THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



611 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



DBIDITOK.. 



Vol. nil, SeDt,2U886, 1,39. 



Sweel Clover has another credit mark. 

 Mr. C. F. Muth, who has kept bees for many 

 years, says that this season Is the first time 

 that his bees ever gathered much honey in 

 July. He says that it is all owing to the 

 sweet clover gTOwing- profusely on the sur- 

 rounding hills. 



As tUerc is Anottaer firm in Chicago by 

 the name of " Newman & Son," we wish our 

 correspondents would write " American Bee 

 Journal " on the envelope when writing to 

 this oifice. Several letters of ours have 

 already gone to the other firm (a commis- 

 sion house), causing vexatious delay and 

 trouble. 



Vfe bave made arrangements by which 

 we can supply the Weekly Ajiebican Bee 

 Journal and the Monthly Bee-Keepers' 

 Magazine for 1887, both periodicals for the 

 very small price of $1.25, or the above and 

 Oleanmgs for $2. Three bee-periodicals for 

 the usual price of one I 



married, on Wednesday evening, Sept. 

 1886, at the residence of the bride's 

 mother, at Wilmette, Ills., by Rev. J. D. 

 Leek, Miss Sallie A. Ward and Mr. George 

 W. York, (an employe at the ofiace of the 

 Bee Journal, and who is known to many 

 visitors at this office.) Our congratulations 

 are extended to the happy pair, and we hope 

 they will never regret this important event 

 of a lifetime. 



Bad2:es Tor tlie Iiidiauapolis Con- 

 vention.— The Corresponding Secretary of 

 the North American Bee-Keepers' Society 

 (Mrs. Bobbins) is getting up a very pleasant 

 surprise to those attending the convention 

 at Indianapolis, in the way of badges. 

 With the good taste Mrs. Bobbins has always 

 displayed in such matters, it will, no doubt, 

 be a badge of which we shall all be proud, 

 and carry to our homes as a beautiful 

 memento of our visit to Indianapolis. 



Colored Posters for putting up over 

 honey exhibits at Fairs are quite attractive, 

 as well as useful. We have prepared some 

 lor the Bee Journal, and will send two or 

 more free of cost to any on© who will use 

 them, and try to get up a club. 



Anion;; tUe Many scores of visitors at 

 the office of the American Bke Journ.\l 

 during the past week, the most distinguished ( 

 visitor was Mr. J. S. Harbison, of San Diego, 

 Calif. Mr. Harbison is one of the pioneers 

 of modern bee-culture, and figured quite 

 largely in the bee-literature of a quarter of 

 a century ago. He is the author of a bee- 

 book, inventor of a hive and sectional 

 frames for comb honey, as used on the 

 Pacific Coast, and generally called " Cali- 

 fornia frames." He is the most extensive 

 bee-keeper in the world, owning from 3,000 

 to 3,500 colonies of bees, in many apiaries, 

 and is noted for having the largest honey 

 crop of any producer in the world. Next to 

 Mr. Harbison comes Capt. J. E. Hethering- 

 ton, of Cherry Valley, N. Y., who has about 

 2,000 colonies of bees. Strange to say that 

 within half-an-hour after our distinguished 

 visitor left, in walked Mr. O. J. Hethering- 

 ton, of East Saginaw, Mich., brother to the 

 Captain just mentioned. 



We had an excellent visit with these gen- 

 tlemen, as we did with many others who 

 called on us, which space forbids our men- 

 tioning in detail, at this time. 



Round Trip Tickets to the Conven- 

 tion.— As Manager of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, we have made arrange- 

 ments with the Indianapolis lines of railroad 

 for round trip tickets from Chicago to 

 Indianapolis and return to Chicago, good 

 from Monday to Saturday, Oct. 11 to Ifi, 

 1886, for .$7..30. The fare one way is $5.50, 

 and this is one fare and one-third. To obtain 

 these tickets, it will be necessary to get a 

 certificate signed by Thomas G. Newman, 

 stating that the bearer is entitled to the 

 reduced fare. Now, do not wait until you 

 come to Chicago to get this certificate, for 

 we may have gone before you come. Send 

 for the certificate at once ; and it will be 

 sent by return mail. 



