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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



A-pril 21. 



GEORGE W. YORK, EDITOR. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



[Entered at the Post-OfiBce at Chicago as Second-Class Mail Matter.] 



UNITED STATES BEE-KEEPERS' UNION 



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

 keepers; to protect its meiuber.<i ; to prevent the adulteration of honey; and 

 to prosecute the dishonest honey-commiasion men. 



A/embership jPee— SI-OO per JX-htlutti, 



Executive COMMITTEE-Pres.. George W.York; Vice-Pres.. W. Z. Hutchinson: 



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

 BOAUD OF Directors— E. R. Root; E. Whitcomb: E.T.Abbott; C. P. Dadant; 



W. Z. Hutchinson: Dr. C. C. Miller. 

 General manager and TRKASCRER—Eupene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



VOL. 38. 



APRIL 21, 1898. 



NO. 10. 



Note.— The American Bee .Tournal adopts tbe Orthosrapby of the following 

 Rule, recommended by tbe joint action of the American Philological Asso- 

 ciation and the Philological Society of England;— Change "d" or "ed'' final 

 to "t" when so pronounced, except when the "e" affects a preceding sound. 



" A Journal that is bright, wide-awake, vigorous, up- 

 to-date, aud full of ideas that help arouse the reader to belter 

 deeds, can be forgiven almost any failing." — Review. 



All right, we feel forgiven, for so many of our readers 

 have told us that they consider the American Bee Journal 

 just that kind of a journal. Next. 



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Bee-Supply Brandies.— It is surprising to note 

 how many of the large manufacturers of bee-keepers' supplies 

 have within a few years establisht branches in various parts 

 of the country. It seems to be growing as a fad with a firm 

 that has their big headquarters somewhere, to have a whole 

 lot of their smaller hindquarters scattered almost everywhere. 

 We believe the practice will not be so very profitable in the 

 long run. Some day there will likely be a gathering together 

 from " all quarters," to the profit of all concerned. 



An Unfortunate Bee-Keeper.— We have re- 

 ceived the following from Mr. C. P. Dadant, in regard to a 

 bee-keeper and family who are destitute through the recent 

 awful Shawneetown, III., flood : 



Mr. Editor: — Your readers have .undoubtedly all read 

 about the terrible disaster at Shawneetown. But, like myself, 

 most of them have probably not thought much farther about 

 it, and altho quite willing to lend a helping hand, they have 

 failed to find the opportunity to subscribe to help the suf- 

 ferers. 



It now appears that one of our brother bee-keepers, and 

 a very deserving one, is among the sufferers, and I take the 

 liberty to present the facts to the bee-keeping fraternity. 



Mr. Thos. McDonald, of Shawneetown, wa? accidentally 

 paralyzed in the hip and legs by falling from a building in 

 1895. He has since been unable to work, being confined to a 



wheel chair, and his apiary of 200 colonies, and a few milk 

 cows that he owned, were managed by his wife and daughters. 

 They were, in this way, making a good living in spite of his 

 position and inability to work. 



The flood of Sunday evening, which destroyed the entire 

 town, drowning over lUO people, deprived him of all he had. 

 They lost their home, their cows and their bees, saving only 

 their lives. Friend bee-keeper, is this not a case deserving of 

 our help? The bee-keeping fraternity is a sort of free- 

 masonry, an occupation apart from all others. Let us do as 

 other brotherhoods do, help our suffering ones, remembering 

 that our turn may come to suffer. Let no one hold back be- 

 cause he can give but little. It is the little drops of rain tha', 

 make the mighty rivers. 



If Thos. McDonald can get help enough to buy a few bees 

 he can keep out of the poor-house. Bee-keepers, let us hear 

 from you ! C. P. Dadant. 



In a private letter Mr. Dadant suggests that the contri- 

 butions be sent either to us or to Mr. McDonald direct. But 

 we believe it would be better to forward all to Mr. 0. P. 

 Dadant, Hamilton, Hancock Co., III., who doubtless will be 

 glad to turn over the total amount, and see that it is properly 

 used, as he vouches for Mr. McDonald's worthiness. We for- 

 ward our own contribution to Mr. Dadant at once, and trust 

 that all who feel able to do so will send now, so that our suf- 

 fering brother and family may be able to start with bees again 

 in time to do something this season, which is now at hand. 

 All contributors and their amounts will be publish! in the 

 American Bee Journal later on. 



Let as many as can send $1.00 each. More if you can do 

 so, or less if not able to send so much. 



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Oradiug: or Sorting' Comb Honey. — How 



often we have been deceived in honey the past year. We have 

 bought lot after lot, that was very beautiful next to the 

 glass, but back of that — well, it was simply fraudulent put- 

 ting up, that's all. What good excuse can there be for putting 

 well-filled, white and tempting sections of honey in the outside 

 row, and then filling up with partly-filled, half-sealed sections ? 



We should like to see the practice come into vogue, of tbe 

 producer putting his navie, county and State, on every case 

 of honey shipt to a city market. It would be infinitely to the 

 credit of the ones who were honest in the putting up of their 

 best grades ; aud the other fellows would suffer by the prac- 

 tice, as they justly deserve. 



There ought to be an advance made this year along the 

 line of a more honest grading or sorting of comb honey for 

 market. Dealer and consumer would alike rejoice. 



The Langstrotli Monument Fund.— Mr. E. 



S. Lovesy, President of the Utah Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 sends us the following suggestions on the proposed monument 

 to be erected to the memory of Father Laugstroth : 



Friend York: — I have received information that a prop- 

 osition has been made to erect a Langstroth monument at a 

 cost of about .§75. As a bee-keeper I do most emphatically 

 protest. Shame upon us, if 100,000 or more bee-keepers in 

 the United States cannot do better than this in honor of our 

 beloved friend — the greatest of all American bee-keepers. The 

 trouble is not a lack of generosity on the part of our bee- 

 keepers, but a careless indifference or lack of interest in the 

 matter. We can aud must do better. Then let us be up and at 

 it, till the noble work is done. 



I move that a committee of five or more bee-keepers be 

 appointed by the officers of the United States and National 

 Bee-Keepers' Unions, to find out where the best and most sub- 

 stantial monument can be had at a cost of about $500; said 

 committee to also receive inscriptions and select one from 

 among those received to be placed on the monument; and 

 that they also be authorized to agitate the matter until the 

 work is completed in a manner that our bee-keepers will not 

 be ashamed to visit the last resting-place of our long-to-be- 

 remembered friend, L. L. Langstroth. E. S. LovEsr. 



No doubt many said while they were reading the foregoing, 

 "Why, I'll second that motion." We believe that .f 1,000 



