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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 9 



GEORGE W. YORK. EDITOR. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



[Entered at the Po3t-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail Matter.] 



UNITED STATES BEE-KEEPERS' UNION 



Orgacized to advance ibe pursuit of Apiculture; to promote tbe interests of bee 

 keepers; to protect its members ; to prevent the adulteration of boney; and 

 to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



3Xe2nbers7iip P'ee-SI.OO per ^jiduui. 



Executive COMMiTTEE-Pres..Geort,'e W. York; Vice-Pres.. "W. Z. Hutchinson; 



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

 Board of Directors— E. R. Root: K. Whitcomb; E.T.Abbott, C. P. Dadant; 



W.Z.Hutchinson; Dr. C. C. Miller. 



General manager and Treascrer— Eunene Secor. Forest City. Iowa. 



VOL. 38. 



JUNE Q, 1898. 



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Note.— Tlie American Bee .Tournal inlnpts ttie Ortliii::rHijiiy of the following 

 Rule, recommended by the joint action ol the American Philological A-^sn- 

 elation and the PhilolOKical Society of England:— Chanae "d" or "ed" final 

 lo "f when so pronounced, except when the *'e" affects a preceding sound. 



Xelling- Your Experience in the apiary is 

 always interesiing to a listener — or reader. One reason why 

 discussions are so entertaining in conventions is on account of 

 the fact that often much will be drawn out of bee-keepers 

 who are present, who would likely never write out what 

 they know. But there are many excellent bee-keepers who 

 never attend conventions, and hence they keep themselves 

 " bottled up," as it were, and unless they begin to put on 

 paper some of their valuable experience, their apiarian 

 knowledge will surely die with them. 



Now, the object of this item is to Invite all who feel that 

 they can contribute something to the general fund of apicul- 

 tural information, to write out their ideas and send them in 

 for publication. For the next few months our columns will 

 not be quite so crowded as during the past six mouths, so 

 there will be good opportunity to place on permanent record 

 much that were it not for this invitation might never be 

 placed before those who are looking for all the information 

 about bees that they can find. 



Mr. Cohan's Visit to Chicago.— During Mr. 

 Cowan's visit here we had the great pleasure of getting some- 

 what acquainted with him ; also with his good wife who ac- 

 companied him. They had been spending the past nearly IS 

 months with their son in California, and were so delighted 

 with their residence there that they anticipate returning next 

 fall to spend the winter. 



Mr. L. Kreutzinger and the writer engaged a two-seated 

 carriage, and on Thursday afternoon (May 2 — a most perfect 

 day) we took Mr. and Mrs. Cowan for a ride over the north 



side of the city. We called at the city water works first, then 

 drove through beautiful Lincoln Park, which was Just begin- 

 ning to dress up in its lovely spring green. 



After taking in the Park, we drove on up the famous 

 Sheridan Drive, as far as Ravenswood, where Mr. Kreutzinger 

 and the writer reside — only a few blocks apart. We stopt a 

 short time at both places, so that our wives also might have 

 the pleasure of meeting our distinguisht guests. 



We then drove over to Mr. Kreutzinger's main apiary, 

 where he has about 100 colonies of bees, with Mr. J. T. Ham- 

 mersmark in charge. We remained there an hour or so in- 

 specting the many new things Mr. K. had prepared for his 

 bees. The apiary this year will have an entirely changed 

 appearance, and with an experienced hand at the helm, in 

 the person of Mr. Hammersmark, we shall expect great things. 



The first swarm of the season had issued that day, and 

 was safely taken from the tree upon which it settled. 



We must not fail to mention the honey-house, workshop, 

 bee-cellar, etc., that Mr. Kreutzinger has erected in his api- 

 ary. The cellar was supposed to be water-proof, but at one or 

 two places it failed to be so the past winter, consequently 

 about 70 colonies were treated to a severe bath, resulting in 

 their total loss. There was perhaps a foot of water still In 

 the cellar the day we were there. 



On top of the house Is built a cupola or observatory, with 

 stands on which to place colonies of bees in glass hives for 

 observation and experimental purposes. Mr. Kreutzinger is 

 now getting together several varieties of bees to place in his 

 observatory. 



In this house is a honey-room, a room in which to fumi- 

 gate combs, a workroom, bedroom for the manager of the api- 

 ary, and on the second floor a large place to store the neces- 

 sary stock. We hope soon to have a new picture of this up- 

 to-date Chicago apiary. 



Well, after inspecting all these things, the return drive of 

 some miles was begun. It was, to us, a very delightful after- 

 noon, giving fine opportunity to visit with Mr. and Mrs. 

 Cowan, who are charming conversationalists, having traveled 

 extensively, and being so highly cultured. Mr. Cowan speaks 

 .five different languages, and reads eleven. He possesses un- 

 doubtedly the largest library of apiarian literature in the 

 world, containing over 1,000 volumes. Mr. Cowan showed 

 us a small index of the works, which he carries with him. We 

 had the pleasure of adding at least three new volumes to that 

 great library, even if they were small ; one of them was Mr. 

 Egger's latest German book. 



Mr. Cowan has been for 25 years chairman of the British 

 Bee-Keepers' Association ; is the author of a bee-book which 

 has a regular sale of about 5,000 copies annually— now in its 

 40th thousand, we believe ; and as is well known, he is also 

 the editor of the weekly British Bee Journal, which he owns 

 and runs wholly in the interest of the Association of which he 

 is chairman. 



Mr. and Mrs. Cowan expect to sail for England from New 

 York June 11. We wish them a safe and happy voyage, and 

 trust that we shall again be favored by their presence in Chi- 

 cago next fall when on their way to the sunset clime. 



Crimson Clo-ver Honey.— Some time ago Mr. T. 

 H. Sherman, of Richmond Co., Ga., enquired as to the quality 

 of crimson clover honey. Dr. Miller replied as usual with his 

 "I don't know," and askt Mr. Sherman to find out for himself 

 and report, which he has kindly done, as follows : 



Editor American Bee Journal:—! send you a small 

 vial containing a sample of crimson clover honey. There is 

 no doubt as to this being from criiEson clover, as there was 

 nearly L'OO acres of it in my immediate vicinity, and the bees 

 swarmed on it when in blossom, and ceast gathering the day 

 after the clover was cut. 



There will be an increast acreage every year of this plant 

 in this section, as it has .just commenced to be appreciated as 



