Oct. 26, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



681 



that will probably never be settled, tho it has been pretty 

 well settled in the minds of the majorit)' of people who 

 have g'iven the subject serious attention. The majority do 

 not believe that bees injure fruit, and the majority believe 

 that bees are of the greatest utility in poUenizing' fruit. We 

 think that the cure for the belief of our correspondent will 

 be found in keeping' bees himself. 



We have noticed that when people who did not like 

 children, came to have children of their own, they lost their 

 prejudice against the little people who once worried them so 

 much. We recommend the cure to the bee-hater. It will 

 save him lots of worrj', and add to his life. The only place 

 in which we thought bees were intruders and trespassers 

 has been in the citj', and even there they did not do much 

 harm. 



We believe the above is a pretty g'ood suggestion, and 

 well worth trying. Suppose you have a neighbor who ob- 

 jects to bees near him for some unreasonable reason. Just 

 try in some way to get him interested in bee-keeping and to 

 own a colony or two. After he has had them a season or 

 so, and eaten some honey produced on his own place, and 

 by his own bees, the chances are that he will no longer ob- 

 ject to bees, even should he later discontinue keeping them 

 himself. 



Honey Shows in England ate made more of than in 

 this country. Nearlv everj' number of the British Bee 

 Journal has some mention of them. A somewhat recent 

 number of that journal has for its editorial leader, "The 

 Final Honey Shows for 1899." The British and Colonial 

 Industrial Exhibition at Manchester lasts four weeks, 

 where $75 in prize_s is off ered bee-keepers with advertisement 

 cards allowed on the exhibits after judging. A little ear- 

 lier, at the same place, was held a show in connection with 

 the Grocery Trades' Exhibition, in which it seems there 

 was open competition for master grocers only, and nothing 

 but British honey allowed. 



Then there is the Grocery Trades Exhibition in London 

 in October, and perhaps most important of all the Dairy 

 Show, Oct. 17 to 20. The British Bee Journal earnestly 

 urged an exhibit at this show from every county in the 

 kingdom, which it thinks would greatly assist in singling 

 out the best honej'-districts in the kingdom. The proba- 

 bility is that on this side the water some of the bee-keepers 

 who are quietly working away in the best honey-districts, 

 would not care to have those " best honey-dristicts " too 

 widelv advertised. 



Mr. Wm. Couse, Secretary of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, we regret to hear, is suffering from an attack 

 of typhoid fever. We trust he may soon fully recover. 



Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Missouri, writing us Oct. 13, re- 

 ported the death of his father, Oct. 11, in St. Joseph, Mo., at 

 the age of 82 years. He had been ill for quite a while, so 

 the end came not unexpected. 



Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, of San Diego Co., Calif., re- 

 ported in the American Bee-Keeper that that State pro- 

 duced 3,750 pounds of honey in 1870, and 3,500,000 pounds in 

 1876. A pretty big gain in only six years. 



Mr. E. M. Storer, a veteran bee-keeper of southern 

 Georgia, has disposed of his interests there and sailed for 

 the island of Jamaica, taking a position with the Jamaica 

 Bee-Supply Co. So reports the American Bee-Keeper. 



Mr. Frank H. Dkkxei,, of Montrose Co., Colo., sends 

 us the following clipping, with the remark, " You might 

 perhaps need it in your business :" 



" Good morning. Have you paid your subscription this 

 year ? Perhaps you owe for last year, or several years, or 

 may be for job work or advertising. Now, you understand, 

 we don't need money, for we have millions — to get ; but it 

 is really an imposition on our part to let people go on car- 

 rying our money around when we are so strong and healthy 

 and abundantly able to bear that burden ourselves. For 

 this reason we ask everj'body who has any of our money in 

 his possession to leave it at the office, or send it by mail, 

 express, freight, or any other old way, just so it gets here. 

 Silver and gold are heavy, and it would be a matter of life- 

 long regret if any one should get bow-legged carrj-ing it 

 around for us." 



Well, we don't exactly need the above paragraph, but, 

 really, we know right where we could put a thousand dol- 

 lars or so, if some good spirit would move those in arrears 

 to send it in. We are quite willing to endure the burden (?) 

 of taking care of the monev. 



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Editor Leahy, of the Progressive Bee-Keeper, has 

 this paragraph in the October issue of his paper : 



" Following the lead of Bro. York, we have obtained 

 permission from the board of directors of our public schools 

 to address the scholars on the subject of bee-keeping. We 

 will procure a hall that will seat all the children and the 

 teachers, and each teacher, some afternoon in November, 

 will bring his or her pupils to this hall where the address 

 will be delivered." 



That's all right with the exception that November may 

 be a little late to have the bees on exhibition. It helps 

 much to have the bees before the children when talking 

 about them and their work in the hive. 



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Why Not Deal Direct with the manufacturer when 

 you can, pay cash for what you buy, and obtain the goods 

 at wholesale prices — be your own agent ? The Edw. W. 

 Walker Carriage Co., of Goshen, Ind., manufacture a full 

 line of vehicles, and sell them direct to the consumer at 

 wholesale prices. Letters received by them from users of 

 their goods contain the strongest expressions of satisfac- 

 tion and endorsement. Their catalog is free, and will be 

 promptly mailed by addressing Edw. W. Walker Carriage 

 Co., 50 Eighth St., Goshen, Ind. Always mention the 

 American Bee Journal when writing them, if you please. 



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Sh.arp as a Bee-Sting. — In the Youth's Companion a 

 story is told of a lord and a clergyman who were once driv- 

 ing together, and past the city jail. The lord turned to his 

 companion and jokingly said : 



" Where would you be, sir, if that jail had its due ?" 



Without a second's hesitation his companion smilingly 

 responded : 



" Riding alone, I fear." 



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While on a Brief Visit to Chicago — that busy, up-to- 

 date and even ahead-of-time Western Bee-Hive — recently, 

 it was the privilege of our secretary-treasurer, Mr. H. Yeigh, 

 to shake hands and exchange greetings with Mr. George W. 

 York, editor and publisher of the American Bee Journal. 

 Mr. York deserves the success he has gained by hard and 

 intelligent work. — Canadian Bee Journal. Thank you. 



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Dr. C. C. Miller past thru Chicago Oct. 17, on his way 

 to the annual meeting of the Illinois Presbyterian Synod at 

 Joliet, and called on us for two hours. He reports a comb- 

 honey crop of about 6,000 pounds this year, from 140 colo- 

 nies, spring count, and an increase of about 150 colonies, 

 thus making his three apiaries total about 300 colonies. 

 The Doctor is looking well. 



Please send us Names of Bee=Keepers who do not now 



get the American Bee Journal, and we will send them sam- 

 ple copies. Then you can very likely afterward get their 

 subscriptions, for which work we offer valuable premiums 

 in nearly every number of this journal. You can aid much 

 by sending in the names and addresses when writing us ou 

 other matters. 



