1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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mayor. Oftener city mayors are more familiar with political 



wire-pulling than with the habits of the harmless boney-bee. But 



beekeepers will be glad to ''score one" for Madison's sensible 



mayor. 



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I»Ir. Jolin Xlioriie Calvort, the energetic business 

 manager of The A. I. Root Company, and new Treasurer of the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Association, is pictured and written 

 up in fine style in Gleanings for Jan. 1. Mr. Calvert seemed to 

 think the household "queens " on this side the line superior to 

 those " reared " in his native land, for he had been over here only 

 five short years when he decided he must possess one of Mrs. A. I. 

 Root's "golden daughters." Canada may think she's ahead on 

 one kind of honey, but I'm sure it would appear that Mr. Calvert 

 preferred a certain United States " honey." But the United States 

 is ime ahead this time, as Mr. Calvert has since been a member of 

 Uncle Sam's big family. 



Ke«-Keei>ei-!i Called " Bar-Keepers."— About the 



best joke (?) heard of lately was perpetrated by the Chicago Inter- 

 Ocean of Dec. 19, 1894, when it published the following libelous (?) 

 "special:" 



NORTHERN ILLINOIS BAR-KEEPERS. 



ROOKFORU, III., Dee. IS. — Upecial Telegnmi. — The annual meet- 

 ing of the Northern Illinois Bar-Keepers' Association convened m 

 this city to-day, and will continue over tomorrow. At to-day's 

 session a number of essays were read, among them one by Dr. 

 Miller, of Marengo. President Herrick, Secretary B. Kennedy, 

 and Treasurer O. J. Cummiogs read their annual reports, showing 

 the Association to be in a p(|psperous condition. The attendance 

 is the best the Association has ever had. 



Bar-keepem ! My, but wasn't that a rough one ? The idea of 

 calling the strongest kind of temperance folks "idc-keepers!" 

 Surely, wonders and mistakes will never cease. This '' bar " busi- 

 ness is far ahead of the St. Joseph " variety show " episode. Dr. 

 Miller is now " one worse " than A. I. Root. But the only reason 

 for it is, that " A. I." wasn't near enough to " get there," too, or 

 he'd come in for an equal share of the " joke." 



/Vn^oj^g \)r)c Bee-Papers 



CoiicZuoted t>y " GL,EA.NBR." 



THE AMERICAN BEE .TOURNAL FOR JAN. 3. 



Here comes a package in the mail that is too long to be 

 one of the bee-papers, but there is a familiar look about the 

 directions on it. Sure as anything 1 it's the American Bee 

 Journal. 



" How do I like it ?" Don't like it at all. 'Tisn't our old 

 friend with its familiar look, and we always look with an evil 

 eye upon any usurper that attempts to take the place of a 

 long cherished friend like " the old reliable." 



But now I'll throw all prejudice aside, and try to look up- 

 on it as a new candidate for the favor of bee-keepers, and not 

 as trying to take the place of an old friend, and then see what 

 there is in it worse or better than the old friend. 



In the first place, the size is not so convenient. The 

 nearer a bee-paper comes to the size of an ordinary book the 

 pleasanter it is to handle. In the second place — second place 

 — in the second place, it is — well, now, really I don't know 

 that I can name any other objection. 



As to points of superiority, the better paper is quite an 

 item. It has a good " feel," and there's some comfort in that 

 when handling a paper. And then that better paper means 

 better pictures. Possibly more of them, for I think some of 

 the new kind of pictures can hardly be printed on the poorer 

 kinds of paper. Leafing over the pages the heidings have 

 a pleasant look, and the neatly-printed pages are a pleasure to 

 the eye. On the whole, all that's wanted is probably a little 

 familiarity to make it liked away ahead of the old. And I 

 confess every time I look it over I like it better. 



Now for a look at the contents. What fine pictures of 

 those two bright Frenchmen. By the twinkle in the eye of 

 the younger he's getting ready for a joke on some one. Glad 

 to see the elder booked for a series of articles instead of send- 

 ing off all his best thoughts across the ocean. 



