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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 12, 



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 Georfra ■\y, York, - - Editor, 



PUBLI8HKD WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

 56 Flttli Avenue, - CHICAGO, IT^L. 



$1.00 a Year— Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 [Bntered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Ulass Mail-Matter.] 



VoiniV. CHICA&O, ILL,, SEPT. 12, 1895, No, 37. 



Editorial Budget. 



The Xoronto Contention is now a matter of 

 history. I reached the Bee Journal office this forenoon (Sept. 

 7), having left Toronto yesterday at 3 p.m. The attendance, 

 as usual, was not as large as expected, but was about like 

 that of the St. Joseph convention. The best work done was 

 undoubtedly that looking toward a union of the North Ameri- 

 can and the Bee-Keepers' Union. A committee was appointed 

 to perfect plans for amalgamation and submit them to the 

 members of both organizations, who will vote upon them by 

 mail. The committee will also report as soon as possible 

 through the bee-papers. 



I will not attempt at this time to go into any details con- 

 cerning the convention, but will in the next number begin 

 some " convention notes," and also give the first installment 

 of the report. I may say, however, that the following are the 

 newly-elected officers : 



President— A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



Vice-President— Wra. McEvoy, Woodburn, Ont. 



Secretary— Dr. A. B. Mason, Toledo, Ont. 



Treasurer— W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



Another Bee-Season is nearing is close. What 

 about the new kinks you have learned during the past year? 

 . Suppose you tell us all about them. You'll be helping others 

 by so doing, and thsy in return will no doubt aid you by giving 

 the benefit of their experience and experiments. The Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal is here to help you. It's your own fault if 

 you don't get the worth of the money you pay for it. 



Is there any question you want to ask? Well, ask it. 

 Send in a description of the results of your season's work, and 

 then compare it with the others. Don't hesitate to report be- 

 cause you can't write like an old-time Journalist. Some of the 

 most helpful contributions are sent in by the poorest penmen 

 — by those who can scarcely write a sentence correctly. But 

 they are often the people who possess the valuable ideas. 

 Write the best you can, and give your very best experiences. 

 Get your facts together, and then on the first rainy day put 

 them on paper, and — mail them to the Bee Journal office. 



The ^National Flowers of some countries are 

 honey-yielders, as they all should be. A few are as follows: 

 Scotland, the thistle ; Ireland, the shamrock; Prussia, the 

 linden; Saxony, the mignonette ; Canada, the sugar maple; 

 " and finally, that of the United States, adopted by the Ameri- 

 can Horticultural Society, In 1889— the golden-rod." 



Poor Economy. — Some good people have queer 

 notions. For instance, a Bee Journal subscriber who took 30 

 barrels or honey last year, asks that his subscription be dis- 

 continued because he got no honey this year 1 Now the pub- 

 lishers of this paper don't ask any one to subscribe for it un- 

 less he really wants to, but it seems a queer thing to request 

 its discontinuance just because there happened to be no honey 

 taken this year, when such a good crop had been secured last 

 year. Why, one would suppose that after a bee-keeper had a 

 30-barrel harvest, he would pay his subscription ahead about 

 five years, in order to keep in advance of any poor years that 

 might intervene. 



Suppose the publisher of a bee-paper should imitate the 

 above example, and say : " Now this year I've made no money 

 running a bee-paper. I think I'll just stop publishing it — or 

 at leasl till we have a good honey season again !" Could it be 

 done successfully ? Would you want the American Bee .Jour- 

 nal to do that? Then why not keep up your subscription to 

 whatever bee-paper you are now reading ? It will benefit you 

 and encourage the publishers. Who knows but next year a 

 grand honey harvest may be yours ? Don't get discouraged, 

 but keep on in the even tenor of your way, with a stronger 

 faith and a more hopeful hope. 



Mr. A. I. Root receives all kinds of invitations from 

 admiring bee-keepers. One recently came from Anthony 

 Opp, of Helena, Ark., who wrote: "Come down this fall, 

 and I will give you a bear-hunt." To which Bro. Root replied, 

 in this joking style: 



Well, well ! I have had invitations that were hard to re- 

 sist a good many times, but I do not know that I was ever be- 

 fore asked to go on a bear-hunt. ITriend Opp, how fast can a 

 bear run when it is right down mad ? Could I take my wheel 

 along? Is bear meat good to eat ? Suppose you should take 

 me off on a bear-hunt, and I should gret hugged to death — 

 what would become of Mrs. Root, and the rest of them, away 

 back here in Medina ? 



Bro. Root, please don't go. It's all very kind of Mr. Opp 



to invite you, but really I think it would be dangerous for you. 



Have you forgotten " Sweet Marie " of the St. Joe variety 



show ? A dancing bear might be more risky than a dancing 



girl. I WmiA: a bear has stronger "arms." Better not go 



down there. 



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Honey for the Complexion. — In the British 

 Bee Journal a correspondent has this to say about applying 

 honey on the face to improve and preserve the complexion : 



My wife discovered a remarkable use for honey quite re- 

 cently. After being out at a theatre and coming home late, 

 she was wont in the morning to look jaded and faded, her skin 

 becoming dry, red, and harsh-looking. One night she tried 

 the effect of rubbing gently a thin coating of honey on the 

 face before going to bed. The result was surprising, and 

 almost tempted me to set up in business as an imitator of the 

 renowned Madame Rachel, who became famous by making 

 ladies beautiful forever. Honey is one of the finest cosmetics 

 in the world, and can be safely recommended to all ladies — 

 and gentlemen, too, for that matter — who wish to preserve a 

 beautiful complexion. 



Now, there'll be no excuse for any other than sweet-faced 

 bee-keepers — provided they produce enough honey to put on 

 the outside as well as the inside of their faces ! 



Mr. D. L. Durham, a bee-keeper living in Kankakee, 

 111., called at the Bee Journal office recently. He reported 

 the season quite unfavorable up to the time sweet clover 

 bloomed, when the bees made up for lost time. Mr. Durham 

 thinks there is no honey-plant equal to sweet clover. A good 

 many bee-people agree with him, too. 



See " Bee-Keeper's Guide" offer on page 594. 



