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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 28, 



GEORGE W. YORK. EDITOR. 



PUBI.ISHT WEEKLY BY 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



[Entered at the Post-Office 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 memliers ; to prevent the adulteration of honey; and 

 to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



JMembership Fee—Si-OO per Anaum, 



KXECcrriTK Committee— Pres., George W. York; Vice-Pres., W. Z. Hutchinson; 

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



BOARD OF DiRKCTORS-E. R. Root; B. Whitcomb; B. T. Abbott; C. P. Dadant; 

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



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



VOL. 38. 



JULY 28, 1898. 



NO. 30. 



Note.— The American Bee Journal adapts the Orthography of the following 

 Rule, recommended by the joint action of the American Philological A-iso- 

 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. 



The ABC of marketing- Honey Is a very 

 timely subject that will be discust in a series of articles in the 

 American Bee Journal by Mr. Herman F. Moore, who has 

 had some 12 years' experience and is abundantly able to give 

 something of interest and value to our readers. The first arti- 

 cle will appear next week. Look out for it. 



A Poor Honey-Year.— Gleanings thinks reports 

 show a more general failure than ever known. Quite generally 

 clover is .a failure, but Vermont and Colorado have had a good 

 season, and there are some good reports from West Virginia, 

 Northern Carolina, Wisconsin and Michigan. But no remark- 

 able upward tendency In prices appears as yet. 



Honey in Cans vs. Barrels.— We are glad that 

 most dealers in bee-keepers' supplies have stopt quoting bar- 

 rels and kegs for honey In their annual catalogs. Tin cans 

 holding 60 pounds each are so much more desirable in every 

 way. They can be handled more easily, packt more closely, 

 and then, best of all, when the honey in them Is granulated it 

 can be liquefied right in the cans, without first digging it out, 

 as Is necessarily the case when in barrels. 



If we could have our way, no more extracted honey would 

 be put into barrels. We have now on hand a number of bar- 

 rels of honey, and would have paid half a cent more a pound 

 for it if it had been put into 60-pound cans instead of the 

 barrels. We doubt if we shall ever buy any more honey lu 

 barrels. 



Of course, if a large bee-keeper has a certain demand for 

 his honey that would prefer barrels, it would be different. But 



we believe the cans are much more satisfactory in every way. 



Can your honey If you possibly can. If you can't can it, then 



bar'l it up. 



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Apiculture at Oniaba.— On page 3^5 we pre- 

 sented a good picture of the Apiary Building at the Trans- 

 Mississippi Exposition. This building is located on the North 

 tract directly opposite the Transportation and Agricultural 

 Implement Building. It belongs to what Is familiarly known 

 as the Swiss Farmhouse style of architecture, and Is declared 

 by experts to be the best arranged and most convenient build- 

 ing ever erected for bee-exhibits. It is built of wood and 

 stafl. All the exposed heavy timbers are painted a red brown 

 color, while the roof is green, and has a skylight on each side 

 of the ridge-pole that extends the length of the building. 

 Every precaution has been taken to insure plenty of light, as 

 It is an Important adjunct In displaying a honey exhibit. In 

 addition to the skylights there are numerous windows, and 

 the show-cases have both glass sides and tops. The Interior 

 of the building has been prettily decorated with draperies of 

 yellow and white, and the names of the counties exhibitinn 

 are shown in comb honey. 



The Nebraska display is arranged in a case that extends 

 along the south side of the building. The exhibit is very at- 

 tractive and complete, and contains a large array of samples 

 of honey both In the comb and extracted. A unique feature 

 of the Douglas county exhibit is the bottled vinegar manu- 

 factured from honey. 



In the center aisle a large collection of prest honey and 

 pollen-producing flowers and plants are displayed in a large 

 case. Nebraska is represented by 1,S00 different specimens. 

 There is also an attractive array of wax-flowers, the work of 

 Mrs. E. Whitcomb. Other States exhibiting are : Iowa, Wis- 

 consin, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Texas and Utah. 



Two liquefying rooms fully equipt with utensils used by 

 bee-keepers are located In the west end of the building for the 

 convenience of exhibitors. There is also a very large assort- 

 ment of hives and extractors and other articles. 



A comfortable reception room has been fitted up for vis- 

 itors in the gallery where three colonies of bees may be seen 

 at work in glass hives, or passing back and forth from near- 

 by gardens through holes made In the wall for their accommo- 

 dation. 



The United States Bee-Keepers' Union has decided to hold 

 its next convention at Omaha, and an effort Is being made 

 to have it held Sept. 7, 8 and 9, which are the dates set for 

 the National Pure Food Congress to be held at Omaha. Mr. 

 E. Whitcomb, Superintendent of the Bureau of Bee-Indus- 

 tries, is in hopes that the convention maybe held at that time, 

 as it is believed that reduced railroad rates may be more 

 easily obtained then. 



Abbreviating: the Names of Journals is 



the heading of a column and a quarter editorial by Editor 

 Hutchinson in the July Bee-Keepers' Review. Of course It 

 was written as a reply to our utterance on page 425, where 

 we once more protested against the use in print of the letters 

 " A. B. J." when referring to the American Bee Journal. But 

 here Is Mr. Hutchinson's editorial : 



In a relent Issue of his journal. Editor York objects to 

 the use of A. B. J. as an abbreviation for American Bee Jour- 

 nal. I believe he has before now made the same objection. 

 Out of deference to his feelings I always write it American 

 Bee Jourual In my editorials, but I always do it with a feeling 

 that I wish that he didn't feel that way about It. He says 

 that he Is the highest authority as to what his journal shall be 

 called ; and I suppose that is true, but the next thing is to 

 get people to call it by its whole name. I might request all 

 my friends to call me William Zenas Hutchinson, but I doubt 

 if they would do It. I am almost universally called " W. Z.;" 

 not only by bee-keeping friends, but by my neighbors, and all 

 those with whom I come in contact In a social way. And, say, 



