November, 1907. 



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American Hee Journal 



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glass — First, F. li. Drake ; second, J. S. 

 Whiltemore; third, C. S. Cirahani. 



Most attractive display extracted hon- 

 ey — First, J. S. Whittcmore ; second, 

 F. H. Dral<e; third, C. S. Graham. 



Photograph of swarm of bees — J. D. 

 Richardson. 



Photograph of New England apiary — 

 First, C. H. Lothrop ; second, F. H. 

 Drake. 



Beeswax — First, Mrs. E. W. Spauld- 

 ing ; second, C. S. Graham. 



Best Italian bees— First, C. S. Blake; 

 second, T. J. Lobdell. 



Best Carniolans — C. S. Blake. 



Scientific observation hive — A. C. 

 Miiller. 



Best display of bees — First, C. S. 

 Blake ; second, T. J. Lobdell, 



Queen-bees — W. W. Gary &: Son. 



Queen-rearing outfit — W. W. Gary & 

 Son. 



General display — W. W. Gary & Son, 



On Friday afternoon, Prof. Brooks, 

 of the Amherst Agricultural College, 

 spoke upon the relation of the locality 

 to bee-keeping, and also the relation of 

 fertilizers to the products of the land, 

 wherein it atifects bee-keeping. He 

 stated that a yearly application of basic 

 slag meal and potash salts is the best 

 fertilizer for the growing of white 

 clover. Phosphoric acid and potash is 

 also a good fertilizer for white clover. 

 Alfalfa, which is a good honey-plant, 

 will grow well where there is much 

 lime in the soil. 



Prof. Brooks was followed by Mr. 

 J. E. Grane, of Vermont, the Institute 

 speaker furnished by the Massachusetts 

 State Board of .Agriculture. He spoke 

 in rather a general way in regard to 

 the use of insects, and especially bees, 

 in the fertilizing of flowers. He then 

 began to give advice to bee-keepers, 

 viz. : Do not invent a new bee-hive. 

 Start with a few colonies and increase 

 gradually. Don't take ofT the honey too 

 early. If j'ou intend to go into bee- 

 keeping for the money in it, just adver- 

 tise. 



In the evening Mr. A. G. Miller spoke 

 on the relation of the worker-bees to 

 the queen, and also some problems in 

 wintering. 



Mr. H. H. Gary was the next speaker. 

 He told of the different methods of 

 queen-rearing, and then went into the 

 care of the swarm in the spring. He 

 advised requeening every fall, if possi- 

 ble, at least requeening every 2 years. 

 The reason he advocated requeening in 

 the fall rather than in the spring was, 

 that in the fall there would be no loss 

 of time or disttirbance ; and he had 

 found from experience that the method 

 of requeening in the fall brought the 

 colonies out better in the spring than 

 the other way. 



On Saturday, at 12 130 p. m., a ban- 

 quet was held which was attended by 

 about 60 people. After the banquet 

 the speaking was resumed. Hon. J. 

 Lewis Ellsworth, Secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, spoke to the 

 meeting, bringing the greetings of the 

 State. The next speaker was Mr. Grane, 

 ' who spoke upon the honey-yield in Ver- 

 jmont. This year he had harvested 20 

 l-tons of honey from 80D colonies of bees. 

 Mr. H. L. Jeffrey of Connecticut, was 

 the next speaker. He outlined a plan 



used by him for many years by which 

 he was able to keep his stock of bees of 

 the same strain, and same general quali- 

 ties. It is hoped that his method will 

 appear in these pages in the near fu- 

 ture. 



The last speaker of the day was Mr. 

 Latham of Connecticut, who pleaded for 



the old-fashioned box-hive for the use 

 of the farmer. 



The lair closed Saturday evening, and 

 was so successful in the minds of those 

 in charge that it is expected that the 

 Association will continue to hold these 

 fairs annually. 



A. H. ESTABROOK. 



SALLIE WARD YORK 



Back of every man who has done any- 

 thing worth while for the public will 

 generally be found a true woman, who, 

 as his helpmeet, has stood by him 

 through thick and thin, helping him over 

 the hard places, and always cheering 

 him on- to better effort. She may not 

 be known to the public, but quietly and 

 unostentatiously her influence is con- 

 stantly exerted, and many a man has 

 been glad to acknowledge that for his 

 success in life he was chiefly indebted 

 to his wife. 



