American ?ae Journal 



notion to advertise in your "want" col- 

 umn. 



Yours in need of honey, 



Eugene Secor. 



The clipping referred to reads thus: 

 "The Golden Bee." 



"A subscriber from Story county 

 writes: 'I have been reading about the 

 golden honey-bee, and I have been try- 

 ing to know more about it." Will you 

 give through the columns of the Regis- 

 ter and Farmer some information of 

 this variety of honey-bee?' 



"The golden bee was evolved from 

 the Italian bee, which was the lightest 

 of any in coloring. A number were im- 

 ported to this country some years ago 

 and the experiment of producing the 

 really golden creature was begun. The 

 Italian bees were kept apart from others 

 and a careful process of selection was 

 inaugurated. Careful w-atch was kept, 

 and when the queens were born the 

 lightest-colored one was isolated. She 

 was then introduced into a hive, from 

 which she was sent out to mate. When 

 she returned and began laying eggs the 

 vigil was all the more closely kept. 

 Day after day the bees were visited, 

 and when the young queens emerged 

 from their cells the lightest colored was 

 often selected and isolated. 



"This process was repeated over and 

 over again during a summer, and then 

 for summer after summer years went 

 on and the experimenting apiculturist 

 saw his bees losing the leathery bands 

 which encircled them, and assuming a 

 lighter color. 



"The golden bee is actually golden 

 and is one of the rarest of bees, and it 

 is as gentle as it is beautiful. So rarely 

 does it sting that it has been called the 

 'non-stinging bee.' It may be handled 

 almost with impunity. Furthermore, it 

 is an amazing producer of honey, one 

 hive having collected annually about 185 

 pounds of the golden sweet. As 'to the 

 value of the queen, they sell at prices 

 ranging from $25 to $100 apiece." 



This is truly wonderful! And to think 

 that bee-keepers didn't know about it in 

 time to get i8s pounds per colony the 

 past poor honey season ! Well, there 

 are more seasons coming so there will 

 be time yet to invest "$25 to $100 apiece" 

 for a few queens that turn out the gold- 

 en bees that produce the gold through 

 their honey ! 



"Langstroth on the Honey-Bee" 



One of our readers wrote us as fol- 

 lows recently about this bee-book, orig- 

 inally written by Rev. L. L. Langstroth, 

 the Father of American bee-keeping: 



Editor York : — The book,"Langstroth 

 on the Honey-Bee," which you sent me, 

 arrived all O. K., and after reading it 

 over I must say I am exceedingly well 

 pleased with it. I could not, had I been 

 there, with all the books before me, suit- 

 ed myself better. The book is so inter- 

 estingly written, and the instructions 

 are so plain, that one as little versed 

 in bee-culture as I, can not help but un- 

 derstand. And with what a difference 

 I now read the bee-papers, for I now 

 understand what they are talking about. 



Is it not wonderful, how Mr. C. P. 

 Dadant quotes from old writers, what 



they say on certain subjects, and then 

 what Mr. Dadant has seen, all brought 

 down so nicely? I don't see how a bet- 

 ter book for the beginner could be writ- 

 ten. 



Now allow me to thank you cordially 

 for the interest you have shown. 



T. T. Armstrong. 



Hiawatha, Kans., Nov. 20. 



The book referred to by Mr. Arm- 

 strong certainly is a valuable one. It 

 contains over 500 pages, and was re- 

 vised this very year, so it is fully up-to- 

 date. We mail it for $1.20, or with the 

 American Bee Journal one year — both 

 for only $1.45. No mistake will be made 

 by any one who gets this book. 



Wedding Bells in Missouri 



Oct. 31, 1907, Mr. John C. Stewart, 

 of Hopkins, Mo., and Mrs. Henrietta 

 Larch (widow of the late Dr. Larch, 

 of Savannah, Mo.) were married. Mrs. 

 Larch was a popular lady where she 

 lived, and owned a i6o-acre farm, on 

 which is a $500 bee-house, excellent or- 

 chard, etc. Mr. Stewart is one of Mis- 

 souri's best-known bee-keepers. Our 

 congratulations are hereby extended to 

 the happy couple. 



The Chicago-Northwestern Conven- 

 tion 



By the time this copy of the American 

 Bee Journal is in the hands of its read- 

 ers another annual convention of the 

 Chicago-Northwestern will have been 

 held. At this time (Nov. 23) the pros- 

 pects are for a splendid meeting. We 

 hope it may be such. Next month we 

 hope to be able to give a good report 

 of it in these columns. 



