strainer held by a hoop over a 

 tank large enough to hold two cases if neces- 

 sary. My honey-house is 8x"20 feet, with part 

 two story, so I am not obliged to handle the 

 honey very much; then the tank is proof 

 from dirt, bees or ants, and I feel that with 

 queen-excluders I am able to put my crop up 

 for the market as clean and pure as is re- 

 quired. 



To those bothered with ants I would sug- 

 gest that they try putting a tin pan over their 

 hole with a bit of bisulphide ot carbon under 

 it, and put dirt around the edge so it will be 

 air-tight. It is the best and cheapest way we 

 have found yet. 



I wish to say "Amen" to the Editor's 

 advice some time ago, not to remove the old 

 queen until the new one has been received. 

 Maykard D. Nichols. 



San Diego Co., Calif. 



The Colorado Association is to hold a 

 joint session with the National in Denver in 

 September. The program ot their '23d annual 

 session, held Sept. 3, is as follows: 



WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1902. 



10 o'clock. 

 Invocation. 



Reading Minutes. 

 President's Address. 



(After the President's address ten minutes 

 will be given for members to offer suggestions 

 or give notice ot any business or discussion 

 that they wish to bring before the conven- 

 tion. Come prepared.) 



11 o'clock. 



A four-cornered discussion, by tour promi- 

 nent apiarists, speakers limited to 10 minutes 

 each. 



1st subject, " Association Work and Influ- 

 ence — It Hood or Bad, and Why." 



•3d, " Comb Honey Production— Best Hive 

 and System, and Why." 



3d, "Extracted Honey Production — Best 

 Hive and System, and Why." 



4th, " The Most Pressing Need of Our Pur- 

 suit." 



General debate on the foregoing subjects, 

 speakers limited to three minutes except by 

 consent ot the convention. 

 Appointment ot Temporary Committees. 

 Dinner. 



afternoon session. 



1 o'clock. 

 Question-Box. 



1:30 o'clock. 



Unfinished Business. 

 Report of Committees. 

 New Business. 



2:30 o'clock. 

 Election ot Officers. 



3 o'clock. 



Paper: "The Bee in Literature" — F. L. 



Thompson. 

 Miscellaneous Business. 



The Program of the National. 



FIRST DAY— WEDNESDAY— EVENING SESSION. 



7::30 o'clock. 

 Invocation. 

 Music. 

 Addresses of Welcome by Pres. Harris, Mayor 



Wright, and Gov. Orman. 

 Responses by Pres. Hutchinson, Sec. Mason, 



and Director Miller. 



S:;« o'clock. 



" Bee-Keeping from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 

 as Seen Through the Camera and Stereopti- 

 con "— E. R. Root, ot Ohio. 



SECOND DAY — THURSDAY— MORNING SESSION. 



9:30 o'clock. 

 Music. 



President's Address — "The Future of Bee- 

 Keeping" — W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 Discussion. 



10 o'clock. 



" Which is the Most Hopeful Field for the 

 National Association J" — Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 ot Illinois. 



Response by Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Missouri. 



Discussion. 



11 o'clock. 

 Question-Box. 



SECOND DAY — THURSDAY — AFTERNOON 

 SESSION. 



1 :30 o'clock. 

 Music. 



"Reporting ot the Honey Crop; When and 

 How it Should Be Done "— C. A. Hatch, of 

 Wisconsin. 

 Response by Frank Rauchtuss, of Colorado. 

 Discussion. 



2:30 o'clock. 



" Bee-Keeping Lessons that May be Learned 

 from the Word 'Locality'" — H.C.More- 

 house, ot Colorado. 



Response by E. R. Root, of Ohio. 



Discussion. 



3:30 o'clock. 



Question-Box. 



SECOND DAT — THURSDAY— EVENING SESSION. 



7:30 o'clock. 

 Music. 

 "The Outside and Inside of a Honey-Bee" 



(Illustrated by the Stereopticon) — Prof. C. 



P. Gillette, of Colorado. 



THIRD DAY — FRIDAY — MORNING SESSION. 



9 o'clock. 

 Music. 

 "Selling Extracted Honey at Wholesale — 



How to Get the Best Prices "—J. F. Mcln- 



tyre, of California. 

 Response by T. Lytle, ot Colorado. 

 Discussion. 



10 o'clock. 



" Putting Up Extracted Honey for the Retail 



Trade"— R. C. Aikin, of Colorado. 

 Response by George W. York, of Illinois. 

 Discussion. 



11 o'clock. 

 Question-Box. 



THIRD DAT— FRIDAY— AFTERNOON SESSION. 



1:30 o'clock. 

 Music. 

 " Managing Out-Apiaries for Comb Honey " — 



W. L. Porter, of Colorado. 

 Response by M. A. Gill, ot Colorado. 

 Discussion. 



2:30 o'clock. 

 Question-Box. 



3:30 o'clock. 



Trolley Ride — "Seeing Denver." 



THIRD DAY — FRIDAY — EVENING SESSION. 



9 o'clock. 

 Banquet. A. B. Mason, Sec. 



Sta. B, Toledo, Ohio. 



Remember it is less than a month from 

 this date when the Denver convention will be 

 in full blast. We hope that as many bee- 

 keepers as possible are planning to be there. 

 It promises to be the biggest and best ot all 

 the meetings of the National Association. It 

 ought to be. Colorado is a great honey-pro- 

 ducing State. It has within its borders some 

 ot the greatest bee-keepers in the world. And 

 they, with many from all over the United 

 States, will be at the convention. 



It's in Denver. And Sept. 3, 4 and 5 is the 

 time. 



