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November. 1913. 



American Hee Journal 



Our Cover Picture 



Mr. R. H. Longworth & Son, of Polk 

 City, Iowa, had a very fine exhibit of 

 bees and honey at the Iowa State Fair. 

 A partial view of it is given on our 

 front cover of this issue. From one of 



the most backward States as regards 

 making herself known in a beekeeping 

 line, Iowa is fast taking the position 

 she deserves. Under the leadership of 

 her State Inspector and others there is 

 no reason why this progress should 

 not continue at a rapid rate. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



W. D. Wright Writes New York State 

 Bulletin.— "The Honey Bee" is the 

 title of Bulletin No. 49, gotten out un- 

 der the direction of the New York De- 

 partment of Agriculture. The bulletin 

 was written by Mr. W. D. Wright, of 

 Altamont, and is very excellently got- 

 ten up and finely illustrated. No New 

 York beekeeper should be without a 

 copy of this bulletin. It deals not only 

 with the natural history of the bee, a 

 study of different bee appliances, but 

 also has a very important chapter for 

 the discussion of bee-diseases, with 

 remedies, etc. 



The bulletin also contains articles 

 by leading bee men of the State, and is 

 illustrated by many full-page cuts of 

 different apiaries of New York's most 

 progressing beekeepers. 



Deaf and Blind Enjoy Bee Lecture 



Our good friend Mr. T. C. Frohliger, 

 of California, who has had long experi- 

 ence with bees, and who delivers lec- 

 tures on beekeeping with the aid of 100 

 lantern slides and an observation hive 

 full of bees, recently had the pleasure 

 of addressing an assembly of deaf and 

 blind. The address was interpreted by 

 the assistant principal of the State in- 

 stitution, and proved very interesting 

 to all the children assembled. 



According to a schedule gotten out 

 by the Board of Education of the Oak- 

 land schools, Mr. Frohliger is to ap- 

 pear on their lecture platform during 

 the latter part of October. All lectures, 

 of course, are free to pupils on ac- 

 count of their educational value. 



New Editor for Western Honey Bee. 



— The Western Honey Bee for Octo- 

 ber announces that beginning with the 

 November issue Mr. J. D. Bixby, of 

 Covina, Calif., will assume the editor- 

 ship instead of Mr. Emerson. Mr. 

 Emerson felt that he had to give up 

 the position on account of locating on 

 a large ranch in another part of the 

 State. 

 We wish every success to the new 



editor with the California journal. 

 Correspondence should be addressed 

 to him at Covina, Calif. 



Frank F. France Narries. — The editor 

 is in receipt of the announcement of 

 the marriage of Mr. Frank F. France 

 to Miss Caroline Mary Tremelling, 

 which occurred at Platteville, Wis., on 

 Oct. 2. The best wishes of the Bee 

 Journal go with the young couple. 



Education is What We Want In 



looking over the University of Califor- 

 nia Journal of Agriculture, put out by 

 the students of that institution, we 

 were pleased to find in it an article on 

 beekeeping by one of the students. Our 

 pleased expression, however, turned to 

 a frown before the article was half 

 read; as a great many of the state- 

 ments hardly agreed with our concep- 

 tion of what up-to-date education on 

 these lines should be. The writer con- 

 fused absolutely the two foul brood 

 diseases. He claimed that in extracted- 

 honey production swarming was pre- 

 vented because the queen layed all 

 through the supers. He stated that 

 I.jO colonies of bees consume a barrel 

 of water every day, etc. 



Education is all right, but better 

 none than such as the above. 



" Bee King " Found Guilty The fol- 

 lowing was received from Mr. R. M. 

 Guthrie, of Reno, Nev., will explain 

 itself. " Below is a clipping in regard 

 to Mr. C. I. Graham, whom we wish to 

 advertise throughout the country so 

 that he cannot ship any more bees 

 without being recognized. In 1910, he 

 shipped European foul brood in here, 

 and nearly cleaned us out. He shipped 

 in .300 colonies last year, and there were 

 59 left this spring. He has had honey 

 and diseased combs exposed all sum- 

 mer :" 



" Following a conviction before a 

 jury in Judge Davis' court yesterday, 

 C. I. Graham, known as the 'Bee King,' 

 will hear judgment today. He was 



found guilty of exposing diseased 

 brood combs to the injury of the bees 

 of this valley. 



"R. M. Guthrie, bee inspector, insti- 

 tuted the action against Mr. Graham, 

 and went on the stand to testify. He 

 told the jury that the defendant had ex- 

 posed diseased combs, thus endanger- 

 ing the bees of the entire valley to in- 

 fection. He said that Graham had been 

 warned against the practice several 

 times, and related that other actions 

 had been brought against him for the 

 offense. 



" H. F. Hagen and H. Trickey, both 

 bee men, also took the stand support- 

 ing Inspector Guthrie in the testimony. 

 The defendant took the stand in his 

 own defense. 



"The defendant is to be tried on a 

 similar charge Thursday, the accusa- 

 tion being that he committed the same 

 offense at a different place." 



" Delicious Honey Crisps " Contained 



Practically No Honey The Standard 



Flaked Food Co., of Owosso, Mich., 

 has been fined $50 for the alleged ship- 

 ment into Indiana of so-called " Honey 

 Crisps Corn Flakes," which was mis- 

 branded, according to a notice of judg- 

 ment just issued by the Department of 

 ."Agriculture. 



The label on the package described 

 it as " Delicious Honey Crisps ; a 

 Toasted Corn Flake Dainty — Guaran- 

 teed by the Standard Pure Food Co., 

 under the Food and Drugs Act of June 

 30, 1906, guaranty filed with Secretary 

 of Agriculture under Serial No. 5165." 



This label was considered deceptive, 

 and misbranding was charged because 

 it conveyed the idea that the product 

 contained a substantial amount of 

 honey, whereas analysis showed it to 

 contain practically no honey. 



A Tennessee Honey-Plant. — One of 



our subscribers sent us recently the 

 blossoms of a honey-plant with the re- 

 quest that we give the name. The 

 flower was sent to Mr. John H. Lovell, 

 of Maine, an authority on plants. His 

 answer is as follows: "The name of 

 the species is Verbesina occidentalis 

 (L.) Walt — small yellow crownbeard. 

 It occurs on dry hills from Tennessee 

 southward to Georgia and Florida." 



In sending in plants we would ask 

 that our subscribers send not only 

 the flower, but also leaves and fruit or 

 seed if possible, so that the identifica- 

 tion can be made more complete. 



Another Texas Bee Bulletin Bulle- 

 tin No. 158, of the Texas Agricultural 

 E.xperiment Station, has as its subject 

 " Investigations Pertaining to Texas 

 Beekeeping." The book is written by 

 three Texas men, Wilmon Xewell, F. 

 B. Paddock and William Harper Dean. 



