February, 1912 



American ^Bea Journal 



swer Mr. Miles' question on candy feed- 

 ing in the affirmative. We have often 

 used it on colonies that were short of 

 stores, either in-doors or out-of-doors, 

 and it works splendidly, with the ad- 

 vantage that it does not excite the 

 bees. It may be laid right over the 

 frames above the cluster, and they will 

 come up and cover it. It will slowly 

 disappear, fulfilling its mission The 

 recipe is short, and may be found in 

 the Langstroth-Dadant book, para- 

 graph 611 : 



"Add water to sugar and boil slowly 

 until the water is evaporated. Stir 

 constantly so that it will not burn. To 



know when it is done, dip your finger 

 first into cold water and then into the 

 syrup. If what adheres is brittle to 

 the teeth, it is boiled enough. Pour 

 into shallow pans, a little greased, and, 

 when cold, break into pieces of suit- 

 able size." 



You may use sheets of paper instead 

 of pans, and may divide the cakes 

 evenly by marking them before the 

 candy hardens. Any young lady who 

 has made "fudge" can make good 

 candy for bee-feed. Of course, as witli 

 everything else, it must be made right. 



Mr. Miles' suggestions, however, are 

 all practical, and no one will regret 

 following them. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Beet Sugar Kills Bees That beet 



sugar is fatal to bees and cane sugar 

 is not, is the conclusion of Prof. J. G. 

 Sanders, of the Department of Ento- 

 mology, University of Wisconsin, who, 

 next semester, will have charge of a 

 new bee-keepers' course at that insti- 

 tution. 



Of the 40 percent of bees in the State 

 which died last year, a largepercentage 

 were starved, he says. He believes 

 that bees can live on cane sugar, but 

 die at once if fed on beet sugar. The 

 danger to bees in beet sugar, he be- 

 lieves, arises from some chemical con- 

 stituent that makes it deleterious. He 

 said the time is coming when an inves- 

 tigation will be made, and intimated he 

 would not be surprised if beet sugar 

 was found to be harmful to human 

 beings. — Exchange. 



shorthand, and will appear in the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association's 

 report. 



The following officers were elected 

 for 1913: President, Jacob Huffman, 

 Monroe, Wis.; Vice-President, C. F. 

 Kannenberg, Oak Park, 111. ; Secretary- 

 Treasurer, L. C. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



The Association voted to join both 

 the National and the Illinois State As- 

 sociations. F. B. Cavanagh was chosen 

 regular delegate to the National con- 

 vention, with John Kneser as alter- 

 nate. 



It was decided to hold the 1013 meet- 

 ing during the Live Stock Show at 

 Chicago. L. C. Dadant. 



Secretary- Treasurer. 



Eastern Illinois Meeting. — Mr. H. S. 

 Duby wishes us to announce as part of 

 the program of the Eastern Illinois 

 meeting, on Feb. 4 and 5, a haif-hour 

 debate between himself and the Editor 

 of the American Bee Journal, 1.5 min- 

 utes each, on " Small vs. Large Hives." 

 The Editor had thought of excusing 

 himself from attending this meeting, 

 on account of going to so many, but 

 this might look as if he were."scfared," 

 and it would never do. So the chal- 

 lenge is accepted. The two French- 

 men will fight it out. 



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The Chicago-Northwestern Meeting. — 



The Chicago Northwestern Associa- 

 tion held its Ititli annual meeting at 

 the Great Northern Hotel on Dec. 19 

 and 20, 1912. For the first time since 

 its origin, the Association held its 

 meeting without the presence of Pres. 

 George W. York, Vice-Pres. Huffman 

 occupying the chair. 



Although there was not so large an 

 attendance as at some of its previous 

 meetings, it made up in enthusiasm 

 what it lacked in numbers. The pro- 

 ceedings of this meeting were taken in 



Death of Dr. Wm. R. Howard We 



are informed of the death, on Dec. 25, 

 1912, of the above-named scientist at 



Fort Worth, Tex. He died while on 

 duty, in his buggy, responding to a 

 call. He was 64 years old. 



Dr. Howard acquired a name among 

 bee-keepers by his microscopic and 

 bacteriological studies of foul brood, 

 described in a pamphlet of 48 pages, 

 entitled " Foul Brood, its Natural His- 

 tory and Rational Treatment," pub- 

 lished in 1894. He recommended the 

 McEvoy treatment. 



He was a member of the Texas 

 Academy of Science and of the Ameri- 

 can Microscopical Society. 

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Bee-Keeping in Schools. — As an illus. 

 tration of what could be done by nearly 

 every bee-keeper for the furtherance of 

 education in bee-keeping, we refer the 

 reader to the pictures illustrating what 

 Mr. Coppin, of Wenona, 111., has done. 

 Mr. Coppin, using the colony of bees 

 which he had previously exhibited at 

 the Illinois State Fair, gave interesting 

 information to the pupils of the We- 

 nona schools. E. F. Nichols, superin- 

 tendent of the schools, writes as fol- 

 lows : 



" When the class in zoology came to 

 the study of bees, presumably one of 

 the most interesting and profitable 

 subjects in the work, it was thought 

 best to get it in as practical way as 

 possible. The teacher who, in this 

 particular school, happens to be the 

 superintendent, went to the distin- 

 guished ' bee-man,' Mr. Coppin, and 

 consulted with him as to the best 

 methods for study. After a brief dis- 

 cussion, Mr. Coppin invited the teacher 

 and class to visit him in his apiary. 



"The invitation was accepted one 

 bright morning. Mr. Coppin provided 

 the necessary paraphernalia for the 

 young people, in order that they might 



Teaching Bee-Keeping. 



