May, 1913. 



American Vee Jonrnal 



Maples " on each package, and " Favor- 

 ite Honey Maples " on each individual 

 piece of candy. It was found to con- 

 sist of a mixture of commercial glu- 

 cose, sucrose, and cocoanut, and did 

 not possess either in flavor or sub- 

 stance either honey or maple sugar. 



The defendants entered a plea of 

 guilty, and were fined $25.00 with costs 



of $14.65. 



•»■ 



School for Bee-Keepers. — The Exten- 

 sion Service of the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural College has published a bul- 

 letin announcing a two weeks' school 

 for bee-keepers, which will begin May 

 28. The school will be followed by a 

 convention on June 11 and 12. 



The faculty and the courses which 

 they will give are as follows : " Practi- 

 cal Phases of Bee-Keeping," Dr. Bur- 

 ton N.Gates; " Crops for Honey-Bees," 

 Prof. S. B.Haskell; " The Relation of 

 Bees to the Pollenation of Plants," Dr. 

 George E. Stone; "Structure of Bees," 

 Mr. I. W. Davis ; " Bees and Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Supplies," Dr. James B. Paige. 



Students will have the use of the 

 regular apicultural equipment of the 

 college, consisting of about 2 acres 

 with 50 colonies of bees and a modern 

 building constructed especially for the 

 teaching of practical apiculture. Prac- 

 tically every device used in American 

 apiculture will be shown, it being the 

 aim of the department to procure new 

 inventions as fast as they appear, for 

 the purpose of study and comparison. 

 A library of over 700 volumes and 

 papers of apicultural literature will also 

 be available to students. 



The registration will be limited to 15, 

 and applications will be accepted in 

 the order received. A registration fee 

 of $2.00 will be charged. 



For bulletins or other information 

 address Prof. W. D. Kurd, Amherst' 



Mass. 



^ 



Prizes on Color and Taste of Honey 



In "L'Abeille" de I'Aube, February, 

 1913, I'Abbe Cayatte complains that in 

 giving prizes to bee-keepers for their 

 honey too much importance is paid to 

 the color and flavor of the honey. He 

 says : 



Preference is usually given to the 

 lightest colored and best flavored 

 honey. Am I then a poorer bee-keeper 

 because in a bad season my honey 

 looks as dark as molasses ? Can I 

 change the nature of the blossoms of 

 my neighborhood ? While giving pref- 

 erence to light-colored honey of finest 

 flavor, we should, in all fairness, have 

 different series of light, amber, dark, 

 and give to each similar prizes, pro- 

 vided they have been harvested by 

 modern processes which secure extra- 

 pure honey. 



Stung! — Not long since, a well-known 

 business man had occasion to call his 

 creditors together. He explained his 

 situation, and asked for time in which 

 to meet his obligations. This was 

 granted. As the meeting broke up, 

 some of the gentlemen present rallied 

 the embarrassed man on the absence 



of his accustomed joviality. " Cheer 

 up, old fellow," said one; 'I know a 

 man who has been stung hundreds of 

 times, and made money out of the ex- 

 perience." 



" You don't say !" exclaimed the as- 

 tonished bankrupt. "What's his line of 

 business ?" 



" He's a bee-inspector," was the reply. 



Toronto Field Day The annual Field 



Day of the 'loronto Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at the apiary of 

 Mr. G. H. Sibbald, Forks of Credit 

 Station, on May 24, 191?: 



Mr. Morley Pettit, Provincial Api- 

 arist, will have charge of the program. 

 He will be assisted by some of our 

 prominent Ontario bee-men, so that 

 we confidentally e.xpect this " meet " to 

 eclipse anything heretofore attempted 

 in this line in Canada Without doubt 

 Mr. Sibbald's apiary lends itself to this 

 educational work better than any other 

 apiary within miles of Toronto. 



A basket picnic will be held in con- 

 nection with the meeting. The ladies 

 will look after this department in their 

 usual manner. 



A program is now being prepared. 

 The approximate train time table is as 

 follows: Leave Union station 7:00 

 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. Arrive at the Forks 

 at 10 :00 a.m. Leave Forks about 6:00 

 p.m. Arrive at Union station about 

 9:00 p.m. Fare, round trip about $1.00. 



A hearty invitation is e.xtended to 

 all bee-keepers, but be sure and bring 

 a lunch. Chas. E. Hopper, Sec. 



