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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Nov. 16, 1899. 



GEORGE W. YORK, Editor. 



PVBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



George W. York & Company, 



116 Michigan St., Cliicago, III. 



ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. 



SAMPLE COPY FREE. 



(Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mai! Matter.] 



United States Bee-KeeDers' 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. 



Xlembersblp Fe^-^l-OO per Aumim, 



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



VOL. 39. NOVEMBER 16, 1899. NO. 46. 



No-TE— The American Bee Journal adopts the Orthojrraphv of the follow- 

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



.'."iS! '^^''°'^'^""" *'"' ""^ Pliilolog-ical Society of England: — Change 

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

 fects a preceding- sound. 



Renewing Bee-Paper Subscriptions will soon be in or- 

 der again. We trust that our readers will do this promptly. 

 We believe they all feel that one dollar cannot be better 

 spent than when g-iven for 52 copies of the old weekly 

 American Bee Journal ; especially when they remember 

 that they get 40 more copies than if it were issued monthly, 

 and 28 more copies than if it were a semi-monthly. 



There is another very important thing not to forget, 

 and it is this : While nearly everything else is going up in 

 price, the American Bee Journal will continue to be sup- 

 plied at the usual figure— only $1.00 a year. We are now 

 compelled to pay more than a few months ago for the white 

 paper on which it is printed; more for the printing, and 

 more office rent. In fact, practically all connected with 

 getting out a paper like the Bee Journal is higher in price 

 now than a year ago, and still it will be furnisht at the old 

 price of a dollar for 52 numbers. We believe that our thou- 

 sands of readers will appreciate this, and will not only 

 renew their subscription, but will do what they can to get 

 their neighbors and friends who keep bees to subscribe for 

 it. If just one-half of our readers would each send one new 

 subscriber before next Jan. 1st, the old American Bee Jour- 

 nal would have a larger list than any bee-paper on this con- 

 tinent has ever had. 



We do not ofifer to give one or two other periodicals free 

 with a year's subscription to the American Bee Journal, 

 but we do promi.se to give our readers in the future as in 

 the past, the biggest dollar's worth of good bee-literature to 

 be found anywhere. The old American Bee Journal speaks 

 clearly for itself each week — we need say no more than that. 



riore Experience with Honey. Barrels. — We wish to 

 give a little further experience we had with handling honey 

 in barrels early this fall. 



We had bought four barrels of extracted honej' in Wis- 

 consin from a bee-keeper who had always put up the ex- 

 tracted honey in such a package. The honey was started 

 off all right, but when it reacht Chicago one barrel had only 

 half the contents it had when delivered at the depot in Wis- 

 consin. It was about 160 pounds short. 



When our expressman was loading the honey into his 

 wagon at the Chicago depot, the whole head of one of the 

 other barrels came out, and before he could get the barrel 

 up on end. fully half of that barrel of honey was spilt. 



In all, there was about 620 worth of honey lost in this 

 one shipment. Now, $20 would pay for quite a number of 

 tin cans, which are ever so much safer for holding liquid 

 honey. Of course, if the honey is granulated, then it is all 

 right to ship in barrels. But we don't want to risk getting 

 any more liquid hone3- in them. 



Doubtless all honey that is in barrels now is thoroly 

 granulated, so that it will ship with perfect safety. 



Europe vs. America as to Honey. — A writer in the 

 American Bee-Keeper having said that until a few years 

 ago the United States produced only half as much per col- 

 ony as other countries where bee-keeping is carried on 

 scientificallj', F. Greiner takes issue in the same journal. 

 He thinks the reverse is the case. He is sure the average 

 for the past 25 years has been much lower in Germany, if 

 not thru all Europe. Formerly, in his part of New York, SO 

 pounds per colony was counted an average crop, now per- 

 haps 30, and California and other States are better, while in 

 Germany 20 pounds is an average, with, of course, excep- 

 tionally better yields. But the German gets the better 

 prices, and has a splendid trade in live bees. In Germany 

 there are estimated to be 1,964,726 colonies of bees, and 

 in the United States 2.400,000. 



The Government and Apis Dorsata.— Dr. A. B. Mason 

 says in the Bee-Keepers' Review that we need have no fear 

 but that desirable aid will be given bee-keepers whenever 

 they ask for it as to introducing the big Indian bee. While 

 in Washington lately he had an interview with the govern- 

 ment official with whom correspondence has been had, and 

 was told that whenever the United States Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation should be satisfied that it was desirable to import 

 Dorsata, and would so inform the department, all the aid! 

 they could furnish would be gladly given ; and if necessary 

 the department would give all possible aid in securing the 

 desired information. But the Doctor does not seem to be 

 enthusiastic about the introduction of the foreigner until 

 the possibility of its domestication has been demonstrated. 



Honey as a Daily Food.— In Gleanings in Bee-Culture 

 Anton Leister speaks of the value of honey as a food, not 

 as a relish or appetizer. He thinks honey, as usually eaten 

 — a relish after the main part of the meal — is likeh- to be 

 injurious because of its richness in nutritive elements. But 

 he does not merely theorize. For six months he tried using- 

 honey in what most persons would consider large qitanti- 

 ties. Bread and honey was more than half his daily food, 

 and it formed the entire meal at least once each daj'. But 

 with such hearty food he did not sit idle, but workt hard, 

 doing such work as sawing wood and pitching hay. Once 

 or twice the honey made him sick, but he ate it before rest- 

 ing when very tired, and he thinks beefsteak might have 

 had the same effect ttnder the same conditions. 



The point to be emphasized in the case is that honey is 

 2.Jood, having great nutritive value. Whole-wheat bread 



