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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



"Wisconsin lias also incorporated 

 its State Bee-Keepers' Association. Dr. 

 J. W. Vance, its efficient Secretary, 

 writes thus in last week's Wisconsin 

 Farmer : 



We are happy to inform our readers, 

 and especially those who are members of 

 our State Association, that the action of 

 our recent meeting, authorizing the in- 

 corporation of the Association has been 

 consummated, and now our society is in 

 shape to push forward its work of build- 

 ing up the interests of apiculture in this 

 State. Last year was, on an average, a 

 poor year for honey, and many of our 

 bee-keepers feel somewhat despondent, 

 but there seems to be revival of hope 

 and confidence in the fact that bees gen- 

 erally have wintered well, and the pros- 

 pect of a favorable season approaching. 

 We hope every bee-keeper in Wisconsin 

 will become a member of our Association 

 and thus aid in its work. 



There are hundreds of bee-keepers in 

 the State who doubtless are unable to 

 attend our annual State Convention, 

 and yet would be glad to become 

 associated with us. To them we will 

 say, send your names, address, and 50 

 cents to the Secretary, J. W. Vance, of 

 Madison, Wis., and your name will be 

 entered upon the membership rolls, and 

 you will be furnished with a copy of the 

 proceedings of the annual meetings and 

 such other matters as concern the inter- 

 ests of the Association. 



Result of United Action.— 



The following letter will introduce the 

 point at issue : 



EocKFOED, Ills., March 30, 1891. 



Mr. Thomas G. Newman — Dear Sir : 

 Perhaps you will remember that I re- 

 quested you to write an essay to be read 

 at the meeting of the Northern Illinois 

 Bee-Keepers' Association last December, 

 and that you wrote on " Exhibits of Beps 

 and Honey at Agricultural Fairs." The 

 subject was discussed freely, as you 

 requested, and a motion was unani- 

 mously carried that the President 

 appoint a committee of three, himself to 

 .be chairman of the same, to confer with 

 :the Directors of the Winnebago Agricul- 

 tural vSociety, and ask for a more varied 

 list of premiums. 



I called the committee together at a 

 subsequent date to formulate a list of 

 premiums, and I presented the same to 

 the Directors of the Agricultural Society, 

 when they met to revise their Premium 



List. I am happy to state that they 

 gave us nearly all we asked for ; in fact,, 

 more than we expected, having created^ 

 a special department called the " Honey 

 Department," with a committee made up> 

 of honey-producers. Below is the list :. 



1st. 2d. 



Best sample comb-honey, 24 sections f2 cw $i on- 



Best sample exiracted-honey, 12 jars 2 uo 1 00' 



Best display of beeswax, Including foun- 

 dation 2 00 1 GO' 



Best, largest, and most artistic display of 



comb-honey 5 00 3 00- 



Best and largest display of extracted- 



honey 5 00 .3 00- 



Best exhibit of bees in glass hives 5 (X) 3 00 • 



Be^t exhibit of queens,drones and worker 



bees in cage 3 00 2 00 > 



Best manipulation of bees showing how to 

 ha,ndle them, operated in bee-tent 5 00 3 00' 



The above foots up to §46. In addi- 

 tion to this, a few of us offer special 

 premiums as follows : 



Best display of pastry sweetened with 



honey Silver Cup. |1 00' 



Best display of honey vinegar in glass 



not less than 12 quarts f2 00 1 00' 



Competiton in these is restricted to the- 

 members of the Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, their wives and daughters. 



I have written the above, friend! 

 Newman, thinking you would be pleased 

 to know that your essay had already 

 borne fruit, and also thinking it might 

 serve as a text at least from which to- 

 write an article for the Bee Joltrxal.. 

 Though as to that, it may be considered! 

 unseasonable. 



I fear my bees are not coming out this; 

 Spring as well as usual. There are many- 

 dead bees, and certainly a few dead; 

 colonies. S. H. Hebrick, 



This report from Mr. Herrick forcibly 

 illustrates what we have so often said^ 

 that if the apiarists of America but 

 realized their position, they co«Id do a 

 wonderful amount in any reasonable- 

 undertaking. United, persistent action 

 always tells, and is generally successful. 

 Wlien will we wake up to our duties, 

 our responsibilities, and our privileges? 



I^ate. — The White Mountain Apiarist 

 for March came to hand on April 10, 

 Bro. Ellingv/ood should try to catch up. 

 Tardy papers are very disappointing to 

 all who take them. 



i^W When may a man call his wife 

 "lioney?" Answer — When she has a 

 comb in her hair- 



