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refuse to take honey on consignment; 

 for there are times when we do not want 

 it; and it therefore is best that the bee- 

 man confers with his commission house 

 before he attempts to send his honey to 

 market. 



I read an article in the Review on the 

 subject of honey as a food, and I had a 

 number of copies printed which I dis- 

 tributed among mj' friends here, and it is 

 wonderful to see how each one, after read- 

 ing that article, had hone\' on his table. 

 This occurred ]>ecause the article stated 

 that the honey was healthful and cured 

 several ailments. The article was clever 

 iu that it referred to complaints that 

 evervone is akin to. I know that if I lived 

 in a locality and produced honey, that 

 every man within fiftj- miles of my town 

 would use hone}-. 



Conventions should deal with weighty 

 subjects; not waste time discussing some 

 minor points. Take Armour advertis- 

 ing his articles; Pabst his Malt; and Pear- 

 line; people know them from their adver- 

 tisements. Who is there that advertises 

 hone}' ? An article in the September 

 magazines showing its value for food and 

 medical purposes would create a wonder- 

 ful demand. We advertised in trade pa- 

 pers and created our own demand for our 

 large supply. 



I want my article to be of benefit to the 

 bee-keeper; I want him to have home- 

 trade; to use a proper package; to get the 

 most money out of his honey possible; 

 and to l)ecome prosperous. I don't ask 

 him to buy anything from me; I don't 

 ask him to sell to us; but I want him to 

 better his condition. The farmer's lot, to 

 say the least, is a difficult one. When 

 Congress will have eliminated adultera- 

 tion they will have accomplished much 

 for the good of tliis country; and whole- 

 salers in cities will not become rich bj- 

 selling cornstarch for mustard, glucose 

 for honey, oleomargerine for butter, col- 

 ored water for cider. I would not be 

 surprised to hear any day that old shoes 

 were ground up and sold for pepper. 

 Chicago, 111., Nov. 22, 1899. 



UEENS WITH A PEDIGREE, 

 AND WHAT MAY BE EX- 

 PECTED OF THEM. BY 

 J. E. CRANE. 



The advertising of queens bred from a 

 1 1 00 queen marks a new departure in 

 queen rearing; and perhaps a new epoch 

 in bee-keeping as 

 great as the in- 

 troduction of the 

 A ^» movable comb 



M _^ -a-tj frame or the in- 



t r o d u c t i o n of 

 Italian bees . 

 Not that the care- 

 ful breeding o 

 queens is new 

 but that such 

 careful breeding 

 has produced re- 

 sults that are now being recognized and 

 appreciated. It proves beyond a doubt 

 that bees are as susceptible to im- 

 provement as other kinds of animal 

 life; and that the Yankee is bound to 

 make the most of it. Already bee- 

 keepers in all parts of our broad land 

 are watching for the most productive col- 

 onies, that the queens may be used in 

 stocking their apiaries with better queens 

 and superior workers; and, lest such 

 meet with disappointment and give up, 

 a few words on this subject may not be 

 amiss. 



It is a common saying that "like pro- 

 duces like;" and it is true, in a general 

 way. It is also true that in the breeding 

 of animal or vegetable life, that the par- 

 ent transmits not only its own qualities, 

 but that of its ancestors— it may be for 

 many generations. 



Manv years ago I had a queeu whose 

 workers showed many very desirable 

 qualities. I reared a large number of 

 queens from her; but few if any of the 

 queens reared from her proved equal to 

 her. I became discouraged and gave up 

 trying at that time. I did not take into 

 consideratior. the fact that her ancestors 

 may have had quite as much to do with 



