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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Xlie Freiglit Rs&te on Honey 



from Los Angeles to New York, via Sunset 

 Gulf route, on extracted honey in tin cans, 

 boxed, released, in carloads, minimum 

 weight 20,000 pounds, is 75 cts. per 100 lbs. . 

 Mr. C. N. Wilson, in the Rural Califor- 

 nia)!, thinks that this rate, given by the 

 Southern Pacific railroad, is " low enough 

 to satisfy the most radical corporation 

 killer. It will be the fault of the honey 

 producer himself if fair prices are not re- 

 ceived by him for California honey, as its 

 quality is such this season as to insure 

 ready sale wherever it is put on the mar- 

 ket properly. There is an impression 

 abroad that the honey-yield this year is 

 very large all over California, but the fact 

 is that not more than two-thirds as much 

 honey has been produced in Southern Cali- 

 fornia this year as in ordinary years, not 

 because there was not bloom enough, but 

 because of severe losses of bees in March 

 and April." 



Mr. Naiiiitel i?I. Ciitest, of Clinton, 

 Wis., called on us last week. He reports a 

 most excellent honey crop in his locality 

 this year — the best in over ten years. It is 

 refreshing to get such a report. Too bad 

 it isn't the rule instead of the more than 

 occasional exception. 



4>iir ICiogi-upIiical Slcefclies are 



enjoyed by all, it seems, including our 

 brother publishers, if we may judge by the 

 pleasant things they have to say about 

 them. Here is what we find in Gleani'iiys 

 for Sept. 1st : 



The biographical department of the 

 Amekican Bee Joukxal has been main- 

 tained vigorously for over a year now, and 

 in every issue of the weekly. We thought, 

 some three or four years ago, that we had 

 " done up " pretty nearly all the prominent 

 bee-keepers ; but new ones are coming to 

 the fore, and it is a pleasure to make their 

 acquaintance. Brother York is a good in- 

 troducer. 



Thank you, Bro. Root. But when it 

 comes to elegant pictures, Gleanin{/.s is 

 •'right in it." The Bee Jouhnal being 

 weekly, and ;j3 pages, yet only $1.00 a year, 

 we cannot afford to use such fine paper as 

 do (Jl(!<iuiu(/s and some of the monthly bee- 

 papers, else our pictures might be more 

 creditable. If it wasn't for the fact that 

 the real goodness of our bee-keepers so 

 nmch overbalances any defects in their 



pictures as shown in the Bee Journal, we 

 should indeed be tempted to feel discour- 

 aged sometimes. Reader, just help us to 

 double our circulation, and then see what 

 we can give you in return for your money 

 and your efforts ! If you want a genuine 

 surprise in return, just let all surprise us a 

 little first with long lists, or many short 

 lists, of new subscribers, and also prompt 

 renewals of your own subscriptions. 



Bro. Clias. I>a,t1ant is at Sturgeon 

 Bay, Wis., for awhile, to avoid the annual 

 attack of hay fever with which he is 

 afflicted when at home in Hamilton, Ills. 

 We are indeed glad to report that his son, 

 Bro. C. P. Dadant, who has been very sick 

 with typhoid fever, is now able to walk 

 about, and hopes soon to be quite himself 

 again. We trust that we, as well as hun- 

 dreds of bee-keepers from all over the 

 country, may have the pleasure of meeting 

 Bros. Chas. and C. P. Dadant at the meet- 

 ing of the North American next month. 

 They are the folks that know how to make 

 comb foundation, as is shown by their ex- 

 hibit in one of the Illinois honey-cases at 

 the World's Fair. 



Hon. Ewg'ene Set'or, the popular 

 judge of the apiarian exhibits at the 

 World's Fair, will again take of the work 

 of judging honey, etc., about Sept. 16th. 

 When here in July we believe he examined 

 what exhibits were ready, and particularly 

 the honey of last year ; this time he will 

 judge the new honey installed recently, 

 and the State exhibits that have been com- 

 pleted since his last visit. Judge Secor will 

 find that great changes have been made 

 during the past month, especially in the 

 exhibits of Illinois, Iowa and Indiana — 

 the three big " I's." 



Oonventii^i IVotices. 



PENNSYLVANIA.— The next meotinir of 

 the Susquehanna County Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at the Jaj^ House, in New 

 Millord, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. l'^, 1893, at 

 10 o'clock, a.m. All arc cordially invited. 



Harford, Pa, H. M. Seeley, Sec. 



INTERNATIONAL.— The North American 

 Bec-Kcepcrs' Association will hold Its 24th 

 annual convention on Oct. 11, 12 and 13, 1893, 

 In Chicaffo, Ills. Not only is every bee-keeper 

 In America, whether a member or the society 

 or not, invited to be present, but a special in- 

 vitation is extended to friends of apiculture 

 It every foreiKU land, Fuank Henton. Sec. 



WastiinKtou, D. C. 



