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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



there is nothing particularly strange 

 or wrong about it; nevertheless, it 

 works evil and that continually. This 

 false notion of " cheap traffic, " is at 

 the bottom of all shoddy business. 



I have kept a small queen-rearing 

 departinent to my apiary for several 

 years p;ist to supply my own apiary, 

 with choice stock and for experiment, 

 and in this way I have gained quite 

 an experience in queen-rearing. Tlie 

 breeder should make it an undeviating 

 rule to reject at the start all queens 

 which are abnormal in size, color or 

 form. This I believe to be essential 

 to scientitic queen breeding. This rule 

 will apply to the scientiQc breeding of 

 all animals, but more particularly to 

 queen bi-eeding, because the queen is 

 a creature of "development." Were 

 I rearing queens for the market, I 

 would pursue this course with fidelity, 

 and would have no hesitation to sell 

 such selected queens to suit custom- 

 ers, reducing the price when sold, be- 

 fore they were tested as to their 

 mating. 



That the reader may have a glimpse 

 at the inside of the dollar queen busi- 

 ness, I quote from the catalogue of 

 one of our largest dealers in cheap as 

 well as dear queens. And, by the way, 

 a gentleman who is as square as a 

 brick in his dealings, and hence has 

 nothing to conceal as to his manner of 

 doing business. Here it is, verbatim ct 

 lileratini : 



"Dollar Queens. — The dollar 

 queens are always taken just as they 

 come, and are nh-cr culled. Customers 

 often ask us to pick out a large yellow 

 one for them. My friends, who would 

 tlien have the small (lark ones ? We 

 can't do it for anybody, not even the 

 Queen of England. If you want iis to 

 pick, you mustbuy Jestedbnes." [Italics 

 mine.] 



The above speaks a whole volume 

 for the "true inwardness" of the 

 shoddy dollar queen business. The 

 dollar queen man will not " pick " for 

 anybody, not even the Queen of Eng- 

 land, but he will pick for his dear, 

 precious self, else where does he get 

 those " large yellow " ones to sell as 

 "tested ones." But, then, who will 

 take the " small, dark ones," if it is 

 known that the large yellow ones are 

 sold at the same price V Echo an- 

 swers, who V 



Jt will be seen that by following the 

 rules of scientific breeding, instead of 

 the slip-shod dollar queen methods, 

 the breeders will have no " small 

 dark or otherwise abnormal queens 

 for sale, and not resort to the wily 

 tricks of " trade " to work off the 

 trash. 



Taking this view of the case, the 

 difference between the lottery dollar 

 queen business, and the business of 

 careful breeding and selling each 

 queen upon its own merits, is as wide 

 as the heavens are above the earth. 



Christiansburg, Ky. 



Examine the Date following your 

 name on the wrapper label of this 

 paper; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 subscription on the Bee Journal. 



Local Convention Directory. 



Time and Place OS Meeting. 



7, Michigan State, at Kalamazoo. 



T. V. Bint'ham, Sec, Abionia, Mich. 



1883. 

 Jan. 9. 



Cortland TJnion, at Cortland, N. T. 



M. C. Bean, Sec, McGruwville, N. Y. 

 -Ohio State, at Columbus, Ohio. 



n. Spear. Sec, Cardinpton, Ohio. 

 Nebraska State, at Wahoo. Neb. 



Geo. M. Hawley. Sec. 

 -Eastern N. Y., at Albany, N. Y. 

 B. Quakenbush. Sec, Barnerville, N. Y. 

 18, Northeastern, at Syracuse, N. Y. 



G. W. House, Fayetteville, N. V. 

 Champlain Valley, at Middlehurc, Vt. 



T. Brookins. Sec. 

 20.— Mahoning Valley, at Berlin Centre, O. 



L. Caraon, Pres. 

 -Northern Ohio, at Norwalk, o. 

 -Maine State, at Dexter. 



Wm. Hoyt. Sec. 

 —Utah, at Salt Lake City. 



E. Stevenson, Sec. 

 Iowa Central, at Winterset. 



J. E. Pryor.Sec. 

 — , —Texas State Convention, at McKinnev. 

 Dr. W. R. Howard, Sec. 

 Oct. 17, 18.— Northwestern, at Chicaeo, Ul. 



ThomasG. Newman, Sec. 



fy In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetinus.- El>. 



Feb. 3.- 



8.- 



Aprll S.- 

 May U.- 



Oregon Convention. 



