1898 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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tell it in the plainest language, just as if talking quietly with 

 a friend, is the writer who will be read with the most pleasure 

 and profit. 



We have often invited our own readers to feel free to criti- 

 cise the American Bee Journal, and whenever they think they 

 have a suggestion that they believe might help in Improving 

 it, to feel free to send it to us. We are not perfect, by any 

 means — neither is the Bee Journal — but we are endeavoring 

 to give as good a bee-paper as we can for the money we have 

 to expend upon it. Of course it is not, by a long ways, up to 

 our ideal of what a perfect bee-paper should be, but just give 

 us about 10,000 regular, prompt-paying subscribers, and we 

 will begin to show you a bee-paper something like the one we 

 have in mind. This " Barkis Is wlUIn' " to do his part as soon 

 as the bee-keepers of this country will give him the oppor- 

 tunity. Until then, the Bee Journal will be made just as good 

 as we can make it under existing circumstances. 

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'Wisconsin Farmers' Institutes.— Mr. N. E. 



France, Wisconsin's Foul Brood Inspector, has sent us a copy 

 of the 300-page Bulletin No. 1 1, or "Wisconsin Farmers' Insti- 

 tutes," edited by Supt. George McKerrow ; 60,000 copies are 

 publlsht. It contains an article on " Keeping Bees for Profit," 

 by Mr. Jacob Huffman, and " Foul Brood Among Wisconsin 

 Bees," by Mr. Prance. Very good pictures of Messrs. Huff- 

 man and France appear In connection with their contributions. 



In Mr. France's article we find a report that he was en- 

 abled to make in connection with his work in 1896 in Wis- 

 consin. It shows 51,709 colonies of bees, valued at S258,- 

 545; 2,585,450 pounds of honey sold for $180,981; and 

 beeswax and queens to the value of §9,500, making a grand 

 total of nearly half a million dollars. If ail the figures were 

 known for the whole State, it would total nearer one million 

 dollars, we believe. 



We do not know how the book referred to is to be circu- 

 lated, but by addressing Supt. Geo. McKerrow, Madison, Wis., 

 no doubt a copy can be secured. 



Hone;- Sno-wCream.— Mr. C. J. Baldrldge, of 

 New York, thinks the following combination is superior to 

 ordinary ice-cream : 



One cup rich sweet cream ; % cup extracted honey of 

 decided flavor ; mix and cool thoroughly, then stir in fresh, 

 light, feathery snow till It crumbles, and serve at once. This 

 will be enough for four good dishes. — Gleanings. 



Better not wait until next summer to try the above — It's 

 wholly a winter dish, apparently. 



Mr. Albert Untbbkicher, of Riverside Co., Calif., writ- 

 ing Feb. 12, says : 



"The outlook at this writing for a crop of honey for 

 1898 is very thin for California, unless we get abundant 

 rains." 



Mr. Geo. Walker, of Ontario Canada, says of our pamph- 

 let, " Honey as Food :" "It is the best little thing I have 

 seen in years. I am sure It will sell the honey." Better send 

 us 50 cents and get a trial lot of 50. Every family ought to 

 read It. 



Mr. a. p. Reed, of Merced Co., Calif., sends the following 

 testimony concerning the American Bee Journal : 



" I enjoy reading the Bee Journal very much. Its weekly 

 visits are lookt forward to with fond anticipation, and I am 

 always realizing — have not yet been disappointed." 



Keeping the Honey Demand Supplied, after once 

 working it up, should be the constant endeavor of every bee- 

 keeper. Of course your own crop will run out — perhaps it 

 did long ago. Then, why not buy honey to furnish your cus- 

 tomers, and not compel them to wait until another season ? 

 We have a large quantity of both pureextracted alfalfa clover 

 honey and basswood, the former in 60-pound cans, and the 

 latter In small barrels holding 280 pounds net. Quite a num- 

 ber of bee-keepers In various parts of the country have had 

 honey from us, and say it gives most excellent satisfaction. 

 One-barrel orders of the basswood, or 4 cans of the alfalfa, 

 we ship f. o. b. Chicago at 6 cents per pound. Or for 8 cents 

 in stamps we will mail you a small sample first. Get a trial 

 shipment, and see how it goes. You should be able to make 

 good wages at selling honey from now until next summer, as 

 the canned fruits and other things put up last fall by the 

 thrifty housewives will be running short now, and they will 

 be more likely to want honey to take the place of fruits, etc. 



Mr. Francis Danzenbaker, Editor Root says in Glean- 

 ings, " Is one of the most progressive bee-keepers he ever met." 

 In proof of the statement Mr. Root acknowledges that to Mr. 

 Danzenbaker belongs the credit of a number of the apiarian 

 improvements in recent years. He says : 



"I believe in giving credit where credit is due, and I will 

 say that Mr. Danzenbaker was the first one to show us the 

 advantage of the dovetailed or lock corner; improved con- 

 struction in hive-covers; improved construction in bottom- 

 boards; the D. case — this letter D. simply representing Dan- 

 zenbaker ; improved method of crating hives ; and last, but 

 not least, directly and indirectly the advantages of fences and 

 plain sections." 



That sounds pretty good for Mr. Danzenbaker, and yet, 

 just think of the blame that will be given him for causing so 

 many changes in apiarian fixtures ! Changes cost money to 

 every bee-keeper who indulges. 



Mrs. a. J. Barber, of Montezuma Co., Colo., when send- 

 ing us her renewal subscription, also included with it a dollar 

 for her membership fee in the United States Bee-Keepers' 

 Union, and also one dollar for the Langstroth monument 

 fund. Regarding this fund, Mrs. Barber said: 



" I think if we bee-keepers don't raise at least §200 for 

 the monument, we are an ungrateful set, and I shall feel 

 ashamed of our selfishness." 



Just so. Bee-keepers should do the generous and just 

 thing to the memory of the lamented Father Langstroth. We 

 hope that due gratitude will be shown In the erection of a 

 monument that will reflect credit upon the living, and be a 

 proper mark of honor to the dead. 



The Montreal Witness is one of the strong kind of 

 weekly newspapers. Its principles and convictions are not 

 for sale. Here is what one of the best Canadian religious 

 weeklies thinks of the Witness : 



" Nowhere, we think, is there a press of higher ^moral 

 tone than that of our beloved country. It possesses, we think, 

 the unique distinction of having a leading journal In its larg- 

 est city which for over 50 years has been a moral crusader, a 

 champion of reform. In all that time it has not piiblisbt one 

 liquor, or tobacco, or theatrical advertisement. At the sacrl- 

 flce of much money It has stood true to its high principle, and 

 stands foursquare, a tower of strength, against all the winds 

 that blow." 



Mk. H. E. Hill, of Pennsylvania and Florida, has been 

 engaged to edit the American Bee-Keeper, beginning with the 

 February number. For a year or so back that paper has been 

 running some 16 pages (or half of its contents) in " plate 

 matter," composed of a miscellaneous assortment of short 

 stories, anecdotes, etc. This is all omitted now, and the size 

 reduced to 16 pages, filled with strictly bee-reading. Quite 

 an improvement. We hope Mr. Hill will not find that he has 

 undertaken an " up-Uill" job. 



Mr. W. R. Graham, of Hunt Co., Tex., wrote as follows^ 

 Jan. 31: 



"I have been taking the American Bee Journal regularly 

 for over 20 years, and am not tired of it yet. It Is always a 

 welcome visitor. I have been a bee-keeper from boyhood, and 

 am now over 70 years old. I have been learning all the time 

 — not all learned yet." 



