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WitM% gtt Journal, 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PliODUCERS OF HOiNEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., OCTOBEK 29, 1884. 



No. 44. 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS Q. NEWMAN, 



EDiTor. AND Proprietor. 



^^ At the late Northwestern Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention in this city, it 

 was voted that a committee should be 

 appointed to endeavor to secure by 

 legislation accurate crop reports of 

 bees and honey in the different States 

 of the Northwest ; and also to present 

 to the several legislatures the draft of 

 a law concerning the bee-disease 

 called " Foul Brood." The following 

 were duly appointed as such com- 

 mittee : 



Thos. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 



T. L. Von Dorn, Omaha, Nel). 



Prof. A. J, Cook, Agricultural CoIL, Mich. 



Chas. H. Green, Berlin, Wis. 



O. Clute, Iowa City. Iowa. 



A. Fahnestock, La Porte, Ind. 



C. F. Greening, Grand Meadow, Minn. 

 Dr. G. L. Tinker, New Philadelphia, O. 



D. G. Parker, St. Joseph. Mo. 

 Jas. A. Nelson. Wyandotte. Kans. 



Of course the committee will com- 

 mence its labors at once, and when- 

 ever there is anything to report it 

 will be given to the bee-keeping pub- 

 lic. Thfi work laid out is important, 

 and it will require much persistent 

 labor to accomplish even a small part 

 of it. Had we been present when the 

 names of the committee were an- 

 nounced, we should have declined the 

 honor, on account of indisposition, 

 and the present multitudinous duties. 



Honey Exhibit at Lennox, Ont. 



The Napanee Beaver thus notices 

 Mr. Allen Pringle's exhibit of bees, 

 honey, wax, and apiarian implements 

 at the Lennox, Ont., exhibition : 



Mr. Allen Pringle made an exhibit 

 of articles required by the apiarist, 

 among which was the double-walled 

 hive for wintering bees. It is arranged 

 so as to secure perfect ventilation, 

 and at the same time being filled in 

 with sawdust, keeps the bees warm. 

 He also showed an improved honey 

 extractor and a summer hive. In the 



palace Mr. Pringle exhibited a pyra- 

 mid of honey in comb and extracted. 

 His comb honey was taken from both 

 the brood-chamber and the top of the 

 hive. A more complete or finer dis- 

 play of honey has never been made in 

 this county. 



1^ Mr. Joseph M. Wismer, of Jor- 

 dan Station, Out., has sent us a copy 

 of the Canadian Horticulturist, con- 

 taining a lithograph likeness of Mr. 

 Wm. Saunders, President of the 

 " Canadian Fruit-Growers' Associa- 

 tion," a gentleman of broad views and 

 indomitable energy. Having the 

 confidence of the fruit growers of 

 Canada, he is enabled to accomplish 

 much for the pursuit. That is the 

 secret of success. Jealous opposition 

 to a standard-bearer always retards 

 progress, and damages the interests 

 of all. The Horticulturist says : 



In 1880 the Government of Ontario 

 oppointed a special commission to in- 

 quire into the progress and condition 

 of agriculture in the Province. Mr. 

 Saunders was appointed one of the 

 commissioners, and was charged with 

 the special duty of inquiring into the 

 subjects of fruit growing and forestry, 

 insects and insectivorous birds, and 

 bee-keeping. The results, mainly bf 

 his work, are embodied in a volume 

 of over 3.')0 pages, which was pub- 

 lished by the Ontario Government as 

 one of the series of reports presented 

 by the commission. 



Feeding Bees for Winter Stores. 



The Bee-Keepers^ Quick gives its 

 method as follows : 



It is the opinion of many experi- 

 enced bee-keepers that there will be 

 heavy losses sustained this winter, 

 and the predictions, no doubt, will be 

 realized ; yet there is no necessity of 

 such a calamity. If each colony is 

 weighed and fed sugar syrup imtil it 

 reaches the standard weight, there 

 will be no need of anxiety. If the 

 strength of the colony is impaired, 

 extra protection may be necessary. 

 Some apprehend difficulty from un- 

 healthy stores gathered from the 

 maples, and commonly known as 

 honeydew— a secretion of the maple 

 bark-louse which has been so numer- 

 ous this year. Consideration of how 

 to overcome this difficulty has resulted 



in an attempt to contrive means of 

 removing honey of this character 

 from the combs. We think it would 

 be a very difficult task even if we were 

 able to distinguish the good from the 

 unwholesome stores. The most de- 

 sirable colonies to winter are those 

 which lack about 10 pounds of enough 

 for winter stores, then by supplying 

 the deficiency with sugar syrup, fed 

 as late as October, the bees will store 

 it within and around the cluster. We 

 would certainly adopt this plan if our 

 hives contained what we should con- 

 sider unhealthful stores. With this 

 management the bees will consume 

 the healthful stores during the severe 

 weather, or during the time of their 

 confinement, thus leaving their own 

 stores for brood-rearing purposes in 

 early spring. 



Selling Honey at Home, etc. 



In the Texas Farm and Ranch we 

 find the following items of interest to 

 bee-keepers: 



I do not believe it pays to ship 

 honey in the barrel to commission 

 merchants, and if a man tries he can 

 sell his honey at home when put up 

 in little cans" and labeled. Besides, 

 the label is an advertisement, and if 

 the honey is good, it is an advertise- 

 ment that is noted. 



In selling honey, reputation for a 

 good article establishes your trade. 

 A good name is your fortune. Never 

 try to be smart and get ahead of your 

 customer. This is being dime wise 

 and dollar foolish. If you please a 

 customer, you make one ; if you 

 " beat" him you lose one. 



The best honey weather is when it 

 is warm and moist, when the air is 

 full of electricity and a storm ap- 

 proaching. 



Now it is being proposed that in- 

 stead of the National Convention of 

 Bee-Keepers being held at the New 

 Orleans Exposition, that an interna- 

 tional convention and exhibition be 

 held there. We think the latter 

 proposition the better one, although it 

 is to be feared it is a little late in the 

 day to begin. However, if it is taken 

 hold of at once, promptly and with a 

 will, it may be done yet. Anyway, 

 "better late than never "—although 

 we prefer " better never late." 



^" To give away a copy of " Honey 

 as Food and Medicine "to every one, who 

 buys a package of honey, will sell almost 

 any quantity of it. 



