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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



:^ov. 7, 



George W. York, - - Editor. 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

 66 FlPtb Avenue, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



$1.00 a Year— Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 [Entered at the Post-Office at Chicano as Second-Class Mail-Matter.] 



Vol. inv. CHICAGO, ILL, NOY. % 1895. No, 45, 



Editorial Budgets 



Hon. Eus:ene Secor and "W^ife— of Forest City, 

 Iowa — were iu Chicago a weelf ago last Saturday. I had a 

 very pleasant chat with them. They had been visiting the 

 Atlanta E.iposition, and after spending a week or so among 

 Indiana friends, they expected to return to their Iowa home. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Secor have a son here in Chicago who is fitting 

 himself for the title of D. D. S.— " Doctor of Dental Surgery." 

 He's a veritable " chip off the old block," as the saying goes, 

 and consequently will be a success. 



" Father " and »» mother " of Bee-Papers. 



— Some one has, within the past few months, charged the 

 American Bee Journal with being the "father" of new bee- 

 papers, and Gleanings the " mother." That all sounds very 

 pretty, but so far as the Bee Journal is concerned. It is quite 

 willing that Gleanings shall have all the honor (?) there is in 

 such a figurative statement. But I am sure if there's any- 

 thing in the principle that "like begets like," then all the new 

 bee-papers started within the past three or four years will 

 have to look elsewhere for proof of parentage, or like Topsy 

 in " Uncle Tom's Cabin, "conclude that they simply "growed." 

 They are nothing "like" Gleanings or the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Chicag-o Money Prices are not so high as some 

 would have bee-keepers believe — nor as high as they ought to 

 be. Fancy comb honey at this date (Oct. 28) will net the 

 shipper very little, if any, more than 10 cents per pound; 

 and extracted honey probably half that amount. All talk of 

 getting 16 or 17 cents per pound for any kind of comb honey 

 in this market is senseless. 



The two carloads of fancy alfalfa comb honey, from Utah, 

 mentioned last week, were bought outright by a firm here at 

 10 cents net per pound. 



The bee-keeper that can get 12 or 15 cents per pound for 

 his comb honey in the home market should be wise enough to 

 sell it there, and not ship to a distant cily market. 



The profits of bee-keeping, 1 believe, will never equal what 

 they might, and should, until there is some sort of organiza- 

 tion among producers for the sale of their honey crops. I 

 hope to see the day when there shall be in Chicago, at least, a 

 large and responsible honey company, in whom bee-keepers 

 will have every confidence, and from whom local grocers and 

 other dealers can buy their necessary supply with the satis- 

 faction of knowing they are always getting what they pay for, 

 and not some infernal adulterated stuff. 



Some Lang-stroth Reminiscences are begun 



on page 709 of this number of the Bee Journal, kindly fur- 

 nished by a former pastor and intimate friend — Rev. W. F. 

 McCauley, now of Toledo, Ohio. To those who never had the 

 delightful pleasure of a personal meeting and acquaintance 

 with Father Langstroth, these reminiscent articles will be a 

 source of much interest and profit. Another article next week 

 will complete what Mr. McCauley has to say about him whom 

 all who best knew also loved best. 



It is quite possible that on account of Father L.'s periodi- 

 cal visitation of head-trouble, which so often really " laid him 

 low," bee-keepers never came to know his wonderful power 

 and breadth of mind, and beautiful and kindly traits of high 

 Christian character. 



As we learn more and more about his unselfish, devoted 

 life, let us all endeavor to emulate the example the great and 

 good Father Langstroth set before his fellowmen when upon 

 earth. Thus shall the influence of his noble thoughts and 

 deeds live after him to bless and uplift the world. 



"Wild Buck'^'heat (Erigonum fasciculatum) is con- 

 sidered by Mr. J. H. Martin — the California "Rambler" — as 

 one of the best honey-plants. Prof. Cook thinks he is correct. 

 The plant is very abundant there, and remains in bloom for a 

 long time. So says the Rural Californian. 



You Can Help to increase the Bee Journal list of 

 readers greatly by recommending it to those of your bee-keep- 

 ing friends who do not now take it. Some have already done 

 this, and I want to thank them most sincerely for it. I do 

 appreciate it, and shall strive harder than ever (if that is pos- 

 sible) to show my appreciation by improving the old American 

 Bee Journal as much and as fast as I can and still make an 

 honest living. If only (ill who owe on their subscription would 

 soon pay up, and in advance for 1896, I could then plan for 

 greater things for next year. But, all being well, the Ameri- 

 ca,n Bee Journal for 1896 will far exceed anything that has 

 gone before. "Forward" being my watchword, health per- 

 mitting, and all assisting by their recommendations and dol- 

 lars, the " Old Reliable " must be shoved up another notch for 

 1896. 



Will you help to do it? 



Miss Emma 'Wilson, of Marengo, 111.— Dr. Miller's 

 able helper in the apiary — was in Chicago Oct. 26. I had the 

 pleasure of a few minutes' visit with her at the depot, while 

 waiting for the train. Last fall they had to feed about §75 

 worth of sugar to their bees for winter stores, besides getting 

 no honey crop. This year it was some better, for though they 

 got no crop, the bees did get ample for winter stores, and so 

 no feeding was necessary. 



Every Bee-Keeper should have sufificient honey in 

 each hive at the close of the season to support the bees for an 

 entire year. Then if he gets the requisite 15 inches of rain, 

 which insures a honey crop, this honey can be extracted in 

 the early spring, when it will have lost none of its value. 

 Then in case of a failure in 1896, the bees will be safe. Let 

 no bee-keeper neglect this important precaution. — Pkop. Cook, 

 in Rural Californian. 



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Forty Eoreign Conventions.— "Die Wander- 

 Versammlungen der deutschen, oesterreichischen und ungar- 

 ischen Bienenwirte," is the title of a pamphlet of 76 large 

 pages, received by the courtesy of the author, W. Senst. It 

 is a retrospect of the 40 conventions— wander-conventions 

 they are called — of the (Jerman, Austrian and Hungarian bee- 

 keepers, commencing with the year 1850. During some of 



