1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



473 



■"Geo.," I don'tfeel badly about It. I look upon it as a mark of 

 Rood fellowship, or comradeship or friendship. It's only to 

 the fellow to whom you feel "chummy" that you ever give a 

 nickname, or cut his name down to an abbreviation. Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal is a long name. It's almost as bad as William 

 Zenas Hutchinson. Its editor may request us to spell it all 

 out every time we write it, and we may do It because we like 

 him and wish to please him, but when we get to talking one 

 with another, It will slip out "A. B. J." in spite of all we can 

 do. Wherever I go I always hear it referred to as "A. B. J." 

 All orders and correspondence that come to me in reference 

 to the American Bee Journal, call it the " A. B. J." Bro. 

 York, himself, in his letters to me always uses this abbrevia- 

 tion. If we could simply contract it to the one word "Jour- 

 nal," as we can " Bee-Keepers' Review " to simply " Review," 

 or "Gleanings in Bee-Culture" to "Gleanings," it wouldn't 

 be so bad ; but to have to write it all out each time — well, it 

 shows that we have some regard for the feelings of its editor, 

 and that is all It does show — in the Review. Of course, if I 

 were writing an article for some paper outside of our special 

 class organs, I should most assuredly refer to it as the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, and do it it with pride, too, but right in our 

 own family, where every one will know exactly which journal 

 is meant, it seems as tho we might be indulged that much. 

 Bro. York, won't you reconsider, and allow us, right here at 

 home, when there isn't company, to use that short, chummy 

 abbreviation that has slipt off our tongues and the points of 

 our pens so many times — A. B. J.? 



W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Had Mr. Huchinson read our remarks on page 425 mare 

 careftdly, he wouldn't have writtett one-quarter of the above 

 extract, for we plainly said that we objected to the use of the 

 letters "A. B. J.," when meaning the American Bee Journal, 

 i7i public 2)rint. What do we care what people call it In their 

 private correspondence or conversation ? Why, they can call 

 it " A. B. J.," " B. A. J.," " J. A. B.," or anything else they 

 please, outside of public print, and we won't object at all. 



Really, it is the editors of some of the bee-papers that 

 need to learn that giving Jthe initials of a paper from which 

 they copy is no credit at all — neither to themselves nor to the 

 papers they copy from. 



" William Zenas Hutchinson " is not a parallel illustration 

 at all, so need not be noticed further than to say that of 

 course no editor would be guilty of copying an article that was 

 vfritten by Mr. Hutchinson, and then sign it " W. Z.," or " W. 

 Z. H.," and call that a proper credit. But we are now talk- 

 ing about publications, and not about "chummy" names. 



We said ive were the highest authority as to how our 

 journal should be referred to t?i public print. To this state- 

 ment Mr. Hutchinson says : "I suppose that is true" — he 

 isn't quite sure of it. II that isn't "cool" we don't know 

 what Is. If we are iiot the highest authority in this matter we 

 think It is time we are finding out who is. Surely, not a 

 man who hasn't a cent invested in the American Bee Journal. 



Now, we don't want'any editor to print in full the words 

 •' American Bee Journal " just because he regards our feel- 

 ings, nor because he wishes to please us — those reasons are 

 too weak to consider at all. We want him to do it because it 

 is only simple Justice so to do — because he has no rig?iJ to copy 

 original articles or ideas, and then not give full and intelli- 

 4;ent credit for them. 



On page 208j of the July Review, second column, after 

 referring to something Mr. Dadant said in this paper about 

 feeding, Mr. Hutchinson has " A. ^. J., 162." That might 

 mean " American Ayit Journal," If there were one by that 

 name; but of course he meant the American Bee Journal. 

 Then why not say so, if Mr. Dadant's remark was worth 

 mentioning in the Review '? 



We stand ready — as we have always stood — to credit 

 other bee-papers for what we take from their columns in just 

 the way their editors wish us to credit them ; and we have a 

 right to expect that the editors of the other papers will recip- 

 rocate that readiness. 



In reply to Mr. Huchlnson's final question, we must say 

 firmly, but kindly, ?io— if he refers to public print. And we 



weuld say to any and all editors, whether of the apiarian or 

 agricultural press, if you are not willing to give the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal proper credit for what you consider worth 

 taking from its columns, then don't take it. We are not beg- 

 ging editors to copy from our columns, but we are perfectly 

 willing they shall take all they want, provided they always 

 give credit therefor as they should — to the American Bee 

 Journal. 



The United States Bee-Keepers' Union 



has a very nice bit of attention given it by way of a full-page 

 engraving in the American Bee-Keeper, showing the nine 

 officers, each one ingeniously set in a honey-comb cell. The 

 likenesses are excellent. Two editorial articles, together with 

 an article on " The Power of Association," by General Mana- 

 ger Secor, set forth the value of the organization and the wis- 

 dom of securing^membership therein. The editor thus men- 

 tions the case of a Pennsylvania bee-keeper for whom trouble 

 is brewing : 



" He has kept bees for 15 years without a thought of any 

 unpleasantness; but, like hundreds of others, his hour has 

 come, and we regret sincerely to state he has no claim upon 

 the Union's protection." 



It is a good plan to ^get under shelter before the storm 

 comes. Besser you jines der Union righd avay qvick ! 

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Asking; Questions. — A subscriber in Jamaica wants 

 to know whether he can ask questions to be answered in the 

 Bee Journal. Certainly. Any regular subscriber to this 

 journal has the right, and is invited, to ask questions, which 

 will be answered in print, unless they are such simple ques- 

 tions as can be answered by reading any of the many books 

 devoted to bee-keeping. Of course, no one would begin to 

 keep bees without getting a good book in addition to the 

 American Bee Journal, or some other good bee-paper. 



Actually, a year or two ago a subscriber askt If the queen 

 lays her eggs in empty cells, or in those first filled with honey ! 

 Think of taking time and space to answer such a question In 

 print ! 



After referring to your text-book on bees, and you find you 

 are unable to solve any problem relating to your case, then 

 send in your question, and our " special nut-cracker," Dr. C. 

 C. Miller, will do his best to help you out of your difficulties. 



The Xames 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. 



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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Honey as Food is a neat little 24-paKe pamphlet 

 especially gotten up with a view to creating a demand for 

 honey among should-be consumers. The forepart of the 

 pamphlet was written by Dr. C. C. Miller, and is devoted to 

 general information concerning honey. The latter part con- 

 sists of recipes for use in cooking and as a medicine. It 

 will be found to be a very effective helper In working up a 

 home market for honey. We furnish them, postpaid, at these 

 prices: A sample for a stamp ; 25 copies for 20 cents; 50 

 for o5 cents; 100 for 65 cents; 250 for $1.50; 500 for 

 $2.75. For 25 cents extra we will print your name and ad- 

 dress on the front page, when ordering 100 or more copies at 

 these prices. 



