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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 20, 



GBORGB W. YORK, . Editor. 



PUBLI8HT WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



118 Affclligran St., 



$1.00 a Year — Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 [Untered at the Po8^0fflce at CblcsKO as Second-Class Mall-Matter ] 



United States Bee-Keepers' Union. 



Organized to advance the pursuit of Apiculture: to promote the interests 



ot bee-beepers : to protect its members ; to prevent the adulteration 



01 honey ; and to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



Membership Fee— S1.00 Per Annum. 



Executive Committee. 



PRESinENT— George W. York. Vice-Pres.— W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 Secretary— Dr. A. B. Mason, Station B, Toledo, Ohio. 



Board of -Directors. 



E. R. Root. E. Whitcomb. E. T. Abbott. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. Dr. C. C. Miller. C. P. Dadant. 



General iWanagrer anri Treasurer. 



Eugene Seoor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Vol. niVIII. CBICAGO, ILL., JAN, 20, 



No. 3, 



Order Bee-Supplies in Time.— Yes, you are 



right, we were about to offer the aunual advice regarding the 

 purchase of supplies early — in ample time for the honey sea- 

 son. Judging from the reports we have read from some of 

 the factories, it looks as if there might be an unusually early 

 rush this year. We shouldn't wonder if last season most bee- 

 keepers had a chance to use up all the supplies they had left 

 over from previous poor seasons, and the coming season they 

 will have to lay in another supply. This will make a larger 

 business this year than even that of last year, which was con- 

 sidered almost phenomenal by the manufacturers of apiarian 

 supplies. 



The wise bee-keeper will always have on hand, in advance 

 of the season, nearly all the supplies that will likely be 

 needed. Don't get caught without having at least the neces- 

 sary goods on hand when the time comes to use them. 



The New^ ITiiion's membership is growing 

 steadily. Almost daily we are receiving and forwarding the 

 dues of new members to the Treasurer and Manager, Hon. 

 Eugene Secor, of Forest City, Iowa. We hope the increase 

 may continue right along, until there shall be a membership 

 of at least 1,000. All who prefer to do so, can send their 

 dues (.$1.00) when writing to us, and we will continue to 

 forward them to Mr. Secor, as we are now doing. The mem- 

 bership now must be about 350. Why not make it 1,000 by 

 the next annual uieeting, which will doubtless be held in 



Omaha — or Cincinnati (?). It would mean a good deal if the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union had a membership of 

 1,000. It would then be the largest organization of bee- 

 keepers ever known on this continent. Are yoM a member? 

 If not, you'd better join at once, and lend your aid in carry- 

 ing out the important objects of the new Union. 

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Tbe micb. Apiarian Experiment Station, 



the Superintendent of which, Mr. John M. Rankin, reports in 

 the American Bee-Keeper, is by no means idle. Among other 

 things they have been at work to increase the length of the 

 tongues of bees, and during the past season made an increase 

 of two-tenths of a millimeter in the length of tongue of one 

 strain by means of crossing. Experiments are also being 

 made in the way of mating queens to desirable drones. 



S'weet Clover is both illustrated and clearly de- 

 scribed by Harriet Mason, of Lorain Co., Ohio, in the Ohio 

 Parmer of Jan. 6. The writer shows ttfat she knows sweet 

 clover all right, and says, "As a weed it is not troublesome." 

 Of course it is not hard to destroy, if one only knows how. 

 The illustration given is a very fine one, and Ohio farmers 

 would do well to teach their larger stock to eat. The bees 

 know already how good it is as a nectar-yielder. 

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Honey as Food — our 2-i-page pamphlet gotten up 

 for general distribution among consumers of honey — is being 

 liberally quoted from by the public press. The Chicago 

 Record — that magniflcent daily newspaper — lately printed a 

 half column taken from it. As the Record's circulation is 

 more than 200,000, several people probably learned some- 

 thing about honey. We hope our readers will see to it that 

 the editors of their local papers are invited to copy from 

 " Honey as Food." It's brief, correct, and interesting to all. 



The Vermont Bee-Keepers' Convention— 



the 23rd annual meeting — will be held at the Van Ness House, 

 in Burlington, Jan. 26 and 27. Railroad rate, two cents per 

 mile each way. Of course, every bee-keeper is invited to be 

 present. It will afford a good opportunity to visit the State 

 Experiment Station and Farm. A portion of the printed pro- 

 gram reads as follows : 



Comparative Value of the Italian and Black Races of Bees 

 — A. E. Manum. 



Spring Management of Bees — J. E. Crane. 



The Bees and the Flowers — Prof. L. R. Jones. 



Report of Work Done by the Experiment Station Apiary 

 During the Past Year — Cassius R. Peck. 



Would it Be Practical for Vermont Bee-Keepers to Organ- 

 ize a Bee-Keepers' Exchange — J. E. Crine and O. J. Lowrey. 



Song — M. A. Everest. 



Can an Out-Apiary Run for Comb Honey be Made Profit- 

 able With No One to Hive Swarms? If So, How to Manage 

 It ?— W. G. Larrabee. 



Shall We Adopt the New No-bee-way Section and Fence 

 in Place of Our Present Section and Separator ? — H. L. 

 Leonard. 



Recitation — Albert M. Cram. 



For a copy of the full program, and further particulars, 

 address the Secretary, H. L. Leonard, Brandon, Vt. 



Xhe Chicago Honey market Ag-ain.— Last 



week we had something to say regarding the prices of honey 

 in this market. Since then the Chicago Record (one of the 

 great dailies here) gave a write-up on the honey-business as it 

 appeared Monday, Jan. 10, on South Water street — the great 

 farm-produce street of this city. Here is what the Record's 

 reporter had to sav : 



Honey's lack of activity is material for considerable 

 speculation among South Water street dealers nowadays. 

 This is a season of the year when the product of the bees is 



