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Jourital, 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XIX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., DECEMBER 5, 1883. 



No. 49, 



PnbliMhed everj Werlnnsday. by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor anp Proprietor. 



Northwestern Convention— Hints. 



We liave received the following 

 letter from Mrs. L. Harrison, the 

 Vice-President of the Northwestern 

 Bee-Keepers' Society, offering a few 

 hints concerning tlie next Convention: 



Dr. Newman. — Dear Sir: I feel as 

 though I was indebted to yon for the 

 pleasure and profit deri\ed from the 

 late Northwestern Convention, The 

 air of the hall, at one time during the 

 first day, became so impure that I was 

 obliged to leave the room, and I 

 thought, as I had seen Mr. Laiag- 

 strotli, I would take the first train for 

 home, and say nothing about it, as 

 I would only lie lauglieil at, and calletl 

 hystericy if I did. i^ou then opened 

 the windows, and relief came. 



It miist be apparent to you, as well 

 as others, that after discussions have 

 been prolonged from an-hour-and-a- 

 half to two-hours, that the audience 

 becomes dull and lifeless, but if a re- 

 cess of 1.5 minutes occurs, and the 

 door is opened, which forms an ex- 

 cellent draught, the hall is cleared of 

 impure air ; and wlien business is 

 again resumed, all engage in it with a 

 keen zest. On the second day of the 

 Convention, the air was as pure in the 

 hall as it was out of doors. 



Permit me to say to those who were 

 not in atttendance, that they missed 

 a rare treat, by not being there. All 

 present seemed to have come to get 

 and impart information, and a univer- 

 sal good-fellowshi[i prevailed. More 

 ladies were present than at any Bee 

 Convention I ever attended ; and it is 

 to be lioped that all those who were 

 not able to bring their wives and 

 daughters with them this year, will 

 keep a few more bees another season, 

 for the express purpose of paying 

 their expenses to the re-union of 1884. 



When we are having blanks printed 

 —for to save time in' the election of 

 officers— would it not be well, to have 

 some printed for statistics '? 



LuciNDA Harrison. 



Peoria, 111. 



The points made by Mrs. Harrison 

 are well taken. On the second day of 



the Convention we liad one or two of 

 such recesses, and noticed their good 

 results. It will be well for the oHicers 

 of the many Conventions, whidi will 

 be held within the next few weeks, to 

 take the hint. A few minutes for 

 recreation and social conversation 

 among those present, in every hour 

 during the sessions,, will be iiroduc- 

 tive of more good than long and con- 

 tinuous sessions, without such a re- 

 cess. 



We second the motion for Ijlanks to 

 be circulated in the meeting upon 

 which the statistics can be taken from 

 all in attendance. Several were not 

 present at the session when the sta- 

 tistics were taken at the last meeting 

 in Chicago, and they were not, there- 

 fore, included in the table. This sug- 

 gestion, if carried out, will enable the 

 Secretary to obtain all the statistical 

 information desired, from all those 

 who are in attendance. 



Pure <ur is also an essential element 

 of a Convention — and we certainly 

 favor " upward ventilation " in a hall 

 when filled with a " swarm of bee- 

 keepers." Impure air affects us very 

 much in the same manner as it does 

 Mrs. Harrison, and many others. We 

 cannot endure it. 



Small Sections for Honey. 



Mr. F. L. Dougherty, intheJndiana 

 Farmer, gives his opinion of the one 

 and two pound sections thus : 



That the larger sizes of sections for 

 comb honey must go, we think is no 

 longer a question of doubt. One pound 

 sections are selling to-day in the mar- 

 ket for 2 cents more per pound than 

 the larger sizes. In fact, the larger 

 sizes are a drug on the market, while 

 the one pounds, i}4^i^, find ready 

 sale at the 2 cents advance in price. 

 We have struggled hard against this 

 result, as we believed more honey 

 could be secured per colony with the 

 larger than with the smaller sections, 

 and, in the absence of the smaller 

 sizes, we have always disposed of the 

 larger ones very nicely, but one lot of 

 small sections would disturb the mar- 

 ket for many days at a time. The 

 laws of trade are invariable, and must 

 be conformed to. 



Two Little Bee-Keepers Gone. 



A letter from Mr. E. L. Freden- 

 burg, Fentonville, Mich., informs us 

 that his two little sons (Roy and 

 Freddie), were attacked by that dire- 

 ful disease, diphtheria, and both are 

 now numbered with the dead. The 

 Bee Journal sympathizes with the 

 bereaved jiarents, and offers its con- 

 dolence. Mr. Fredenburg, with a 

 heart full of grief, says : 



"Oh ! dear editor, yon no doubt re- 

 ceived my card, infoiiuing you that I 

 was called home on account of the 

 sickness of ray family. When I left 

 home I kissed my little " Roy " for 

 the last time, for he was dead when I 

 arrived home again, and Freddie died 

 the next day. Both had that dread- 

 ful disease, diphtheria. Roy was two 

 years of age, and Freddie five. They 

 were always delighted to help their 

 " Papa " when I was working among 

 the bees, handing me different things 

 I may want. They would watch the 

 bees, going to and from the hives, 

 with the greatest enthusiasm. But 

 these two little lovers of the honey- 

 bee have gone to their rest, in Heaven, 

 forever. My heart is full of grief. 

 Please make a note of tliis in the Bee 

 Journal, so that my bee-keeping 

 friends my know of my sad loss." 



It is not Dead, but Sleeping.— Not 



having received acopy of the Illustrite 

 BienenZeitung, of Zurich, Switzerland, 

 since Jinie, we supposed it dead, and 

 so mentioned the matter on page 539. 

 Last week we received tbe September 

 number, and, just as we go to press, 

 we have the one for October. 



1^" A correspondent asks if any one 

 may select a Binder for the Bee 

 .Journal, among the books given as 

 Premiums for getting subscribers we 

 reply, yes ; any book or binder we keep 

 for sale, may be selected by those who 

 get up clubs. 



^^ The semi-annual meeting of the 

 Keystone Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 will be held at Scranton, Pa., on the 

 second Tuesday of December (llth). 

 Our present membership is 36. 



(iioo. C. Green, Sec. 



Factoryville, Pa., Nov. 23, 1883. 



