1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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ride on the 



Yes, the " B(ee)-Iloute" 



is theChicago.Burliuftton&Quincy 

 for Omaha next week, when at- 

 tending the annual convention of 

 the United States Bee-Keepers' 

 Union. Be sure to see that your 

 ticket takes you over the great 

 "Burlington Route." If you are 

 east of Chicago, and can do so, 

 'Nickel Plate" road, then from here ou take the 

 "C. B. & Q." right to Omaha. 



The editor of the American Bee Journal, with others, ex- 

 pects to leave Chicago via the " Burlington Route " next 

 Monday, Sept. 12, at 5:50 p.m., arriving in Omaha at 8:10 

 o'clock the next morning In ample time to be at the opening 

 session of the convention at 10 o'clock. 



We learn that beekeepers from all over this great country 

 are expecting to be at Omaha next week. It will be a fine op- 

 portunity to meet many that you have read about In the bee- 

 papers, and whose writings you have enjoyed. And then, the 

 program — gotten up according to Dr. Mason's very best pre- 

 scription — that will be a treat long to be remembered. 



Last year it was, " Put me ofif at Buffalo." This year the 

 " Burlington " conductor will " Put me ofif at Omaha!" 



Xhe Oniaba Convention Program.— On the 



program built by the Secretary, Dr. A. B. Mason, for the 

 Omaha convention next week, appear the following subjects 

 and essayists : 



General Advice to Bee-Keepers — Rev. Emerson T. Abbott, St. 



Joseph, Mo. 

 Bee-Keeping in Cuba and Porto Rico — 0. 0. Poppleton, 



Stuart, Fla. 

 Co-operation Among Bee-Keepers — ^P. H. Elwood, Starkvllle, 



N. Y. 

 Organization Among Bee-Keepers — W. F. Marks, Chaplnville, 



N. Y. 

 Bees In America — Prof. Lawrence Bruner, Lincoln, Nebr. 

 Recent Progress In Apiculture— E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 

 Feeding Bees for Best Results — W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 

 President's Address — George W. York, Chicago, III. 

 Bee-Keepers and Supply Manufacturers — Dr. C. C. Miller, 



Marengo, 111. 

 Foul Brood in the Apiary — Wm. McEvoy, Woodburn, Ont. 

 Advanced Methods of Comb Honey Production — S. T. Pettlt, 



Belmont, Ont. 

 Experiences and Suggestions In Marketing Honey — S. A. 



Niver, Groton, N. Y. 

 Best Method for Creating and Maintaining a Market for 



Honey — Herman F. Moore, Chicago, III. 

 Migratory Bee-Keeping— H. E. Hill, Titusvllle, Pa. 

 Honey-Producing Plants — Prof. Charles E. Bessey, Lincoln, 



Nebr. 

 The Scientific Side of Apiculture — C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 A Half Century of Bee-Keeping in America. — Hon. Eugene 



Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 

 Best Size of Hives to Use in the Apiary — J. F. Mclntyre, 



Sespe, Calif. 

 Report of Secretary — Dr. A. B. Mason, Sta. B., Toledo, Ohio. 

 Report of General Manager — Hon. Eugene Secor, Forest City, 



Iowa. 

 The Relation Existing Between. the Apiary and the Successful 



Production of Fruit — G. M. Whitford, Arlington, Nebr. 

 The Apiary on the Farm and In the Orchard — E. Wbitcomb, 



Friend, Nebr. 

 Needs of Bee-Culture in the South — Dr. J. P. H. Brown, 



Augusta, Ga. 



Besides a list of the various features of the convention, 

 the program contains a number of bee-keepers' songs, the 

 pictures of the nine ofiBcers, etc. Send 5 cents to the Secre- 

 tary, Dr. A. B. Mason, Sta. B, Toledo, Ohio, and get a copy of 

 it. The music is worth fifty times the price askt for the 

 program. 



