1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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keeper are obliged to march. We need outposts on every side. 

 If we give the adulterators " war to the knife " the dishonest 

 commissioD-iiieD will form in our rear, and the sweet clover 

 cranks will attack our right flank. 



'Tis a plucky four hundred that have already enliste;,', but 

 they need more support. 



And something has already been accomplisht, altho we 

 haven't gone about it with the blare of trumpets accompanied 

 by newspaper reporters. 



I have noticed that the best lawyers are not the ones that 

 talk loudest to the jury, or who try to amuse the spectators. 



It is pretty generally believed that the walls of Jericho 

 would not fall, now, by marching around the city and making 

 a noise. 



It takes powder or dynamite nowadays to reduce the 

 works of the enemy. 



If any one knows of a good lawyer who is devoting his 

 best energies to his profession "for his health," I shall be 

 glad to enlist his sympathies in our cause, but I hope no one 

 will expect me to find such an one " lying around loose." 



The United States Bee-Keepers' Union can be made the 

 strongest defensive bee-keepers' organization in the world if 

 the intelligent and thrifty bee-keepers of this country will 

 unite. 



An organization with a thousand members is a hundred 

 fold stronger than one with a hundred. 



The letters coming to this otBce develop the fact that 

 there is need of a " union of hearts and a union of hands." 



The Board of Directors is composed of men of experience 

 and ability, and they are your friends. If they don't turn the 

 world upside down the first year of their official life, don't lose 

 your faith in the power of organized effort. 



Eugene Secob. 



Forest City, Iowa. General Manager. 



Those of our readers who have not as yet joined the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union should read over what Mr. 

 Secor says ab3ve, four times at lease, and then send their fee 

 of $1.00 to him to help create the defense fund — the " sinews 

 of war "so often mentioned. 



We should be glad to hear from the Board of Directors 

 now. Have they anything encouraging to say? We believe 

 in agitation, and think that the New Union should be kept 

 before the bee-keepers in some form constantly. If its objects 

 can be successfully carried out it will mean much to the cause 

 of American apiculture. But to do thit, there must first be 

 put iji sufficient ammunition to move things when General 

 Manager Secor wishes to " touch off " the Union's "gattling 

 gun." If we ever expect Mr. Secor to be a Dewey in the war 

 to be waged by bee-keepers against their enemies, they must 

 supply him with the munitions necessary to push the fighting 

 to the bitter end. 



Tbe Apiarian Display at Onialia during the 

 Trans-Mississippi Exposition promises to be the largest and 

 best ever witnest. Commissioner Whitcomb wrote us April 

 28 that the apiary building was then nearing completion. The 

 building is 128 feet by To feet, and after Swiss architecture, 

 well lighted on the sides, ends, and from the roof. The cases 

 for the exhibition of honey are located the full length of the 

 building on either side, four feet wide, and arranged so that 

 when the exhibits are in place they can be seen and admired 

 from the outside as well as from the inside of the building. 

 To protect them from the rays of the sun, awnings can be let 

 down as occasion requires. The tops of the exhibition cases 

 are of glass, so that the light from above will in no wise be 

 obstructed. 



The entire floor-space, exclusive of passage-ways in the 

 center of the building, will be devoted to the exhibition of bee- 

 keepers' supplies, and for such exhibitors who desire to erect 

 their own honey-cases. Sufficient space has already been 

 taken in this building to insure the grandest and most attrac- 

 tive honey and supply exhibition the world has ever seen, and 

 the expectations of its projectors will In no wise fall short. 



By the efforts of Commissioner Whitcomb, applications 

 will be left open to those who desire to secure space to the 

 shortest possible time prior to the opening, June 1, in order 



that no one may bo shut out who desires to participate in this 

 part of the Exposition. 



The buildings and grounds must be seen to be fully appre- 

 ciated. Douglass county, in which Omaha is located, has 

 taken 300 feet of space in which to show the wonderful honey 

 products of that county alone, and Mr. Aug. C. Davidson, 

 Vice-President of the Nebraska Bee-Keepers' Association, has 

 been appointed in charge. Every grade of honey, wax, sweets, 

 and all kinds of supplies have been cataloged for award, so 

 that any one who has a meritorious article may have a fair 

 opportunity of securing proper recognition when the jury of 

 awards make their examination. 



■ Mrs. Whitcomb has devoted considerable time to the 

 preparation of a wax exhibit, and while we are not at liberty 

 to state what it is at this time, yet we can safely say from 

 what we know of Mrs. W.'s ability, that it has never been 

 equaled, and, like the buildings, must be seen to be fully 

 appreciated. 



In the opinion of many who are prominent in the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Union, no time should be lost in locating 

 the next meeting at Omaha. They feel that as good rates 

 may be secured td Omaha as can reasonably be expected any- 

 where, and without the danger of being lost in the hurrah of 

 war or an old veterans' reunion. At Omaha the bee-keepers 

 of the East and West can meet on ground accessible to all, 

 and hold such a session as has never before been held. But It 

 is only a question of low railroad rates, which we fear cannot 

 be secured— at least not as low as the Grand Army secures to 

 Its meetings, and this year they go to Cincinnati, Ohio. 



California Notes.— Prof. A. J. Cook sent us the 

 following. May 4, in reference to the honey crop prospects in 

 Southern California this year: 



The white sage {Ramona polystachyse) and the black sage 

 (Salvia mellifera) are now in full bloom, but curiously enough 

 very few bees are seen on the flowers. The light rainfall 

 makes nectar-secretion very slight. It looks as if there would 

 be very little honey secured this season, except in places where 

 alfalfa bloom can be counted on. It is to be hoped that in 

 Ventura county beans may help the bee-keepers to secure a 



crop. • , 



We have just had a nice rain of over one inch. It is too 

 late to help the grain crop, which is almost a total failure ; 

 and it is to be feared that it will not help the honey crop. It 

 seems to be the consensus of opinion among our experienced 

 bee-keepers that abundant early rains are a sine qua non to a 

 large honey crop. The bee-keepers are despondent this sea- 

 son, but they have abundant company. Owing to drouth and 

 frost, the grain and fruit men are equally unfortunate. 



A. J. Cook. 



Xlie Alsike Clover Leaflet consists of 2 pages, 

 with Illustrations, showing the value of Alsike clover, and 

 telling how to grow it. This Leaflet is just the thing to hand 

 to every farmer in your neighborhood. Send to the Bee Jour- 

 nal office for a quantity of them, and see that they are dis- 

 tributed where they will do the most good. Prices, postpaid, 

 are as follows : 50 for 20 cents ; 100 for 35 cents ; or 200 



for 60 cents. 



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The Names and Addresses of all your bee- 

 friends, who are not now taking the Bee Journal, are wanted 

 at .this office. Send them in, please, when sample copies will 

 be mailed to them. Then you can secure their subscriptions, 

 and earn some of the premiums we are offering. The 

 next few months will be just the time to easily get new sub- 

 scribers. Try it earnestly, at least. 



The McEvoy Foul Brood Treatment 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 SI. 10. 



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