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enable him to secure the honey with the least possible labor. 

 It is not a question of how can I secure the most honey per 

 colony ; but, of how can I make the greatest profits. This is 

 the broad sense in which bee-keeping must be viewed if we are 

 to reach the highest commercial success." 



Mr. Hutchinson, in the same editorial from which the 

 above paragraph Is taken, speaks of a neighbor bee-keeper 

 who had been to Detroit to sell honey, " and found that the 

 finest white comb honey could be bought for only 10 cents a 

 pound." Then he quotes his neighbor as saying : 



"Of course, there is a profit in it at that figure; but, I 

 tell you, a fellow has got to produce a lot at that price to 

 make anything." 



But Is there any necessity for the best comb honey selling 

 at 10 cents per pound ? We say no. There was no need of 

 the price of honey going so low In this city the past winter. 

 As we said some time ago, had It not been for a few unwise 

 bee-keepers themselves coming In here with their own crops, 

 and selling at too low a figure, and direct to grocers, we be- 

 lieve there would have been no necessity for commission-men 

 to lower the price in order to effect sales. Our own experience 

 in the honey-business the past winter proves that. And what 

 applies here will apply In almost every other city. The trouble 

 is, the whole honey-business is on a wrong basis ; and until 

 there is some sort of co-operation among beekeepers them- 

 selves, we fear they never will realize a .iust price for their best 

 honey in the city markets. 



We have found that the majority of honey-consumers are 

 not so very particular as to the price. If they only are satis- 

 fied that they are getting the pure article when they buy. And 

 right here is where a national pure food law would help 

 amazingly. 



There is much more that could be said along this line, but 

 we will reserve it for future occasions. 



The Connecticut Convention.— The seventh 

 annual meeting of the Connecticut Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at the Capitol, at Hartford, Wednesday, May 4, 

 1898, commencing at 10:30 a.m. The topics for discussion 

 are as follows : 



1. Is it any profit to the ordinary farmer to keep bees'? 



2. Which are the best, loose or tight bottom-boards ? 



3. Has the plain section and slat or fence separator any 

 advantages over the section with bee-way? 



4. Is it necessary to cover the sections in a super ? If so, 

 what Is the best covering ? 



5. Are the wax-scales that fall to the bottom of the hive 

 ever used by the bees ? 



6. How can queens be easily found ? 



7. Is the honey In our State adulterated to any extent ? 



8. Is there need of additional State laws for the protec- 

 tion of the food-consumer ? 



9. How can a demand for honey be developt ? 



10. Should a colony of bees be left queenless through the 

 winter? 



11. Does any one know of a case of foul brood In this 

 State? 



Mrs. W. E. Riley, 54 Hawkins St., Waterbury, Conn., is 

 the Secretary, who can be addrest for further information. If 

 desired. 



"Wing-strokes of Bees.— The San Francisco Post 

 reports that " a captive bee striving to escape has been made 

 to record as many as 15,540 wing-strokes per minute in a 

 recent test." That is almost be(e)wilderlng to think of. 



Xlie McEvoy Foul Brood Xreatnient is 



given in Dr. Howard's pamphlet on " Foul Brood ; Its Natural 

 History and Rational Treatment." It is the latest publication 

 on the subject, and should be in the hands of every bee-keeper. 

 Price, 25 cents ; or clubbed with the Bee Journal for one year 

 —both for $1.10. 



Mr. M. M. Baldridge says in the Bee-Keepers' Review, 

 that he thinks the great value of sweet clover as a soil-reno- 

 vator comes chiefly from its dense shade. 



Mr. John Newton — a successful young bee-keeper of 

 Canada — is writing for the American Bee-Keeper. Mr. New- 

 ton's portrait graces the April number of that paper. 



Mr. T. F. .Bingham, of Clare Co., Mich., wrote us Apri 

 11: 



"Bees have wintered well about here. My apiary gath- 

 ered pollen yesterday and to-day." 



Mr. H. Lathrop, of Green Co., Wis., wrote us April 8 : 



" The bees are placed on the summer stands. There has 

 been little or no loss, and I never saw bees stronger or better 

 supplied with stores at this season of the year." 



Prof. Max Muller had this to say along the spelling- 

 reform line: 



" English spelling is a national misfortune ; It Is unintelli- 

 gible, unhistorical, and unteachable." 



Mr. S, T. Pettit, of Ontario, Canada, writlng^us April 

 IS, said : 



"The spring is here again, and all Nature seems to re- 

 joice. Neither the bees nor the birds seem to carry any bitter 

 grudges in their loving little hearts. I wish we were as good." 



Mr. J. B. Wilhelm, of Seneca Co., Ohio, wrote us April 9 : 



"We have so many bee-keepers that are penny wise and 

 pound foolish. They are so saving that they cannot afford to 

 take a good bee-paper, and lose more than enough to pay for 

 a number of them, provided they would follow the instruc- 

 tions and advice given in the papers from time to time. A 

 person's life is too short to learn all by experience about the 

 production of honey." 



Just so, Mr. Wilhelm. It is surprising, the number of bee- 

 keepers there are that seem determined not to learn how to 

 keep their bees more profitably. But " where ignorance is 

 bliss," etc. _______ 



The New York Voice, publisht at 30 Astor Place, New 

 York, N. Y., is perhaps the most powerful newspaper the 

 temperance reform ever had. It has lately been investigating 

 the surroundings of some of the larger colleges and universi- 

 ties of this country, and the condition of things that it has 

 disclosed Is enough to congeal the blood In every respectable 

 man's veins. It has found that in some instances the students 

 seem to devote more time in an attempt to see how they can 

 distinguish themselves as drinking hoodlums and bums, 

 rather than for high morals and Intelligence. We believe 

 that when parents once really learn that others have been 

 rearing sons and sending them away to become drunkards, 

 gamblers and moral lepers, they will be careful to select the 

 college for their sons that is dead against the saloon, and 

 bawdy-house accompaniment. What a shame that our Ameri- 

 can youth should find themselves in institutions of learning 

 where the president and professors lend their Influence toward 

 encouraging the drink evil I Send for a free sample copy of 

 the New York Voice, then subscribe for it, and learn about Its 

 great work. Price, $1.50 a year. 



Bee-Keeping- for Beginners is the title of a 

 110-page book Just out, from the pen of that expert bee- 

 keeper of the South, Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of Georgia. It 

 claims to be " a practical and condenst treatise on the honey- 

 bee, giving the best modes of management in order to secure 

 the most profit." Price of the book, postpaid, 50 cents. Or, 

 we will club it with the Bee Journal for one year — both to- 

 gether for .'51.40 ; or, we will mall it as a premium to any of 

 our present subscribers for sending us one new subscriber to 

 the Bee Journal for a year (at Sl.OO), and 10 cents extra. 