The Michigan Convention 



The Michigan Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual meeting at 

 Saginaw, the first session being on Wed- 

 nesday evening, Dec. 18 and the last one 

 on Friday afternoon the 20th. 



Headquarters will be at the Sherman 

 House, at which the special rate of $1.50 

 per day has been secured. 



Among the speakers will be R. F. 

 Holtermann, of Brantford, Ont. ; L. A. 

 Aspinwall, of Jackson, Mich.; E. D. 

 Townsend, Remus, Mich.; W. J. Man- 

 ley, Sandusky, Mich. ; and W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, of Flint, Wtch. 



An exhibit of honey and wax will be 

 made, and premiums are as follows : 



Best single section of comb honey- 

 one Advance Bee- Veil. 



Best 6 sections of comb honey — 500 

 Lewis sections. 



Best S pounds of beeswax — one Hil- 

 ton hive. 



Best 5 pounds of extracted honey — 

 Choice of one year's subscription to the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review, or a copy of "Ad- 

 vanced Bee Culture." 



Best suggestions or plan offered to 

 increase the membership to Association. 

 Same to be in writing and not more 

 than 150 words — one copy de luxe edi- 

 tion of the "A B C of Bee Culture." 



For further information, write to the 

 Secretary, Elmore M. Hunt, of Red- 

 ford, Mich. 



Tennessee Fair Apiarian Premiums 



The Tennessee State Fair held the 

 last week in September at Nashville, 

 was a decided success, in every respect, 

 ancl was universally pronounced the 

 greatest Fair ever held in the South. 



In the Apiary Department there were 

 some fine displays of comb and extract- 

 ed honey, wax, bees, implements, etc. 

 Mr. Leslie Martin gave a daily live-bee 

 demonstration in a wire cage, and this 

 feature attracted a great deal of atten- 

 tion, as it was something new here. 

 The following awards were made : 



Best 10 pounds extracted honey— 1st, 

 J. M. Davis, of Spring Hill; 2d, J. M. 

 Buchanan, of Franklin; 3d, Chip Hen- 

 derson, of Murfreesboro. 



Display of extracted honey — 1st, J. M. 

 Davis. 



Best case of comb honey — ist, J. M. 

 Buchanan; 2d, E. B. Buchanan, of 

 Franklin; 3d, Ira Moore, of Nashville. 



Display of comb honey — 1st, J. M. 

 Buchanan. 



Display of beeswax— 1st, J. M. Buch- 

 anan; 2d, Mrs. W. M. Joseph, of Nash- 

 ville. 



Nucleus of dark Italian bees — ist,J.M. 

 Davis; 2d, J. M. Buchanan; 3d, Leslie 

 Martin, of Lebanon. 



Nucleus of golden Italian bees — ist, 

 J. M. Davis; 2d, Mrs. W. M. Joseph. 



Nucleus of Caucasian bees — 1st, Les- 

 he Martin; 2d, J. M. Davis; 3d, J. M. 

 Buchanan. 



Nucleus of Carniolan bees— ist, J. M. 

 Davis. 



Best display of bees, bee-products, im- 

 plements, etc.— 1st, J. M. Davis; 2d, 

 J. M. Buchanan; 3d, Mrs. W. M. Jo- 

 seph. 



Mr. Fred W. Muth, of Cincinnati, was 

 the Judge in this department. 



J. M. Buchanan, Supt. 



"Gus Dittmer Company" 



Beginning with Nov. 29, 1907, the 

 business conducted for so many years 

 by Gus Dittmer, of Augusta, Wis., will 

 be run under the name of "Gus Dittmer 

 Company," which was recently incor- 

 porated under the laws of Wisconsin, 

 with a capital stock of $20,000. Gus 

 Dittmer is the president and treasurer; 

 Mrs. Jennie Dittmer, vice-president; 

 and Fred M. Dittmer, secretary. This 

 is a wise move, and we trust that the 

 Gus Dittmer Company may continue to 

 be even more successful than was its 

 predecessor. 



Result of the National Election 



The following were elected last 

 month as officers and directors of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association: 



President— Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, 

 Mich. 



Vice - President — George W. York, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Secretary— W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, 

 Mich. 



General Manager and Treasurer — N. 

 E. France, Platteville, Wis. 



Directors— (in place of three expir- 

 ing) — Wm. McEvoy, Woodburn, Ont. : 

 E. W. Alexander, Delanson, N. Y. ; and 

 R. C. Aikin, Loveland, Colo. 



