THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol. nil, N0T,1U886. 1,46. 



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Wliy Is a bootblack like a bee 1 It im- 

 proves each shining hour. 



A Carload of honey has been shipped to 

 Kansas City by Bittenbender & Woodcock, 

 o£ Knoxville, Iowa. 



It would Pay producers to allow local 

 stores a commission of 20 per cent on the 

 sale of comb honey, if they would retail it 

 at 20 cents per box. or per pound. Better 

 this than to allow the local retail prices to 

 run down to less than the net amount you 

 would receive from the store. 



Wffi liave Received a photographic 

 view of a portion of the public apiary es- 

 tablished in the Zoological Gardens in Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., by Mr. Arthur Todd, Vice- 

 President for Pennsylvania of the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Society. In the 

 centre of it stands Mr. Todd in the act of 

 viewing a frame of brood and bees just 

 taken from a hive. We have placed it upon 

 the walls of our ollioe, where it will be seen 

 by our visitors. 



Oatnian Si Brotlier, of Dundee, Ills., 

 have just sold .38,000 pounds of comb honey 

 in one lot, to a dealer for $."j,000, spot cmli. 

 They always have a good crop, always win- 

 ter their bees on the summer stands with 

 success, and always sell their honey at a 

 good price for cash. They are successful 

 apiarists and shrewd business men, but they 

 are very modest and quiet; and keep their 

 own counsels. The above facts were gleaned 

 from a " neighbor." 



TVhat Fools tliese Mortals be !— We 



have just learned of a transaction in proof 

 of the above assertion. In a town which 

 was considered to be a good market for 

 honey, resides an apiarist who was supply- 

 ing the town with a good article at a fair 

 price. One day he was informed that some 

 bee keepers from a distance had hauled in a 

 large lot of comb honey and retailed it " all 

 over town " at 10 cents per pound. This 

 ruined the market for the local apiarist, and 

 compelled him to ship his to another town 

 in order to get a fair price for it. Such 

 things are to be deplored. There is no use 

 of such ruinous competition, and every 

 man ought to have enough honor about him 

 not to do such a mean thing I 



To prevent such transactions, would it 

 not be well to get up a closer bond of union, 

 and protect each other's interests ? It is 

 high time now to organize for protection. 

 A central body should be incorporated, and 

 issue charters for local organizations. These 

 should have representation in the National 

 body, and be under its control. What do 

 you think, dear reader, of such a plan ? To 

 make the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Society such a central body would be very 

 easy, and then to control the markets of the 

 country by ascertaining the amount of the 

 crop, and scattering it evenly over the 

 great marts of trade, after satisfying the 

 local demands. 



The united wisdom of apiarists ought to 

 be able to devise the ways and means and 

 make a success of such an institution. We 

 would propose that this important matter 

 be discussed at the next Michigan State 

 Convention, and let a committee be ap- 

 pointed to take the matter in hand, and 

 after reviewing the whole ground, and cor- 

 responding with the principal apiarists of 

 America, let the committee report through 

 the bee-papers in time to have it acted upon 

 by the next meeting of the International 

 Society. 



As this matter is one that interests every 

 bee-keeper in America, we may reasonably 

 expect that they will take hold of the mat- 

 ter in such a way as to bring it to a success- 

 ful issue. 



Let no one think that this is a scheme to 

 Newman-ize anything or anybody I We 

 neither desire nor expect to have any per- 

 sonal control over the matter. While we 

 will do all we can to further the interests of 

 the apiarists of America, in any way theij 

 may deem expedient, -we would ask not to be 

 placed on the committee, least any jealous 

 or envious ones may thereby be discour- 

 aged from participating in this important 

 matter. The editor of the Bee Journal 

 already has more " public duties " than he 

 can well perform, and bears more of the 

 "honors " which such bring than he cares 

 to carry. 



Gathering' Honey. — The Saginaw, 

 Mich., Courier of Nov. 3, 1886, contains the 

 following : 



.lohn Rey. the apiarist, has gathered in the 

 season's work of his 118 colonies of bees, 

 consisting of 4.000 pounds of extracted 

 honey, and 2,000 pounds of comb honey. 