Every Present Subscriber of the Bee Journal 

 should be an agent for It, and get all other bee-keepers possi- 

 ble to subscribe for it. 



Honey Crop Poorest in Years.— Editor Root, 

 in Gleanings for Aug. 15, says this when referring to the 

 honey crop of the United States for 1898 : 



Later reports seem to confirm previous reports to the 

 efifect that the season this year comes as near being a failure, 

 so far as honey Is concerned, as any year bee-keepers have 

 had for many a year back. A few have been fortunate enough 

 to secure good crops, and market quotations, owing to scarcity, 

 Indicate an advance In both comb and extracted. The season 

 seems to have been the poorest In our own State of Ohio. In 

 sections of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, 

 Wisconsin and Minnesota, good crops are reported ; the sea- 

 son In Vermont seems to have been exceptionally good ; and 

 reports indicate fair honey-flows in other portions of New 

 England. Of course, the season in central and southern Cali- 

 fornia was a complete failure, owing to a lack of rain. In 

 northern California some honey was gathered. Colorado is 

 the one State out of all the rest that will be the banner honey 

 State this year, for the season was considerably ahead of last 

 year. Very flattering reports have come from Florida. 



Xo Organize a Bee-Association.— Rev. L. 



Allen, of Clark Co., Wis., sends us the following, looking 

 toward the starting of a local bee-keepers' association : 



Editor York: — Please give notice through the "Old 

 Reliable " that the bee-keepers, and all others that may be 

 interested in apiculture, are requested to meet in Greenwood, 

 Clark Co., Wis., Saturday, Sept. 10, 1898, for the purpose of 

 organizing a bee-keepers' association. The Invitation is ex- 

 tended to the ladies as well as gentlemen, the young as well 

 as the old. Come one, come all. Come expecting to bear 

 some humble part in the gathering and its doings. 



We don't know just exactly the nature the meeting will 

 assume — probably will open by way of relating experiences. I 

 am inclined to the opinion we will have a good time and profit- 

 able. By order of committee. 



L. Allen 



We trust that all who can arrange to be present next Sat- 

 urday will not fail to attend and aid in getting the association 



organized. 



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Beet vs. Cane Sugar.— Now and then the ques- 

 tion comes up as to whether beet sugar is as good for winter- 

 ing as cane sugar. Across the water opinion seems to be 

 nearly unanimous that it is not. On this side bee-keepers in 

 general do not concern themselves about it. R. L. Taylor says 

 In Review, " The highest chemical authority at the Michigan 

 State Agricultural College says they are identical— beet sugar 

 is cane sugar." Editor Root says that equally diamond and 

 charcoal are chemically the same, but for all that there Is a 

 vast difference in them. He says that years ago their bees 

 didn't winter as well on cane sugar as now when they are sup- 

 posed to have nothing but beet sugar, but the sugar may have 

 had nothing to do with the difference, aud he has much re- 

 spect for the opinion of such a man as T. W. Cowan, who rec- 

 ommends cane in preference to beet. 



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■Why Eat Honey?— the leaflet heretofore used to 

 some extent— is now out of print, and we do not now expect 

 to have any more of them. The "Ji-page pamphlet, " Honey 

 as Food," is so much superior, and more effective and helpful 

 in creating a demand for honey. See prices on another page, 

 also In the book columns. 



Cream-Colored vs. Snow-'White Sections. 



—Referring to this subject in Gleanings for Aug. 15, Editor 

 Root says; 



The editor of the Bee-Keepers' Review quite agrees with 

 Mr. G. K. Hubbard, that it Is only the beekeepers who demand 

 snow-white sections ; that neither the merchant nor consumer 

 asks for them. And In turn I quite agree with Mr. Hutchin- 

 son, that it is poor business management to pay for extra 

 whiteness. In our catalog for the last two years we have 

 tried to educate our fraternity up to this sort of doctrine, but 

 somehow bee-keepers will insist on white goods. In spite of 

 the fact that white honey would show ofif to better advantage 



