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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



To Indiana Bee-Eeepers- 



Mr. A. Cox gives the following con- 

 cerning the Bee and Honey Show at 

 Indianapolis, in the Indiana Farmer : 



I cannot hold my peace any longer. 

 I am so rejoiced over the snccess of 

 the bee-keepers' display in the apiary 

 department at our last State Fair that 

 I must say something about it. It 

 was certainly splendid, and I can only 

 attribute the success to the great zeal 

 we bee-keepers have for our industry 

 and to the fact the bee-keepers of 

 Indiana do not let their colonies be- 

 come queenless. And now that our 

 good time at the Fair is over, I am 

 looking forward to a good time com- 

 ing, when our next State Bee Keepers' 

 Association meets this winter. We 

 want every bee-keeper to remember it, 

 for we expect a larger attendance than 

 ever before. The lady bee-keepers 

 must come. Oiu' President is a lady, 

 and a very pleasant one too, and she 

 wishes all lady bee-keepers to attend. 

 There is very" important business to 

 attend to and it must be looked after. 

 The advance that apiculture has made 

 in this State places Indiana among 

 the foremost as a bee-keeping State. 

 There should be some very important 

 steps taken tliis winter for its further 

 advancement and it will be to the 

 interest of every bee-keeper in the 

 State, if he can be present, to come. 

 Besides this, I presume our meeting 

 this winter will be largely attended 

 by visitors from other States. There 

 will be ample room and I would say 

 to all to come, for there is work for 

 everyone. 



Boone Co. 



Wax and Candied Honey. 



Mrs. L. Harrison gives the following 

 in the Prarie Farmer of last week on 

 the above subject : 



Owing to the sickness of myself and 

 family "last winter, considerable of 

 honey remained unsold. I find some 

 of the lot candied, and as many per- 

 sons do not like " sugared" honey, I 

 melt it and sell it as liquid hoiiey. 

 As the quantity which I liquefy at 

 one time is uot large, I reduce it in a 

 pan set over a kettle of boiling water, 

 stirring it often so that it will all 

 melt without getting very hot, which 

 would injure both color and flavor. 

 As soon as the wax forms in a cake 

 on top, I pour the honey fi'om imder 

 it, through a coflee-strainer into a 

 vessel, while warm, as it can be done 

 so much more readily. This honey is 

 sold in Mason fruit jars, and mar- 

 keted before it solidifies again. There 

 is great difference in honey, with 

 respect to its granulating ; lately I 

 melted some tliat was very white, and 

 it became solid in a day or two ; an- 

 other quantity remained liquid for 

 weeks. 



During the fine weather of this 

 month, I set out this wax from the top 

 of the melted honey, and let the bees 

 clean it off, and also the boxes from 

 which it was taken. The boxes were 

 then put away for another season, free 



from stickiness. I was amused lately 

 at the ability of the bees to clean an 

 article soiled with honey. I had the 

 misfortune to spill some extracted 

 honey in the buggy, into whicn I drop- 

 ped my veil. When I reached home, 

 I spread the veil out on the gooseberry 

 bushes, thinking it would never be 

 used again. The next day was fine, 

 and toward evening, noticing the veil, 

 I found the honey all gone. The dew 

 of the preceding night had moistened 

 it, and the bees nad removed all of it. 

 The honey from the top, when 

 melted, is very light in color and sells 

 readily. I pour it, wliile hot, through 

 a coSee-strainer into oiled tin-pans. 

 It there is a sediment, I pour it again 

 info a fresfi pan, settle it, and return 

 it again to tlie melting pan. To have 

 wax settle nicely, it should be kept 

 melted, without heating too hot. The 

 coffee-strainer containmg sediment, 

 can be left to drain in a moderate 

 oven ; and when the sediment will 

 drain no more wax, it makes a good 

 fire. In order to have cakes of wax 

 free from cracks, cool very slowly. 

 Some wrap flannel around the vessel 

 to keep in the heat a long time. 



The Bee Journal for 1885. 



