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THE .AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 7, 



GEORGE W. YORK. EDITOR. 



pubtjIsht weekly by 

 118 Micbigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



[Entered at the Post-Offlce 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 members ; to prevent the adulteration of honey; and 

 to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



Alembershlp Fee—91-OO per Annum. 



KXECCTITECOMMITTEE-Pres,, George W. York; Vice-Pres., W. Z.Hutchinson; 

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



BOARD OF DiBECTORS-E. R. Root; E. Whitcomb; E. T. Abbott: C. P. Dadant: 



W.Z.Hutchinson: Dr. €. C. Miller. 

 General Manager and Treasdeer— Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



VOL. 38. 



JULY 7, 1898. 



NO. 27. 



Note. -The Ameriom Bee Journiil adnpts the Orthography of the following 

 Kule, recommended by tlie joint action ot 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. 



Omaba tlie Place.— We have received the follow- 

 ing from Dr. A. B. Masoc, Secretary of the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, which Bxes the place of the National conven- 

 tion for 1898 at Omaha, Nebr.: 



Editor of A.merican Bee Journal :— Please say in the 

 next issue of your journal that after thoroughly considering 

 the matter of the place for holding the next convention of the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union, the Executive Committee 

 has decided In favor of holding it at Omaha, Nebr. The ex- 

 act date for holding the convention will be fixt by Mr. E. 

 Whitcomb, upon whose broad shoulders will be put the pleas- 

 ure of securing reduced railroad and hotel rates, and a place 

 for the convention to meet, etc. His shoulders are broad, 

 and he Is right on the ground. 



A short time since Mr. Whitcomb sent me some particu- 

 lars regarding rates from which I take the following: 



" Every day during the Exposition tickets will be on sale 

 from all Western Passenger Association territory to Omaha at 

 one and one-third fare for the round trip, exeept their rates 

 from the following points, which will be as follows : Chicago, 

 $20; Peoria, $17; St. Louis, $17; Denver, $25. Tickets 

 will be limited to return 30 days from date of sale, not to ex- 

 ceed Nov. 15. From June 1 to Oct. 15 the passenger rates 

 to Omaha from all the principal cities and towns In the United 

 States beyond the Western Passenger Association territory 

 will be 80 per cent, of double the flrst-class fare. Tickets 

 will be good to return until Nov. 15." 



But I'm expecting (?) lower rates, for Mr. Whitcomb told 

 the convention at Buffalo last summer, that If the Union 

 would hold Its next convention at Omaha during the time of 

 holding the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, we should have " as 

 low rates as to any place on earth." 



We know that Mr. Whitcomb will do "his level best" for 

 the comfort of those who attend the convention, and showius 

 "the sights" on the Exposition grounds. 



A prominent Western bee-keeper wrote me a few days 



since that "the rate, however, cuts but a very small figure." 

 If we poor bee-keepers were all rich like him it wouldn't, but 

 this is only another evidence of the old saying, that localities 

 differ. 



It is probable that the convention will be held during the 

 first part of October, and further notice of rates and time of 

 meeting will be given when known. A. B. Mason, Sec. 



Sta. B, Toledo, Ohio, June 30. 



Now that the pface of meeting is settled upon, let all be. 

 gin to make arrangements to be there, trying, if possible, to 

 have even a larger attendance than at the World's Fair con- 

 vention. Dr. Miller, who was then president, said that con- 

 vention was too big for him to properly preside over. Now, 

 the one whose duty it is to preside at Omaha is not one-tenth 

 as big a man as Dr. Miller, and has to say "I don't know " 

 ever so many more times than he does, and yet the present 

 president hopes that there will be at least twice as many In 

 attendance at Omaha as at the World's Fair convention. Not 

 that he is a more capable presiding officer than Dr. Miller, but 

 he would like the privilege of looking Into the faces of 500 or 

 1,000 bee-keepers at one gathering. And when he can't 

 handle the presiding part, he will call on several ex-presidents 

 to help. 



All can expect that the Secretary, Dr. Mason, will provide 

 a great program. He knows how. 



Southern California. — Prof. Cook has sent us the 

 following paragraphs, dated June 23, from Los Angeles 

 county : 



We notice that some of the red-gums are just now coming 

 Into bloom. In the early morning these trees are noisy with 

 the hum of bees, as they are beautiful with their clusters of 

 bloom. We notice, also, that the peppers are crowded with 

 bees all the day long. 



Even here at my home the bees are getting considerable 

 honey, despite the unprecedented drouth. I lookt in some 

 hives a few days since, where the single tier of supers were 

 well filled with fine honey, nearly all capt. It is to be said, 

 however, that few localities in southern California secured as 

 much rain as did this place the past season. 



About Ramona and Julian — noted for their fine apples — in 

 San Diego county were exceptions in all southern California 

 this season. Each had copious rains, more than was needed. 

 Thus In these localities bees are doing wonderfully well, and 

 crops are exceptionally good. Our friend Taylor, ever alert 

 for the worm, caught him in going to these favored regions 

 with his bees, and is securing, as we learn, a fine crop of 

 honey. A. J. Cook. 



Xlie Home 3Iarket for Honey.— Mr. F. L. 



Thompson, on page llO of this number of the Bee Journal, 

 gives a very interesting experience in attempting to sell honey 

 in the home market. All are not cut out for salesmen, and 

 evidently Mr. T. belongs to that number, tho he gave it a 

 thorough trial, and is to be commended for the plucky way in 

 which he did it. 



Of course, selling honey from house to house is not a rapid 

 way to acquire riches. Many can make four times as much at 

 something else. But there are doubtless bee-keepers without 

 number who can do well at selling their honey crop themselves 

 in surrounding towns. Surely, there are many who would 

 have done better, last year, had they disposed of their honey 

 near home, rather than ship It to a distant overcrowded city 

 market and take what the dealer was able to realize for 

 them. 



This question of profitably disposing of the honey crop Is 

 one that must ever be of great interest to the producers. 

 Upon it depends their success more than upon any other one 

 thing — aside from nectar in the flowers. But after the crop 

 is secured, unless it finds a remunerative market, only loss 

 and discouragement can result. 



We have much faith in Mr. Thompson's suggestion of co- 

 operation among bee-keepers. We believe that if a number 

 of bee-keepers would combine in the marketing of their crops, 



