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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 31, 



Gearg-e M'. Vor/c, - - Editor, 



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Vol. inV. CHICAGO, ILL, OCT. 3U895. 1,44, 



Editorial Budget* 



The Anialgfaiuation Committee, appointed 

 at the Toronto convention, I understand -is nearly ready to 

 make its report. Judging from a " rough draft " o.f their re- 

 port (which I have read), it is going to be quite satisfactory. 

 It will be interesting reading. The matter is in the hands of 

 an excellent committee. 



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The Xoronto Convention Report is com- 

 pleted in this issue of the Bee Journal. It has run through 

 just seven numbers, and I believe makes a very creditable 

 showing. Surely, the major portion of the convention ses- 

 sions were very interesting and profitable to those present; 

 and the essays read will equal those of any convention of re- 

 cent years. 



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messrs.Aldernian & Roberts.prominent Florida 

 bee-keepers, at Wewahitchka, are represented by their honey 

 and bees at the Atlanta Exposition. They have a colony of 

 bees on exhibit in the Agricultural Building, in the "West 

 Florida" space. The bees work out through the wall oi the 

 building. The bees are in a glass observatory hive, and at- 

 tract much attention. 



The Illinois State Bee-Conventions.— The 



annual meeting of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in Springfield, III., Nov. 19 and 20, 1895. On 

 account of the I. O. 0. F. having a grand encampment there 

 at the same time, there will be a reduced rate of a fare and a 

 third for the round trip, all over this State. This should in- 

 sure a good meeting. 



The special meeting of the same Association will be held 

 in Chicago, Jan. 9 and 10, 1896, in the Club Room of the 

 New Briggs House, northeast corner of Randolph St. and 

 Fifth Ave. This will be at the time of the National Cycle 

 Show, when general excursion rates will prevail. A later 

 announcement will give further information concerning this 

 Chicago meeting and railroad rates. 



Honey Commission-Men.— Last week I had an 

 experience. So did two other people. It was all about some 

 6,000 pounds of extracted honey a Wisconsin bee-keeper had 

 shipped in August to a Chicago commission firm. 



There was a difference of about $90 between what the 

 bee-keeper thought he should have for his honey, and what 

 the dealer netted him. So the shipper came to Chicago, and 

 not being able to get a satisfactory settlement, he called on 



me to see what I would advise, or could do In regard to the 

 matter, although he is not a subscriber to the Bee Journal i 



I wasted three hours of valuable time on the matter, and 

 finally effected a compromise — the dealer giving his check for 

 about -SSO (his actual commission) to the shipper. Both then 

 said they were satisfied. So what threatened to result in a 

 lawsuit was peaceably settled. 



The whole trouble was, as usual, the result of a misunder- 

 standing. The shipper understood that he was to get 6 cents 

 per pound net for his honey, on board the cars in Wisconsin. 

 The dealer, it seems, had hoped to be able to render such 

 returns, but claimed the honey was extracted before it was 

 ripe, and consequently the flavor was injured by a slight fer- 

 mentation. The shipper held to it that the honey was all 

 right, but as the dealer had none of it left in his store, I 

 was unable to verify either's statement. So there they were. 



Now, bee-keepers, let me say, by all means have a clear 

 and perfect understanding with your dealer, as to price and 

 everything else of importance. See to it that your honey is 

 all right, and if possible sell by sample. Honey, above all 

 things, affords such ample opportunity for causing trouble and 

 loss. No matter how much care is exercised by both dealer 

 and shipper, do not expect that every shipment will result in 

 entire satisfaction. It should, but often does not. 



A Ktew Bee-Smoker Factory is being built by 

 Mr. T. F. Bingham, at Farwell, Mich., where shipping and 

 other advantages for business are unexcelled. The Bingham 

 bee-smokers and uncapping-knife are known wherever modern 

 progressive apiculture has pushed its way. 



Mr. Oeo. E. Dudley, of Provo City, Utah, the 

 genial Secretary of the Utah Bee-Keepers' Association, ar- 

 rived in Chicago about two weeks ago, having come on ahead 

 of two carloads of fine alfalfa comb honey, which reached 

 here a week later. The two cars contained about 48,000 

 pounds of honey, one carload having been produced by one 

 man and his children. 



I believe it would pay the beekeepers in every locality 

 where sufficient honey is produced to do it, to make up one or 

 more carloads, and send their best man along to market with 

 it, to dispose of it to the best advantage. It is so much more 

 satisfactory to have the honey, the buyer and the seller all 

 together, for then there is no chance for any misunderstand- 

 ing. The buyer can inspect the honey properly, and a definite 

 agreement as to price can be settled upon. 



Father Lansfstroth's Departure was very 

 affecting, indeed. The following letter written to Editor Root, 

 by Father L.'s daughter — Mrs. Cowan — and published iu 

 Gleanings for Oct. 15, describes the last days and moments of 

 his life in a touching manner : 



Mr. E. R. Root — Dear Friend:—! can hardly tell you 

 whether my heart is fuller to-day of sorrow for the loss of my 

 dear father or of joy as I think of his blessed entrance into 

 the land where " there shall be no more death, neither sorrow 

 nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the 

 former things are passed away." 



I can give you only a brief account of my father's last 

 days. Wlien asked, the Sabbath previous to his release, by 

 our pastor whether he felt able to make the address at our 

 communion service, he replied, "I shall be most happy to do 

 so," adding, in response to the assurance that, if he did not 

 feel able for it when the time came, he could be relieved, 

 " Oh ! I shall be able — it will be a joy to me, Mr. Rabor. I 

 am so glad you asked me !" He had been very bright and 

 happy ever since his return from Toronto ; but last week he 

 took a heavy cold, and was much oppressed with it; and dur- 

 ing the last few days he lost strength so rapidly, and seemed 

 so feeble, that I wished him to notify our pastor not to depend 

 upon his assistance on Sabbath. He was, however, confiden 