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To increase the number of readers 

 of the Bee Journal, we believe, will 

 aid progressive bee-culture and help 

 to elevate the pursuit. We, therefore, 

 offer the following 



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$10.00 for the largest club received 

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All former offers of Premiums are 

 now withdrawn. 



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 copies ; $7.20 for four copies ; and for 

 five or more copies, $1.75 each. 



We have decided to publish the 

 Monthly Bee Journal for next year 

 of the same size and shape as the 

 Weekly, (which contains about the 

 same amount of reading matter as 

 the present Monthly,) at .50 cents a 

 year ; two copies (to the same or dif- 

 ferent post-offlces) for 90 cents ; three 

 copies for $1.30 ; four copies for $1.70 ; 

 five copies for $2.00 ; more than five 

 copies for 40 cents each. The time has 

 been extended on all portions of next 

 year, which have been paid for at the 

 rate of $1.00. 



Subscriptions for two or more years 

 for one person, will count the same 

 as each year for a different person. 



^" The Central Illinois Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold its next 

 annual meetino; in Bloomingtou, III., 

 on the second Wednesday m January, 

 188.5, at 9 a. m. 



W. B. Lawrence, Sec. 



i^° The East Saginaw, Mich. ^Courier 

 says that Mr. John Key's apiary, con- 

 sisting of 56 colonies, is at the rear 

 of his residence in that city, and that 

 he has obtained from the bees, 3,392. 

 pounds of comb honey, and has ex- 

 tracted 600 pounds, besides having 

 sold 14 swarins, during the past sum- 

 mer. 



^^ The Southeastern Michigan 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold 

 their annual meeting in Adrian, Lena- 

 wee Co., Mich., on Dec. 3, 1884, in 

 Plymouth Church Cliapel. All bee- 

 keepers are cordially invited to attend, 

 and bring with them anything for 

 exhibition that will be of any use or 

 benefit to bee-keepers. Let all turn 

 out and have a good time. l_Zi 



A. M. Gander, Sec. 



F. W. Gilbert, Fres. 



1^ The annual meeting of the 

 Michigan State Bee-Keepers" Associa- 

 tion will occur in Lansing, Mich., in 

 the Senate Cliamber of the State 

 Capitol, Dec. 10 and 11, 1884, first ses- 

 sion beginning at 10 a. m. on Dec.lO. 

 This being the liome of Prof. A. J. 

 Cook, and the location of the State 

 Agricultural College, it is expected 

 that this will be the most interesting 

 meeting ever held by this Society. A 

 programme is being prepared, includ- 

 ing several very important and inter- 

 esting papers from Prof. Cook, T. J. 

 Burrill, Dr. Beal, and R. L. Hewett, 

 and several prominent apiarists from 

 other States. A large delegation is 

 expected from Canada. The question- 

 box will be one of the important fea- 

 tures. Come prepared to ask and 

 answer questions. Reduced rates on 

 all Michigan railroads, and at hotels 

 in Lansing. The President and Sec- 

 retary will be at the Hudson House. 

 Notify me as soon as possil^le how 

 many railroad certificates you will 

 want, and over what road you will go, 

 sol will have time to procure them. 

 A cordial invitation is extended to all. 

 Please come and bring your bee-keep- 

 ing friends with you. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec. 



1^ The sixteenth annual conven- 

 tion of the Northeastern Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will be held in the 

 City Hall at Syracuse, N. Y., on the 

 21,22 and 23 of January, 1885. The 

 executive committee are determined 

 to maintain the high standing and 

 enviable reputation which the Asso- 

 ciation has justly gained in the past, 

 and at the coming convention they 

 propose to outdo all former efforts. 

 The meeting will surely be the largest 

 and most interesting ever held in 

 America. No bee-keeper can afford 

 to stay at home. All are invited. All 

 implements of the apiary sent to the 

 Secretary, will be properly arrayed to 

 compare favorably with others on ex- 

 hibition, and will be disposed of or 

 returned, as the owner directs. Re- 

 duced rates for board at hotels. 



Geo. W. House, Sec. 



L. C. Root, Fres. 



