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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Feb. 2. 1899. 



GEORGE W. YORK, Editor. 



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United States Bee- Keepers' Association. 



Oryauized to advance the pursuit of Apiculture ; to promote the interests 

 of bee-keepers : to pndect its members ; to prevent the adulteration of 

 houey ; and to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



AXemibersIiip I^ee—^l.OO -per A^Jiiiiiin. 



Executive Committee— Pres.. E. Whitcomb; Vice-Pres., C. A. Hatch; 



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

 Board of Directors— E. R. Root: E. Whitcomb: E.T.Abbott; C. P. 



Dadant; W, Z. Hutchinson: Dr. C. C. Miller. 

 Gex'l Manager and Tkeascrek— Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



VOL. 39. FEBRUARY 2, 1899. 



NO. 5. 



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Note— The American Bee Journal adopts the Orthotrraphy of the follow- 

 injj Rule, recommended by the joint action of the American Philolog-- 

 ical Association and the Philological Society of Eng'land: — Changre 

 *'d" or "ed" final to "t" when so pronounced, except when the "e" af- 

 fects a preceding sound. 



Journalistic Courtesy — The editor of Gleanings says 

 he subscribes to the statement we made some time ago, that 

 apiarian editors should give more attention to the matter of 

 journalistic courtesy than has apparently been done Tvithin 

 the past few months. 



The Constitutional Amendments voted upon by the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union were all carried, and 

 almost unanimously, as follows : 



First Proposition — To change the word "Union "" in its 

 name to " Association." 



Second Proposition — Fixing January 1 asthetiiue when 

 the President, Vice-President and Secretary shall assume 

 their respective offices, having been elected at the annual 

 meeting preceding that date. 



Third Proposition — Making it the duty of the Treasurer 

 to give 30 days' notice of expiration of membership. 



The foregoing amendments were recommended by the 

 convention at Omaha last September. 



By the way, on page 633 of the Bee Journal for 1896, 

 will be found a sample constitution that we were requested 

 to submit for consideration, in which Art. I I'eads thus: 



"This organization shall be known as the 'United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Association.'" 



So, after all, at least that much of our proposed consti- 

 tution is now in force. And it is all right. We tried at the 

 Lincoln, Nebr., convention to keep the word "Association " 

 in the name when the present constitution was adopted, but 

 failed. 



Philadelphia in Contemplation. Last week we re- 

 ceived this from Dr. A. B. Mason, Secretary of the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Association : 



Editor American Bee Jourxai. : — The following will 

 explain itself. I have replied to it on behalf of the Associa- 

 tion. A. E. Mason. 



Phii,adelphia. Pa.. Jan. 16. 1899. 

 Dk. a. B. Mason— 



Sec. U. S. Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 Dear Sir : — It afl'ords me much pleasure to infonn ^-ou 

 that the following preamble and resolution were adopted at 

 the last meeting of the Philadelphia Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, held on Jan. 14 : 



Whereas. We have been informed that the United States Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association contemplate holding- their next convention in Phila- 

 delphia. 



Resolved. That we send g-reetin-r to the United Slates Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, expressiiifjf our pleasure at havin<r them meet with us here. 



Fraternally yours, F. Hahman, 



Sec. Ph iladelpli ia Bee-Keepers' Association. 



We understand that the Philadelphia Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation is one of the best of its kind in existence, having 

 upward of 40 hustling members. And we believe thej' 

 wotild take excellent care of the National convention of bee- 

 keepers should the Executive Committee decide to hold the 

 next meeting in Philadelphia. Personally, that is our 

 choice, but this time we have nothing to say as to the place 

 of meeting. We had our " say " the past two years, and we 

 know that, aside from the lodging inconveniences at Buf- 

 falo, it was a splendid thing to go with the Grand Arraj- of 

 the Republic. As Philadelphia is where that great organiza- 

 tion, with its low railroad rates, meets this year, we hope 

 the convention of the United States Bee-Keepers" Associa- 

 tion will also be held there at the same time. 



Honey in Barrels. — Somnambulist formerly was in 

 accord with O. O. Poppleton in favoring barrels for extract- 

 ed honey. He gives in the Progressive Bee-Keeper a pitiful 

 tale— albeit related in Sommy's amusing manner — of an ex- 

 perience which made him take to the fence, " with a most 

 decided tendency to the -other side." Eight barrels were 

 kept over one year for a better price, but the contents of 

 those barrels were not satisfied with their quarters, and 

 started out on their travels, resulting in a loss of three bar- 

 rels from the market, altho .some of the honey was gathered 

 up for feeding. One barrel that was waxt proved faithless like 

 the rest. But he thinks honey is improved by standing in 

 open barrels exposed to the action of the air for some time 

 before it is put into cans. 



Workers Reared in Drone.Cells. — A. Astor reports in 

 Revue Internationale something that the editor saj-s he has 

 never seen — workers reared in drone-cells. A good many 

 years ago, R. R. Murphy sent to the office of the American 

 Bee Journal a piece of drone-comb from which j'oung work- 

 ers were emerging. Thej' did not appear different in any 

 way from ordinarj- workers. 



The Goold Honey=Package has been hinted at in the 

 Canadian Bee Journal, without a description being given. 

 D. W. Heise says it embraces every important feature of 

 a cheap and convenient package for honey, except that it is 

 doubtful whether it will stand enough heat in water to 

 liquefy honey. But why don't our northern friends tell us 

 what it is made of ? 



Illinois Pure Food Association.— Some time ago we 

 called attention to a meeting to be held in Champaign, 111., 

 Dec. 13, in the interest of pure food legislation. xVs a result 

 of that conference, the Illinois Pure Food, Drug and Seed 

 Association was organized, and a permanent organization 

 was effected, the following officers being elected.; President, 