Red Clover Honey.— Quite a number 

 have reported that this year their bees have 

 gathered honey from red clover. Mrs. L. 

 Harrison accounts for it thus in the Prairie 

 Farmer : " In consequence of the drouth 

 the clover heads grow small, and the tubes 

 of the flowerets are short. This enables the 

 bees to reach the nectar. There have been 

 many conflicting reports, with reference to 

 the utility of the red clover as a honey 

 plant, but it is apparent that when the con- 

 ditions are favorable for the production of 

 small heads, either by reason of the soil or 

 lack of moisture, Italian bees can reach the 

 nectar." 



The Publishers of the American Agri- 

 culturist, 751 Broadway, New York, will 

 forward a copy free to every person who 

 has been a subscriber to it, but is not now 

 one (provided they send their name on a 

 postal card), to the end that they may see 

 the great improvements that have been 

 made in that periodical. We club it and 

 the American Bee Journai, for $2.23 per 

 year. 



Frank Cheshire's new book on Bees 

 and Bee-Keeping, can be had at this oflice.- 

 Vol. 1, bound in cloth, $2.50, postpaid. 



Stands at the Head.— The Bee-Keepers' 

 Magazine says that sweet clover stands at 

 the head of the list of honey-plants, and 

 adds: "We know by personal observation 

 the following facts in Its favor, viz : The 

 number of bees on it per square foot of 

 clover is equal to the basswood when in full 

 bloom. The length of bloom is greater than 

 any other honey-plant we know of. The 

 honey from it is of beautiful light color. It 

 will secrete in the dryest, hotest, or rainiest 

 seasons, and will thrive on almost any land. 

 Rain does not wash the nectar from the 

 flower. It secretes from daylight till dark. 

 It is not hard to eradicate it from the soil 

 when required." 



The Bee, says an enthusiast, does not 

 deface your fields by clipping the growing 

 grasses, like the domestic animals; it does 

 not mar the garden plants or levy taxes on 

 your grain. Bees differ from the whole 

 insect world. No tree, shrub, plant or 

 flower is injured by their presence. He 

 might have added that without the presence 

 of bees many of the plants would soon cease 

 to bloom, and even cease to live. Bees are 

 the best friends of horticulturists and fruit- 

 growers. 



liinden Honey is the name by which 

 what has heretofore been called " basswood 

 honey," is hereafter to be known in Canada. 

 This has been decided by a committee 

 appointed to consider the question of an 

 appropriate name for that nectar. Now let 

 it be also called by the same name in the 

 United States. It is appropriate and much 

 more euphonious. 



To Indianapolis there are tour routes 

 from Chicago— the Kankakee, leaving at 9.10 

 a.m. and 8.00 p.m.; the Monon, 6.05 a.m. and 

 7.30 p.m. ; the Pan Handle, 8.30 a.m. and 8.30 

 p.m.; and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, 

 at 8.00 a.m. and 8 p.m. every day. On all of 

 these railroads the reduced rates for a round 

 trip for $7.30 can be had upon the presenta- 

 tion of a certificate signed ;by Thomas G. 

 Newman. We wish it to be distinctly un- 

 derstood that we have not been able to 

 secure rates for any other points— only a 

 round trip from Chicago to Indianapolis 

 and return to Chicago. Several have writ- 

 ten to us to get them reduced rates on other 

 routes, and from other points— and we 

 should be glad to do so, but have not been 

 able to do it. We make this announcement 

 to save correspondence on the subject. 

 The tickets are good from Monday to Satur- 

 day, Oct. 11 to 16, 1886. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union.— 



There will be a meeting of the ofiicers an 

 members of this Society at Indianapolis, 

 Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1886, at an 

 hour to be announced at the meeting of the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Society, to 

 consider business of importance. 

 Thomas G. Newman, 



Qeneral Manager. 



To give away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



