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SWEETEN

OTHERS

It is an oft-quoted sentiment as applied to the bee, that
Our toil doth sweeten others."

It is a beautiful tribute to this communal worker, and I
suspect that the Editor of the American Bee Jourr.al is the
chap who gave the sentence birth and prominence.

I wish to emphasize the fact that the bee-keeper also
illustrates the same truth.

His toil is in answer to the universal taste for sweets.

Whether one meets the highly organized Caucasian with
his acquired taste for many dainties, or the untutored darker
brother who knows not the things so fearfully and wonder-
fully made which his pale-faced brother calls the proofs of
civilization, one finds them both with a natural taste for
sweets

As old as history—and we know not how much longer-
this longing for saccharine matter in the animal system
seems to have been dominant.

When Sam's son plucked the new honey-combs from the
dried carcass of the dead lion on his way to see his Philis-
tine sweetheart, he satisfied his hunger and the desire for
sweets at the same time, for honey is a food as well as a
condiment.

And when Jacob directed his sons, before starting on
that memorable trip to Egypt, to “take of the choice fruits of
the land in yow i'essels, and carry.

down the man a present
of a little balm and a little honey,” he knew, or wisely conjec-
tured, that royalty as well as peasant loved the daintiest
morsel that God had provided in His storehouse of Nature;
and he wanted Pharaoh's prime minister mollified for an im-
portant occasion.

John the Baptist advertised honey when he used it as
food and as relish for roasted grasshoppers.

With our cultivated (or perverted ?) taste we would want
to eat something good to cover up the locust flavor, and I
don't know anything quite so satisfactory as honey.

If our mothers had only known the secret of thus hid-
ing the castor-oil taste that was an abomination in our
youthful estimation, what an improvement that would have
been on the old practice!

But I maintain that the bee-keeper's toil not only sweet-

others,” but also himself.

In proof of this, I only need to mention the fact that
bee-keepers

are the most companionable fellows in the world.
They are companionable because intelligent and com-
municative.

They never tire of exploring the mysteries of the life and
labors and government of their protegees; and their studies
in natural history make them thinkers if not philosophers.

This is a class of men with whom it is a pleasure to.
come in contact.

There are no secrets in their business which they are
keeping from the public, and they are all ready, at all times,
to dilate upon their favorite theme.

Whether it be in company of a brother bee-keeper, or a
student of bee and plant life, or for the entertainment of
friends, they can be easily prevailed on to relate experiences
or to exploit theories.

Another thing: Bee-keepers are temperate.
When have you caught one visiting a saloon ?
“There's a reason.

When men have access to the nectar of heaven why
should they love the broth of hell?

Of all the bee-keepers' conventions that I have attended,
I remember but one instance, and one man, who showed any
sign of having indulged in anything stronger than argument.

And the members of the fraternity are moral, and gen-
erally religious.

They stand for the best things in life, and for the uplift
of society.

The business in which they engage teaches patience and
self-control, which are prime factors in the education of

They know better than to arouse the ire of the com-
munity in which they labor, and accept philosophically the
discouraging seasons when nectar is as scarce as complete
unselfishness, and the bees are as cross as the booze-lover
the day after."

As the holiday is in progress, and the - Christmas spirit
of good-will and sweet fellowship is upon me, I recall the
beautiful friendships in the brotherhood of bee-men that
have been my privilege and good fortune to enjoy during my
brief career.

The memory of it is like unto the fragrant breath of
June roses.

How sweet is friendship !
How delightful are the recollections of happy days !
How endearing is the brotherhood of common endeavor!
Toil makes the toilers kin.

If Hope and Faith be not dead, happy are we who work !
Forest City, Iowa.

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Our Standard-Bred 6 Queens for $4.50; 3 for $2.50;

1 for 90 cents. For a number of years we have been sending out to bee-keepers exceptionally fine Untested Italian Queens, purely mated, and all rig it in every respect. Here is what a few of those who received our ueens have to say about them:

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GEORGE W. YORK & CO.:-The two Tueens Teived of you some time ago are fine. They are good breeders, the workers are showing up fine I introduced the among blac: bees, and the bees are nearly yellow now, and are doing good work. Nemaha Co, Kan, July 15.

A. W. SWAS. GEORGE W. YORK & Co.:-After Importing queen for 15 years you have sent me the best She keeps 9 1-9 Langstroth frames fully oc cupied to date, and, although I kept the hive well contracted, to force them to swarm, they have never built a queen-cell, and will put up 100 pounds of honey if the flow lasts this week. Ontario, Canada July 22.

CHLAR. MITCHELL GEORGE W. YORK & Co.:-The queen I bought of you has proven a good one, and has given me some of the best colonies. Washington Co., Va., July 22.

NOGLESBY. GEORGE W. YORK & Co.:-The queen I received or you a few days ago came through O. K. and I want to say 12. she is a beauty. I im. mediately introduced her into a colony which had been queenless for 20 days. She was accepted by them, and has gone to work nicely. I am highly pleased with her and your promptness in filling my order. My father, who is an old bee keeper, pronounced her very fine. You will hear from me again when I am in need of something in the bee line.

E. E. McCOLM. Marion Co., II., July 18.

We usually begin mailing Queens in May, and continue thereafter on the plan of “first come first served." The price of one of our Untested Queens alone is 90 cents, or with the old American Bee Journal for one year-both for $1.60. Three Queens (without Journal) would be $2.50. or 6 for $4.50. Full instructions for introducing are sent with each Queen, being printed on the underside of the address-card on the mailing-cage. You cannot do better than to get one or more of our fine Standard-Bred Queens

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National Bee-Keepers' Association.

(Organized in 1870.)

Objects. 1. To promote the interests of bee-keepers.

2. To protect and defend its members in their lawful rights as to keeping bees.

3. To enforce laws against the adulteration of honey.

Membership Duos. One dollar a year.

Officers and Executive Committee. President-GEORGE W. YORK, Chicago, Ill. Vice-President-W. D. WRIGHT, Altamont. N. Y.

Secretary-E. B. TYRRELL, 230 Woodland Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Treas. and Gen. Mgr.-N. E. FRANCE Platteville, Wis.

Twelve Directors.
Jas. A. Stone, Rt. 4. Springfield, III,
O. L. Hershiser, Kenmore, N. Y.

H. A. Surface, Harrisburg, Pa.
Wm. McEvoy, Woodburn, Ont., Canada.
M. H. Mendleson, Ventura, Calif.

R. C. Aikin, Loveland, Colo. R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. E D. Townsend, Remus, Mich.

W. H. Laws, Beeville, Tex. J. E. Crane, Middlebury, Vt.

E. F. Atwater, Meridian, Idaho.

R. A. Morgan, Vermilion, S. Dak.

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Samples 10 cents
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Are you a member? If not, why not send the annual dues of $1.00 at once to Treas. France, or to the office of the American Bee Journal, 117 N. Jefferson St., Chicago, Ill.? It will be forwarded promptly to the Treas. urer, and a receipt mailed to you by him. Every progressive bee-keeper should be a member of this, the greatest bee-keepers' organization in America.

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