May. 1913. 



American Hae Joarnal | 



coughing point, and that condition is 

 continued not during 5, 10, or 15 min- 

 utes, as when working at a hive in the 

 apiary, but during the whole time the 

 bees are being carried in ? If a colony 

 is pretty nearly scared into a diarrhea 

 upon being carried into the cellar, and 

 then comes out alive and well in the 

 spring, there is still room for the sus- 

 picion that it might have been in just a 

 bit better condition if it had never 

 had the scare. If, however, Mr. Miles 

 had some proof for his belief, I 

 am open to conviction, for there are 

 times when it would be convenient to 

 use smoke in the cellar in the fall, just 

 as I have found it convenient to use it 

 there in the spring. c. c. .\i. 



Natioual Grading Kiile.s 



We give in this number the National 

 Comb Honey Grading Rules adopted at 

 the February meeting. We also insert 

 an article from the pen of one of the 

 best experts on honey, Mr. Frank 

 Rauchfuss, of Denver, accompanied by 

 cuts which illustrate his e.xplanations. 

 His criticisms are kindly, they are a 

 result of his personal e.xperience, and 

 we know every reader will give them 

 due consideration, for we are all anx- 

 ious to get the best possible rules, and 

 such as will fit every section of our im- 

 mense territory. Much progress in 

 this line has already been achieved, 

 though perfection may never be at- 

 tained. 



Editor VUgges and Bee-Tei-ius 



In a former number of this publica- 

 tion the effort was made to show Edi- 

 tor Digges that he was not following 

 the dictionary by writing " honey bee " 

 and "humble bee." What do you sup- 

 pose is his reply to our kindly efforts 

 to reform him ? He blandly says that 

 " there is no such volume as 'The dic- 

 tionary.' " So there you are. Then 

 after using considerable logic to justify 

 his usage, he just as blandly says: 

 "The whole question at usage is not 

 one of logic, but one of convention." 

 That from a man so unconventional as 

 to write " beekeeping " all by his lone- 

 some, with no one in all the wide world 

 in convention with him! He says: 

 " We find no authority, dictionary or 

 otherwise, for the extraordinary form 

 " bumblebee," and especially mentions 

 the Standard Dictionary as not giving 

 that form. Must be another case of 

 "locality." "In this locality" the 

 Standard Dictionary certainlydoes give 

 " bumblebee," as also " bumblebee," and 

 no other form is given for either of 

 the words. (1803 edition.) 



With regard to some of the incon- 



sistencies of the American Bee Journal, 

 perhaps the less said the better. Only 

 it may be permitted to say that the ex- 

 cuse for writing "nowadays" was one 

 of pure ignorance. As "nowadays" 

 was the only form to be found — beg 

 pardon, Bro. Digges, in a dictionary, we 

 were ignorant that it was ever written 

 in any other form nowadays. One 

 other criticism it will hardly do to let 

 pass. It is the supposed inconsistency 

 of writing "Bee-keeper" and not writ- 

 ing " Bee-Journal." Surely it ought to 

 be recognized that the latter is a 

 proper name, hence not subject to rules 

 that apply to other words. For in- 

 stance, one cannot change the form of 

 the word " digs " without awakening 

 a suspicion of illiteracy, except it be 

 used as a proper name, and then it may 

 be changed into " Ddigss " or into any 

 other form to suit the fancy. 



Here's a package of good wishes to 

 you, Bro. Digges, to the extent of 11 

 pounds, all that our parcel post will at 

 present allow. c. c. m. 



Lile Membership iu the National 



The National convention appointed 

 a committee to investigate the advis- 

 ablity of accepting life members at a 

 certain price, paid in advance. In 1891, 

 resolutions were passed to accept life 

 members at $10, and the following be- 

 came life members of the Association, 

 which was then known under the name 

 of North American Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation : Thomas G. Newman, D. A. 

 Jones, A. 1. Root, E. R. Root, J. T. Cal- 

 vert, Chas. Dadant, C. P. Dadant, Dr. 

 C. C. Miller, Chas. Muth, A. N. Draper, 

 Mrs. L. Harrison, Eugene Secor, G. H. 

 Knickerbocker, A. R. Coe — 14 members 

 in all. At least five of these people are 

 now dead, and some of the others have 

 continued to pay their annual dues as 

 if their life membership was of no 

 avail. Nothing new under the sun! 



Iowa Law Passes 



Notice has been received that the 

 Iowa F-ul Brood law has been passed 

 with appropriation of $1,500. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Don't Spray During Bloom " When 



to Spray " is the title of a little folder 

 by Mr. Frank Rauchfuss, of Denver. 

 It quotes the following different au- 

 thorities : 



Prof. Gillette says : " When the cod- 

 ling moth begins to appear about the 

 time of full bloom, they do not begin 

 to lay eggs until the majority of the 

 apples in the orchard are one-half of 

 an inch in diameter; when they are 

 ^i of an inch they are laid freely. As 

 soon as the little apples lose their fuzzy 

 coverings the moths lay their eggs 

 very largely upon the cheek of the 

 apple, but nez'er i>i the blossom. Later 

 they find their hiding place in the 

 blossom end of the apple. After the 

 blossoms have fallen and the apples 

 have attained a little size, is the time to 

 spray ttnd not be/'orey 



Prof. Gillette, who wrote the above, 

 has raised these moths in great num- 

 bers at the Government Experimental 

 Station, and is considered the best au- 

 thority on this subject in the West. 



In Bulletin No. 80, from the State of 

 New York Experimental Station, we 

 find the following statement: "The 

 trees should not be sprayed while in 

 bloom, for the spray may injure the 

 delicate part of the flower." The Mis- 

 souri State Bulletin No. 30 says: 

 "Never spray a fruit tree while in 

 bloom. You not only injure the deli- 

 cate stigma and prevent pollenization, 

 but you are in danger of killing bees." 

 Bees aid largely in pollenizing all fruit 

 trees and with other insect life are of 



great service to the fruit growers at 

 this time of the year. 



Greene's Fruit Grower says: "It is a 

 positive injury to spray for the codling 

 moth when the trees are in bloom." 

 The Vermont Station prints the fol- 

 lowing advice : "Spraying when trees 

 are in bloom is entirely useless ; it is 

 a waste of time and spraying material." 

 The United States Agricultural De- 

 partment at Washington sends out the 

 following : " Pomologists may well 

 join hands demanding and securing a 

 law making it a grave misdemeanor to 

 spray trees while they are in full 

 bloom." 



Canada has a strict law against spray- 

 ing while fruit trees are in bloom 

 Several of our States have passed simi- 

 lar laws. 



Spray only when blossoms have 

 fallen. Those trees that have blos- 

 soms on them at the time of the first 

 spraying should not be sprayed until 

 the time of the second spraying some 

 12 or 14 days later. 



Illinois State Association The 12th 



Annual Report of the State Association 

 is now ready for its members. It will 

 be sent in cloth binding to all paid-up 

 members. Later members will get a 

 paper-bound copy. It contains the 

 full report of the State meeting at 

 Springfield and of the Northwestern at 

 Chicago, as well as a condensed report 

 of the National at Cincinnati. This 



