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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



=3 Established by Samuel Wagner In 1861 (^ 



The oldest Bee Journal in the English language. 

 Published monthly at Hamilton, Illinois. 



Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Hamilton, Illinois. 



Subscription Rates — In the United States and 

 Mexico, $1 per year; three years, $2.50; five 

 years, $4. Canadian postage 15 cents, and 

 other foreign countries 25 cents extra, per 

 year. 



All subscriptions are topped at expiration. Date 

 of expiration is printed on wrapper label. 



THE STAFF 



C. P. Dadant Editor 



Frank C. Pellett Associate Editor 



C. C. Miller Questions Department 



Maurice G. Dadant Business Manager 



(Copyright 1920 by C. P. Dadant.; 



THE EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT 



Good Samaritan and Other Funds 



As stated in the April number, the 

 total amount sent to France, the 

 past month, representing all subscrip- 

 tions to that date, was 10,073.37 francs. 

 This includes the following subscrip- 

 tions received at Buffalo: 

 Miss Favard, Chicago $ 5.00 



E. G. LeStourgeon, San Antonio, 

 Texas 5.00 



A. J. Odell 1.00 



C. F. Muth, Cincinnati S.OO 



Griggs Bros., Toledo, O. 5.00 



B. F. Neach 2.00 



L. K. Edgett 2.00 



R. C. Whitman 50 



A friend 5.00 



F. W. L. Sladen, Ottawa 2.00 



F. B. Paddock, Ames, la. 5.00 



J. J. Anderson, Idaho 1.00 



W. L. Coggshall, Groton, N, Y.- 2.00 



E. W. Gutekunst 2.00 



B. F. Kindig, East Lansing 1.00 . 



A friend 1-00 



Riverside Co., Beekeepers, Calif. 52.00 



Total $96.50 



Funds are still coming, so we begin 

 a new list as follows : 

 L. C. Rousseau, Waxahachie, Tex.$1.00 

 L. K. Hostetter, Lancaster, Pa.— 5.00 



O. W. Bedell, Earlville, N. Y. 5.00 



Emma L.Comption, Randolph, Mo. 5.00 



G. A. Bahn, Austin, Texas 5.00 



J. C. McCubbin, Fresno, Cal 10.00 



F. Kittinger, Franksville, Tenn... S.OO 

 Jacques Verret, Charlesbourg, 



Quebec 2.00 



Roy Tait, Siskiyou, Cal. 100 



A. Norton, Monterey, Cal 2.50 



Leon L. Jaqucniin, Solidad, Cal.-- 2.00 



G. B. DeSellem, Los Angeles, Cal. 1.00 

 A. Stevenson, Los Angeles, Cal.-- .50 

 Ferd Hanson, Los Angeles, Cal.— 1.00 

 S. S. Knabenshue, Los Angeles, 



Cal _50 



Total to April 12 $46.50 



The last 7 names came through J. E. 

 Pleasants. 



Austrian Food Orders 



The Society of l^'ricnds have discon- 

 tinued their Paris agency, so the 

 funds have been put into the hands of 

 Messrs. Crcpieux-Jamin, Tombu and 

 Outhelin, the local Franco-Belgian 

 committee. They are to send instruc- 

 tions as to the delivery of the goods. 



The "food orders" sent to the starv- 

 ing editors at Vienna were subscribed 

 as follows: 

 A friend, of Canada $5.00 



E. G. LeStourgeon 5.00 



S. D. House 5.00 



C. F. Muth S.OO 



R. C. Whitman ,50 



F. Rauchfuss 1.00 



E. W. Gutekunst 2,00 



B. F. Kindig 



1.00 



C. J. Baldridge 2.00 



A friend, Michigan 1.00 



F. C. Pellett 3.00 



O. W. Bedell 2.50 



C. P. Dadant 7.00 



Total: Four food orders sent $40.00 



Queens and Queen-Breeders 



The American Bee Journal is al- 

 ready receiving some complaints con- 

 cerning queen-breeders. Not that they 

 have failed to fill the orders, for it is 

 yet too early, but that they are not 

 answering as promptly as expected. 

 Many buyers fear that there will be 



trouble, as there was last year, in se- 

 curing queens. 



In our August number we gave a 

 lecture to both buyers and sellers. 

 Another lecture may be needed. 



The man who breeds queens for 

 sale must be a reliable man. He 

 must be prompt in acknowledging 

 receipt of money and either give a 

 direct promise of delivery of such 

 queens as the customer wants, or 

 state his reasons for not making 

 promises. If he cannot make sure of 

 filling the order, he should keep that 

 money where he can promptly return 

 it in case of failure. He must put 

 himself in his customer's place and 

 realize that it is a great disappoint- 

 ment to pay one's money for goods 

 and fail to get them, or get them too 

 late. 



On the other hand, as I have myself 

 bred queens for sale in the long ago, 

 I have much sympathy for the man 

 who is making honest efforts to sup- 

 ply queens when the season is back- 

 ward. The man in the North, in 

 Iowa, for instance, who sees a heavy 

 snow fall when he thought winter 

 was over, and who reads of frosts in 

 Dixie at a time when frosts are no 

 longer expected there, must certainly 

 comprehend that the queen-breeder is 

 as much disappointed as he may be 

 himself; that if he has promised 

 queens for May 1, he may be unable 

 to have them, no matter how strenu- 

 ously he tries. 



Meanwhile we demand of those 

 who advertise in our columns that 

 they furnish good queens, at the 

 dates agreed, or return the funds re- 

 ceived. But we hope the buyers will 

 be lenient when unexpected irregu- 

 larities of the weather, delay the ship- 

 ments unexpectedly. As we said last 

 year, queens are not kept in a bushel 

 box, ready for delivery by return 

 mail. Let us give and take. The 

 golden rule is, as elsewhere, applica- 

 ble to both sides. But dishonest 

 breeders should be at once eliminated. 



Mrs. Baldensperger preparing to hive a swarm. 



