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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. 13, 1902. 



Apiarian Ignorance in High Places may be productive 

 of much mischief. Mr. David J. Ott, of Spottsylvania Co., 

 Va., writes as follows : 



Editor York : — It looks as if some people — especially 

 those who hold public offices — can not tell the-straight 

 thing about bees, else they do not try to find out — I don't 

 know which. 



Our Commissioner of Agriculture has an article in the 

 Richmond Dispatch, headed, "Pure Food Crusade." Of 

 course, the most of this article is all right, but I don't think 

 the part about bees will " hold water " very well. 



Yours respectfully, David J. Ott. 



The clipping sent us reads thus : 



SMALL CONFECTIONS. 



" The children will buy cheap candy, and much of 

 this is dangerous. It is adulterated with terra alba 

 arsenic, sulphate of copper, and prussic acid, and is colored 

 with aniline dj-es. 



" Licorice drops are often composed of sweepings of 

 the candy factory. One plate of cheap strawberry ice- 

 cream may contain as much fusel oil as five glasses of bad 

 whiskey : it is a chemical product purely. Imitation leaves 

 on fancy cakes are colored with Paris green. Maple sugar 

 is glucose ; honey is glucose. But glucose is harmless, 

 and, therefore, to be passed over. It is said, by the way, 

 that bee-keepers, besides furnishing paraffine combs for 

 their bees, are feeding the insects on glucose to increase 

 the amount of honey stored." 



It is amazing that one holding so important a position 

 should fail so utterly to inform himself as to the truth. The 

 sweeping statement, " Honey is glucose," is likely to carry 

 the impression that no pure honey is to be found. What, 

 then, becomes of the tons of that delicious product stored 

 by the bees each year ? 



" It is said, by the way, that bee-keepers, besides fur- 

 nishing paraffine combs for their bees, are feeding the in- 

 sects on glucose to increase the amount of honey stored." 

 When a man assists in giving currency to a stupendous 

 falsehood, he may screen himself behind the all-embracing 

 " It is said," but the moral efi'ect is much the same as if he 

 makes the statement that to his certain knowledge the 

 thing that "is said" is actual fact. 



The great probability is that the gentleman in question 

 has regard for the truth, but has sufi'ered himself to be ex. 

 ceedingly careless. It is quite possible that he may do as 

 some others in like position have done, inform himself fully 

 upon the subject and then make the public statement that 

 no such thing as paraffine combs are in existence, and even 

 if they could be had that making a profit by getting the 

 bees to store glucose in them is a thing out of the question. 



I ^ The Weekly Budget. % l 



No More Quebn Orders for delivery this fall can be 

 taken at this office. All received after this time will be 

 entered iot mailing next May. We are receiving orders at 

 75 cents each for an Untested Italian queen ; or for $1.50 we 

 will mail the Bee Journal a year and the queen ; or if a paid- 

 in-advance subscriber sends us $1.00 and a new name for 

 the Bee Journal a year, we will send a queen free as a 

 premium to the paid-in-advance subscriber. 



Nominations for Directors. — We have received the 

 following on nominations for directors of the National 

 Association : 

 Editor American Bee Journal : — 



To fill the vacancies of the terms of the three directors 

 in the National Bee-Keepers' Association, expiring Jan. 1, 



I nominate G. W. Vangundy, of Utah ; Wm. A. Selser, of 

 Pennsylvania : and Wm. McEvoy, of Ontario, Canada. 



I believe these gentlemen are all practical bee-keepers, 

 and interested in the welfare of the Association. 



Yours very truly, Emerson T. Abbott. 



Homer H. Hyde, of Wilson Co., Tex., has this to say on 

 the same subject : 



Mr. Editor : — As the time draws nigh for the election 

 of some new directors for the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, I wish to make a nomination and present a Texas 

 claim for a member on the Board of Directors. Texas is 

 the largest State in the Union, and, according to the last 

 census, produces more honey yearly than any other State. 

 The industry is rapidly gaining ground; many beginners 

 are going into the business on a large scale, and there is a 

 constant emigration of bee-keepers here from other States. 

 Recently our Association secured an annual appropriation 

 from the State Legislature, and we now have a well- 

 equipped experiment apiary with a competent superin- 

 tendent. Bees only are not being experimented with, but 

 also dift'erent forage-plants ; and, last but not least, there 

 will be regular classes in bee-keeping at the A. & M. College 

 of Texas, where the apiary is located. Not alone will our 

 claims be apparent to Texas, but as well to the entire South, 

 which, at present, is without representation on the Board 

 of Directors. Our Association members are members of 

 the National, and we feel we need recognition. 



I, therefore, wish to nominate Mr. Udo Toepperwein as 

 a candidate for director. Homer H. Hyde. 



Mr. D. G. Parker, of Brown Co., Kans., wrote thus 

 Nov. 3 : "It has been a poor honey-year, but the American 

 Bee Journal is as good as ever." Thank you, Mr. Parker. 

 And the prospects are that it will be better than ever the 

 coming year. It will soon enter its 43d year. Surely, it 

 has stood the test of time, and as to its value to bee-keepers 

 — well, it seems to satisfy thousands of them. But thou- 

 sands more will be able to testify to its merits when once 

 they have made its acquaintance. It has no hobbies, ex- 

 cept that of the best interests of its readers. 



The Chicago Convention, to be held Wednesday and 

 Thursday, Dec. 3 and 4, at the Briggs House, northeast 

 corner of Randolph Street and Fifth Avenue, promises to 

 be largely attended. Nearly every day we are hearing from 

 bee-keepers who expect to be present. It can easily be the 

 biggest and best bee-keepers' convention of the year. 

 Everybody within a radius of 200 or 300 miles of Chicago 

 wants to come here at least once a year, and the fall is just 

 the time to come. The first session will begin at 10:30 a.m., 

 on Dec. 3. 



Honey as a 'Health^Food is the name of a 16- 

 page leaflet (3 '2x6 inches) which is designed to help in- 

 crease the demand and sale of honey. The first part is 

 devoted to a consideration of " Honey as Food," written 

 by Dr. C. C. Miller. The last part contains " Honey-Cook- 

 ing Recipes" and "Remedies Using Honey." It should be 

 widely circulated by every one who has honey for sale. It 

 is almost certain to make good customers for honey. We 

 know, for we are using it ourselves. 



Prices, prepaid — Sample for 2 cts.; 10 for 10 cts. ; 25 

 for20cts.; SO for 35 cts.; 100 for 60 cts.; 250 for S1.25 ; 500 

 for $2.25; 1000 for $4.00. If you wish your business card 

 printed at the bottom of the front page, add 25 cts. to your 

 order. 



Why Not Help a Little— both your neighbor bee-keep- 

 ers and the old American Bee Journal — by sending to us the 

 names and addresses of such as you may know do not now 

 get this journal ? We will be glad to send them sample 

 copies, so that they may become acquainted with the paper, 

 and subscribe for it, thus putting themselves in the line of 

 success with bees. Perhaps you can get them to subscribe, 

 send in their dollars, and secure for your trouble some of 

 the premiums we are constantly offering as rewards for 

 such effort. 



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The Premiums offered this week are well worth working 

 for. Look at them. 



