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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 11, 



that such a thing is done in one State will give strong leverage 

 to work upon the legislature of another State. Don't you be- 

 lieve that, if bee-keepers push as they might, in a few years 

 there might be large societies in each State ? 



Marengo, 111. C. C. Miller. 



As there is now no grant in sight— the late Illinois legis- 

 lature having failed to allow the usual $500— there seems to 

 be but one thing to do, if a large membership of the North 

 American is ever to be secured. It is this : Consolidate the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union with the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, as proposed by Bro. Hutchinson, then 

 with the money now in both treasuries, there would be a fund 

 of perhaps .S800 willi which to carry out the plan suggested 

 by Dr. Miller. 



While the Union has done noble work in behalf of its 

 members and the pursuit in general, I believe that hereafter a 

 continuation of the good work begun by the Union could be 

 had, which would result in the benefits enumerated by Bro. 

 Hutchinson. There is no doubt in my mind, that if we had 

 an organization with only 1,000 members, or even 500, wide- 

 awake bee-keepers, we could petition Congress or State legis- 

 latures in such a way that they would hear and — grant. 



I do not believe a single member of the Union would ob- 

 ject to the proposed new arrangement, but would gladly wel- 

 come the change now that probably sufficient valuable court 

 decisions have been secured favorable to bee-keeping, that 

 will serve as effective precedents for years to come. 



But the proposed consolidation, as I understand it, does 

 not contemplate a discontinuance of the defense work of the 

 Union, for the new constitution of the North American already 

 embraces that line of effort through what is termed a " De- 

 fense Committee." 



This whole subject is of such vital interest to all that I 

 feel it should be thoroughly considered in all the bee-papers 

 from now till the Toronto meeting, so that some definite ac- 

 tion can then be taken. Though I'm a good deal of a German 

 myself, I don't see why we of America should be away behind 

 our brethren over in Germany in the matter of organization, 

 or in anything else. Why not out-do them in the line of a 

 bee-keepers' association ? North America has more bee-keep- 

 ers, I think, and surely ought to have as much enterprise I 



Ttie McEvoy Foul Brood Xreatment is 



given in Dr. Howard's pamphlet on " Foul Brood ; Its Natural 

 History and Rational Treatment." It is the latest publication 

 on the subject, and should be in the hands of every bee-keeper. 

 Price, 25 cents ; or clubbed with the Bee Journal for one year 

 —both for $1.10. 



Cai^adiai;) Beedon;* 



Tlie Season of 1§9.5. 



A bee-keeping friend in Minnesota writes me : 



"Bees in this vicinity have not stored any surplus as yet; 

 it has been all they could do to get enough to live and breed 

 up. A few swarmed in the first days of June, but have let up 

 again. For the past few days they have worked on white and 

 Alsike clover, but nearly all the clovers were injured or killed 

 last season by drought, and this spring by late frosts. Linden 

 was all killed in May by frosts. We don't expect any white 

 honey this year, but there may be some fall honey." 



The above would do equally well as a report from Cana- 

 dian beedom, only that we have no prospect of any fall honey, 

 there being but few honey-yielding flowers in the fall. Here 

 the white and Alsike clover heads have a pinched look, and I 

 think there is no nectar in them, for the bees do not seem to 

 visit them at all. As in Minnesota, the linden is all killed, 

 though the trees have produced a second crop of leaves. 



Dr. Miller asks in a " Stray Straw " June 15 — " Is failure 

 to be our doom another year? June 4, white clover is in full 



bloom, but bees are doing nothing." Another writer in one of 

 the bee-papers asks : " Is this to be the fourth season of fail- 

 ure ?" Evidently, honey is becoming a very precarious crop, 

 and it looks as if the logic of events will settle the question of 

 specialty. Honey is getting to rank with products to which 

 the proverb applies : " Catch as catch can." The safe place 

 for bee-keeping is as one of the branches of a mi.\ed hus- 

 bandry, the main business of which is either general farming, 

 truck farming, or fruit-growing. 



The Toronto Industrial Exhibition. 



This will be held at Toronto, Sept. 2 to 14. In the prize 

 list of the department of " Honey and Apiary Supplies," over 

 .$400 is offered. The committee is composed of Messrs. R. J. 

 Score, Geo. Vair, Jas. Crocker, and R. F. Holtermann. A copy 

 of the complete prize list of the exhibition may be had by ad- 

 dressiug Mr. J. H. Hill, the Manager, Toronto, Ont. Entries 

 close Aug. 10. 



The premiums offered in the department in which bee- 

 keepers will probably be most interested, are as follows : 



l6t.2nd.3rd.-ltb. 



Best and most attractive display of 50 lbs. of 

 extracted granulated clover honey, in glass, 

 quality to count 75 points, display 25 points. $5 $3 $2 $1 



Best and most attractive display of 50 lbs. of 

 extracted granulated linden honey, in glass, 

 quality to count 75 points, display 25 points. 5 3 2 1 



Best display of 500 lbs. of liquid extracted 

 honey, of which not less than 250 lbs. must 

 be in glass, quality to count 75 points, display 

 25 points 20 15 10 5 



Best 500 lbs. of comb honey in sections, quality 

 as per score card to count 100 points, display 

 33; total, 133 points 25 20 12 6 



Best 12 sections of comb honey, quality to be 

 considered, that is to say, clean sections and 

 best filled 6 3 2 1 



Best 100 lbs. of extracted liquid linden honey, 

 in glass, quality to count 75 points, display 

 25 points S 5 3 — 



Best 100 lbs. of extracted liquid clover honey, 

 in glass, quality to count 75 points, display 

 25 points 8 5 3 — 



Best 10 lbs of extracted liquid clover honey, in 

 glass 4 3 2 1 



Best 10 lbs. of extracted liquid linden honey, in 

 glass 4 3 2 1 



Best 10 lbs. of extracted liquid buckwheat 



honey, in glass 4 3 2 1 



Best beeswax, not less than 10 lbs 5 3 2 — 



Best foundation for brood-chamber 3 2 1 — 



Best foundation for sections •. 3 2 1 — 



-r, . ■ ,. \ 1. Silver Medal and 810 



Best apiarian supplies -^ o. Bronze Medal and .$5 



Best and most practical new invention for the 

 apiarist, never shown before at this exhibition 8 5 3 2 



Best six varieties of uses to which honey may 

 be put in preparing articles for domestic use, 

 the increase they are likely to make in the 

 demand for honey, quality and originality to 

 be considered 7 5 3 — 



For the largest, most tasty and neatly arranged 

 exhibit of honey in the apiarian department, 

 all the honey to be the product of the exhibitor 

 {.$25 of this prize is given by the Ontario Bee- 

 Keepers' Association) 30 20 10 — 



Best display setting forth bee-keeping, the 

 award given for the display which will be 

 of the greatest value as a public educator. 

 Some of ;he points to be illustrated being the 

 natural history of the bee, method of bee- 

 keeping, the magnitude of the industry. Any 

 portion, or all of the foregoing sections, may 

 be included jn the above exhibit, and the arti- 

 cles exhibited need not be the production or 

 manufacture of the exhibitor. (.$25 of this 

 prize is given by R. F. Holtermann, of Brant- 

 ford) 35 25 15 10 



To the exhibitor taking the largest number I -. cii„g. Medal 

 of first prizes for honey at this exhibition, . ^ ^^^^^^ jj^^^, 

 1895 ( 



The annual convention of the North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will be held at Toronto during this exhibition, 

 on Sept. 4 to 0. A fuller notice will be given next week. 



