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EDITOR. , 



Vol. III?. Ang, 8, 1888. . No, 32, 



■''atltei- L.ungfstroth, in acknowl- 

 edging the receipt of our nilte subscribed to 

 the Annuity Fund, expresses himself thus 

 to aU wlio have helped to ameliorate his 

 latter day infirmities : 



1 cannot well express how much the 

 kindness of my beekeeping friends has 

 done to make me comfortable in my old 

 age. Your kind wishes make what you 

 sent me the more acceptable. 



He concludes his letter thus : " May we 

 all meet at last in that blessed fold from 

 which no friend ever departelh." This 

 sentence will strike a responsive chord in 

 every true heart, for he is one of the best 

 and most God-like men we ever met. To 

 spend an eternity with such, is worth the 

 "battle of life." 



Prodigious Stories are being told 

 every day by the sensational news-mongers, 

 but the following sent to us by a corres- 

 pendent, is " about as bad as they make 

 them." It is from the Omaha World : 



Honey made in California is shipped 

 through Omaha to Philadelphia to be ex- 

 tracted from the comb and then shipped 

 back to Omaha and sold to consumers with 

 freis,'l)ts botli ways added. This is what is 

 called progress. 



The exclamation of our correspondent 

 was, "What a liar 1" or something of that 

 import, and we do not wonder at it. There 

 is not the slightest foundation for such a 

 statement. They have honey extractors in 

 California, and know how to use them ! 

 They ship extracted honey by tlie car-load 

 and shii>-cargo to all parts of the world, and 

 in fact at least three-fourths of the honey 

 crop of California is extracted. It is a " pro- 

 digious yarn"— nothing more ! 



Tlie Union.— The election just held 

 under the Constitution has resulted in the 

 re-election of the former officers, as will be 

 seen by the followint;, which gives the vote 

 in detail : (There were 140 votes cast ; 

 necessary to a choice, 71.) 



For President— James Heddon, 105 ; G. 

 M. Doolittle, 10 ; Prof. A. J. Cook, 8 ; Dr. 

 C. C. Miller, 6 ; Dr. A. B. Mason, 3 ; VV. Z. 

 Hutchinson, 2 ; G. W. Demaree, 3; A. 1. 

 Root, 3 ; and Thomas G. Newman, 1. 



For Vice-Presidents-A. I. Root, 133; 

 Prof. A. J. Cook. l.iO ; Dr. C. C. Miller, 127 ; 

 G. M. Doolittle, lai ; G. W. Demaree, 134 ; 

 James Heddon, 17 ; Dr. A. B. Mason, 8 ; 

 Charles Dadant, 5 ; Eimene Secor, 4 ; J. E. 

 Pond, 4 ; W. Z. Hutt-hinson, 3 ; 3 each for 

 K. L. Taylor, Dr. G. L. Tinker, Thomas G. 

 Newman, Henry All^y and E. France ; and 

 1 each for Mrs. L. Harrison, L. C. Root, 

 Geo. E. Hilton, Oliver Foster, Chas. F. 

 Muth, John Aspinwall, A. E. Manum, P. 

 H. Elwood, J. M. Sluick, C. H. Dibbern, Dr. 

 J. P. H. Brown, T. F. Bingham, and John 

 U. Martin. 



For Secretary and General Manager- 

 Thomas G. Newman, 135 ; Eugene Secor, 4; 

 and Dr. C. C. Miller, 1. 



While the General Manager would have 

 been pleased to have seen a new set of 

 officers elected— just to exhibit an interest 

 in the organization— still he would also say 

 that the President and Vice-Presidents have 

 all worked so harmoniously for the general 

 welfare, that it would be next to impossible 

 to find those who would have done better, 

 and we presume that the members of the 

 Union have concluded that they could not 

 better show their appreciation of what has 

 been accomplished in the past, than by re- 

 electing them for the ensuing year. Let us 

 hope now that thousands of bee-keepers 

 will join the Union, and thus make it more 

 brilliant and successful than ever. 