Quite a number of persons interested 

 in bee culture attended the prelimina- 

 ry meeting at Williamette, on Octo- 

 ber 2.5. 



An organization was effected, con- 

 stitution and by-laws adopted, and 

 the following officers elected for the 

 ensuing year : Dr. J. W. Morris, Pres- 

 ident ; A. Warner, Vice-Presidenf; 

 E, E. Charman, Secretary ; A. F. Mil- 

 ler, Treasurer ; J. D. Rusk of Clacka- 

 mus, M. V. Ensley of Yamhill, and T. 

 L. Riggs of Multnomah, were chosen 

 as an Executive Committee. 



The lirstannual meeting of the new- 

 ly-formed society will be held Novem- 

 ber 22, 1882, at 10 o'clock, at Oregon 

 City. — Williamette Farmer. 



Southern Cal. District Convention. 



The following report is gleaned from 

 the ApicuUurist, but we cannot find 

 out where the Convention was held — 

 we presume it was at Los Angeles, 

 but the report does not state . It was 

 held on Oct. 19. 



The subject of shipping honey, the 

 most suitable package for the differ- 

 ent markets, and the crop of Southern 

 California, was fully discussed by 

 those present. The subject of the dif- 

 ferent races of bees was then brought 

 up. Mr, Ilarbinson thougli th<tt the 

 Holy Land bees were very good, but 

 preferred a cross between them and 

 the Italians to either race in its purity, 

 and that the Holy Land bees were 

 very uneasy when there was no honey 

 to be obtained from natural sources, 



consequently they were more apt to 

 rob and were not a very good bee for 

 a poor year. 



At half-past one the meeting was 

 opened with President Pleasants in 

 the chair. The books were then 

 open for the reception of new mem- 

 bers. The following joined the Asso- 

 ciation : D. S. Given, Los Angeles ; M. 

 H. Mendelson, Mewhall ; A. W. Os- 

 burn, Los Angeles, and M. F. Ritchie, 

 of Florence, Los Angeles county, was 

 elected an lionorary member. 



The President read his address. Mr. 

 Levering moved that a vote of thanks 

 be tendered the President for his able 

 address, and that it be placed on file 

 with the Secretary. Carried. 



The election of ofilcers being next in 

 order, Mr. Levering moved that the 

 same officers be re-elected. Carried. 



A paper on different subjects was 

 read by Mr. Harbinson, for which he 

 received a vote of thanks from the as- 

 sociation. He referred to the impor- 

 tance of taking steps at once to memo- 

 rialize Congress to pass a law similar 

 to the timber law, whereby the settler 

 may acquire a title to government 

 land by planting a specified number of 

 acres of the same in bee feed-trees, 

 flowers, etc. Such an act, if it coiikl 

 be secured, would be very applicable 

 to the rou^h mountain lands, and 

 would iiisnre the occupation of them, 

 whereas they might never be settled 

 and remain barren mountains as they 

 now are. The passage of such a law 

 would cause the barren wastes to- 

 bloom as an Eden and flow with sweet- 

 ness as a Canaan. Apiculture would 

 soon become more reliable and assume 

 a more important position among the 

 industries of the country. 



It was moved by Mr. Levering that 

 Mr. Ilarbinson be appointed a com- 

 mittee of one to draft a memorial em- 

 bodying the main object of this paper. 

 Carried. 



A communication was received from 

 Mr. S. N. Wickoff and read by the 

 secretary, for which he (Mr. Wickoff). 

 received a vote of thanks, and it was 

 ordered placed on file. 



A report of San Diego county was 

 then handed in by Mr. Harbinson, and 

 was as follows : 4,6S0 cases comb 

 honey, net, 262,080 lbs. ; extracted 

 honey, 226,000 lbs.; value of honey, 

 $46,139.60; value of wax, $3,860.40; 

 total value, $50,000.00. 



The report of the committee on the 

 protection of bees against foul brood 

 was received, and the committee dis- 

 charged. The committee on new con- 

 stitution and by-laws reported that 

 they had never met ; they were given 

 till the next annual meeting to report. 



The subject of foul brood was then 

 taken up and discussed by those pres- 

 ent; each one giving his experience 

 and belief as to its origin. 



There being no further business, the 

 meeting adjourned to meet during 

 Fair week, 1883. 



1^" The annual meeting of the Cort- 

 land Union Bee-keepers' Association 

 will be held in Cortland, jST. Y., on 

 Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1883. 



M. C. Bean, Sec. 



McGrawville, N. Y. 



