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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 27, 



^\^ M. 



eBOR6B W. TfORK, - Editor. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BV 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

 118 AfioUg-an St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



$1.00 a Year — Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 (Bntered at the Posi-Offloe at Cblcaso as Second-Class Mall-Matter ] 



United States Bee-Keepers' Union. 



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



of bee-keepers ; to protect its members : to prevent the adulteration 



of honey; and to prosecute the dishonest honey-commiasion men. 



Membership Fee— SI. 00 Per Annum. 



Executive Committee, 



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

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



Bftard of Directors. 



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



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



General TLIanas^er and Treasurer. 



Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Vol. fflYIII. CHICAGO, ILL., JAN, 27, 



No, 4, 



Tlie Langfstrotli monument Fund.— It has 



been a long time since we have had much to say in regard to 

 this undertaing in honor of the lamented Langstroth. But 

 Editor E. R. Root (who has had some correspondence with 

 Mrs. Anna L. Cowan, the daughter of Father Langstroth) 

 suggests that boe-keepers at once raise the fund to at least 

 $75. He reports that in all, so far, $60 has been contributed. 

 If we mistake not, nearly half of that amount came from bee- 

 keepers In foreign lands. Now we think that at least a total 

 of §100 should be raised, and that it can be done before 

 March 1, if each bee-keeper at all interested will send In his 

 contribution during February. Why not do it ? 



Send to us, if you prefer, what you feel like giving, and 

 we will report it in these columns ; also on March 1 we will 

 forward all in our hands to Editor Root, who will put It in 

 with what he has received, and forward all to Mrs. Cowan, to 

 be used in the purchase and erection of a monument which 

 shall serve to mark the resting place of the body of Rev. L. 

 L. Langstroth — the bee-keepers' loving friend and greatest 

 benefactor. 



Now let the contributions come in lively from this time 

 until March 1. Don't delay because you can't give largely. 

 Give just what you feel you can. 



Xrans-mississippi Exposition Kotes.— On 

 the first page of this number we show a fine view of the 

 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition as it will ap- 



pear when it opens, June 1, 1898. It is through the kind- 

 ness of the Department of Publicity and Promotion that we 

 have the illustration to show to our readers. Mr. Edward 

 Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Bee, is the chief of that 

 department. 



The Bureau of Bee-Industries is in the good hands of 

 Hon. E. Whitcomb, of Friend, Nebr. — the tireless worker in 

 behalf of American beedom. He suggests that bee-keepers 

 and supply dealers who contemplate taking space in his de- 

 partment should not forget the advertising facilities offered 

 them through making displays in that section of the great 

 Exposition. In addition to the space accorded exhibitors, the "• 

 Exposition will furnish each exhibitor ordinary light, ordinary 

 guards, 20 words each In 100,000 official catalogs free of 

 charge, and all expense pertaining to the jury of awards. 

 These items alone will cover every cent received by the man- 

 agement for space received by exhibitors. 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott, of Missouri, a State Commis- 

 sioner, has been appointed on the committee of his commis- 

 sion on horticulture, etc. We may reasonably expect some 

 good displays from that State. 



Mr. R. C. Alkin, President, and Secretary F. Rauchf uss, 

 of the Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association, are making a 

 determined effort to have that State properly represented in 

 the Bureau of Bee-Industries. 



Mr. Pollock, Secretary of the Wisconsin Commission, 

 visited Omaha the second week of this month, so we will likely 

 hear from Wiscorsin in the near future. 



'Wisconsin Convention. — The 14th annual meet- 

 ing of the Wisconsin State Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held Feb. 2 and 3, 1898, in the Dairy and Food Rooms of the 

 Capitol Building at Madison. Many prominent bee-keepers 

 have promlst to be present, and also with a grand display of 

 bee-supplies. Important subjects pertaining to present 

 methods of bee-keeping and marketing of honey will be dis- 

 cust ; also as to what shall be done to make the Wisconsin 

 honey display a credit to that State at the International Expo- 

 sition to be held in Omaha from June 1 to Nov. 1, 1898. The 

 State Bee-Inspector's report, and the free for all question-box 

 with answers and discussions will pay any Wisconsin bee- 

 keeper to attend and take part. All are invited to attend, of 

 course. Mr. N. E. France, of Platteville, Wis., is the Secre- 

 tary. Address him for further particulars if desired. 



California Favors Amalgamation.— We learn 

 that at the recent annual meeting of the California State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, held Jan. 10 and 11, the subject of the 

 old and the new Bee-Keepers' Union was taken up for discus- 

 sion, and the result was the passage of the following resolu- 

 tions, there being 4o votes in favor, and no opposition : 



Resolved, That the new Union should absorb the old. 



Resolved, That the Secretary be Instructed to inform the 

 respective managers of the Unions of this action. 



We think that extended comment on the foregoing is 

 hardly necessary, as it is so evidently wise an action that it 

 must commend itself to bee-keepers of all sections of the coun- 

 try. And coming from California, where is located such a 

 large proportion of the membership of the old Union, it seems 

 to us it can scarcely fail to have great weight in bringing 

 about a speedy uniting of the two Unions. We trust it may, 

 and that thereafter there may be a bending of every energy 

 on the part of all to build up an organization that shall do 

 even grander work than has the old Union, if that be possible. 



The Pie^v Union's Amended Constitution. 



— In the Bee Journal for Oct. 14, 1897, page 649, we 

 printed six amendments that were approved by the Buffalo 

 convention, and which were submitted to a vote of .the^ mem- 



