Sept. 7, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



569 



face with a sweet realitj-, the product of the bee-keeper 

 thru the aid of his thousands of busy workers. A desire is 

 created within those who have never used honey, to sample 

 the delicious-lookingf sweets, which usually results in a pur- 

 chase being made, thereby creating- an appetite and a de- 

 mand which it %vould be difficult to accomplish in any other 

 way. 



Now a few words as to the injury that may be done to 

 the bee-keeping industry b)' unwise practice on the part of 

 an exhibitor. Knowledge has come to some of us that cer- 

 tain indiscreet honey-producers make the fairs a dumping 

 g-round for the inferior part of their crops. This practice, 

 if permitted to be carried on extensively, will certainly tend 

 to very much injure the reputation as well as materially 

 lower the price of good honey. Only the very first quality 

 of honey from the different sources should be permitted for 

 sale on the grounds of any public fair. 



Convention Reports are discust with wisdom by F. L. 

 Thompson in the Progressive Bee-Keeper. He refers to the 

 too common error of saying that such and such a topic was 

 handled in an interesting manner, but that is of no value so 

 long as the important part— the matter of the discussion- 

 is left out. One trouble is that the secretary has so much 

 to attend to that it is impossible to give a full and reliable 

 transcript of the discussions. Some one should be ap- 

 pointed whose duty it is to report the discussions, and to do 

 nothing else. He should not try to write out in full what is 

 said, but use catch-words and catch-phrases, always using 

 a lead-pencil, writing out his notes soon after the meeting. 



Extracted Honey Tare — According to W. A. H. Gil- 

 strap, in Gleanings in Bee-Culture, a vigorous and some- 

 what effective protest has been raised against the practice 

 of deducting as tare a number of pounds exceeding the 

 actual weight of the honey-packages. The actual weight 

 of the wooden case is usually taken, but some practice de- 

 ducting 3 pounds for each tin can containing 60 pounds, 

 when the actual weight is only 2j4 pounds. On the San 

 Joaquin valley crop (California), estimated at ISO cars, that 

 makes a difference of 20,000 pounds. Right is right, and 

 bee-keepers should insist on deduction of actual tare. 



Good Yierds of Honey.— In an interview with S. A. 

 Niver, reported in Gleanings in Bee-Culture, he says his 

 average for five years— a year of almost total failure in- 

 cluded—has been between $6.00 and $6.25 per colony. His 

 best colony, last year, gave 175 finisht sections, which 

 brought $19.25. He says Mr. Coggshall figured up 116 days' 

 work during the year 1897, and sold 78,000 pounds of honey, 

 which Editor Root figures up at $20 a day, if the honey 

 brought only 3 cents a pound, or $27 at 4 cents a pound. 

 Now Mr. Coggshall has gone to a sanitarium for treatment 

 and ifst. 



Cogitator will not cogitate any longer for the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. Mr. E. E. Hasty, of Richards, Ohio, will 

 hereafter furnish the " Afterthoughts." For many years 

 he reviewed the bee-papers for the Bee-Keepers' Review, so 

 he has had much experience as a writer on apiarian topics. 

 We feel certain that his addition to our editorial staff will 

 be welcomed and appreciated by all the readers of the old 

 American Bee Journal. We fully expect that Mr. Hasty 

 will equal Cogitator in his " afterthoughting." A fair sam- 

 ple of his work is given in this number. 



The Philadelphia Convention Report we expect to 

 begin to publish very soon after the meeting, or just as 

 soon as Secretary Mason can furnish us with the copy. A 

 full shorthand report will be taken, so our readers may con- 

 fidently look forward to a feast, as the program is one of 

 unusual interest. We can say this with a clear conscience, 

 as our name is not on the program anywhere. 



The Austrai,asian Bee-KeepKR is a new bee-paper 

 just launcht by Pender Bros., in New South Wales, Austra- 

 lia. It is a neat publication, and makes a creditable ap- 

 pearance. Mr. W. S. Pender, who was in this country last 

 winter, is its editor. We wish the " new baby " a success- 

 ful career. 



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Mr. G. W. Nance, of Woodbury Co., Iowa, wrote us 

 Aug. 21, that on Aug. 7 his honey-house was struck by 

 lightning- and burned to the g-round, the loss being about 

 $400, with an insurance of $240 on the house and bee-sup- 

 plies. We regret to learn of Mr. Nance's loss, but congrat- 

 ulate him on his good fortune in having had it insured. 



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Mrs. John J. Glessnek, of Chicago, who is now at her 

 summer home in Grafton Co., N. H., writing us Aug. 16, 

 said : 



" The honey crop is poor here, but the care of bees 

 grows more fascinating. I received a queen in good condi- 

 tion, and safely introduced her to a colony of Carniolans. 

 I like the Italians best. I have my own little way of intro- 

 ducing queens, and ain very successful." 



Mr. G. W. Vangundy, of Uinta Co., Utah, wrote us 

 Aug. 13 that his locality would have only two-thirds of a 

 crop of honey this season. Some time ago we announced 

 in this column that the firm of E. A. Beers & Co. would 

 represent the bee-keepers of Uinta County in the marketing 

 of their honey, but Mr. Vangundy informs us that any one 

 of the officers of their local bee-keepers' association is- 

 abundantly able to attend to the selling of their crop, and 

 that the association is getting along- very nicely. It is ex- 

 pected that all their members will soon unite with the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Association. Just the thing 

 to do. 



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Mr. Stenog — the one who furnishes the " Pickings "^ 

 for Gleanings in Bee-Culture, from their "neighbors' 

 fields " — wrote this paragraph, referring to some letters in 

 the American Bee-Keeper : 



" Mr. Hill continues his interesting letters from Cuba. 

 The insects of that island lead me to believe that a hybrid 

 climate like ours, where Jack Zero reigns a good deal of the 

 time, is preferable to one of perpetual heat." 



We presume that means Stenog prefers Heaven to the 

 " other place," where it is said that the " heat " is not only 

 " perpetual," but hot boiled down. 



E. R. Hayes, of Topeka, Kans., seems to deserve a free 

 advertisement. The following is given in Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture, and we are quite willing to " pass his name 

 along :" 



" We regret to be obliged to warn our friends against 

 sending any honey to E. R- Hayes, of Topeka, Kan., or 

 trusting him in any way. D. S. Jenkins, of Colorado, sent 

 him a lot of honey last October. Hayes said, when Mr. J. 

 offered the honey, " I will send my draft on arrival of 

 goods." Since then Mr. Jenkins cannot get a word from 

 him, and we have written to Mr. Hayes twice, the last time 

 telling him we would publish him unless he made some sort 

 of answer; and altho we have given him several weeks' 

 time to make a reply, we cannot get a word from him in 

 any way, shape or manner. Will the other journals please 

 pass his name along unless he can be made to talk, or give 

 some reason why he does nol talk." 



We might also add the name of H. P. Robie, of Sioux 

 Falls, S. Dak., to the list of those who defraud bee-keepers 

 by getting honey and refusing to pay for it. 



The Premium offered on page 572 is well worth work ing 

 for. Look at it. 



