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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



April 13, 1899. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



George W. York & Company, 



116 Michigan St., Chicago, III. 



ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. .f^BUS SAMPLE COPY FREE. 



[Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail Matter.] 



United States Bee-Keepers' Association. 



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

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

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



Alembersblp Fee—^l.OO per Aanain, 



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

 Secretary, Dr. A. B. 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. 



Gen'l Manager and Treasurer— Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Place and Date of Xext Meeting .- 



Philadelphia, Pa., September 5, 6 and 7, 1899. Every bee-keeper is invited. 



VOL 39. 



APRIL 13, 1899. 



NO. 15. 



Note— The American Bee Journal adopts the Orthog-raphv of the follow- 

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

 ical Associatiou and the Philological Society of England; — Change 



"d" or "ed" final to "t" v'^"" "■" -'■ ' * — ' ' 



fects a preceding sound. 



THE DREAHER. 



Let the dreamer lie at ease 



And gaze at the bright blue sky. 

 Lulled by the munnuringbees. 



While the summer winds go by. 

 Tho its skies be cold and gray. 



Be this thy heart's content — 

 That thine is the sweeter day 



In useful labor spent. — Farm Journal. 



Honey Leaflets as Honey=Sellers.— Editor Root, of 

 Gleaning-s, finds a number of his readers report that honey 

 leaflets are not a success as honey-sellers. He thinks the 

 trouble is that they are g-otten up in too cheap a form ; that 

 something- more expensively and attractively g-otten up 

 mig-ht do better, and asks for opinions. 



We think the trouble has been that nearly all the 

 leaflets put out so far have been too large — there is too 

 much to read. Busylpeople haven't time to wade thru so 

 much. Perhaps a single leaf printed on both sides in clear 

 type like this -would be better. Say a leaf of paper about 

 5x8 inches. It might have two or three small pictures on it. 



But, after all, much depends upon the honey itself. If 

 it is of as g-Qod quality as it ought to be, and prospective 

 customers get a good taste of it, they vrill buy if they really 

 want any honey, and if the price is right. 



Many people do not care for honey — wouldn't eat it if it 

 were on the table^every meal. But there are enough people 



who do like honey to use every pound that can be produced, 

 if only it could be brought to their attention. How to do 

 that thing is one of the great questions yet to be satis- 

 factorily solved. If any of our readers know /low, and wish 

 to help, our columns are open. 



Later. — In Gleanings for April 1, we find the follow- 

 ing in reference to the use of honey leaflets, from Mr. Dan 

 White, who seems to know /low to use them : 



Now, then, Mr. Editor, you want our views. Should 

 the leaflet be more expensive ? I might suggest one verse 

 or a few lines added for the e.vprcss purpose of cutting out 

 and pasting in our hats. I should want it to read something 

 like this : 



"Don't waste these leaflets, throwing them on porches, 

 and scattering them around promiscuously. 



" Don't use these leaflets if your honey is not of good 

 quality and thovoly ripened before it was extracted. 



"i)on't forget, when you do make a sale ot good honey, 

 to hand the customers a leaflet. 



" Don't forget to tell them that it will teach them how 

 to warm up candied honey ; it will educate them quite a 

 little. 



" Don't forget that very /t-c are educated about honey 

 and bees. 



" Don't forg'et that half the people hardly know what 

 honey is. They should and will if we do our part well. 

 Those leaflets will help do the talking. 



" Don't forget to leave a sample of honey when you call 

 from house to house. 



" Don't forget to leave the leaflet and your name and 

 address, because, after they eat the good honey they will 

 read the leaflet and then say, I 7nust get some of that 

 honey." 



Don't you see we almost compel them to read those 

 leaflets, and also buy our honey ? Don't forget to stay at 

 home, tho, if your honey happens to be a little ofl" — so much 

 so that your own family don't like it. Don't forget that 

 poor honey sells poorly, just the same as any other poor 

 thing. Don't forget tfiose leaflets are all right if you know 

 how to use them rightly. Don't forget to take off your hat 

 every few days and read these don' is. Don't forget that, if 

 the leaflets are all right in one place, they )nusi be so in 

 other places. 



Order Bee-Supplies Early is the usual annual advice 

 to bee-keepers at this season of the year. Experienced honey- 

 producers hardly need be so reminded, but the beginners, 

 or those of limited experience, perhaps should be advised to 

 have on hand, in ample time for use, all supplies that 

 will likely be required during the honey season. Be pre- 

 pared for whatever comes, whether it be a large crop or a 

 failure. 



Ho-well's Scripture Honey=Cake. — The whites of eight 

 eggs well beaten. Job. 6, 6 ; one-half cup of butter, Gen. 

 18, 8 ; one cup of honey, Gen. 43, 11 ; one-half cup of sweet 

 milk, Gen. 18, 8 ; flour to make a stiff batter, Leviticus 2, 2 ; 

 spices and almonds to suit taste. Gen. 43, 11, and a little 

 leaven, 1 Cor. S, 6. Bake it to-day. Exodus, 16, 23. 



Great Britain's Honey Imports during 1898 amounted 

 to about S120,000. So reports the British Bee Journal. 



Smart Bees in Texas. — The Evanston (111.) Index con- 

 tained an item in regard to some " smart bees " in Texas. 

 Mrs. N. L. Stow, vice-president of the Chicago Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, saw the item and kindly handed it to us. It 

 reads as follows : 



"The busy bee has long had a reputation for industry, 

 but I alwaj-s considered it rather conservative until I ran 

 across the up-to-date variety that does business in the Fort 

 Davis region of west Texas." So spoke a former journalist, 

 now a railroad man. " They have some of the finest honey 

 in the world out there, and its delicate flavor is due to the 

 blossom of a shrub that grows profusely on the mountain 

 sides. The trouble is, however, that tlie flowering season 