Such a woman was Mrs. George W. 

 York, who was carried to her last rest- 

 ing-place, October 16. It was my privi- 

 lege to know her better than most of 

 the members of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal family, and so it is but right that I 

 should tell them a little about the one 

 who for so many years was so strong 

 a factor in making the Journal what it 

 has been, and is. 



As already intimated, her influence 

 upon the paper was indirect, but not 

 entirely so. On mailing days she came 

 to the office for many a year and put 

 her hand directly to the work so that 

 the mailing would be on time; and thus 

 more than once it was through her help 

 that the American Bee Journal was able 

 to maintain its right to be called "The 

 Old Reliable." 



Perhaps the most. prominent charac- 

 teristic in Mrs. York's personality was 

 her unflinching devotion to her ideals 

 of what she believed to be right and 

 true, and her outspoken advocacy of 

 them, even to the point of brusqueness, 

 whatever consequences might follow. 

 The minister who so feelingly spoke the 

 last words over the body which lay in 

 the church, embowered in beautiful 

 flowers from so many sources, said, "We 

 come to do honor to the memory of a 

 fearless spirit." The words were well 

 spoken. Hers was a spirit of fearless- 

 ness wherever there was any question of 

 right to be done, or wrong to be over- 

 come. 



The Methodist church of Ravenswood 

 (Ghicago) is a heavy loser by her de- 

 parture, for her activities were many. 

 Especially may be mentioned her 'work 

 as an uncompromising foe of the liquor- 

 traffic, her work for the Wesley Hos- 



pital in Chicago, and the Methodist 

 Deaconess Orphanage at Lake Bluff, 111. 



For a full year she was confined to a 

 sick-room, through all the weary months 

 of pain and suffering making a brave 

 fight against the enemy — valvular heart 

 disease — always a losing battle, but al- 

 ways a cheerful one, and most of us 

 thus shut up would have felt excused 

 from the activities which had been so 

 much at heart before, but not she. 



Our hearts go out in sympathy to him 

 who will nightly return from his toil to 

 that home so lovely — and yet oh, so 

 lonely — because she who was its light 

 and life has gone to return no more. 

 May the God of all comfort, support 

 and' sustain him in his sore bereave- 

 ment. 



Mrs. York was a good woman; those 

 who knew her best loved her best; and 

 I am glad to be permitted to lay my 

 little leaf of laurel on the brow of one 

 who was worthy. C. C. Miller. 



Marengo, 111. 



The following sketch is taken from 

 the Ravenswood Citizen — a newspaper 

 published in the suburb where Mrs. 

 York lived : 



The death of Mrs. Sallie Ward York, wife 

 of Mr. George W. York, occurred at the home, 

 26:1 N. Ashland Ave., Monday, October 14. 

 at 6:45 p. m. The funeral services were held 

 at the Ravenswood Methodist Church, Wed- 

 nesday afternoon, under the direction of Mrs. 

 York's pastor, Kev. R. J. Wyckoff, assisted 

 by Revs. Dan B. Brummitt and S. J. Herben, 

 respectively assistant editor and editor of the 

 Epworth Herald. Dr. Brummitt preached the 

 funeral sermon in compliance with the re- 

 quest of the decedent. A quartet composed 

 of Mr. Ernest O. Todd, Mrs. E. C. Carlson, 

 Miss Frances Johnson, and Dr. H. C. Peisch, 

 furnished the music for the occasion. The 

 numerous floral pieces and largely attended 

 services partly evidenced the high esteem in 

 which Mrs. York was held. Every depart- 

 ment of the church was represented in the 

 floral otferings. A large clock with hands 

 fixed at the hour of death (6:45) was the 

 offering of the Official Board. Rose Hill 

 was the place of interment. 



The decedent was born near Harvard, 111., 

 and in 1875 moved to Wilmette, with her par- 

 ents. On September 22, 1886, she was mar- 

 ried to George W. York. Mr. and Mrs. York 

 moved to the West Side of Chicago shortly 

 after their marriage, and were both active 

 workers in the Park Avenue M. E. Church, 

 where Mrs. York had been the soprano soloist. 

 .\ change of residence was then made and the 

 Western Avenue Church became their church 

 home, and here Mrs. York gave liberally 

 of her splendid musical ability for the benefit 

 of others. She had a full, rich soprano voice 

 which had been trained to the nicest perfec- 



