Feb. 2, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



73 



A. P. Grout, of Winchester ; Vice-President, H. Augustine, 

 of Normal ; Secretary and Treasurer. H. S. Grindlev, of the 

 Universit.Y of Illinois. An Executive Committee, composed 

 of prominent representatives of a number of State org-ani- 

 zations interested in the subject of foods, was elected. We 

 notice that Mr. Jas. A. Stone, Secretarj' of the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, is a member of the committee. 

 The conference adopted the following- resolutions : 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this Conference that a bill should 

 be enacted into law which should prevent the sale of articles of food and 

 druirs in Illinois which are harmful to the consumer, and which will also 

 regulate the sale of mi.\t products under proper reuulaticns, to the end 

 that the health of the people miy be protected from injurious products 

 of manufacture, and that mixt products shall not be past upon the con- 

 sumer in lieu of the hit^-her priced genuine article. Said bill is to include 

 also the resrulations re^'ardinp the sale of farm and jrarden seeds. 



Resolved, further. That we believe it necessary that a State Com- 

 missioner or Comimssion should be appointed to carry out the provisions 

 of the law. 



Resolved, That the E.'cecutive Committee is hereby instructed to 

 secure the co-operation of all persons and associations interested to assist 

 in the carrviuff forward of this work, and that the committee be author- 

 ized to draft a bill along- these lines, and secure its enactmeiU into law. 



Resolved, That the Committee be authorized to call a meetincr, if 

 they consider it advisable, and submit the drafted bill for further consid- 

 eration before its introduction into the leg-islature. 



The Executive Committee appointed Senator H. M. 

 Dunlap, with the assistance of Sec. Grindley, to draft the 

 jjroposed bill upon lines indicated by the conference that all 

 interested take an active interest in the subject. The com- 

 mittee would also like to have suggested any facts or meas- 

 ures which should be given consideration in framing a bill 

 directed to the end in view. 



Bees Breeding in the Cellar.— Dr. A. B. Mason has 

 this paragraph in a letter we received from him dated 

 Jan. 21 : 



" The statement of .some of our great lights, that bees 

 don't breed in the cellar, is given a whack every winter by 

 my bees. I believe every colotiy is stronger now than when 

 put into the cellar last November, and not a sign of disease." 



Editor E. R. Root is the subject of a curious mistake 

 that is going the rotmds of the foreign bee-journals, to the 

 effect that •• Mr. E. Root, editor of American Gleanings." 

 has for more than 50 years practiced clipping queens, and 

 likes the practice. As Mr. Root has not yet seen 37 years, 

 he may be excused for having some doubt as to the correct- 

 ness of the statement. D 



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D.\IKV .\XD CRE.A.MERY is the name of a new 16-page 

 semi-monthly paper, devoted to the advancement of the 

 dairy, creamery and .stock interests. A free sample copy 

 may be had bj- writing to J. Lewis Draper, 279 Dearborn 

 St., Chicago, 111., and mentioning the Bee Journal. The 

 subscription price of the Dairy and Creamery is 50 cents a 

 year. We will order it for you for one year as a premium if 

 you will send us one new subscriber to the American Bee 

 Journal, with Sfl.OO. 



Co., 



Minn., wrote us 



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Mr. C. THi:ir,M.\NX, of Wabasha 

 as follows Jan. 23 



De.4,k Editor York :— I herewith hand you SI. 00 to go 

 in with those winners of the Dot contest who are willing to 

 give their prizes toward the Langstroth Monument Fund. I 

 hope that everj' one of the winners will consent to your in- 

 genious suggestion, to raise and increa.se this fund for put- 

 ting up a respectable stone over the resting-place of Father 

 Langstroth, which he so justlv deserved. 



