September, 1907. 



American ^ae Journal 



cover tliat is very neat, and the general 

 make-up, appearance, and contents are 

 practically the same as heretofore. The 

 low price of the publication (25 cts. per 

 year), and the general excellence of 

 the matter, should and probably will 

 make it very popular. We wish it 

 abundant success." 



Midnighi; Swarming Bees 



Mr. .\. Straub is a Chicago bee-keep- 

 er who has 18 colonies of bees. He 

 called at our office recently, and re- 

 ported that about midnight of August 

 14 one of his colonies cast a swarm 

 of bees. It was about a peck in size, 

 and settled on a small tree near his 

 home. The swarm was hived the ne.xt 

 morning, and went to work in good 

 earnest. It must have been that they 

 were too busy to swarm in the da.\-tinie. 



World's Pure Food Show 



More than one-third of the space for 

 the World's Pure Food Show at the 

 Coliseum, Chicago, next November 19 

 to 25, has already been contracted for. 

 The big food interests throughout the 

 country are heartily in accord with the 

 exposition, and are eager to compete for 

 awards before the greatest pure- fond 

 tribunal evere gathered together. The 

 Commission on Tests includes Dr. Har- 

 vey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of 

 chemistry of the United States depart- 

 ment of agriculture ; Hon. Alfred H. 

 Jones, Illinois State Food Commission- 

 er; Dr. James A. Egan, Secretary Illi- 

 nois State Board of Health ; Dr. T. J, 

 Bryan, State Analyst of the Illinois 

 State Food Commission ; Dr. W. A. 

 Evans, Chicago Commissioner of 

 Health ; Dr. Walter Haines and half a 

 dozen other leading chemists of the 

 United States. 



A California Association has an- 

 nounced its intention to ship huge 

 bunches of many of the 640 varieties of 

 grapes grown in the Golden State to 

 the exposition for decorative purposes. 

 Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Co., were 

 the first of the big packers to sign for 

 space, and have taken an entire section 

 of over I.5PD square feet. The food 

 departments of The Fair, The Boston 

 Store and other big Chicago depart- 

 ment stores will be represented. 



Other prominent exhibitors will be 

 The Great Western Cereal Co., The 

 International Banana Food Co., The 

 Blue Ribbon Chewing Gum Co., Red 

 Cross Olive Oil, Rueckheim Bros. & 

 Ekstein, etc. 



All the booths in the big building 

 will be uniform in design and color. 

 An aisle 15 feet wide will run all around 

 the building. This will be flanked on 

 the outside by scenic representations of 

 shops of all nations and times. 



It is the purpose of the management 

 to dispose of all space at least 2 months 

 before the date the exposition opens, so 

 tnat every effort can be devoted to at- 

 tracting an enormous crowed of spec- 

 tators. Sufficient aisle space has been 

 allowed to handle over 20,000 specta- 

 tors daily. 



We referred to the coming pure-food 

 show in these columns in June. We 



understand that the National Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association is to have an exhibit 

 of honey. General Manager France has 

 already _begun to work it up. We will 

 doubtless have more to say about it 

 next month. Honey-producers should 

 he well represented, as they produce one 

 (if the finest of all foods. 



Mr. Secor and His Yucca Plant 



Hon. Eugene Secor, of I'orest City, 

 Iowa, sent us recently the picture here- 

 with, showing himself and a yucca plant 

 that was 5 feet and 7 inches hig'h on 

 July 30, 1907, when- the picture was tak- 

 en. Mr. Secor is well known to bee- 



keepers, not only as an expert apiarist, 

 but also on account of the many beauti- 

 ful poems he has written bearing on the 

 bees and their interesting nature. It 

 seems almost time for another one to 

 come from his mellifluous pen. Per- 

 ■haps the muse's spirit will soon possess 

 him, and his many friends will possess 

 another rhythmic gem. 



