Jan. 12, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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such action was likely to be productive of good to bee- 

 keepers. 



Considerable correspondence has been carried on prepar- 

 atory to such action, but the evidence and aid necessary to 

 make it seem advisable has not yet developt, and no suit 

 has yet been brought. 



The Editor of the American Bee Journal called my at- 

 tention to an article in a New York metropolitan journal 

 giving credence and publicity to the old fable about comb 

 honey being extensively manufactured without the aid of 

 the honey-bee. The article stated that paratHne was largely 

 used for making the comb which was filled with glucose 

 syrup and put upon the market to deceive the public. 



At the request of the Editor I sent an article to the New 

 York paper, with a purpose to correct the error and if possi- 

 ble give the public some facts and opinions on the nature 

 and use of honey. 



As my reply was copied in full in the American Bee 

 Journal, page T2S. I will only say that it brought out a very 

 satisfactory public retraction, and a personal letter from 

 the editor asking for literature bearing on the subject of 

 honey. I mailed her (the editor was a woman) Dr. Miller's 

 pamphlet on the food value of honey, and I believe one 

 other editor will be more careful in her public statements 

 about manufactured comb honey. 



If the past year has brought no signal triumph at court, 

 the labors of the General Manager have been varied and 

 abundant. He has been appealed to in behalf of every 

 threatened bee-keeping interest, public and private. 



Were it not for the modern blessings of phonography 

 and typewriting machines, he could not have performed 

 the duties of the office with any satisfaction to himself, to 

 say nothing of pleasing those for whom he works. 



Fraternally yours 



EUGENE SECOR, 



General Manager. 

 Forest City, Iowa, December, 1S98. 



We see b}- the financial statement that there is $175 in 

 the hands of the Treasurer. There are about 450 members 

 now belonging to the new Union, as shown by the list of 

 members accompanying- the General Manager's annual 

 report. 



TI16 Root 6o;s Column 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrang'eraeiTts so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freijrht 

 or express, at the followhi^' prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Stb 101b 25m ailb 



Sweet Clover 60c iSLtW S2.25 ?4.00 



Alsike Clover 70c 1.25 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80c 1.40 3.t"»0 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60c 1.00 2.25 4.ltO 



Crimson Clover 55c .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market chang-es. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartaf'e, if 

 wanted by freio^ht. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



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Bee=Supplies. RooCs Goods 



at Root's Pricer?. 

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 everything'' used by bee- 

 keepers. Prompt service — 

 low freiL''ht rate. Catalog" 

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Please mention Bee Journal "when -writins. 



Wholesale. 



Reta. 



Including' their discuunis for .^'oods wantt.-d for 

 use another season. It will pay you to send me 

 list of g-oods wanted. Cash for Beeswax. 



M. H. HUNT, Beli. Bkanuh. Mich. 

 Please meni-.'on Bee Journal when -writine. 



SENT FREE A; A; 



Our descriptive circular and price-list of 



Bee^Hives, Italian Bees 



Queens, Sections, Comb i'oundation. Bee- Veil*. 

 Smokers, Honey,KiuTes, etc. SEND FOR ONE. 



Address, p. A. SNELL, 



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Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 





THE A, I, ROOT GO'S GOODS 



Report for 1898— Red Clovep. 



I commenced the spring of 1S9S with 35 

 colonies, and workt for both honey and in- 

 crease. 1 obtained 1,200 pounds of comb 

 honey, 3.W pounds of extracted, and in- 

 creast to 68 colonies, by natural swarming. 

 Only prime swarms were hived. 



Why do bee-keepers lament because their 

 bees do not work on common red clover ? 

 Do they not know that there is nothing in 

 it that the honey-bee wants ? The mam- 

 moth red clover produces good honey, and 

 all our honey-bees can reach the nectar, 

 altho the corolla is far longer and deeper 

 than in the common red clover. I never 

 saw any honey from common red clover — 

 only thin, red stuff. Thin as water. 



I have taken the American Bee Journal 

 for nine years— ever since beginning bee- 

 keeping—and I would not like to do with- 

 out it. Theo. Rehorst. 



Fond du Lac Co., Wis, 



Readers of the 

 American Bee Journal : 



We do not propose to come at you with 

 hammer and tongs, nor to talk you to 

 death ; but as the Root Co. has bought 

 this column — paid cash for it — we 

 want to 



BL0^5^ OUR OWN HORN, 



Not in our own Journal, but in that of 

 the other fellow. We are going- to try 

 to make this column interesting, and, 

 incidentallv, tell vou about our wares.' 



Gpeat Honey-Eaters. 



I do not want to miss a single copy of the 

 American Bee Journal, even if you did 

 tread most unmercifully on my pet corn 

 last week, on page 777, in commenting on 

 the death of Carl Maynard. You say: 



" We believe we never before heard of 

 three persons eatiug a pound section of 

 honey at one sittiug. Of course it may be 

 done, but why should any one %vant to fill 

 up with so much sweetness all at once ? 

 People ought to use common-sense in eat- 

 ing as well as in everything else." 



Now, I have not only heard of three per- 

 sons eating a pound section at one sitting, 

 but I have often seen two persons eat that 

 quantity. I am a bachelor, and keep bees. 

 and when I am taking off honey it often 

 happens that a friend drops in and takes 

 dinner with me, and I never knew any 



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PN-ir Sl.OO we will liot only send you 

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 also for one year: The American 

 Agriculturist, weekly ; The O. Judd 

 Farmer, weekly ; The New England 

 Homestead, weekly ; Farm Journal, 

 monthly : The Poultry - Keeper, 

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 Gleanings one year, and one of the fol- 

 lowing papei's also one year : The 

 Ohio Farmer, weekly ; The Michigan 

 Farmer, weekly ; The Prairie Far- 

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 These offers are good to either old or 

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