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Subscription Price Now 50c a Year 



On July 1, 1907, when we decided to 

 ■change the American Bee Journal from 

 a 16-page weekly to a 32-page monthly 

 publication, we reduced the price from 

 $1.00 a year to 25 cents. We have since 

 discovered that the 25-cent rate is en- 

 tirely too low, in view of the kind of a 

 bee-paper we are making every month. 

 We do not wish to lower the standard 

 now. and as labor, materials of all kinds 

 including white paper, etc., have ad- 

 vanced in cost, we feel that the best 

 thing we can do— in fact, the only thing 

 to do — is to put the subscription price 

 at SO cents a year ; in Chicago, 75 cents ; 

 in Canada, 60 cents ; and in all other 

 countries in the Postal Union, 25 cents a 

 year extra for postage, or 75 cents. 

 These new rates will begin with Septem- 

 ber, 1907. 



We are sure that our hosts of readers 

 and friends will feel we are doing the 

 right thing in this, as they certainly 

 would not want us to continue at too 

 Iowa subscription price. At 50 cents a 

 year, this 32-page copy would cost the 

 subscriber only about 4 cents — two 2- 

 cent stamps — surely cheap enough, 

 when its valuable contents are consid- 

 ered. Why, "Dr. Miller's Question- 

 Bo.x" alone is worth many times the 

 subscription price, to say nothing of all 

 the other valuable departments. 



It is our intention to keep the old 

 American Bee Journal at the head of 

 the procession, where it has been for so 

 many years. And to do this we will 

 need the hearty co-operation of all our 

 readers. There are yet thousands of 

 bee-keepers who have never heard of 

 the American Bee Journal. Many of 

 them are your neighbors : can you not 

 show them what they are losing by not 

 having it every month ? 



On another page we offer many useful 

 things as premiums for getting neir sub- 

 scriptions. We will be pleased to mail 

 sample copies to any names and ad- 

 dresses of bee-keepers that may be sent 

 to this office. If every present sub- 

 scriber would send in just one new sub- 

 scription during this month, by Oct. 

 1st our list would be doubled. Why not 

 do at least that much to help along a 

 good cause— your own cause ? We are 

 ready to do our part— will you, dear 

 reader, not join with us in putting the 

 monthly circulation of the old American 

 Bee Journal up to where it ought to be ? 



The National at Harrisburg 



It has fin.aUy been definitely settled 

 that the 1907 convention of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association is to be held 

 at Harrisburg, Pa., on October 30 and 

 31. On account of the Jamestown Ex- 

 position there will be low rates on the 



rialroads, and stop-overs at Harrisburg 

 can be had on tickets from the west. 



The last of October should be a good 

 tiine for bee-keepers to go. Why not 

 assemble here in Chicago on October 

 28 or 29 and go in a special car the rest 

 of the way? Perhaps this can be done. 



Swarm of Bees in a City Street 



Some reader in- California sends us a 

 clipping from the Los Angeles Times, 

 which describes a "pointed" and amus- 

 ing experience with a swarm of bees in 

 a Los Angeles street recently. It is sur- 

 prising how fully most people let bees 

 alone when they are not accustomed to 

 them, or when not dressed for a bee- 

 reception. 



Cause of American Foul Brood 



Dr. G. F. White, who is now con- 

 nected with the Bureau of Entomology 

 of the Department of Agriculture at 

 Washington, D. C, has written an arti- 

 cle on the above subject, which has been 

 issued as Circular No. 94. It will be 

 found on another page of this number, 

 and deserves a careful reading. Dr. 

 White acknowledges the assistance of 

 Dr. E. F. Phillips in the experimental 

 work done which led up to the prepara- 

 tion of the circular mentioned. 



The National Association 



On .\ugust 8th, General Manager, 

 N. E. France, of Platteville, Wis., sent 

 out the following information relative 

 to the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion : 



I ask each of our members to mail 

 to me a few questions on bee-keeping 

 with the name of the persons they 

 prefer to have answer them. At the 

 Convention, which meets at Harrisburg, 

 Pa., October 30 and 31, 1907, I will read 

 the questions that are sent in. 



The National Association is planning 

 to make a creditable exhibit of honey 

 at the World's Pure Food Show to 

 be held in the Coliseum, at Chicago, 

 November 19th to 2Sth. I would ask 

 any bee-keepers who are willing, and 

 can do so, to help in this display by 

 furnishing me one pound of choice, ex- 

 tracted honey of each kind their bees 

 gather. Be sure to display your honey 

 at the County Fair this fall. It is a 

 good place to advertise. 



What honey you produce and sell you 

 can label w'ith your name as producer. 

 If you buy honey to sell, it must not 

 have your label on it unless it also has 

 the words, "Distributed by" in brevier 

 type. "It is the intention of the law 



that labels on all food products should 

 not be misleading in any particular." 



All over the L'nited States, until in 

 June, bad weather was reported. Colo- 

 nies of bees were weak and dying so 

 I hat when the honey crop came there 

 were very few bee-keepers who had bets 

 ready to take advantage of it. I have 

 =ecn reports from nearly every State, 

 and but few have an average crop; 

 many have nothing. During the last 

 few days the reports have been better, 

 especially in the clover belts. Basswood 

 has generally yielded no honey, or at 

 least a very small amount. Sweet 

 clover and alfalfa did better. On the 

 whole there will not be over half a 

 crop of honey this year. Prices should 

 be better than last year, and I hope 

 they will be asked. 



N. E. France, Gen. Mgr. 



Some Generous "Donations" 



"Ye Editor" and wife have been the 

 recipients of some good things to eat 

 during the post month or two, from 

 several of our generous readers. We 

 wish to return our thanks for the fol- 

 lowing : 



Strawberries, from Dr. and Mrs. C. C. 

 Miller, of Marengo, 111. 



Peanut butter, from Walter S. Pou- 

 der, of Indianapolis, Ind. 



Blackberries, from T. L. Strong, of 

 Clarinda, Iowa. 



We wish to mention specially the pea- 

 .nut butter, which is a somewh.Tt new 

 article on the market, we believe. The 

 kind Mr. Pouder makes is great. 



Kind Words from Contemporaries 



The Bee-Keepers' Review was the 

 first to note the change of the .\merican 

 Bee Journal from a weekly to a month- 

 ly, in this paragraph : 



"The American Bee Journal is to be 

 changed to a 32-page, 25-cent monthly. 

 Brother York hopes thereby to greatly 

 increase the circulation and usefulness 

 of his journal — that every bee-keeper, 

 even with a single colony, will become 

 a subscriber." 



The American Bee-Keeper for .\ugust 

 contained this very complimentary no- 

 tice: 



"The American Bee Journal, for many 

 years a weekly periodical, appeared for 

 July as a monthly, and will be so is- 

 sued in the future. The subscription 

 price has been reduced to 23 cents a 

 year, and a very marked improvement 

 in the general appearance of the paper 

 results from the use of a high-grade 

 stock of paper. The cover design of the 

 first monthly edition is the handsomest 

 that has adorned any bee-journal of 

 modern times, being a skillful combina- 

 tion of photograph, wash and air brush. 

 Really artistic pictures are rare in the 

 apicultural press, but the American Bee 

 Journal's cover scores an average above 

 ninety. Congratulations, Brother York !" 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture had this 

 cordial paragraph in its issue for August 

 15th: 



"The 'Old Reliable' is now issued as a 

 monthly of 32 pages at 25 cts. per year, 

 instead of a weekly of 16 pages at $1.00. 

 The new monthly has a new half-tone 



