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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Apr. 11, 



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EDITOR. 



Assisted by the following Department Editors : 

 Dr. C. C. Miller - - - "Questions and Answers.' 

 Mrs. Jennie Atchlet - - - "The Sunnt Socthland.' 

 "Gleaner"' .... "Among the Bee-Papers.' 



"Bee-Master" ..... "Canadian Beedom.' 



Dr. F. L. Peiro " Doctor's Hints.' 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott - - "Notes and Comments.' 



Vol. fflV, CHICA&O, ILL., APR, 11, 1895, No, 15, 



Editorial Budget* 



Honey-Dew Honey.— The latter part of March I 

 received a small sample of honey-dew houey, gathered in 

 Crawford county, Ark. It wis kindly sent by Mr. A. L. Reed, 

 of Winslow, Ark. It is quite thick, and (to me) in color and 

 flavor it is something like the heart's-ease honey of the North. 

 Personally, I do not dislike the flavor, though it is quite prob- 

 able that in the Chicago market it would find very little sale. 

 Mr. Reed says of it: "The bees gather this in great quanti- 

 ties, and it finds ready market." 



Keeping: Extracted Honey Liquid.— An e.v- 

 change says if extracted honey is closed up tight after it has 

 become thoroughly ripened, It will keep indefinitely anywhere. 

 If it is desired to keep it in the liquid form, then upon the 

 approach of cold weather heat it to 150-, Fahr., or a little 

 above, and seal it up while hot in cans or proper receptacles, 

 and it will keep indefinitely anywhere until opened and ex- 

 posed to the cold again. 



Importance of Bees in the Orchard.— The 



Maryland Farmer says that in a series of experiments at the 

 Oregon United States Experiment Station, in the pollination of 

 the peach, the trees were forced under glass to bloom in No- 

 vember. A colony of bees was placed in the house, when the 

 trees commenced to bloom. A heavy fog prevailed for 15 

 days, and although the flowers were constantly opening, not a 

 bee showed itself. During the night of the i5th the fog 

 lifted, and the next morning was bright and clear, causing the 

 pollen to burst. Then the bees came from the hive and kept 

 up their work for eight or nine days. The result was that 

 not a single peach was observed to drop at the stoning season. 

 So great was the amount of fruit on the trees that it was nec- 

 essary to thin it. 



One tree in the house was securely protected, so that the 

 bees could not gain access to it, and all of the fruit dropped at 

 the stoning period. 



Mr. George Coote, horticulturist of the station, says that 

 these facts show the value of bees to the horticulturist, and 

 that no fruit-grower should be without them. 



The ?iorthw^estern and Illinois State.— Mr. 



S. N. Black, the 1st Vice-President of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, writes as follows concerning the or- 

 ganizing of another Northwestern bee-keepers' association : 



Mb. Editor : — Referring to Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson's letter 

 on page 20'±, I would say that If the interests of honey-pro- 

 ducers will be advanced, go on and re-organize the "North- 

 western," or call it by any name advisable. 



I think I made the motion to accept the offer of the North- 

 western to merge their organization Into the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. It was hoped that a stronger as- 

 sociation would thus be formed. The Illinois Bee-Keepers' 

 Association had, by strenuous efi'orts, secured an appropria- 

 tion for publishing their proceedings, and this was one reason 

 for the desire of the union of the two associations. Also, at 

 that time there was talk of the .State association making a dis- 

 play attheColumbian Exposition — which they did successfully. 



During last year bees stored no honey in this part of the 

 State, and the failure was pretty general throughout the 

 State, so far as I can learn, and from correspondence and talk 

 with bee-keepers, it was thought best by the executive com- 

 mittee to call no session of the Illinois bee-keepers' association 

 at Chicago last fall. 



A Bill has been offered In the legislature at the present 

 term, for an appropriation for publishing the reports of the 

 State association, and has, I believe, passed the Senate, but it 

 is thought doubtful If it passes the house — a large portion of 

 the opposition coming (I am told) from about Chicago. 



I do not think that the union has been of benefit to the 

 Illinois State Association — there have been but few of those 

 who were members of the Northwestern seeming to take much 

 interest In the united association. Whether the re-organiza- 

 tlon of the Northwestern will be a detriment to the Illinois 

 State Association is another question ; nor do I suppose those 

 who wish the success of the Northwestern will stop long to 

 consider. If it comes to the test, it will be a case of " the sur- 

 vival of the fittest." 



I think the State association will most likely hold its an- 

 nual meetings in the fall or winter. S. N. Black. 



Clayton, 111. 



The following expression comes from Canada : 



I desire to second Mr. Hutchinson's plea for a revival of 

 the Northwestern. If held the end of September, some of us 

 Canadian bee-keepers would get over to it, as we always have 

 a cheap excursion to Chicago about Sept. 24. I can go from 

 here to Chicago and return at that date for only SlO. 



Guelph, Ont. \Vm. F. Clarke. 



Mr. R. Miller, of Compton, lil., says in a letter dated 

 March 30: "Yes, by all means have a yearly bee-keepers' 

 convention in Chicago every fall." 



Personally (and I think all others will agree) I am not in 

 favor of doing anything that will In any way injure the use- 

 fulness or prosperity of the Illinois State Association. But it 

 is thought by some that the Northwestern association occupied 

 a special field — one that no State organization, or other, by 

 whatever name, could possibly equal. 



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Ne'w York Lawmakers should have their salaries 

 raised at once, if the following is a fair specimen of the hard 

 work they have to do in the legislature : 



A familiar Bill in past sessions at Albany makes it a 

 felony for one man to entice away his neighbor's bees. It was 

 introduced in all seriousness, but was killed by a Tammany 

 leader who amended it twice. First, that each bee should 

 wear a collar, and, second, that it should have the name and 

 address of its owner stamped on its business end for identifi- 

 cation. 



Why not send good bee-keepers to help make the laws, 

 and thus save the rest of the "would-be lawmakers" from 

 making themselves a laughing-stock ? Some of them haven't 

 enough ^'business end" for "identification." 



Foreign Subscribers will please remember that 

 the subscription price of the American Bee Journal to them is 

 $1.50 a year Instead of §1.00. All places outside of the 

 United States, Canada, and Mexico are "foreign," and the 

 extra 50 cents is to cover the extra postage required. Please 

 remember this, my foreign brother. 



