May. 1913. 



American l^ee Journal 



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No. 3.— Part of a ii.ooo Pounh Croi> ok Honev and Manner of Packing in France. 



parative value of different races of 

 bees. Also that the members be asked 

 to experiment and report on the com- 

 parative advantage of natural and arti- 

 ficial swarming; and the best method 

 of swarm prevention, these questions 

 to be reported on at the next meeting. 

 The Minister of Agriculture was 

 asked to authorize the inspectors to 

 destroy the diseased colonies of bee- 

 owners who neglect or refuse to treat 

 them ; to forbid the use of hives with- 

 out movable combs because they can- 

 not be examined; to prevent the im- 

 portation within the Province of dis- 

 eased or infected bees and appliances; 

 to require every inspector to submit 

 to an examination for competency; to 

 have two additional inspectors ap- 

 pointed for the present season ; to pro- 

 vide for lectures on apiculture during 

 next winter. 



blossom, about May 1, men began 

 making collections of insects found 

 visiting the blossoms. The collections 

 were made during the day and night. 

 The trees were inspected at least once 

 every two hours, and all insects found 

 were captured if possible, and recorded 

 if not. 



A comparison of the number of in- 

 sects captured and recorded, shows 

 that the honey-bees were far more 

 numerous than the other insects visit- 

 ing the trees, and were more important 

 than all the other insects combined. A 

 number of bees were watched in order 

 to Jet"^rniine tlie number of blossoms 

 they would visit on one trip. One bee 

 was followed until it had visited 61 

 flowers, and was then lost sight of in 

 the top of the tree. Others visited 

 from 25 to 45 blossoms. 



Rev. P, Prietk. of France. 



Good Grading On our desk we find 



a page clipped from the Merchants' 

 Index. We quote in short: 



"Dumping an original package of 

 goods that is subject to irregularity, 

 and putting a straight price on it, isn't 

 good store-keeping. A thing may be 

 bought to sell at a definite price, but 

 you can make it sell for more. At this 

 writing, for instance, 176 Florida or- 

 anges sell at 30 cents a dozen. You are 

 likely to find 5 or 6 dozen that are as 

 large as 150, and should go in the 35- 

 cent box. So you are 25 or 30 cents to 

 the good. In a basket of lettuce you 

 will find at least half a dozen different 

 sizes, and by the same token you will 

 get different buyers. Separate it and 

 mark it over." 



How about doing this for sections of 



honey ? 



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Misbranding of Confectionery. — On 



June 28, l;U2, the United States Attor- 

 ney for southern Ohio filed informa- 

 tion against the members of the firm of 

 Sauerston & Brown, of Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, charging misbranding. 

 The product was labeled " Honey 



Bees as Cross-PoUenators. — Experi- 

 ments have been recently carried on 

 at the Kansas Experiment Station to 

 determine the importance of the honey- 

 bee and various other insects as fac- 

 tors in cross-poUenization. Wind was 

 not considered in the tests because it 

 was found that wherever apples were 

 grown far from an apiary, a very much 

 reduced amount of fruit was secured. 



The Kansas Industrialist comments 

 on the experiment as follows : 



Two Ben Davis, two Missouri Pip- 

 pins, and two VVinesap trees were se- 

 lected just before blossoming time, in 

 an orchard in which several hives of 

 bees had been placed. The object was 

 to determine the number and kind of 

 insects visiting the trees, and the time 

 of day at which they were the most 

 frequent. When the trees began to 



No. 4.— An Apiary in Sunny Southern France. 