A Foul Brood Law for Idaho. — A re- 

 cent letter from Mr. Ben Hall, of 

 Idaho, states that the bee-keepers have 

 just succeeded in having a foul brood 

 bill passed, known as House Bill No. 

 295. The bill is very effective. Any 

 one intending to ship bees into Tdaho 

 had better get a copy of the bill before 

 shipping. 



Wax Craft The British Bee Journal 



announces a second translation in Rus- 

 sian of Thos. Wm. Cowan's " Wax 

 Craft." The book is certainly worthy. 



National Grading Rules The f callow - 



ing grading rules were adopted at the 



National convention in Cincinnati, 



Ohio, Feb. 13, 1913: 



Sections of comb honey are to begradeti: 

 first, as to finish; second, as to color of 

 honey; and third, as to weight. The sec- 

 tions of honey in any given case are to be so- 

 nearly alike in these three respects that 

 any section shall be representative of the 

 contents of the case. 



I.-FINISH. 



1. K.XTRA FANrv.— Sections to be evenly 

 filled, comb firmly attached to' the four 

 sides, the sections to be free from propolis 

 or other pronounced stain, combs and cap- 

 pings white, and not more than six unsealed 

 cells on either side. 



2. Fancy.— Sections to be evenly filled, 

 comb firmly attached to the four sides, the 

 sections free from propolis or other pro- 

 nounced stain, comb and capoings white, 

 and not more than six unsealed cells on 

 either side, exclusive of the outside row. 



3. No. I. — Sections to be evenly filled, comb 

 firmly attached to the four sicies, the sec- 

 tions free from propolis or otherpronounced 

 stain, comb and cappings white to slightly 

 off color, and not more than 40 unsealed 

 cells, exclusive of the outside row. 



4. Standard — Comb not projecting be- 

 yond the box. attached to the sides, not less 

 than two-thirds of the way around, and not 

 more than 60 unsealed cells exclusive of the 

 row adjacent to the box. 



II.-COLOR. 



On the basis of color of the honey, comb 

 honey is to be classified as; first, white; 

 second, light amber; third, amber; and 

 fourth, dark. 



III.-WEIGHT. 



1. Heavy.— No section designated as heavy 

 to weigh less than fourteen ounces. 



2. Medilm, — No section designated as me- 

 dium to weigh less than twelve ounces. 



3. Light.— No section designated as light 

 to weigh less than ten ounces. 



In describing honey, three words or sym- 

 bols are to be used, the first being descrip- 

 tive of the finish, the second of color, and 

 the third of weight. As for example; Fancy 

 white, heavy F. W. H. ; No. i amber, me- 

 dium I A. M . etc. In this way any of the 

 possible combinations of finish, color and 

 weight can be briefly described. 



CULL HONEY. 



Cull honey shall consist of the following: 

 Honey packed in soiled second hand cases, 

 or that in badly stained or propolized sec- 

 tions containing pollen honey, dew honey, 

 honey showing signs of granulation, poorly 

 ripened, sour or "weeping" honey; sec- 

 tions with comb projecting beyond the box, 

 or well attached to the box less than two- 

 thirds the distance around its inner sur- 

 face; sections with more than 00 unsealed 

 cells, exclusiveof the row adjacent to the 

 box, leaking, injured, or patched-up sec- 

 tions; sections wtighing less than ten 

 ounces. 



Bee-Keeping <^ For Women 



Conducted hv Miss Emma M. Wiison, Marengo. 111. 



Taking Bees Out of Cellar Quarters 



In this region the blooming of the 

 soft or red maple is the signal for tak- 

 ing bees out of cellars, choosing the 

 first day when the temperature is up to 

 40 or 50 degrees in the morning, with 

 a bright sun, and the prospect of a 

 higher temperature through the day. 

 If the day be still, it is better, but a 

 little wind will do no harm, if it is 

 warm. 



Occasionally the soft maples fool us, 



opening out in bloom only to be fol- 

 lowed by a severe cold spell. This 

 year the earliest soft maples opened 

 March 30. (There may he a difference 

 of several days between the opening of 

 the earliest and the latest.) The weather 

 was favorable for the next two or three 

 days, but the bees were left in the cel- 

 lar. Whether that was a mistake or 

 not remains to be seen. It is pretty 

 early yet, and if there should come 

 such a freeze as there was 2 weeks ago, 

 we will be glad the bees are in com- 



