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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 1, 1904. 



onies were diseased. Those figures had now been reduced 

 to 5 percent, owing to the exertions of the inspector. 



Idaho failed to obtain any legislative enactment. 



In Ohio there was an inspector appointed by the gov- 

 ernor of the State on the recommendation of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, but no statistics of cost or report had 

 been forwarded from there. 



In California the inspectors were appointed on the peti- 

 tion of ten or more landed residents. The expenses allowed 

 were S3 per diem. The law there was confined to counties, 

 and as some of them had very few bees within their limits, 

 only a few counties had inspectors. While admitting that 

 much work had been done, it was remarked that in some 

 cases the inspectors did not do their duty properly. 



In Nebraska the governor appointed an inspector on the 

 nomination of the Bee-Keepers' Association at a cost of $2 

 a day. 



In Utah an inspector was selected by the Agricultural 

 Commissioner, the cost being paid out of the treasury. 



This was the gist of the information obtained from the 

 United States, which he contended was on the whole favor- 

 able to legislation regarding foul brood, and showed that 

 the action taken by the various States had been beneficial. 



While very much has been done by way of laws on foul 

 brood in the United States and Canada, it seems there is 

 not as much uniformity about those laws as there should 

 be. At least not onl3' do some States need more stringent 

 legal enactments, but many States have no laws at all on 

 the subject, and yet need them very badly. The good work 

 of practically all the bee-inspectors, where they have laws, 

 should help the other States without such laws to get them 

 very speedily, we think. 



Supporting Foundation in Brood-Frames. 



Full sheets of foundation in brood-frames are in quite 

 general favor, and no little diversity of opinion prevails as 

 to the means to be used to prevent sagging or buckling. To 

 make foundation heavy enough so that no sort of support 

 is needed is expensive. The better the support the less 

 wax is needed in the foundation. The manner of using the 

 wire, whether to be imbedded in the wax when the founda- 

 tion is made or not, whether to have the wire run horizon- 

 tally, vertically, or diagonally — these have been subjects of 

 no little controversy. 



Latterly there has come into notice the plan of sup- 

 porting the foundation by means of wooden splints 1/16 

 of an inch square, boiled in wax and applied vertically at 

 distances of two or three inches. The special advantage 

 claimed is that by this means the comb may be built clear 

 down to the bottom-bar solid, without any chance for the 

 bees to crawl under. Certainly a frame entirely filled with 

 comb clear out to end-bar and bottom-bar is a thing greatly 

 to be desired. But bees seem to have a predilection for a 

 clear passage-way between the comb and bottom-bar, and if 

 such frames be given at a time when little or no honey is 

 coming in, they will gnaw away the foundation so as to 

 make a passage. It would be interesting if those who have 

 tried these foundation-splints would report how far they 

 have been successful in getting frames filled without pop- 

 holes or passage-ways. 



Mp. Jas. A. Stone, secretary of the Illinois State Asso- 

 ciation, called on us for a few minutes last week when in 

 Chicago with a car-load or two of lambs and hogs. He was 

 able to sell at a good figure, so felt correspondingly jubilant. 



The St. Louis National Convention Report is begun 

 this week in these columns. We believe our readers will 

 find it very profitable reading. We have tried to condense j 

 it somewhat, and yet not impair its value. We regret the 

 delay in its publication, but we could not present it before, 

 as the Association decided to take the report this year and 

 issue it in pamphlet form. This change was more expensive 

 for the National, but less for us. 



Mr. W. C. Nutt, late of Iowa, but now, and for some 

 time past, of Bee Co., Tex , was married Nov. 1 to Miss 

 L/izzie Jones, the daughter of a prominent bee-keeper where 

 he lives. A neighbor writes us that Mr. Nutt is one of their 

 best bee-men, and in his wife he has a worthy companion 

 and helper. The neighbor then adds : " It is the sincere 

 wish of his friends that all their troubles may be only Utile 

 ones ". In this the American Bee Journal also desires to 

 join. Mr. Nutt has been a subscriber to this paper for 

 nearly 30 years. 



Bees as a "Nature Study ".—Dr. Edward F. Bigelow, 

 of Stamford, Conn., lecturer at teachers' institutes, and 

 " Nature and Science " editor of the St. Nicholas Magazine, 

 wrote us as follows recently : 



For some time I have been endeavoring to advance the 

 claims of honey-bees as an educational — " Nature Study " — 

 topic. It seems to me that honey-bees are more available, 



more interesting and more practical for the schoolroom, and 

 for teachers and pupils outside of the schoolroom, than cer- 

 tain other branches of entomology that have been more 

 talked about and studied by teachers and pupils. 



I desire to obtain information of experiences with bees 

 by teachers who have kept bees especially from the " Nature 

 Study " standpoint. Also, will young people under 18 years 

 of age, who have personally cared for bees, please write me 

 of their experiences ? 



Any suggestion from veteran bee-keepers for interest- 

 ing teachers and pupils in bees will be much appreciated. 

 Edward F. BigelOw. 



The Apiarian Exhibits at the Illinois State Fair this 

 year were said to be " ten times as large as the whole honey 

 exhibit at St. Ivouis, and all made by members of the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association ". The result of the 

 judges work is as follows : 



Display of comb honey — 1st premium, A. Coppln; 3d, Chas. 

 Becker; 3d, G. M. Rumler. 



Collection of labeled cases of white honey— 1st, A. Coppin; 2d, 

 Chas. Becker; 3d, Jas. A. Stone A: Son. 



Collection of dark honey — 1st, Chas. Beclter; 2d, A. Coppin; 3d, 

 Jas. A. Stone it Son. 



Case of white clover honey — 1st, A. Coppin; 2d, G. M. Bumler: 

 3d, Chas. Becker. 



Case of sweet clover honey — 1st, A. Coppin; 2d, Chas. Becker; 

 3d, Jas. A. Stone & Son. 



Case of basswood honey— 1st, G. M. Rumler; 3d, A. Coppin; 3d, 

 Chas. Becker. 



Display of extracted honey — 1st, Jas. A. Stone; 2d, Chas. Becker; 

 3d, A. Coppin. 



Honey extracting on the grounds— 1st, .las. A. Stone & Son ; 2d, 

 Chas. Becker. 



Display of candied honey— 1st, Chas. Becker; 2d, Jas. A. Stone & 

 Son ; 3d, G. M. Rumler. 



Display of beeswax — 1st, Chas. Becker ; -.M, Jas. A. Stone & Son ; 

 3d, A. Coppin. 



Frame of comb honey for extracting— 1st A. Coppin ; 3d, Jas. A. 

 Stone .V- Son : 3d, Chas. Becker. 



