October, 1909. 



American Hee Journal j 



land has been opened for settlement. 

 Nearly all this development work is 

 taking place in the alfalfa coimtry 

 where bees do well. Most of the great 

 land companies have their headquarters 

 in Chicago, hence it is we can readily 

 find the information desired by per- 

 sonal investigation. We shall aim to 

 get reliable information that can be de- 

 pended on. We also expect to have a 

 competent bee-keeper visit some of 

 these new territories and report, and 

 we shall also endeavor personally to 

 cover some of this new ground from 

 time to time. Of course, there will be 

 no charge for such services on our 

 part. All we e.xpect is, that our read- 

 ers will help us increase the circulation 

 of the American Bee Journal in any 

 way most agreeable to them. Much of 

 the information will appear in the Jour- 

 nal, but there are some things that can 

 only be dealt with by private corres- 

 pondence which shall be confidential, 

 of course. If you are contemplating a 

 move to a better bee-territory, feel free 

 to avail yourself of our services. 

 Henceforth our whole time is the prop- 

 erty of our readers. 



ludiaua Fair Apiariau Exhibit 



At our State Fair the bee and honey 

 industry was well represented, there 

 being four exhibits and each of them 

 very creditable. The exhibitors were 

 Geo. M. Rumler, of Mohawk, Ind. ; E. 

 L. Barnes, of Bedford, Ky. ; C. M. Scott 

 Co. and myself of Indianapolis. Awards 

 were made as follows : 



Bee-Supplies— 1st. Walter S. Pouder; 2d. 

 C. M. Scott Co.; sd, E. L. Barnes. 



General Display— ist. Walter S. Pouder; 

 2d. C. M. Scott Co.; ?d, E. L. Barnes. 



Beeswax— ist, Walter S. Pouder; 2d. C. M. 

 Scott Co.: 3d, E. L. Barnes. 



Italian Bees— ist. Walter S. Pouder; 2d. C. 

 M. Scott Co.; 3d. E. L. Barnes. 



Foreign Bees— ist. E. L. Barnes; 2d, Walter 

 S. Pouder. 



Comb Honey— 1st. E. L. Barnes; 2d. Wal- 

 ter S. Pouder; 3d, C. M. Scott Co. 



Extracted Honey— ist. G. M. Rumler; 2d, 

 Walter S. Pouder; 3d. C. M. Scott Co. 



Honey-Vinegar— 1st. C. M. Scott Co.; 2d. 

 E. L. Barnes; 3d. Walter S. Pouder. 



Mr. Jay Smith, of Vincennes, Ind., 

 acted as judge, and so far as I know 

 each exhibitor was satisfied. 



Mr. Geo. S. Demuth, of Peru, Ind., 

 gave lectures, exhibited modern bee- 

 appliances, and showed specimens of 

 foul brood and other diseased brood 

 in glass cases as an educational affair 

 in connection with our new State Foul 

 Brood Law, Mr. Demuth being chief 

 inspector of apiaries. 



Walter S. Pouder. 



The O. B. Lewis Company 



It was our privilege to drop in to see 

 the G. B. Lewis Co., of Watertown, 

 Wis., one day last month. Mr. Geo. C. 

 Lewis, the head of the firm which his 

 father established over 3.3 years ago, 

 was in his office, and was as affable 

 and courteous as ever. 



As most of our readers will recall, 

 the large manufacturing building of 

 the firm was totally destroyed by fire 

 June 20, 1909. It is said that three 

 moves are equal to a fire. In this case 

 fire equaled one big move, or was the 

 cause of the G. B. Lewis Co. seeking 

 a larger space, where they will erect 



perhaps the largest plant in the world 

 for the manufacture of bee-keepers' 

 supplies. It is to have the best possi- 

 ble modern equipment throughout, and 

 will be ready for business about Nov. 

 15th. 



The manufacturina building will have 

 a total of nearly 17,(100 square feet, and 

 the warehouse llJ.OOO square feet; other 

 buildings will bring the total floor area 

 up to about 40,000 square feet ; or nearly 



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will be added as soon as the plant is 

 well under way. Many people were 

 thrown out of employment by the de- 

 struction of the old plant, but work 

 was given as many as possible in re- 

 moving the debris and other work nec- 

 essary, so that the cessation of work in 

 the factory was not a total loss to its 

 employes, and the near resumption of 

 activities at the new plant will be hailed 

 with pleasure by the community gen- 

 erally and the employes of the firm. 



Mr. G. E. Bacon, who is the chief 

 office assistant of Mr. Lewis, was ab- 

 sent on a very enjoyable vacation, he 

 having just secured a " queen" for his 

 "hive." Our heartiest congratulations 

 are extended to Mr. Bacon. He has 

 attended several conventions of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' .'Vssociation, and 

 is a most valuable acquisition to the 

 G. B. Lewis Co., with whom he has 

 been connected for 4 or 5 years. 



We also congratulate the G. B. Lewis 

 Co. on their new and beautiful plant, 

 which is so richly deserved, in view of 

 thei-r over a third of a century of 

 square dealing with bee-keepers. 



Lewis Co. 



one acre. In addition to the buildings 

 will be lumber sheds 500 feet long, all 

 of which will be connected with private 

 railroad tracks equalling a half-mile in 

 length. The total ground area to be 

 occupied will be about 5 acres. The 

 space and complete equipment will en- 

 able the G. B. Lewis Co. to take care 

 of all the bee-supply patronage that 

 can possibly come to them in the bus- 

 iest honey season imaginable for years 

 to come. All the machinery, which 

 will be new and of the latest improved 

 patterns, will be run by a private elec- 

 tric plant, the whole requiring about 40 

 motors, or a total of 300 horse-power. 



When operations are begun the Com- 

 pany will employ 130 people, and more 



Honey on a Tree- Limb 



John Egenes, of Iowa, sends us a 

 clipping from a local newspaper telling 

 about a swarm of bees that settled on 

 a limb of an apple-tree, remaining there 

 through all the heavy rainstorms of 

 the season, and at last accounts had 

 stored about 60 pounds of honey, caus- 

 ing the limb to bend nearly to the 

 ground with its load of sweetness. He 

 doesn't say whether they are the giant 

 bees of India (Apis dorsata) or some 

 other variety. Evidently they are open- 

 air bees, and certainly ought never to 

 die from tuberculosis ! 



O. O. Poppleton Visits the North 



Mr. O. O. Poppleton, of Florida, 

 called on us last month. He is one of 

 the most extensive bee-keepers in 

 Florida. He has been there for 23 



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