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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Septemb|£ 



to their bosom, and clothe with divine 

 infallibility, the individual whose 

 reckless habit of talking, and whose 

 vile misrepresentation of the honest 

 industry which they cherish, has rob- 

 bed it of its dignity and of its profits, 

 and placed it before the world in the 

 light of a gigantic swindle? If he 

 does, he presumes quite too much 

 upon the stupidity of the fraternity. 



If any manufacturer of foundation 

 is guilty of adulterating the beeswax 

 used, which is being sold as pure, let 

 some of our associations thoroughly 

 investigate, locate the offenders and 

 expose them to the world. The Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keeper will earnestly sanc- 

 tion and assist such a worthy efifort. 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF 

 HONEY. 



In discussing the well-worn topic of 

 "Marketing Honey," there is always 

 one point the importance of which 

 is acknowledged if not emphasized bj^ 

 the individual who seeks to enlighten 

 his fellow craftsmen, and that is. "dis- 

 tribution." By "distribution" he evi- 

 dently means that after the laborious 

 and expensive work of concentration 

 has been accomplished, the honey 

 should, by like methods, be again dis- 

 tributed throughout the land and 

 placed within reach of the consumers 

 from whom it had boen removed. 



It appears that those who write 

 upon this subject, fail to realize that 

 a very thorough distribution of the 

 nation's honey crop is effected each 

 year by nature itself, without trouble 

 or expense, and that, before the work 

 of shipping is begun each year, a more 

 thorough distribution of the crop 

 actually exists than any subsequent 

 shipping will accomplish. In other 

 words, the movements of the crop, 

 through the channels of commerce, 

 is in reality the work of concentra- 

 tion, and not that of distribution. 



The idea seems to prevail that when 

 a crop of honey has been harvester 

 the next step is to move it to Chicago, 

 New York or some other large city, 

 the warehouses of which are probably 

 already overladen with this com- 

 modity. When it arrives in the great 

 city, the wholesale dealer begins to 

 seek a market therefor in the smaller 

 cities and towns throughout the coun- 

 try, and quite likely the hnnc}^ may be 



shipped to a point very near the fielc 

 in which it was produced. 



We doubt not that by seeking anc 

 cultivating markets in the smallei 

 towns, nearer home, and tlierebj 

 availing ourselves of the advantage o: 

 the state of distribution originally ex- 

 isting the bee-keeper's profits migh', 

 be materially enhanced. 



WESTERN BEE JOURNAL SOLD 

 The Western Bee Journal, whicl 

 has been published durtng the pas' 

 three years in the interests of Pacific 

 Coast apiculture, by P. F. Adelsbach 

 of Kingsburg, California, has beei 

 sold to the Calkins Newspaper Syndi 

 cate, of San Francisco, and consolidat 

 ed with that excellent agricultura' 

 monthly, Orchard and Farm, of whicl 

 Mr. Adelsbach will conduct tht 

 apiarian department. 



During its brief career the Westeri 

 Bee Journal has been a very spicy am 

 interesting publication and The Bee 

 Keeper regrets to lose it from its ex 

 change list. 



Mr. Adelsbach is president ant 

 manager of the Kingsburg Improve, 

 ment Association, a corporatioi 

 capitalized at $100,000, besides beinj 

 editor and publisher of Kingsburg' 

 local newspaper. The Recorder, whicl 

 is also a regular visitor to The Bee 

 Keeper ofifice, and it reflects the push 

 pluck and progress characteristic o 

 the western people. 



PRESERVE 



BEE-KEEP 



YOUR 

 ERS. il 



Without a binder of some sortj^^ 

 magazines are apt to get mislaid anc 

 lost and at best are not convenient foi 

 reference. Most binders cost more 

 than the average person cares to pa) 

 for such a convenience and so various 

 makeshifts are substituted. A handj 

 and efficient device largely used ir 

 places where many magazines ancH* 

 pamphlets are received is a commor 

 rubber band costing but two or thret 

 cents. One about five inches long by 

 a half inch wide is just right for The 

 Bec-Kecper. As soon as you get twc| 

 or three numbers snap on a band} 

 lengthways of the magazine and closet 

 to the back when it will be found thal| 

 they can be opened and handledl 

 almost as well as if bound 



