August, 



American Hee Journal 



ing at a glance the localities in Massa- 

 chusetts having American or European 

 foul brood, or both, as also possible 

 sources of infection in neighboring 

 States. The author thinks the disease 

 made ravages in that State 80 years 

 ago, the. wax-moth taking the blame. 

 Treatment is given in this condensed 

 form: 



"As soon as a colony is discovered 

 diseased, and at a time when there would 

 be no robbing, it is shaken on the old 

 stand into a hive containing new frames 

 with narrow strips of foundation. In 

 this way none of the contaminated hon- 

 ey is deposited in the new cells. Should 

 the disease reappear, which is sometimes 

 the case, the operation must be repeated. 

 In order to prevent the bees from 

 swarming out, the queen may be caged 

 in the hive for a few days or the en- 

 trance closed with a piece of queen-ex- 

 cluding zinc. Care should be taken not 

 to scatter parts of the contaminated hive, 

 particularly the honey, where bees can 

 get at them." 



jjounds of honey a day. We liU 6 bot- 

 tles at one time. It is the cleanest way 

 to bottle honey. The bottles are placed 

 in boxes already filled, and the cut-off 

 is so short that there is no drip. Some 

 of this plan we took from Mr. Coveyou, 

 of Michigan, that is, the pump and the 

 agitator, but the balance is all our own. 

 We can take care of car-load orders 

 now, and get them out in at least a 



last spring, only they were a little late-. 

 The fruit-bloom gave them a good start. 

 One week's rain was a drawback on the 

 apple-bloom. Next was the locust, which 

 is a great honey crop with us. The 

 blackberry also gave a good crop. We 

 also had one week of rainy weather 

 during this flow. At present the bees 

 have more than they can handle on the 

 white clover, as it is more plentiful 



Apiary of George W. Delano 



I am sending a picture of the apiary 

 of George W. Delano, which is located 

 at Ostrander, Wis. His apiary was be- 

 gun 18 years ago by the purchase of 2 

 colonies, which were increased by natu- 

 ral swarming to 105 colonies. Like most 

 bee-keepers he has had some loss which 

 leaves him with 36 colonies now. 



The picture shows Mr. Delano at work 

 with his bees. He retired from farm 

 life 7 years ago, and devotes his time to 

 bee-keeping. 



Bees in this locality are doing better 

 than they have done for several years. 

 M. L. F. 



Italian Bee-Yard of J. M. Myers, in Maryland. 



week. When filled they are ready to be 

 shipped. C. H. W. Weber. 



Mr. Weber has consented to write an 

 article for the American Bee Journal 

 very soon, fully describing his method 

 of bottling honey. 



We are glad to know that at least 

 with some bee-supply dealers there is 

 "something doing." 



than for many years. By all prospects 

 we will have a record-breaker of a 

 honey crop. Some of my colonies have 

 nearly 2 finished supers now. 



I am working for comb honey, and 

 preventing swarming as much as possi- 

 ble, which is a very tedious thing to 

 do, although I was successful thus far. 

 I have had but 4 swarms so far, and 

 do not expect many more. 



Maryland is not a bee-State. We have 

 plenty of pasturage for bees, but the 

 majority do not know how to get the 

 results. J. M.- Myers. 



Westminster, Md., June i. 



Apiary ok (If.o. W. Delano, in Wisconsin. 



Big Bee-Supply Season — Bottling of 

 Honey 



C. 11. W. Weber, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 wrote us as follows, July lo : 



Editor York: — This has been one of 

 the biggest bee-supply seasons we have 

 ever had. This year's business has been 

 treble last year's. At times we had more 

 than we could attend to. We have 

 handled about 14 cars of bee-supplies. 



We are now bottling about 6,000 



Bee-Keeping in Maryland 



Mr. EiiiTOR; — I send a picture of my 

 apiary. I do not think that you have 

 much if any correspondence from Mary- 

 land, as there are not many in the bee- 

 business here. I run my apiary in con- 

 nection with a 180-acre farm. It gives 

 me much to look after, but as I am a 

 lover of bees and honey, I take a great 

 interest in them. My bees all wintered 

 well, not losing .Tuy, and canu- nut strong 



Meet Me at Detroit 



E. E. Pressler, of Pennsylvania, 

 stamps upon his stationery and price- 

 lists the following : 

 "Will be at Detroit, Oct. 12." 

 Why couldn't all who send out much 

 mail get a rubber stamp and do the 

 same? It would advertise the National 

 Convention in a most felling manner. 



W. Z. HUTCIUNSON. 



Wc think it might be better to use 

 the exact dates of the convention — Oct. 

 13-15. The rubber-stamp idea is all 

 right if used in correspondence to bee- 

 keepers. No one else would care wheth- 

 er tlie user of the rubber stamp expected 

 to be in Detroit in October, or in some 

 place else at that time. 



Comb Honey at the Chicago-North- 

 western 

 Editor .Xmkrican Bee Journal: — 

 Please notify all interested to be pre- 

 pared to exhibit a case, or rather a 

 super, of comb honey, just as it comes 

 off the hive, in the different sized sec- 

 tions and supers used. The exhibition 

 is lo he at the next meeting of the 



