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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



disciplined army; those of the man 

 AA'itliout a plan as a mob. Have a 

 rlan. 



th:e coi,orado i^aw against the adui,- 

 teration of honey. 



Tlie bee-lvoepers of Colorado have se- 

 cured tlie passage of a law that ought 

 to effectually put an end to the traffic 

 in adulterated honey or wax in their 

 State. I will not use space to quote 

 it entire, but the following is a synop- 

 sis: 



"No person shall sell anj^ adulter- 

 ated or imitation honey or beeswax, 

 unless prominently labeled with the 

 percentages of its ingredients, or lab- 

 eled 'Imitation,' and unless the seller 

 informs the purchaser; nor shall such 

 goods be shiped or receipted for unless 

 properly labeled, nor shall sales of im- 

 properly labeled goods have any stand- 

 ing in law, nor shall the word 'honey' 

 be used as part of the trade name of 

 any article unless honey is really a 

 part of it; and the executive of any 

 state office regulating any food prod- 

 ucts shall cause samples of suspected 

 goods to be analyzed, and prosecute 

 violations of the law in the name of 

 the People of the State of Colorado; 

 and on conviction, the goods shall be 

 confiscated, and the offender fined $20 

 to $500 and costs." 



A NEW BOOK ON OUEEN REARING AND 



THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, IDEAI, 



BEE HIVE. 



Mr. T. K. Massie, of Tophet, W. Va., 

 has written a book upon the above 

 subjects. While I have had the book 

 in hand for some time, other duties 

 have prevented me from giving it a 

 complete reading. I have only dipperi 

 into it here and there, but I am carry- 

 ing It around with me on my trips. 

 and will eventually read it through. 



lie makes some good points. I no 

 ticed one wliere lie points out the 

 value of young bees for queen rearing. 

 Another chapter gives an excellent 

 method for direct introduction ol 

 queens. The book also gives very 

 complete descriptions of a doul)le- 

 lu'ood-chamber, culncal hive using clos- 

 ed-end frames supported by nails. An- 

 other very strong feature of the book 

 is its vehement denunciation of bee- 

 keepers who cling to antiiiuated ideas, 

 who set up a "standard," and refus(^ 

 to get out of the "rut." The price of 

 the l)ook is 2.1 cts. I can club it with 

 the Review at $1.15 for both Review 

 and booli. 



TRAFFIC IN EMPTY COMBS MIGHT SPREAD 

 FOUL BROOD. 



Occasionally we see advertisements 

 offering empty combs for sale, and 

 sometimes there are offers to buy, but 

 a correspondent suggests that, consid- 

 ering tlie prevalence of fou*l brood, 

 such traffic might better be discontin- 

 ued. If infected combs were shipped, 

 not only would they establish foul 

 brood in tlie apiary of the buyer, but 

 as such combs are sometimes sliipped 

 in open boxes or crates, they would be 

 likely to spread the disease all along 

 the route at any plaee where the bees 

 might gain access to them. 



OUEENI^ESS BEES ARE IRRITABI^H. 



All bee-keepers Icnow that the bees 

 of a queenless colony are quite lialile 

 to be irritable while being handled, 

 but Mr. Boardman called my atten- 

 tion to the fact that they are irri- 

 table at all times, and greatly inclined 

 to follow the operator about and an- 

 noy him. If the bee-keeper desires 

 a peaceable apiary let him avoid 

 queenless colonies. Mr. Boardman 

 said tliat when Ernest Root visited 