The Kansas Convention 



The Kansas State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will hold its next annual meet- 

 ing at Hutchinson, September 18 and 

 ig, 1907. .\11 persons interested in bees 

 are invited to attend. This meeting will 

 occur during the State Fair, so there 

 will be reduced rates on all the rail- 

 roads. The meetings will be held at the 

 Commercial Club rooms. The first ses- 

 sion will be 2:30 p. m., Sept. 18. He.id 



quarters for bee-keepers will be at the 

 Midland Hotel. O. A. Kkf.ne, Sec. 



Tnpeka, Kans. 



Fair Apiarian Premiums 



In last issue we gave the apiarian 

 premium lists of several leading Fairs. 

 There are no lietter places for bee-keep- 

 ers to educate the public to the use of 

 honey, and to the growing importance 

 of bees and their products. 



On Sept. 27 to Oct. 5, at Springfield, 

 will be held the Illinois State Fair. 

 The premiums offered on bees and 



honev are as follows : 



1st. 2i\. 3d. 



Display of Comb Honey $20 $15 $10 



Collection of labeled cases con- 

 taining i^ or more pounds 

 of White Honey from dif- 

 ferent flowers 8 5 1 



Collection of labeled cases con- 

 taining 12 or more pounds of 

 Amber or Dark Honey from 

 different flowers . . . 8 5 3 



Case of White Clover Comb 



Honey, 12 to 24 pounds.... 432 



Case of Sweet Clover Comb 



Honey, 12 to 24 pounds .... 4 3 2 



Case of Basswood Comb Honey, 



12 to 24 pounds 4 3 2 



Case of Amber Comb Honey, 12 



to 24 pounds 4 3 2 



1 'i"^|>lay of samples of Extracted 

 Honey, not less than half- 

 pound each 5 3 - 



Display of Extracted Honey... 20 15 10 



Honey extracting on the grounds. 5 3 ^ 



Frame of Comb lloney for ex- 

 tracting 5 3 - 



Display of Candied Honey .... 20 15 10 



Display of Beeswax ...15 10 5 



(.)ne Frame Observatory Hive 



Dark Italian Bees 4 3 2 



One Frame Observatory Hive 



Golden Italian Bees ....... 4 3 2 



One Frame Observatory Hive 



Carniolan Bees 4 3 2 



lloney Vinegar, one-half gallon, 



with recipe for making .... 4 3 '2 



Display of Designs in Honey.. 15 12 8 



Display of Designs in Beeswax. 20 12 8 



TiiNNEssEE State F.\ik, Sept. 23 ro 24, at 

 Nashville. 



I St. 2d. 3d. 



Best 10 lbs. extracted honey... $10 S 5 $ 3 



Best display extracted honey... 15 10 5 



Best case comb honey 10 7 3 



Best display comb honey 15 10 S 



Best disjilay beeswax 5 2 I 



Nucleus dark Italian bees 5 2 i 



Nucleus golden Italian bees.... 521 



Nucleus Caucasian bees 5 2 1 



Nucleus any other race bees. ... 5 2 I 

 Largest and best display of bees 



and bee-products, implements, 



etc., by indivdual exhibitor.. 25 15 10 



J. M. Buchanan*. 

 Franklin, Tcnn. Siit-criiilendenl. 



Books for Bee-Keepers 



Every bee-keeper should have a bee- 

 book besides a bee-paper. On another 

 page will be found all the best books 

 offered — either at a price, postpaid, or as 

 a premium. If you can not earn them 

 as premiums for getting new subscrip- 

 tions, it will pay you well to purchase 

 one or more of them. You will find 

 them of great value. There are so many 

 things in the books that are needful to 

 know, and that of course could not be 

 told over and over again in the bee- 

 papers. If a bee-keeper can afford only 

 one, it would better be the book rath- 

 er than the paper. But now that the 

 .\mericau Bee Journal is only 50 cents 

 a year, of course, no bee-keeper, how- 

 ever limited his apiary may be, can af- 

 ford to be without its monthly visits. 



