1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



991 



Convention Notices. 



THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO. 



Ever since the breaking-out of the yellow fever in the 

 South have I been receiving letters from different 

 parts of the country, suggesting that the place of meet- 

 ing for the National convention be changed to some 

 Northern city. To all, for a long time, I returned the 

 same reply: ' Let's wait and see how things turn out. 

 If the fever is crushed out of existence, or controlled, 

 then we can go to Texas just as well as ever." To a 

 certain extent, the fever has been controlled, but there 

 seems to be no probability that it will be done vdth be- 

 fore the time that has been set for holding our conven- 

 tion in San Antonio. The time has come when we can 

 wait no longer. If a change is to be made, it must be 

 made at once, that bee-keepers may be planning ac- 

 cordingly. Before takfng up the matter with the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee I wrote to the Directors, the editors 

 of the leading bee-journals, and to several of the most 

 prominent bee-keepers, asking for their views on the 

 subject. The majority was overwhelmingly in favor of 

 a change. The matter was then taken up with the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, and every member favored a change 

 to Chicago, during the fat-stock show, the first week in 

 December. It is possible that some other Northern 

 city has greater claims than Chicago for the holding of 

 the convention, but the meeting must be held where re- 

 duced railroad rates will be assured, and the fat-stock 

 show furnishes these. 



It is possible that there is no real danger from the 

 fever at San Antonio, but the fear of it is real, and 

 would have kept away the Northern people. The bee- 

 keepers of Louisiana and Mississippi would have been 

 shut up in their own States. Texas has had a slim 

 crop of honey this year, and, taken all in all, a conven- 

 tion this fall in San Antonio would have been a pretty 

 slim affair. I think that even the Texans themselves 

 would rather wait another year, when, if all goes well, 

 the convention could be held in San Antonio with every 

 assurance of a big crowd. 



Arrangements have been completed for holding the 

 meeting in Chicago, at the Revere House, corner of 

 Michigan and Clark Sts., on the 5th. 6th, and 7th of De- 

 cember. This hotel can accommodate at least 300 bee- 

 keepers, and the rates are 75 cts. for a room alone, or 50 

 cts. each where two occupy the same room. Meals are 

 extra, or they may be secured at near-by restaurants. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Secretary. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



THE MAPLE-SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



A very valuable pamphlet of 56 pages has just been 

 issued by the Department of Agriculture with the 

 above title. The book does not treat so much on mak- 

 ing maple sugar (although it goes over that pretty thor- 

 oughly) as it does on preserving and caring for our 

 maple-sugar forests in the best manner. It is of spe- 

 cial interest to me because our basswood orchard is now 

 getting grown up with other kinds of forest trees, and 

 we have neglected thinning it out. We have also forty 

 acres here in Ohio that we purchased particularly to 

 save the basswood timber: and I have been thinking of 

 thinning out around the cabin in the woods in Michigan 

 every thing except basswoods and maples. I did not 

 exactly know how to go at it; but this bulletin directs 

 in the thinning-out process that, instead of clearing out 

 the objectionable growth all at once, you go through 

 and cut off the larger part of the tops of all your objec- 

 tionable trees when they are four or five feet high, 

 preserving, of course, the maples or basswoods you 

 wish to grow. This gives the selected trees a chance, 

 and at the same time keeps the ground beneath well 

 shaded and mulched. Forest-tree-s to make their best 

 growth, Tnust have the ground shaded and mulched 

 under them, and this forest selected to grow timber of 

 sugar maples or basswoods for honey must not be pas- 

 tured. All stock must be kept out of it. 



This bulletin gives a series of half-tones showing how 

 to manage the wild growth, and what the result is after 

 a series of years. I was not aware before that any 

 thing had been published on the subject, and hence I 

 am greatly pleased to find there is such a work. They 

 estimate the thinning will be worth enough for fire- 

 wood to pay for the labor: and it is of the utmost 

 importance just now that our forests be not only pre- 

 served, but put in the best possible trim for growing 

 timber, and in doing this we secure the very best results 

 in getting basswood bloom for honey and maple-trees 

 for sugar. 



I have been studying this matter of preserving for- 

 ests for several years back. I have been watching the 

 woods and the way the trees grow around our cabin, 

 and I am sure the government bulletin is right about it. 

 And, by the way, forest-trees under favorable circum- 

 stances make a much more rapid growth than one would 

 imagine who did not watch the process, especially vnth 

 thrifty trees under favorable conditions. 



Ask for Bulletin 59. Bureau of Forestry, Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. At present I can 

 not discover whether it is given away or whether you 

 have to pay for it. 



The National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. 



Objects of The Association. 



To promote and protect the interests of its members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honey. 



Annual Membership, $1.00. 



Send dues to the Treasurer. 



Officers: 



J. U. Harris, Grand Junction, Col., President. 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111 , Vice-president. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Michigan, Secretary. 



N. E. France, Platteville, Wis., Gen. Mgr. and Treas. 



Board of Directors : 



E. Whitcomb, Friend, Nebraska. 

 R. I,. Taylor, L,apeer, Mich. 

 W. A. Selser, 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 R. C. AiKiN, IvOveland, Colorado. 

 P. H. Elwood. Starkville, N. Y. 

 Udo Toepperwein, San Antonio, Texas. 

 G. M. DooLiTTLE, Borodino, N. Y. 

 R. A. HoLEKAMP, St. Louis, Mo. 

 J. M. Hambaugh, Escoudido, Cal. 

 C. A. HATCH, Richland Center, Wis. 

 C. C. Miller. Marengo, Illinois. 

 Wm. McEvoy, Woodstock, Ont. 



AIKIN HONEY=BAQS. 



I-LB. SIZE, 35^x5^. 



I .65 I 1000 $5.50 



3.00 I 5000® 5.25 



100 



500 



2-LB. SIZE, dxT-A. 



100 8 .80 



500 3.75 



1000 7.00 



5C00@ 6.60 



3^-lb. SIZE, 6x9J^. 



100 $1.00 



500 4.75 



1000 8 75 



5000® 8.25 



5-LB. SIZE, 7x10. 



100 $ 1.20 



500 5.50 



1000 10.50 



5000® 10 00 



10- lb. SIZE, lOxlOK- 



100 $ 1.50 



500 7.00 



1000 13.50 



5C00@ 13 00 



We will print in name and address of producer or 

 dealer, in different quantities, at the following sched- 

 ule of prices for any size: 



IvOts of 100 30 cts. 



I^otsof 250 50 cts. 



Lotsof 500 75 cts. 



I^otsoflOOO $1.00. 



For each additional 1000, add 50 cents. Each change 

 of name and address counts as a separate order. For 

 instance, 1000 bags printed with four different names 

 and addresses, 250 of each, would be $2.00; with ten 

 different names, $.^.00, etc. As the bags must be print- 

 ed before they are made up and coated, we can not 

 change the label except in lots of 10 000 or over. We 

 have some plain 2-lb. size of dark drab paper which 

 we can furnish plain at $2.(i0 per 1000 less than prices 

 quoted above, or we can print a smaller special label 

 in one color at above rates extra for printing. 



The A. I. Root Co. 



Medina, Ohio. 



