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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Sept. 25, 1902. 



excuse for not having these two articles in every house 

 where there is any occasion for their use ; and vfhen they 

 are provided, let them be used whenever there is a letter or 

 postal to write. 



One thing more, good writing paper is cheap enough 

 so that there is no excuse for using the thin, slazy, spongy, 

 dingy stuff that is sometimes used. 



I am led to make these suggestions, as so many com- 

 munications come to this office, and I presume it is the same 

 at other offices, which are written in pencil on a postal, and 

 the shuffling about in the mails often rubs the writing until 

 it is scarcely visible. Then, to add to the difficulty, the 

 writer often miscalculates the length of his communication, 

 and, as he approaches the bottom of the card, he crowds the 

 words closer and closer, and writes finer and finer, and the 

 signature is so crowded that it is often impossible to 

 decipher it. If you find that a postal will not hold all that 

 you wish to write, throw it aside and take a sheet of paper. 

 If one sheet will not hold it, take another. 



Attention to these things will add greatly to the com- 

 fort of those with whom you have correspondence, and may 

 be to your own advantage, as a communication that is un- 

 decipherable, or that is misunderstood, may result in a 

 serious disappointment to the writer. 



By way of postscript, however, it may be well to say 

 that if you have learned some fact as to bee-keeping that 

 has not before been given to the public, no matter how 

 little a fact, editors will be glad to have you write upon 

 "any old thing " in any old or new way, just so they get 

 the fact, and they will appreciate it all the more if they can 

 read it first time trying. 



I » The Weekly Budget. » I 



Mr. Frank B. White, formerly of the well known 

 Frank B. White Company, of Chicago, has been employed 

 as Advertising Manager of the American Bee Journal, and 

 will assume his duties at once. He recently disposed of his 

 interest in the company which he organized, and which has 

 been so successful 

 under his able man- 

 agement. We have 

 known Mr. White in- 

 timately for a num- 

 ber of years, and 

 count him as one of 

 our most highly es- 

 teem ed personal 

 friends. And in add- 

 ing him to our force 

 of helpers, we know 

 we have secured the 

 services of a gentle- 

 man whose knowl- 

 edge of the advertis- 

 ing business will not 

 only add to our pat- 

 ronage along this 

 line, but whose orig- 

 inal methods will 

 make the American 



Bee Journal more valuable to our patrons. With 16 years' 

 experience as a promoter of good advertising, Mr. White 

 knows how to originate effective methods of publicity, and 

 the great business built up by the Frank B. White Company, 

 while he was at its head, is the best evidence of his 

 capacity in this direction. No man is better known among 

 advertisers than Mr. White, and we are free to say no m an 



Ji'rimk B. White. 



has built up and maintained a better reputation than he 

 bears to-day. 



We are pleased to introduce Mr. White to our readers 

 and advertisers, and we trust the latter will feel free to con- 

 fer with him in regard to their advertising, for he will 

 likelj' be able to help make it more effective and profitable 

 in every way, and thus not only be a great aid to the adver- 

 tisers, but also to the old American Bee Journal. 



We bespeak for our Advertising Manager the hearty 

 co-operation and encouragement of all in his important 

 work. 



We feel like congratulating our advertisers, and our- 

 selves as well, in being able to secure the services of Mr. 

 White. 



Prbs. W. Z. Hutchinson and O. L. Hbrshiser called 

 on us when on their return trip from the Denver conven- 

 tion. Mr. Hershiser is the vice-president ?)f the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association for 1902. He is one of the big 

 bee-keepers of New York State — both in number of colonies 

 and in his avoirdupois. 



Mr. M. M. Baldridge, of Kane Co., 111., gave this office 

 a pleasant call last week. He is one of the oldest bee-keep- 

 ers in the ranks, and yet one of the liveliest in every way. 

 He and Dr. C. C. Miller are a pair of "old timers," and yet 

 in spirit and " git-up-and-gitness " they are as much " new 

 timers " as any can possibly be. 



Death of Frank Balcom. — Mr. Francis H. Drake, of 

 Worcester Co., Mass., wrote us as follows Sept. 11 : 



" I beg to inform you of the sad death of my esteemed 

 friend and brother bee-keeper, Mr. Frank Balcom, of East 

 Brookfield. He died Aug. 22, of typhoid fever. He started 

 right by getting the " A B C of Bee-Culture" and the 

 American Bee Journal, and showed great interest in the 

 study of apiculture. I feel that we have lost one who would 

 have been a credit to the craft. He was 21 years of age. " 



Mr. Thos. Chantry, of Clay Co., S. Dak., recently met 

 with a great misfortune, in the loss by fire of his crop of 

 honey, worth about S1200, and a house and contents worth 

 as much more. Nothing was saved. Mr. Chantry was 

 working at an out-apiary at the time of the fire, and the 

 man who was working where the fire occurred had gone to 

 dinner, and as there was no water-works all was destroyed. 

 This loss will undoubtedly fall very heavily on Mr. Chantry, 

 but he is a man not easily discouraged, and in time will be 

 on top again. That's a way those South Dakotans have. 



Mr. Wm. H. HorsTmann, and his good little wife, are 

 two of the best bee-keepers in this (Cook) County. And 

 they have one of the prettiest apiaries we ever saw. We 

 show a part of it on the first page this week. We visited it 

 on Saturday, Aug. 16. In the center of the yard, as will be 

 seen, is a miniature model of the National Capitol Building, 

 at Washington, D. C. Mr. Horstmann made it all with his 

 own hands last winter. Of course he is a genius, as well 

 as one of Uncle Sam's numerous family of postmen. 



There are three full colonies and one nucleus in this 

 Capitol Building. Across each end (one named " Garfield " 

 and the other " McKinley ") is a colony having about 30 

 Langstroth frames, all in the brood-chamber ; the center 

 hive (named " Lincoln "), which extends from one end col- 

 ony to the other, has about 40 frames. These three are 

 really " Long Ideal " hives. The rear colony is a three or 

 four frame nucleus. It will be seen that there is room in 

 this unique fourfold " hive" for a good many bees. They 

 were put in on July 4, and as the season has not been a 

 good one, none of the colonies in it were strong. Undoubt- 

 edly it is the only " hive" of the kind in the world. The 



