Mar. 16, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



169 



•was approved, and the list of words %yith simplified spelling- 

 adopted for use in all publications of the National Educa- 

 tional Association, is as follows : 



Program for prog-ramme ; tho for though ; altho for 

 although ; thoro for thorough ; thorofarc for thoroughfare ; 

 thru for through ; thruout for throughout ; catalog for cata- 

 logue ; prolog for prologue : dccalog for decalogue ; demagog 

 for demagogue ; pedagog for pedagogue. 



You are invited to extend notice of this action, and to 

 join in securing the general adoption of the suggested 

 amendments. 



We believe that we have always used program for pro- 

 gramme in the Bee Journal, and catalog for catalogue, so 

 there will be only about a half dozen more words that will 

 require our attention, in order to be up with the National 

 Educational Association. Next week we hope to begin on 

 them, and trust that our readers will help on the good work 

 all they can by also adopting the simplified spelling in their 

 correspondence. It's a grand thing to be leaders in wise 

 reforms, and we hope that bee-keepers will be in this one 

 from start to finish. 



How Much Honey at a Heal ?— "Stenog," the new 

 department editor of Gleanings, "touches us up "in this 

 style on the subject of how much honey one can eat at a 

 meal : 



" It seems that Mr. York doubted whether three persons 

 ever ate a pound of comb honey at one sitting. Mr. Murry 

 says two often eat that much." Certainly— why not ? Evi- 

 dently Mr. York can't hear honey as well as some of us 

 human bruins can. I can eat half a pound of good clover 

 honey at one meal any day, with impunity (or milk without 

 the impunity). But I never eat on a wager, nor to show 

 what I can do. I eat to live, and stop when I have enough." 



This leaves one in confusing uncertainty as to the real 

 honey capacity of "Stenog." Does he mean he abvays 

 stops when he has had enough, and that half a pound at a 

 meal is the proper allowance, if taken with milk or impu- 

 nity ? and if so, how much could he stow away at a meal if 

 he could secure a fair wage for his labor ? 



Good Advice for all bee-keepers is given in this para- 

 graph by Editor Hill, of the American Bee-Keeper : 



If the young bee-keeper has not already done so, he 

 should now begin to put everything- in readiness for tiie 

 coming season. The busy days will soon be here again, 

 and our success will larg-eh' depend upon the preparation 

 we have made. Like a colony of bees, the mind of the bee- 

 keeper is often materially advanced by a little "stimulative 

 feeding " in the spring, which is handsomely repaid in the 

 season's results. 



Mr. Hill also wisely recommends the reading of a bee- 

 book as a "spring tonic." It seems a pity that anyone 

 should think of making- a thorough success with bees with- 

 out getting and studj'ing one or more of the several excel- 

 lent bee-books and bee-papers now publisht. It would be 

 time and money well invested. 



The U. S. Association, through its General Manager 

 and Treasurer, Mr. Secor, is sending out notices of expira- 

 tion of memberships. We received the following recently : 



My Dear Brother Bee-Keeper : — The Treasurer's 

 books show that your membership in the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Association is paid to Jan. 1, 1899. If the record 

 needs correcting to accord with the facts, I shall be glad to 

 be notified. If correct, I sliall hope to receive the amount 

 necessary to renew your membership to date, including the 

 current year. 



The Board of Directors have some work in view which 

 is in the interest of the bee-keeping fraternity, but it can- 

 not be prosecuted without the help of those whom it is in- 

 tended to benefit. The membership fee is $1.00 per year. 

 It is hoped that all bee-keepers will feel so interested in the 

 effort to protect the purity of honey, and, in fact, all bee- 



keepers' rights and interests, that they will become mem- 

 bers at once, if they are not already. 



Fraternally yours, Eugene Secok, Treasurer. 



The new plan of thus notif3-ing members was recom- 

 mended at the Omaha convention, and must prove a good 

 thing- for the Association, in keeping up the membership 

 list. While now there are only about 400 members, there 

 should be a full thousand, at least, so that the Board of 

 Directors would feel more like undertaking some adulteration 

 cases that ought to be taken up now and puslit to a finish. 

 Everything is ready except the cash to go ahead with ; and 

 that must be supplied by the bee-keepers — those who are 

 most interested in the enforcement of laws against the 

 adulteration of honev. 



John Nebel i!* Son, of Montgomery Co., Mo., have sent 

 us their annual bee-supply catalog- for 1899. 

 * * * * * 



M. H. Hunt & Son, of Wayne Co., Mich., have issued 

 their 17th annual catalog of bee-supplies, a copj' of which is 

 on our desk. 



***** 



Mr. Wm. J. Brown, of Skagit Co., Wash., writing us 

 March 2, said : 



" The Bee Journal is worth its weight in gold to a bee- 

 keeper if he has the money to pay for it." 



***** 



Mr. Geo. I. Wolf, of Cass Co., Ind., wrote us March 7, 

 when renewing his subscription for another year : 



" I can't do without the American Bee Journal, for I 

 have learned three dollars' worth from its pages so far this 

 year." 



***** 



Messrs. R. H. Schmidt & Co., of Sheboygan Co., Wis., 

 one of our regular advertisers, wrote us March 3 : 



" Business is good. We are also pleased to say that our 

 bees are all in very good condition, and have had several 

 good flights. We expect a rich honey har-yest this year." 



***** 



Mr. W. S. Pender, of the firm of Pender Bros., of 

 Australia, is visiting in this country, calling on some of 

 our principal bee-supply manufacturers and publishers. 

 His own firm deals in bee-keepers' supplies, and does a 

 large business in that far-away land. Mr. Pender is a very 

 pleasant gentleman, and a thorough-going bee-keeper, hav- 

 ing for several years edited the Australian Bee-Bulletin, 

 now the only bee-paper in Australia, we believe. We trust 

 that lie will have a pleasant trip and safe return home. 

 ***** 



Advantages of Direct Buying. — Certain manufac- 

 turing institutions have in recent years inaugurated a new 

 system of disposing of their products which is unqualifiedly 

 to the advantage of the consumer. It took courage to make 

 the change, but they did it. Among the pioneers in this 

 new method of doing biisiness was the Elkhart Carriage & 

 Harness Mfg. Co., of Elkhart, Ind., whose advertisement 

 appears on page 173 of this issue. These people began this 

 plan of doing business 26 years ago, and have adhered to it 

 strictl)- ever since. The result has been so entirely success- 

 ful that they are to-day the largest manufacturers of car- 

 riages and harness in the world selling to the consumer ex- 

 clusively. The)' publish an extended illustrated catalog, 

 which we will take pleasure in mailing to all our readers 

 who request it, and mention the American Bee Journal 

 when writing. 



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The Premium offered on page 172 is well worth work- 

 ing for. Look at it. 