 His bees are mostly Italians. They were 

 yesterday engaged in gathering honey from 

 raspberry blossoms, which is something 

 unusual for this season of the year. 



Xlie inicliigan State Convention will 

 convene at Ypsilantl on Dec. 1, 1880. We 

 intended to call special attention to this 

 meeting, as one of the most important and 

 influential in the United States ; but the 

 following from Prof. Cook, just received as 

 wo were closing up the forms for this issue 

 of the JouBNAL, will answer the same 

 purpose : 



AOKICnbTURAL COLr,EQE,Mich.,Nov.ll,1886. 

 DEAtt Mil. Editor : — May I present 

 through your admirable Journal a special 

 invitation to the bee keepers, not only of 

 Michigan, but of adjoining States, to be 

 with us at our next annual meeting to be 

 held at Ypsilantl, on the Michigan Central 

 Railroad, aliout thirty miles west of Detroit, 

 on Dec. 1 and 2, 188fi ? 



Four topics of immense importance will 

 be thoroughly discussed. " How to market 

 our honey." " How to produce comb honey 

 that will market itself." "Have we the 

 best bee?" and "What of bee-forage?" 



Mr. A. I. Root promises to be with us. and 

 we hope for and expect Messrs. D. A. Jones, 

 J. B. Hall, and S. T. Pettit. of Ontario, Dr. 

 Mason, of Toledo, the Editor of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, and a host of others. It 

 will be a rare " feast," just such as Secretary 

 Cutting can serve up. "Come one; come 

 all." A. J. Cook, Pres. 



As the Editor of the American Bee Jour- 

 naIj is engaged to deliver a lecture in this 

 city on the evening of Dec. 1, 1886, he will 

 be unable to be present at Ypsilantl, and 

 participate in the deliberations of the con- 

 vention. His representative will be present, 

 however, to take a report of the proceedings 

 which will duly appear in the Bee Journal. 

 Let there be a good attendance. 



Tlie Display of Honey at tlie Iowa 

 State Fair was very large. Mr. J. W. Bit- 

 tenbender, of Knoxville, had a magnificent 

 exhibit of nearly 4,000 pounds in crates and 

 jars. We acknowledge the i*eceipt of a 

 photograph of Mr. B's exhibit, which attests 

 its dimensions as well as the tasty manner 

 in which it is arranged. A pyramid of ex- 

 tracted honey in jars, contained 14 tiers, 

 with two or three dozen glass jars exhibited 

 in each tiei'. The crates of comb honey 

 numbei'cd about 16 in the lower tier, and 8 

 in the upper one, and 16 tiers of sections in 

 height. There was also a display of imple- 

 ments for the apiary, which was quite cred- 

 itable to Mr. B., who took nearly all the first 

 premiums. The photograph also shows Mr. 

 and Mrs. Bittenbender standing in front of 

 the exhibit. 



A Fatiier can Give bis Young Son no 



better present than a year's reading of the 

 Scientific American. Its contents will lead 

 the young mind in the path of thought, and 

 it he treads there a while, he will forget 

 frivolities and be of some account, and if he 

 has an inventive or mechanical turn of 

 mind, this paper will afford him more enter- 

 tainment, as well as useful information, 

 than he can obtain elsewhere. 



Buz, is the title of a new bee-novel. It 

 gives the supposed "life and adventures of 

 a honey-bee." It is written by Maurice 

 Noel, and published by Henry Holt & Co., 

 New York. We found it so very interesting 

 that we read every word of it before closing 

 the book. Our time is so much occupied 

 that wfe could not do this except on a special 

 occasion ; this opportunity we found while 

 returning from the Indianapolis Conven- 

 tion. Puck notices the book in this funny 

 way : 



" Buz ; or, the Life and Adventures of a 

 Honey-Bee," by Maurice Noel (Henry Holt 

 & Co.). is a meritorious little book. It de- 

 scribes the career of a bee in a sympathetic 

 and picturesque manner, which will be 

 interesting to young and old alike. It is 

 easy to see that Mr. Noel has never picked a 

 honey-bee before it was ripe. He does not 

 know the warmth of a bee's affectitm for a 

 man who is too previous. If he did. he 

 would not be so familiar with the insects. 



