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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Feb. 23, 1899. 



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United States Bee- Keepers' Association. 



Org-anUed to advance the pursuit of Apiculture ; to promote the interests 

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

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



Afembership fee— SI.OO per Aaatim, 



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



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

 Board of Dikectors— E. R. Root; E. Whitcornb; E.T.Abbott: C. P. 



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

 Gen'l Manager and Treasorer— Eug-eue Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



VOL 39. FEBRUARY 23, 1899. 



NO. 8 



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

 injr Rule, recommended bv the joint action of the American Philolog- 

 ical Association and the Philological Society of England: — Chang-e 

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

 fects a preceding sound. 



The Chicago Bee=Keepers' Association will hold its 

 ihird quarterly meeting- Thursday, March 2, at the Brig-gs 

 House, northeast corner of Randolph St. and Fifth Ave. Of 

 course every bee-keeper is invited to be present, especially 

 those in this (Cook) county. 



Sweet Clover — Mr. Wm. Stolley's article on the sow- 

 ing and growing of sweet clover will be found in this issue. 

 Keid carefully all he says about it, for he has had long and 

 extensive experience with it, both as a food for farm stock 

 and as a honey-producer. We can supply the seed of sweet 

 clover promptly, as shown by the advertisement on page 

 123 of this number. 



The " Feeling" Regarding Apis Dorsata. The Ameri 

 can Bee-Keeper says : 



"The American Bee Journal saj's, ' Apis dorsata is 

 strongly championed by the American Bee-Keeper. Since 

 those who oppose it say that it cannot prosper in this land, 

 why need there be any feeling about its introduction ?' " 



The reply to this shows that the American Bee-Keeper 

 understood the item as an argument against any attempt 

 at the introduction of said bee. Editor Hill, you have 

 clearly misunderstood the drift of the item — a misunder- 

 standing that is entirely pardonable. You understood it to 

 mean " feeling " on the part of those who desire its intro- 

 <luction, in which meanii'ig- there would be littl-e sense and 

 less argument. But please look at it in the way in which it 

 was really meant, and you will probably see both sense 

 and argument. The meaning was that there need be no 



" feeling " on the part of those who opposed its introduc- 

 tion, and the argument might be paraphrased after this 

 style, by those who were not trying to be careful of the 

 "feelings " of the opposers : 



" Say, you fellows that are raising such a howl against 

 introducing Apis dorsata, what under the sun is the sense 

 in it ? You say it cannot prosper here, will die ofi rig-ht 

 away if brought here, and if it is brought here onlj- to die 

 right away, what harm can that do yoii f Where is the 

 sense in your showing so much ' feeling ' about it ?" 



Lost Numbers of the Bee Journal are being reported as 

 never before — so it seems to us. We can't understand it, 

 for we have mailed them regularly ri'c/'r Wednesday ci'eii- 

 ing for years. It must be the cause of the many losses lies 

 with the post-office — after the papers leave our hands. We 

 are g^lad to replace all lost copies, if only they are reported 

 promptly. We are extremely careful to mail the paper to 

 every subscriber, and if they don't get it, we attach no 

 blame to ourselves. Of course we regret the non-appear- 

 ance, but can only offer to mail them again when so re- 

 quested, and before the edition is exhausted. 



The National Bee»Keepers' Union.— We have received 

 the following report of the recent election results, from 

 General Manager Newman : 



NATIONAL BEE-KEEPERS' UNION. 



To THE Members : — As many have requested copies of 

 the report of the judges of election as soon as it is made, 

 this is sent for information : 



San Francisco. Calif., Feb. 8, 1899. 



We, the Committee appointed by the Advisory Board of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union to count the ballots cast for the various candidates 

 for the year 1899, submit the following, to-wit : 



Total number of votes cast 76. 



For President- R. L. Taylor receives 44, G. M. Doolittle 16, scat- 

 tering 14. 



For Vice-Presidents— C. C. Miller 50, G. M. Doolittle 41. A. I. Root 

 41), Eugene Secor 2", C. P. Dadant 27, A. J. Cook 27, J. M. Hambaugh 10, 

 Frank Benton 9, Chas. Dadant 9, E. R. Root 9. scattering 68. 



For Gener.1L Manager, Secretary and Treasi-ker- Thomas G. 



Newman received 71, scattering 5. 



W. A. Prval. 



F. N. Blackman, I 



Committee. 



As the Hon. R. L. Taylor and Prof. A. J. Cook posi- 

 tively decline to accept anj' office, the following, having re- 

 ceived the highest number of votes, are declared duly 

 elected : G. M. Doolittle, President ; Dr. C. C. Miller, A. I. 

 Root, Eugene Secor, C. P. Dadant and J. M. Hambaugh, 

 Vice-Presidents ; and Thomas G. Newman, General Man- 

 ager, Secretary and Treasurer. 



For IS consecutive years I have been almost unani- 

 mously elected to the oftice of General Manager, and now I 

 feel that, in justice to myself, this must be the last time 

 that I can accept the office, and therefore request the mem- 

 bers to unite upon my successor at the next election. 



Realizing that my experience for IS years will be of 

 value to my successor, I will cheerfully give counsel at any 

 time, or accept a position on the Advisory Board, or take 

 the office of President if it is generally desired by the mem- 

 bers. I wish to thank all for this renewed proof of esteem. 

 Yours respectfully, Thomas G. Newman, 



General Manager. 

 1429 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. 



We wish to congratulate all the successful candidates, 

 upon their election to positions in an organization that has 

 won so many honors in the interest of bee-keeping, and 

 that has been so uniformly victorious for so many years. 



Discouraging Situation in Southern California — Prof. 

 A.J.Cook, writing us Feb. 9, from Claremont, Los Ange- 

 les Co., had this to say about the exceedingly discouraging 

 prospects for bee-keepers in Southern California : 



The honey situation in Southern California is certainly 

 very discouraging. A drouth last year that utterly pre- 

 cluded honey-production is followed by a prospect of still 

 greater drouth this present season. At Clarement, lyos 

 Angeles county, up to the present date, we have had less 

 than four inches of rainfall, whereas we desire IS to insure 



