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American Hee Journal 



make, in his discretion, reasonable rules to 

 govern, and reasonable payments for the 

 services of agents whom he may appoint to 

 carry out the provisions of this Act. 



Sec. 4.— Any person who impedes, resists. 

 or hinders tfie State Entomologist, or any 

 agent whom he may appoint, in the perform- 



ance of the duties imposed by this Act. shall 

 be fined not more than twenty-Hve dollars. 



Sec. 5.— To carry out the provisions of this 

 Act the necessary expenses, to an amount 

 not exceeding Hve hundred dollars, shall be 

 paid by the comptroller on duly credited 

 vouchers. 



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Xatioiial Couventioii at Siouv 

 City, Sept. 22-23 



Don't forget the annual meeting of 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Association 

 at Sioux City, Iowa, the 22d and 23d of 

 this month. It is during the annual 

 Tri-State Fair, when special railroad 

 rates will be allowed within 20l1 miles 

 of Sioux City. As there are a large 

 number of bee-keepers in the territory 

 surrounding the place of this year's 

 tneeting, there will likely be a very 

 large attendance. The National con- 

 vention of bee-keepers has never been 

 held in Sioux City. We shall not be 

 surprised if the attendance is larger 

 than it was at Detroit last year. We 

 hope to meet there a large number of 

 our friends and subscribers to the 

 .American Bee Journal. (See page 310.) 



A Call from Prof. Cook 



Prof. A. J. Cook, the author of the 

 " Bee-Keeper's Guide, or Manual of 

 the .Apiary," spent a day with us when 

 passing through Chicago last month. 

 He had been visiting at Columbus, O.. 

 Washington, D. C, and in Michigan. 

 He was going to meet Mrs. Cook in 

 Seattle, and then go on to Alaska, after 

 which they will return to their home 

 in Claremont, Calif. The Professor, 

 although ()7 years old (or young?) is in 

 fine health, and looks not a bit over ■'>'). 

 California climate seems to agree with 

 him. .-\nd, then, he agrees with the 

 climate, and never tires of extol- 

 ling its virtues. 



Honey Crop and Prices for li)09 



In the central-northurn States tliere ap- 

 pears to be a lame iimoinil of honcydew 

 honey Kathercd Particularly is this true in 

 Ohio. Indiana, and Illinois. The last .State 

 has hardly anythine. for there seoms to be 

 an almost entire dearth of white honey 

 This is, no doubt, due to the drouth of last 

 fall, which killed out the white cloyer. In 

 Ohio and Indiana there is some white honey, 

 but much of it is impaired by a general ad- 

 mixture of honey-dew. In Michigan there 

 appears to be some honey-dew and quite a 

 quantity of white honey. This latter will 

 averaKe from 2S to so percent, and in some 

 sections there has been a very fair average. 



Crossini; over into Canada we find but 

 very little honeydew and a i;ood crop of 

 white honey. 



In .New York the yield is variously reported 

 from a half to a full crop of white honey. 

 The same is true to a ereat extent in New 

 .Jersey and the New Kngland States in Ken- 

 eral. 



In the States south of the Ohio River the 

 reports vary considerably from full to no 

 crop. Crossini; the Mississippi River we 

 Hnd some honey-dew and considerable white 

 honey in the Southwest. 



Throughout the alfalfa regions, with some 

 exceptions, there has been a fair average 

 crop. In Texas the yield has been good in 

 some localities and different in others. 



Prices for igoo. 



In a general way we may say that there 

 will be a good supply of alfalfa honey and a 

 fair yield of California sage. This will have 

 a tendency to ease up prices somewhat in 

 the West. 



For the eastern section of the country it 

 seems to be now reasonably certain that the 

 crop of strictly pure clover, or clover and 

 basswood mixed— that is. honey without 

 honey-dew — will be light. During Septem- 

 ber. October, and November prices on such 

 honey should be considerably in excess of 

 what they were last year, providing the in- 

 flux of Western goods does not have too 

 strong an effect. 



There will be considerable clover honey, 

 or clover and basswood with little hone>- 

 dew in it — not enough, however, to affect 

 materially the flavor or color. This ought 

 to have a fair market, and bring fair prices 

 for table use. 



Where honey-dew is very plainly present 

 we advise selling it for bakers' use. cjr for 

 stimulating for next spring. It should not 

 be used for wintering. If sold it must go 

 under the name of ■'honey-dew honey"-- 

 don't forget that, or Uncle Sam may exact a 

 heavy penalty for misbranding. -ICditorial 

 ju Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



ExtraotiiiK' Honey Without Open- 

 ing Hives 



This is the somewhat startling head- 

 ing to be found in Gleanin.gs, where 

 L. W. Avant tells about a machine of 

 his invention having a vacuum pump. 



stead of the ordinary midrib in each 

 comb, there is a space between the 

 two sets of cells on each side of the 

 comb, which .allows the insertion of a 

 suction-box to do its work. It is cer- 

 tainly a very ingenious affair, which 

 reflects credit upon the inventor, but 

 whether it has any practical value, con- 

 sidering the necessarily expensive 

 hives and combs, remains to be seen. 



Iiee>s ill CJerniany 



.\ccording to official report, as given 

 in Praktischer Wegweiser, in the Ger- 

 man Empire the number of colonies of 

 bees to the square mile of cultivated 

 ground ranges from il..58 to 44.03, aver- 

 aging Ul.ltj. 



Apiary of T. B. Kemiedy 



I am sending a picture of myself and 

 part of the bee-yard, which had 20 

 good colonies after the winter was over. 

 I have 35 colonies now, with prospects 

 of a big crop of honey. I think that 

 southwest Missouri is a fine country for 

 bee-culture. I have been in the bee-busi- 

 ness for only 4 years, and have had 

 splendid success, having started with one 

 colony. I use the 8-frame hive. 



T. B. Kennedy. 



Caplinger Mills, Mo., June 20. 



Heck's Repair Member 



Jacob Heck has gotten up a little 

 device that he calls " Repair Member," 

 which is intended to repair a section 

 when it is broken apart at a joint, and 

 also to fasten foundation in split sec- 

 tions. \ small piece of tin made just 

 a little after the manner of a paper 

 clip fastens the two parts together in a 

 substantial manner. It is ingenious, 

 but the appearance of the finished 

 product is hardly desirable. 



The .■>lassachusetts Bee-Keeper.s' 

 Fielrt-l>ay 



The Massachusetts Society of Bee- 

 Keepers' held its annual field-day at 

 Stoughton, Saturday, Aug. 7, at the 



Ai'iAKV OK T. R. KENNKin, ui C.M-i.rxGEK .Mn.i.s, Mo. 



by which the honey may be sucked out 

 of the cells without opening the hive, 

 or at least the hive is not opened so 

 bees can issue from the opening. In- 



bungalow "Apis" of Henry W. Brit- 

 ton. There were 14(1 persons present. 

 The guests from Uoston and other 

 places in Massachusetts^ and adjoining 



