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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Don't Stop It.— That's what a 

 good many of our readers say, when re- 

 newing their subscription to the Bee 

 Journal. Mr. W. R. Elwood, of Humph- 

 rey, Mo., writes : 



Please do not stop it. I could not get 

 along without my old friend. I think its 

 pages brighten each succeeding year. 



It is encouraging and delightful to get 

 such orders to obey. Though poor sea- 

 sons may come, many are not discour- 

 aged, but hope for the " good time com- 

 ing." Until then, we are sure all of the 

 bee-papers will appreciate a steady sup- 

 port, so that they may be enabled to 

 keep up the literary part of the pursuit, 

 though the actual financial portion which 

 is perhaps of more interest to the pro- 

 ducer, may not for a time yield its 

 hoped-for returns. 



The Michigan State Conven- 

 tion notice was sent as follows by Sec- 

 retary Hilton, from Lansing, Mich. : 



Friend York : — I am here to arrange 

 for the meeting of our State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, which adjourned to 

 meet at this place during Christmas 

 week, but I find we cannot meet in the 

 Capitol building then, as they want that 

 time to prepare the building for the 

 Legislature. I have talked with Prof. 

 Cook and others in regard to the matter, 

 and we have decided to hold the meet- 

 ing Dec. 13th and 14th. This is the 

 first two days of the State Grange meet- 

 ing, and we can take advantage of their 

 reduced railroad rates, and we feel it 

 will be better than Christmas week. 

 Will other bee-papers please copy this 

 notice ? Geo. E. Hilton, See. 



Starting: an Apiary. — In reply 

 to the question, "How extensive an api- 

 ary can be started on $100?" the editor 

 of the Canadian Bee Journal says : 

 " With that capital we would not advise 

 commencing with more than 10 or 15 

 colonies ; as otherwise, after purchasing 

 the bees, there would be other sundry 

 expenses." 



Read our great offers on page 653. 



Shipping: Honey to Market 



is a very important matter indeed, and 

 should receive most earnest attention on 

 the part of every producer. If not well 

 sold, much of the labor invested in secur- 

 ing a crop of fine honey is almost worse 

 than wasted. One of our apiarian ex- 

 changes contained the following excel- 

 lent advice upon this subject, which 

 should be read by all who expect to ship 

 honey at any time to a distant market : 



Some bee-keepers have lost heavily by 

 shipping their entire crop to a commis- 

 sion house about which they know noth- 

 ing. A person who has a carload of 

 honey would do well to go along with it, 

 and see to its loading and unloading. 

 Never ship honey to a commission firm 

 unless you examine Bradstreet's and 

 Dun's commercial agencies. It would 

 be well to first ship an honest sample of 

 the product to a commission firm, and 

 get their opinion as to what it will bring; 

 then not to put all your eggs in one 

 basket, but forward only part of the 

 crop, and if the returns prove to be sat- 

 isfactory, then venture more. This 

 shipping honey to unknown parties, and 

 have weeks lengthen into months, and 

 months into years before returns are 

 obtained, is very aggravating, to say the 

 least. 



British Bee-Keepers have de- 

 cided to make an apiarian exhibit at the 

 World's Fair next year. English bee- 

 keepers know how to get up an exhibit 

 of this kind, in fact Gleanings says that 

 they are " far ahead of us in honey ex- 

 hibits." If such is the case, we may 

 look for some fine honey shows in 1893. 

 Canada expects*to " out-do the world " 

 in this line at the same time, and we 

 know they are "no slouch" when it 

 comes to a honey exhibit. Bee-keepers 

 of the United States will have a splen- 

 did chance to illustrate their ability in 

 this line. 



The British Bee Journal for Sept. 

 29th, makes the following reference to 

 what their plans are, for securing the 

 desired exhibit : 



The interesting discussion which took 

 place at the monthly meeting of the 

 British Kee-Keepers' Association on 



