. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 104 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feh. 17. GBOROB "W. YORK, - Editor. PHBLISHT WEEKLY BY GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 118 AricIiijg-aQ St., - OUICAGO. ILL. $ a Year—Sample Copy Sent Free. [Bntered at the Post-OfBce at Cbicaeo as Second-ClasB Mail-Matter.] United States Bee-Keepers' Union. Organized to advance tlie pursuit of Apiculture: to promote ttie interests of bee-beepers : to protect its members ; to prerent the aduiteratinn of honey; and to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. Membership Fee-$ Per Annuv. Executive Committee,


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 104 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feh. 17. GBOROB "W. YORK, - Editor. PHBLISHT WEEKLY BY GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 118 AricIiijg-aQ St., - OUICAGO. ILL. $ a Year—Sample Copy Sent Free. [Bntered at the Post-OfBce at Cbicaeo as Second-ClasB Mail-Matter.] United States Bee-Keepers' Union. Organized to advance tlie pursuit of Apiculture: to promote ttie interests of bee-beepers : to protect its members ; to prerent the aduiteratinn of honey; and to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. Membership Fee-$ Per Annuv. Executive Committee, Prbsident—George W. York. Vice-Pres.—W. Z. Hutchinson. Secretary—Dr. A. B. Mason, Station B, Toledo, Ohio. Board of L>Ireetors, E. WniTCOMB. E. T. Abbott. C. P. Dadant. E. R. Root. W. Z. Hutchinson. Dr. C. C. Miller. General Manager anri Treasurer. EuoENE Secor, Forest City, Iowa. Vol. niVIII, CBICAGO, ILL,, FEB, 17, 1898. No, 7,. A Sad Year for bee-keepers seems to be the general report from all over Europe with regard to the year 1897, some saying it will be long remembered as the worst year of the century. ^ • » Cbeap Hives.—"Hives that may be bought for 825 a hundred In the flat, are good enoughfor any bees wheu painted two coats of good paint," says George Appleton in the Wisconsin Agriculturist. Yes, and kegs costing less than 5 cents may be good enough for bees, but the question Is whether It Is good enough for an Intelligent bee-keeper. Will Mr. Appleton tell us where he can get hives at anything like .^25 a hundred with which he would be satisfied ? Tlie Lansfstrotli monuiuent Fund.—Mr. N. Cameron, of Douglas Co., Kans., sends us the following on this important subject : Editor Bee Jouunal :—I see there has been an effort made to raise a monument fund for the late Rev. L. L. Lang- stroth. I do not know just what has been done, as I have not been taking the bee-papers for some time, but it Is my opin- ion. If a proper effort was made, we co


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