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AMEMCAiSI BEE JOURNAL. 



Byron "Walk-er has secured frpm 

 the Western Classification Committee a 

 ruling allowing comb-honey in glassed 

 cases to be shipped in crates. 



He exhibited one of these cases to hold 

 crates of comb-honey at the late North- 

 western Convention. He remarked as 

 follows on the subject in Gleanings : 



I called on J. H. Ripley three times in 

 relation to the matter, and finally, at 

 his request, laid the facts in the case be- 

 fore the committee in writing, having 

 previously sent Mr. R. one of my crate3 

 filled ready for shipment. The ruling 

 takes immediate effect. The crate I use 

 is made, with the exception of ends, 

 almost entirely of lath, which work up 

 without waste in crating small single- 

 tier cases. A crate that will hold a hun- 

 dred pounds costs only about 15 cents, 

 at the outside. 



Sliippitig: Bees by freight is a 

 matter of interest to bee-keepers. The 

 rules of the "Classification Committee" 

 are not usually made to conform to the 

 desires of shippers, but are framed for 

 the convenience of the railroads. Mr. 

 Christopher Grimm, of Jefferson, Wis., 

 writes thus : 



Can you not stir up the committee 

 appointed at the Chicago convention a 

 year ago, for the purpose of amending 

 the ruling in regard to the shipping of 

 bees by freight ? The ruling now in 

 force on all the Western railroads is, 

 that you cannot ship bees by freight 

 unless you pay for a carload. 



The reason for making that ruling was 

 the fact that so many shipments were 

 offered which were not properly pre- 

 pared for transportation. Exceptions to 

 that rule, however, are often made, 

 when it is shown that the apiarist 

 knows how to properly prepare bees for 

 shipment. Mr. Byron Walker has 

 lately been laborin*g with Mr. Ripley 

 about Classification Tables and Rates, 

 and we commend this subject to his 

 consideration and care. Some amicable 

 arrangement can probably be made, 

 which will be just to both the apiarists 

 and the railroads. That is all we can 

 expect or desire. 



OleaningfS is usually opened and 

 read as soon as it comes, but on account 

 of our indisposition, and the consequent 

 "piling up " of matters on the editor's 

 desk, the number for December 1 was 

 not opened until last Saturday, when our 

 eyes fell upon this very kind notice : 



We regret to notice that Brother 

 Newman, of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, is "enjoying " rather poor health. 

 We know it is no joking matter, and 

 hope for his speedy recovery to good 

 health. 



It is a tremendous task to get out a 

 weekly bee-journal year after year, and 

 on time. One of the best tonics for a 

 sick man is to let him know that his 

 efforts to please his patrons are appre- 

 ciated. If that is the case, tell him so 

 when you renew. 



Thanks, Brother Ernest, for your 

 good wishes and sympathy. But now 

 things are even worse. Just as we are 

 trying to catch up, the junior member 

 of the firm is prostrated and confined to 

 his residence by a severe attack of La 

 Orippe. 



The clerks are doing the best they can 

 in the business department, to keep up 

 the daily routine work, in the absence 

 of their chief, but some matters must be 

 deferred until his return to business, 

 which we hope^will be in a few day^. 



Trip-Hammer advertising is the 

 kind that creates industries that make 

 us marvel at their magnitude. How 

 long would it take to shape the hot iron 

 if a stroke was given this week and an- 

 other six months hence ? Constant 

 pounding is what does the business. — 

 W. F. Cook. 



l^inter Prolslem in bee-keeping; 

 by G. R. Pierce, of Iowa, who has had 

 25 years' experience in bee-keeping, and 

 for the past 5 years has devoted all his 

 time and energies to the pursuit. Price, 

 50 cents. For sale at this office. 



l!l:^"If you think "talk is cheap" em- 

 ploy a first-class attorney to do a little 

 talking for you, and see if it is. 