Messrs. Demaree and Benton want a new set of Vice- 

 Presidents for the Bee-Keepers' Union. Good idea, and a good 



list of names nominated by Mr. Benton. The published list 

 of those who were voted for, but not elected, last year, con- 

 tains a number of available names also. 



Well, well, isn't here an innovation as is an innovation ? 

 In Editorial Comments the American Bee Journal is mentioned, 

 and it isn't AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, nor ^Jiicricmt Bee 

 Journal, nor even " American Bee Journal," but just Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. But then, come to think of it, is there any 

 reason why the name of a paper should be capitalized, or itali- 

 cised, or put in quotation marks, any more than the name of 

 a person, town. State, or any other proper name '? 



But shades of editorial highfalutinism ! if here isn't the 

 personal pronoun, first person singular, instead of the regular, 

 time-honored editorial " we !" And this from the "we "-est 

 man in the whole fraternity ! Got clear down from his high 

 horse right among his readers ! Well, we'll like him all the 

 better, even if we don't stand in quite so much awe of him. 



A new departure in the way of a department by a Bee- 

 Master from that " strip or belt which has no superior as a 

 honey-field anywhere." There's the glove thrown down, Mrs. 

 Atchley ! Well, that quite a " strip or belt " separates Texas 

 from Canada, or there might be a case of premature baldness 

 in the northern country. Bee-master seems master of the 

 English language as well as of bees. 



THE HEALTHFULNES.S OF HONEY. 



Harry Lathrop, in Gleanings, quotes the following from a 

 health journal : 



" Honey is concentrated nerve food in its very sweetest 

 form; and if people would use honey on their bread, instead 

 of butter, they would have more vitality, better complexions, 

 and a more even disposition. The ancient patriarchs re- 

 garded honey as the cream of food ; and so it is if eaten 

 lightly. Honey-eaters are the kindest, best dispositioned, and 

 most benevolent of people." 



EXPERIMENTS IN "FEEDING BACK." 



R. L. Taylor continues his interesting reports in the Re- 

 view, and in the December number he appears not entirely 

 discouraged as to feeding back to have sections completed. 

 The great objection that sections so completed are in the bad 

 habit of granulating he thinks may be overcome, but suggests 

 no means of overcoming. Likes milk-pan feeder to avoid the 

 twang giving by using the wooden feeder. Experimented 

 with two colonies, putting on Q'ii'ji pounds of honey in un- 

 finished sections, and sections with foundation only. Fed 

 218% pounds extracted honey, adding 15 to 20 per cent, of 

 hot water. Finished sections weighed 20.5 pounds, making 

 1.61 pounds fed for every pound stored. Thinks the colonies 

 were the better for the feeding, having reared more young bees. 



Cat^adiat) Beedon;). 



Conducted by "BEE-MASTER." 



mr. jr. T. Calvert, Ex-Canadian. 



Gleanings for Jan. 1, contains a photogravure and life-sketch 

 of J. T. Calvert, the secretary and treasurer of The A. I. Root 

 Co. It will be a surprise to many Canadian bee-keepers, as it 

 •was to Bee-Master, to learn that Mr. Calvert is a native of the 

 province of Ontario. He was born in Victoria County, Dec. 7, 

 1862. His grandparents on both sides were from old Eng- 

 land, so he comes of good stock and was born well. I beg to 

 suggest that Editor York borrow the picture, copy the sketch, 

 and insert them in the Canadian Beedom department of the 

 American Bee Journal at an early day. 



It would also be interesting to know how many prominent 

 bee-men in the United States hail from Canada. I believe 

 that Mr., now Dr. Gallup, the father of the Gallup hive, went 

 to Orchard, Iowa, from the province of Quebec ; but whether 

 he was a native of that province or not I do not know. Bee- 

 Master would be glad to hear from him and any other "lost 

 sheep" who have wandered across the line. 



A Honej-Bee Concert, Etc. 



The same issue of Gleanings also contains an article from 

 F. A. Gemmill, of Stratford, Out., calling attention to the 

 forthcoming meeting of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 which is about to be held in the city where he resides. He 

 expects the meeting will eclipse all former ones. He and John 