I have never read anything in all the bee and' other 

 papers that pleased me so highly as did your suggestion to 

 the winners in that Dot contest, as it amounts to a big .sum 

 if all consent, while none will feel any poorer in giving the 

 small amount, and all will feel cheerful to think that they 



are having an interest in honoring Father Langstroth with 

 a monument. ^ Yours trulj-, 



C. Thiki,m.\nn. 

 Yes, Mr. Theilmann, you would be surprised to see how 

 many have thaiikt us for suggesting that the Dot cash 

 prizes be turned into the Langstrotli Monument Fund. Of 

 course none of them will feel a contribution itiade in that 

 way. Many only regret that their amounts are not larger. 

 But to all from whom we do not hear by Feb. 15, we will 

 mail the amounts due them ; and all who notify us to place 

 their prize amounts in the Monument Fund will be acknowl- 

 edged in the Bee Journal later on, no matter if it is only a 

 nickel contribution. 



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Mr. H. W. Brice — a prominent bee-keeper and writer 

 in England— says in the British Bee Journal that the fruit 

 crop on a farm near one of his out-apiaries is worth $500 a 

 year more than it was without the bees. So says an item in 

 Gleaning-s. It is just such intelligent and conclusive in- 

 formation as this that will help to cure the blindness on the 

 part of many fruit-growers who are enemies of bees when 

 thev should be their friends. 



Mr. H. W. Buckbee'S Seed and Plant Guide for 1899 is 

 one of the most elaborate and complete catalogs we have 

 seen this year. It contains 132 pages, and will be sent to 

 you free upon receipt of your name and address. Write for 

 it, to H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 111., not failing to mention 

 the American Bee Journal when doing so. The name " Buck- 

 ^)t'f " should commend him to bee-keepers — on account of 

 the very familiar latter part of it. 



Mr. J. H. M.artix (Rambler), of Los Angeles Co., Calif., 

 wrote us Jan. 20 : 



" We have had a good rain, but it is far from enough to 

 ensure a honey crop. The conditions are however favorable 

 to the continuation of additional rains. The absence of 

 moisture another season would about use up the industry in 

 this State. Still, the person that has the grit to hold on 

 would reap a benefit in the end." 

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Mr. S. T. Pettit, of Ontario, Canada, writing us Jan. 

 21, said : 



"I am now in my 70th vear. How rapidly life glides 

 away. You cannot realize it yet, but the serious fact will 

 rush upon your mind before long. It is a good thing to 

 work while we can." 



Yes, we already realize how fleeting time is. It will 

 soon be 15 years since we first began to work on this jour- 

 nal, and yet it seems only a few months ago. Being so 

 busy helps to speed time on its way. Verilj-, " It is a good 

 thing to work while we can," for " the night cometh when 

 no man can work." 



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Dr. F. L. Peiro. of Chicago (office in Central Music 

 Halll, is well known to many of our readers, as he has writ- 

 ten quite frequently for our columns, and also has attended 

 several national conventions. He visited the Pacific Coast 

 some tiine ago, and called on some of the bee-keepers. 

 Here's what he has to say abotit his meeting Prof. A. J. 

 Cook, who lives near Los Angeles, Calif.: 



" What I Didn't I tell you about meeting Prof. Cook in 

 Santa Barbara, on my recent visit to California? Well, I 

 did, and I envied his delightful situation. Seated like a 

 king on his (street-car) throne, surrounded by as charming- 

 a bevy of ladies as you could see in a great journ.ey — there 

 he was, dispensing smiles and information as easily and 

 genially as if it were an ever3' day occurrence. Old, did 

 j'ou sa3' ? Bless you, no! He's not that kind. He'll be 

 young another SO years, at least. 



'■ The very next day I met him again. This time I cor- 

 nered him 1 i sat in his seat, next to the aisle, and he had 

 to stay in that railroad car. Couldn't get out. Then we 

 had it. He told me much about his part of the State, near 

 the famous 'Redlands;' about bees, and the new house he 

 was btiilding, etc.; and told in so delightful a way I was 

 charmed with his engaging companionship. I wanted to 

 ask a lot of other questions, but you know how quickly time 

 pas.ses in pleasant company. Almost before I knew it we 

 were too-tooting into Los Angeles, and there our paths 

 diverged. 



" Jov be to him and his, always." Dr. Peiro. 