Xlie .'\orlli Anierioau IJ«-i--B*;eep- 

 erm' Mocifly will meet at Columbus, O., 

 on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1888, and continue as 

 usual in session tor three days. Dr. Mason 

 wrote to tlie Rev. L. L. Lai/gstroth relative 

 to his attending; the meeting,'and his reply 

 was as follows, dated July 115, 1888 : 



My health is not such as permits me to 

 plan njuch for the future. If possible I will 

 be present at your meeting, and will make 

 some suggestions as to what can be done to 

 revive an interest in bee-keeping among 

 farmers. The excitement of the last con- 

 vention I attended at Detroit, was too much 

 for me, and I had a severe attack soon after 

 my return home, which lasted nearly two 

 years. I am always, when well, glad to be 

 among bee-keepers, and I shall be specially 

 glad to see again your genial face. 



Tour friend, L. L. Langstrotii. 



Dr. MaSon sends us the following con- 

 cerning the exhibit of honey and apiarian 

 supplies to be made there : 



Preparations for the honey exhibit at the 

 Ohio Centennial Exposition at Columbus, 

 Sept. 4 to Oct. 19, are being made, and we 

 hope to have the building, now being 

 erected tor us, and which is 36x80 feet 

 in size, well tilled with the products and 

 appliances of the apiary. A. I. Root is to 

 be there with his luizz-saws and section 

 machinery, and will show ju;.t how they do 

 thiiigs at tlie "Home of the Hoiiey-Bees." 

 He is also to nuike a fine showing of bees, 

 and if it is p/issililr we shall have a small 

 apiary "in luiniing order," on the grounds, 

 and the way work is done in the apiary will 

 be shown to " wondering thousands." The 

 log "gum" box hive, and straw hive will 

 stand oy the side of the Langstioth and 

 other modern hives. 



Approved.— Our old friend and former 

 co-worker, Mr. A. J.King, of New York, 

 for ten years or more editor of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Magazine, writes very appre- 

 ciatingly of the American Bee Journal 

 and its management, as well as the Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, in the following manner : 



You have not only kept " abreast of the 

 times" in this industry, but in your own, 

 and the efforts of your widely extended 

 staff of contributors have served to con- 

 tinually break up new ground. This, to- 

 gether with the increasing success of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union, and the 

 " soft words " but " hard arguments " used 

 in its .support, must command the respect, 

 and should secure the supijort of all right- 

 thinking beekeepers. Wishing you the 

 largest measure of success in all ways, I 

 remain your old friend and formnr co- 

 ^vorker, A. J. King. 



Crop Reports generally are very flat- 

 tering, and of the honey harvest, the interest 

 is centered on the fall crop from the autumn 

 bloom. Now that promises well where such 

 flowers abound. 



IMsfonraging-.- The following letter 

 from J. C. Armstrong, Biomley, Iowa, writ- 

 ten July 38, 1888, is a sample of many of 

 such very discouraging reports of the pres- 

 ent season. He says : 



We can pay our money to the Union to 

 fight bee-enemies in the shape of cranks, 

 but we have a worse enemy that has been 

 preying on us the last year and this so far, 

 and that is the unfavorable weather. My 

 bees have done less this year, so far, than 

 last. They are lying around idly for the 

 want of anything to gather. The white 

 clover has furnished no honey to speak of. 

 Whenitfir.'-t began to bloom they went to 

 work on it, but soon quit it in disgust. The 

 basswood has come and gone. They worked 

 on it pri-tty lively for a few da>s, and per- 

 liaps gathered enough to " keep the wolf 

 from the door" lor a little while. Our only 

 hope is from the fall bloom ; it that fails us 

 we will have to draw on the sugar barrel 

 for winter stores. Last year I gut a little 

 surplus, but will be agreeably disappointed 

 if I'get any this year. 



IJndeii Honey is still being gathered 

 by the bees in some localities, especially is 

 this so in Canada and the States in the same 

 latitude as Ontario. 



Mr. J. M. Iloolter,, one of the most 

 progressive and popular apiarists of Great 

 Britain, is about to publish a new book on 

 Bee-Keeping. Mr. Hooker is one of the 

 oldest subscribers to the AsiEitiCAN Bee 

 Jottrnal, and is well posted in American 

 inventions and management, as well at 

 British implements and methods. 



