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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



August 25 



GEORGE W. YORK. EDITOR. 



PUBr,I8HT WEEKLY BY 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



[Entered at the PostOfflce at Cbicago 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-Sl-OO per Annum. 



BXKCUTITE COMMiTTEE-Pres.. George W. York; Vice-Pres., W. Z. Hutchinson; 



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

 BOARD OF DIHECTORS-B. R. Boot: B. Whitcomb; B. T. Abbott: C. P. Dadant; 



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

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



Place and Date of liext Jileeting- : 



Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 13, 14 and IS, at the Delone Hotel, Cor. 14th Street and 

 Capitol Avenue. 



VOL. 38, AUGUST 25, 1898. NO. 34. 



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

 Kule, recommenrleii by the joint action of 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" aflects a preceding sound 



"Feeling is something that magnifies the sting of a 

 bee about five thousand times." So says a daily newspaper. 

 That editor probably has "been there." 



Small Crop and IIig:lier Price. — Judging 

 from the many reports as to the crop of honey this year, it 

 must be quite small. As Mr. P. H. Elwood, of New York 

 State, says in the following letter, the price of honey should 

 be considerably higher in consequence of its scarcity : 



" The crop of white honey here is small. A communica- 

 tion from your largest firms in Chicago states that the price 

 will be materially higher, owing to the general short crop, aud 

 to the fact that prices recently have not been proportionate to 

 the cost of production. This last is true. Indeed, and should 

 be emphasized by every bee-paper and honey-producer In the 

 United States. p. H. Elwood. 

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Fences and Plain Sections are very strongly 

 endorst by Messrs. 0. P. Hyde & Son, of Texas, in Gleanings 

 for July 15. Here is what they say about them, after giving 

 them a good test, having used the plain-tall sections in the 

 experiment : 



Mr. Editor : — We beg leave to report on those plain sec- 

 tions and fence separators. This spring we bought 35 supers 

 of the Ideal kind, with plain sections and fence separators. 

 They were bought as a trial, and put to a test, and we are 

 pleased to say they have stood the test very satisfactorily. 

 We ran several colonies with them at one of our apiaries. The 

 colonies were good average ones, as near like the other colo- 

 nies at the apiary as possible. The bees went to work in the 



plain sections sooner than in the old style ; and, would you 

 believe it, up to the present time these colonies with the plain 

 sections have produced twice as much as those with the old 

 style. This is not guesswork, but facts, as careful records 

 were kept, and we are ready to verify what we say. The only 

 reason we can assign is that the plain sections and fence sep- 

 arators gave more perfect communication. 



As to the character of the honey, we will say we did not 

 have a single bulged or washboardy section. The honey came 

 to about 1/12 Inch of the wood ; and, coming so close, It 

 made a pretty section of honey. It was advanced in the 

 spring — that owing to the fact that the honey would come so 

 close to the edge of the wood that it would be easier to get 

 broken or bruised In handling than the old style. We thought 

 the same ; but after handling them filled with honey we must 

 say that they are less apt to get broken in handling than the 

 old style. O. P. Hyde & Son. 

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mrinnesota Fair Apiarian Premiums.— Mr. 



J. P. West, the superintendent of the apiarian department of 

 the Minnesota State Fair, desires us to call the attention of 

 the bee-keepers in that State to the very liberal premiums 



oSered, as shown by the following list : 



1st. 3d.3d.4th. 



Most attractive display and best quality of white 

 clover comb honey $12 $10 $5 J3 



Most attractive display and best quality of basswood 

 or linden comb honey 13 10 5 3 



Most attractive display and best quality of extracted 



white clover honey 12 10 5 3 



Most attractive display and best quality of extracted 

 basswood or linden honey 12 10 5 3 



Most attractive display and best quality of fall comb 

 honey 12 10 .5 3 



Most attractive and finest display of comb honey .... 10 6 4 3 



Most attractive and finest display of extracted honey 10 (j .5 4 



Most attractive and finest display of comb honey, not 

 less than 20 pounds, and tbe manner of putting up 

 for market considere d S 5 4 3 



Nucleus of Italian bees and queen 6 4 3 2 



Collection of different races of queens 4 3 2 



Beeswax, not less than 10 pounds, soft, bright, yellow 

 to have the preference 5 3 



Honey-vinegar, not less than one gallon, to be exhib- 

 ited in glass 3 2 



Largest and best variety of uses that honey may be 

 applied to, illustrated by individual samples of dif- 

 ferent things into which it enters ; cakes, pastry, 

 meats, etc 10 5 



GRAND SWEEPSTAKES. 



Largest, best, and most attractive exhibition in this 

 department, all things considered 15 8 5 3 



The o9th annual Fair and Exposition of the Minnesota 

 State Agricultural Society will open Sept. 5 and close Sept. 

 10. The bee-keepers have a meeting on the Grounds, com- 

 mencing Wednesday morning. It Is earnestly hoped that all 

 who can do so will make a special effort to be present. 



For any further information, address J. P. West, Hast- 

 ings, Minn. 



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Rules for A^nrarding^ Apiarian Premiums. 



— Mr. S. H. Herrick, of Winnebago Co., 111., having been ap- 

 pointed Judge of the apiarian exhibits at their county fair, 

 requests the re-publication of the rules for awarding apiarian 

 premiums adopted by the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asssocla- 

 tlon, and which have been in successful operation at the State 

 fairs of Illinois held at Springfield In 1896 and 1897. 



For Mr. Herrlck's benefit, as well as others of our readers 

 who may be selected as judges at the fairs this fall, we give 

 the Illinois rules referred to above, as follows : 



Rule I. — Each entry shall be scored upon its merits in 

 each and every respect In which it can be scored, according to 

 the formulas given below. 



Role II. — The entry which is best in any respect shall be 

 taken as the standard and be scored the highest number of 

 points allowed In that respect, and all other entries competing 

 for the same premium shall be markt in proportion to their 

 merits when compared with the standard. 



Rule III. — Entries ranking equally in any respect shall 

 be scored equally In that respect. 



Rule IV. — The entries scoring the highest aggregated 



