1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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distinct pronunciation ;" and that the French Academy has 

 taken steps for the reform of the spelling of many of the 

 French words, and that Italy, " classic Italy," has made her 

 language phonetic; and poor Spain, and nearly ail other nations 

 In Europe are moving in the same direction ? Are the Anglo- 

 Saxons alone to pay the penalty In orthography of being the 

 great-grandchildren of blundering ancestors? 



We might say that the publishers of the New York Voice 

 — Messrs. Funk & Wagnalls Co. — are also the publishers of 

 the great Standard Dictionary. They are the leaders in sev- 

 eral reform movements, one of which is the spelling reform. 



The New Union still continues to grow. It is get- 

 ting ready^preparing to fullill its great mission of usefulness 

 to the pursuit of bee-keeping. Of course not much has yet 

 been done — it has had few opportunities, and less funds. Prof. 

 Cook, In the April Pacific Bee Journal, has a few words on 

 "The Unions," from which we quote the following : 



" The New Union promises to combat every evil of any 

 magnitude that attempts the Injury of bee-keepers. As yet it 

 has only talkt. People seem doubtful if it will grapple with 

 adulteration, etc., especially the wrongs that the Old Union 



resisted so effectually Many hold aloof because of such 



doubt. I think we should all unite on one Union, and that the 

 one that would fight every enemy to the knife." 



Well, what have the General Manager and Board of Direc- 

 tors to say to Prof. Cook's strictures upon the United States 

 Bee-Keepers' Union ? They are the fighting part of the or- 

 ganization, and to them bee-keepers must look for the results. 



Our own faith in the ultimate value of the work to be 

 done by the New Union is as strong as ever. It needs only 

 the funds, and the opportunities to use them. When the 

 former are ample, the latter will no doubt bo found in suffi- 

 cient abundance. 



Here is what a Kentucky bee-keeper has to say about 

 joining the New Union : 



George W. York & Co — 



Dear Sirs : — Enclosed find .$1.00 for membership fee to 

 the United States Bee-Keepers' Union. I want to put in my 

 mite to help up that grand organization. It should have the 

 hearty co-operation of every bee-keeper in the United States. 

 Why can't we build one of the grandest associations in Amer- 

 ica? I believe we have the good-will of each other, and a 

 reasonable amount of intelligence. We may be lacking some 

 in financial resources, but it seems to me if all bee-keepers 

 could realize the benefits of a strong and thorough organiza- 

 tion, built on the broad platform of the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, they surely would be willing to contribute as 

 much as $1..00 at least. 



I hope the next meeting-place will be at Cincinnati. 



W. S. Fekback. 



Mb. John W. Wilcox, of Jo Daviess Co., III., writing us 

 March 28, said : 



"Bees have wintered well in this vicinity. I did not lose 

 a Colony." 



Mr Alex. Schroedee, of Austria, writing us March 2b, 

 said : 



" We had hardly any winter this year, but stilf the vegeta- 

 tion is very backward, and so are the bees." 



Mr. Jacob Oswalt, of Stark Co., Ohio, is writing a series 

 of articles on his bee-keeping experience for the Alliance, 

 Ohio, Review — a leading newspaper there. This is a good 

 idea. No doubt every newspaper in the country would be 

 glad to publish a few articles on bees and honey. If written by 

 local bee-keepers. It is a good way to advertise the value of 

 honey as a daily food. Try it. 



Mb. Arthur Miller, of Windham Co., Vc, when sending 

 the dollar to renew his subscription, added : 



" I could not get along without the American Bee Journal." 



Now, we were glad to have Mr. Miller say that, for we be- 

 lieve he means it. We also are often Inclined to think that 

 there are quite a number that feel the same way— we know 

 there are many that pay the same way — promptly. But there 

 are, oh, so very many that seem to like to get the Bee Journal 

 right along, but who seem to forget that we need their sub- 

 scription dollars in order that we may be able to continue to 

 send the Bee Journal to them so regularly. 



Suppose «(t our good people who are in arrears on their 

 subscription just look up the matter now, and send in enough 

 to pay to the end of 1898. If about two thousand should do 

 that we'd say— well, we believe the " Mrs. Editor " could say 

 it better then, for lue'tl be "too full for utterance" — full of 

 joy and thankfulness. And we believe those same subscribers 

 would be happier, too. 



Mr. J. H. Maetin— the California " Rambler-ing" corres- 

 pondent of Gleanings for years- -seems to have been greatly 

 affected by the pictures of Mr. Golden's section-cleaners— but 

 more imprest, evidently, by the two-handed "cleaner," or 

 operator, than by the machines themselves. Just see how 

 hard he has been " struck :" 



" Mr. Editor, I wish to enter a protest against the method 

 Mr. Golden uses to Illustrate his machine. I have tried to 

 find the useful points in the machine, but never get further 

 than the beautiful young lady in the foreground, who is look- 

 ing right at a fellow. Take her away so I can study the ma- 

 chine. Stop my paper." [Didn't think of it before, but Golden 

 must have had his eye on you. So you've been caught in the 

 trap? Tired of making flap-jacks and keeping bachelor's 

 hall, eh?— Ed.]— Gleanings. 



Mb. W. F. Marks, of Ontario Co., N. Y., recently visited 

 The A. I. Root Co. Mr. Marks was ln.«trumental in getting 

 for his State the enactment of the law against spraying fruit- 

 trees while in bloom. He has lately been working up the 

 Apis dorsata business — trying lo get the Government at Wash- 

 ington to send some one after the big bees of India. He thinks 

 they would be quite an acquisition to this country. But some 

 other very good /bee-keepers don't agree with him on that 

 point. We'd like to see that anti-adulteration law pass in 

 Congress first, and thus protect the purity of the honey pro- 

 duced by the bees we already have before getting bigger bees 

 here to gather more honey to compete with glucose and other 

 adulterants. 



Mb. Gko.'W. Hufstedlee, of Bee Co., Tex., writing us 

 March 29, said : 



"Our bees are gathering honey at a lively pace now, ex- 

 cept a day now and then when we have a wind from the north. 

 My advertisement in the Bee Journal brings me lots of busi- 

 ness." 



Mr. Hufstedler evidently knows how to get his share of 

 business. Some others might do the same who are not now 

 advertising in the Bee Journal. If you have queens or sup- 

 plies to sell, the bee-paper is the place in which to let it be 

 known. Our advertising columns are open to all honest 

 dealers. 



Mr. W. L. Coggshall, of Tompkins Co., N. Y., called on 

 us, with his young son, April 5, when on their way on busi- 

 ness further west. Mr. C. has nearly 1,200 colonies of bees 

 in 13 apiaries. His crop last year was about 50,000 pounds 

 of extracted honey, and 4,000 In the comb. He and his 

 brother " D. H." have been in the bee-business since 1862, so 

 they have had a good opportunity to see how bee-keeping has 

 grown in all these years. We take it that they have made 

 some money in the business, tho doubtless less to-day than in 

 their earlier years in honey-production. 



Mr. O. B. Baebows, of Marshalltown, Iowa, died lately. 

 We do not know the date or particulars of his death. He was 

 once mayor of Marshalltown, and had been a regular reader 

 of the Bee Journal for years. 



Mb. J. E. Bunker, of Cook Co., III., wrote March 31, 

 when paying his subscription : 



"The American Bee Journal contains too many items of 

 Interest for one interested in that line to be without." 



