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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 1, 



Geuri^a W. Yorlc, - - Editor. 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



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Vol. fflV. CHICAGO, ILL, AU&, 1, 1895. No, 31. 



Editorial Budget* 



Prof. Cook reports having a fine class in entomology 

 at the Chautauqua Assembly now in session at Long Beach, 

 Calif. He also gives general lectures there. On page 461 I 

 gave a full notice of this matter. 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott, we regret very much 

 to learn, has been on the sick list for quite a long time, and 

 fears he may have to do less of writing and other work for a 

 time. I hope he may soon regain his former health. I don't 

 think he " enjoys " poor health any more than other people. 



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Mr. J. S. Harbison, the once famous California bee- 

 keeper, read an excellent essay at a farmers' institute held at 

 San Diego last month. Mr. Harbison was at one time the 

 most extensive apiarist on the Pacific Coast, and was the in- 

 ventor of the Harbison hive, which was used largely in Cali- 

 fornia some years ago. 



Mr. Xbos. O. Xe'wman, ex-editor of the American 

 Bee Journal, intends to be present at the Toronto meeting of 

 North American, Sept. 4, 5 and 6. He will address the con- 

 vention on "The Past, Present and Future of the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Union." It will be a good opportunity for Mr. Newman's 

 many personal friends to meet him again, and talk over old 

 times and scenes. 



The Amalg-aniation of the North American and 

 the Bee-Keepers' Union is one of Vie topics for discussion just 

 now, and should be of particular interest to all, especially to 

 the members of the Union. 



While the subject can only be (Uscussed at Toronto, and 

 simply recommendations made looking toward uniting the 

 two organizations (if it is favored by a majority at the Toronto 

 meeting), I have wonderedif it might not be well to have an 

 informal ballot on the question 'ic/ore the meeting of the North 

 American, each member of the Union voting either for or 

 against the proposed now arrangement. 



On page 493, of this number of the Bee Journal, it will 

 be seen that a majority of those who expressed themselves in 

 the July Review are greatly in favor of uniting the two socie- 

 ties, as are also the editors of the majority of the bee-papers, I 

 believe. To my mind, there is no question about the advan- 

 tages to be gained by the amalgamation, to all concerned 

 therein. 



Suppose all who are members of the Bee-Keepers' Union, 

 and read the Bee Journal, send a postal card at once to this 



office, saying whether or not they favor the uniting of the two 

 societies. I will publish them all in symposium style, provided 

 the replies are sulficiently brief. If you wish, you could sim- 

 ply say " Yes "or " No " to this question : 



As a member of the Bee-Keepers' Union, are you in favor 

 of making one grand society of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Association and the National Bee-Keepers' Union, 

 by uniting them under one management? 



Understand, please, that this would not be a final vote — 

 simply an informal ballot — and not at all decisive, or binding 

 upon any one. 



Now, if the members of the Bee-Keepers' Union who read 

 the Bee Journal, desire, each can write yes or no to that ques- 

 tion on a postal card, sign his or her name, and mail it to this 

 office. If all will do this not later than Aug. 15, we can 

 know something of the feeling of the Union members before 

 the Toronto convention, and at very little expense — only one 



cent per member. 



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Sugar-Honey in Canada.— Without stirring up 

 any more discussion on the sugar-honey question, 1 want to 

 reproduce this short editorial found in Gleanings for July 1, 

 on the subject: 



It comes to us in a sort of roundabout way that there are 

 some bee-keepers in Canada who are producing sugar-honey — 

 that is, a so-called honey produced by feeding sugar to the 

 bees. There is little or none of that thing going on in this 

 country, I believe, and I really hope there never will be. In 

 Canada, some of the prominent bee-keepers are taking vigor- 

 ous measures to keep such honey out of the market, and I 

 hope they will, for I cannot believe that the average dealer 

 here, or in Canada, will sell it for just what it is, for then it 

 would not sell at all. 



Our Canadian friends are endeavoring to get a law passed 

 on this subject, so as to be able to prevent the sale of sugar- 

 honey as floral-honey over there. It is believed they will suc- 

 ceed. They deserve success in this matter, for they have 

 worked hard for it. 



Mr. E. J. Baxter, of Nauvoo, 111. — a son-in-law of 

 Mr. Chas. Dadant — gave the Bee Journal office a pleasant call 

 a week ago last Saturday. He reports no honey crop this 

 year, making the third failure in succession. 



Referring to the late discussion on the subject of straw- 

 berries and bees, in these columns, Mr. Baxter said he agreed 

 fully with Mr. Abbott. He has some 80 acres of strawberries 

 in Iowa, and said that the bees fairly swarmed on them. Also, 

 that a near neighbor in Nauvoo, who had a fine crop of straw- 

 berries this year (while others had scarcely any), attributed 

 his success to the presence of Mr. Baxter's bees that worked 

 freely upon them during the blossoming period. It begins to 

 look as if bees do pay quite a little attention to strawberries. 



Liberal Book Premiums are offered on page 

 482, for the work of getting new subscribers to the Bee Jour- 

 nal. It is a fine chance to get a complete apicultural library. 

 Think of it — bO cents' worth of books given to the one send- 

 ing a new subscriber ! Remember, please, that only present 

 subscribers to the Bee Journal can take advantage of that 

 ofiEer. The publishers of the Bee Journal believe in making it 

 an object for the old subscribers to push for new readers 

 among their neighbors and friends, hence the generous pre- 

 lum offers to them. It is hoped that all may begin now to 

 work. Sample copies of the Bee Journal free. 

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Xoms de Plume are not regarded favorably by the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review. Editor Hutohiuson says : " Protected 

 by a nom de plume, one will be less guarded in utterance ; it is 

 too much like talking about a person who is absent ; and 

 things are said that would not be said if he were present." 

 May be so. 



