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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 11, 1902. 



now so man}' colonies starting- cells on the one day, which 

 means they will all be ready to swarm on the one day. In 

 eight days' time you may find others preparing to swarm ; 

 you now invert them, but those hives inverted on last visit 

 are not again inverted, but artificially swarmed. You could 

 invert a second time, or even a third time, but with what 

 result ? Frequently the bees in disgust either sulk or 

 swarm, leaving advanced queen-cells. Inversion gives the 

 bee-keeper control of swarming, it does not prevent or 

 check it except for a few days, unless the honey-flow is at 

 its close ; it may then check it altogether." 



* The Weekly Budget. « \ 



Mr. C. p. Dadant has resigned as a director of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, and Mr. C. A. Hatch, of 

 Richland Co., Wis., has been appointed to fill the vacancy. 

 A good selection, but all will regret the resignation of Mr. 

 Dadant. 



Somnambulist, the "delightful dreamer" of the Pro- 

 gressive Bee-Keeper, has this to say of one of our depart- 

 ment editors : 



" Miss Emma Wilson, Dr. C. C. Miller's right hand 

 (wo) man, is still with us, and long may she be. Her arti- 

 cles in the American Bee Journal are inspiring to the faint- 

 hearted, and are of great practical value to all." 



The question now is, whether there is any sinister 

 meaning in that partially obscured "wo" pronounced by 

 Sommy. His established character for geniality, however, 

 warrants the belief that his digestion is so good that he 

 never has " bad dreams," so nothing but good must be read 

 into what he says. 



The Election of Directors— three of them— takes 

 place this month, for the National Association. The fol- 

 lowing inquiry has come in : 



Mr. Editor :— As I understand it, three directors are to 

 be elected to fill the places of three of the directors of the 

 National whose time expires, and I have seen some names 

 put in nomination, but have not seen the names given of 

 the directors whose time expires. Will you kindly give 

 their names, as a good many of us may not keep track of 

 such things closely enough to know the order in which 

 they were elected. Inquirer. 



The three whose terms expire with this year are : 

 Thomas G. Newman, of California; G. M. Doolittle and 

 W. F. Marks, both of New York. 



Those who have been nominated for directors are these : 

 Wm. A. Selser, of Pennsylvania; Udo Toepperwein, of 

 Texas ; G. W. Vangundy, of Utah ; and Wm. McEvoy, of 

 Canada. 



The Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion met in convention last week as announced. The 

 attendance and interest were splendid throughout the two 

 days. Among those from other States who were there are 

 these: Dr. Miller, E. T. Abbott, N. E. France, R. B. 

 Leahy, W. Z. Hutchinson, Dr. Nussle, Huber H. Root, J. 

 E. Armstrong, N. Young, W. J. Pickard and wife, Frank 

 Wilcox ; and Morley Pettit, of Canada. 



The officers were re-elected as follows : President, 

 George W. York ; Vice-President, Mrs. N. L. Stow ; and 

 Secretary-Treasurer, Herman F. Moore. 



We had a full shorthand report taken, which will appear 

 in the American Bee Journal in due time. It will be worth 

 many dollars to those who will be fortunate enough to 

 read it. 



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Convention Proceedings. 



THE DENV ER CO NVENTION. 



Report of the Proceeding's of the 33d Annual 

 Convention of the National Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, held in Denver, Col., on Wed- 

 nesday, Thursday and Friday, 

 Sept. 3, 4 and 5, 1902. 



(Continued from pa^e 776.) 



Pres. Hutchinson — The next thing on the program is 

 the paper by Mr. C. A. Hatch, of Wisconsin. Mr. Hatch is 

 not here, so the secretary. Dr. Mason, will read it. 



Dr. Mason then read the paper, which is as follows : 



REPORTINQ THE HONEY CROP; WHEN AND HOW IT 

 SHOULD BE DONE. 



Statistics can be used for two purposes — one to give 

 general information as to a business or calling, for the pur- 

 pose of educating the public and thereby increasing or 

 showing up the importance of the calling or business ; the 

 second use of statistics is for commercial purposes only, 

 and need not be as elaborate and exhaustive as the former, 

 and, therefore, is less expensive to obtain. The first would 

 require a complete and extensive report from each bee- 

 keeper as to the number of colonies kept, and the amount 

 of honey and wax produced ; while, for the second, the 

 honey alone would be sufficient to furnish all data needed. 



WHEN statistics SHOULD BE COLLECTED. 



While there are many localities that get the larger part 

 of their surplus in dark or amber honey, we have noticed 

 that while this later, or fall crop, of dark grades may be 

 abundant, it cuts only a small figure in influencing the 

 honey market, its price being graded from' the price of 

 white honey at the time ; but if white grades are in excess 

 of the demand, the dark is sure to feel the depressing effect. 

 While this may not always be true, for practical purposes 

 we think it is, and, therefore, assume it as a fact. 



In looking over the field from Maine to California, we 

 find that most, if not all, the white honey of this country 

 is produced during June and July. Therefore, if we have a 

 report for the two months we will have the white honey 

 crop report. 



WHO SHOULD make THE REPORT. 



Facts are what are wanted, and there is no one who can 

 furnish these facts as well as the bee-men themselves ; and 

 where there is an organization it should be done through 

 the local society to the National, the secretary of the Na- 

 tional giving out a summary each month, or oftener, to all 

 the bee-papers, showing tons of product this year and pre- 

 vious years at that date. This need not be a report from 

 every bee-keeper, only an aggregate of the crop for a cer- 

 tain locality, say Colorado, for instance, 200 tons for June ; 

 last year's crop 175 tons; Wisconsin, 150 tons for June; 

 last year, 200 tons. This kind of report, stating kind, ex- 

 tracted or comb, is all the buyer or seller need know ; and 

 we take it that their interests are mutual, about knowing 

 the facts as to a crop. 



STATISTICS MUST BE COMPARATIVE. 



To know that the crop this year is so many tons 

 amounts to but little when it is not also known how much 

 the same territory produced last and previous years. The 

 crop last year might have been 100 tons, and the demand 

 120 tons, consequently good prices. The crop this year 

 might be 130 tons, and demand the same, and low prices 

 are sure to follow unless a new use can be found to increase 

 the demand. As a rule, lowering the price increases the 

 demand, but not always. Some markets will take only so 

 much, no matter what the price, and to lower prices for such 

 a market is only to lessen profits. 



THE EXPENSE OF REPORTS. 



The ones benefited ought to, in justice, pay the ex- 

 pense ; but that, perhaps, would be hard to adjust ; so,ac- 

 cording to present light, the larger or National association 



