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American ^ee Journal 



Ghicago - Northwestern Bee - Keepers' 

 Association, to be held in Chicago. 



Please do not ship, but notify the 

 Secretary of the Association and it will 

 be brought before the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Association to decide on 

 the number of offers to be accepted, 

 and which ones. The object of the 

 Committee will be to have the best show 

 ol the greatest number of different 



Nebraska Semi-Annual Convention 



There will he ;i semi-annual session of 

 the Nebraska Hce-Keepers' Association 

 in Lincoln, during the week of the State 

 Fair. The meeting will be held on Wed- 

 nesday evening, Sept. 2d, at 7 o'clock, 

 at the Bee and Honey House on the 

 State Fair Grounds. 



All bee-keepers in attendance at the 

 Fair should make an effort to be pres- 



Apiarv of B. F. Bartholomew, in Oklahoma. 



l<inds of supers possible from among 

 those who wish to exhibit. The Asso- 

 ciation has offered $1.00 to each ex- 

 hibitor of a super of comb honey. 



It is important for those willing to 

 aid in this exhibit to notify the Secre- 

 tary promptly, so as to give plenty of 

 time to make all necessary arrange- 

 ments. 



The Committee will do its best to 

 have a creditable exhibit, and hereby 

 bespeaks the hearty co-operation of all 

 those interested. 



The date and exact place of holding 

 the next meeting will be announced 

 later. Herman F. Moore, Sec. 



Park Ridge, 111. 



ent. There will be interesting discus- 

 sions, renewal of acquaintances, and ex- 

 changes of practical experiences. 



Come to the Fair and see one of the 

 best honey exhibits displayed in any of 

 the Central States, and enjoy a meeting 

 of one of the growing State bee-associa- 

 tions. Lillian E. Trester, Sec. 



Lincoln, Neb. 



Apiary of B. F. Bartholomew 



The picture shows my apiary and my 

 3 little helpers. I started in 1901 with 

 2 colonies, and now have 72. Bees did 

 very poorly this year until July I. But 

 some colonies have as much as 40 



To Indiana Bee-Keepers 



Mr. Walter S. Ponder, of Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind., sends us the following which 

 should interest every bee-keeper in In- 

 diana : 



Indiana bee-keepers will ask for the 

 following measure at the next convening 

 of our State Legislature You are re- 

 quested to bring the matter before your 

 respective Senators and Representatives 

 that the urgent need of the measure may 

 be thoroughly understood. The measure 

 is being promoted by the Indiana State 

 Association of Bee-keepers, and addi- 

 tional copies of this measure can be se- 

 cured free by addressing George De- 

 muth, Peru, Ind.; Jay Smith, Vincennes, 

 Ind., or Walter S. Ponder, Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind. 



An Act 

 To provide for the appointment of a 

 State Inspector of Apiaries, and to 

 regulate the duties thereof; providing 

 a penalty for disposing of, or import- 

 ing into the State, diseased bees, or 

 for hindering the Inspector in the ful- 

 fillment of his duties. 

 Be it enacted by the General Assem- 

 bly of the State of Indiana as follows: 

 Sec. I.— The State Entomologist of 

 the State of Indiana, or his properly 

 appointed deputies, shall constitute a 

 State Inspector of Apiaries to aid and 

 assist in the development and protection 

 of the bee and honey industry in this 

 State, and for the prevention and sup- 

 pression of contagious or infectious dis- 

 eases among bees, such as foul brood, 

 black brood, paralysis, and so forth, 

 which now exist in some of the apiaries 

 of the State. 



Sec. 2. — Said Entomologist shall, 

 when notified of the existence of the 

 disease known as foul brood or other 

 infectious diseases among bees, exam- 

 ine such reported apiaries and all oth- 

 ers in the same neighborhood, and, if 

 satisfied of the existence of foul brood 

 or other contagious diseases, shall give 

 to the owner, or person having charge 

 of any such apiary, full instructions as 

 to manner of treating them. Within a 



A Bee-Hive Lifter 



I enclose some pictures of a bee-hive 

 lifter that I invented last summer. No. 

 I shows the lifter; No. 2 explains how 

 I let the lifter down over a 3-story 

 hive; No. 3 sliows the lifter with 2 su- 

 pers taken off the brood-nest. You see, 

 I don't have to set the supers down 

 and smash bees ; the supers hang in the 

 lifter while examining the brood-nest. 

 No. 4 shows how I move a 3-story 

 hive. I handle the hives and supers 

 without touching them with my hands. 



In transposing 2-story hives I lift 

 the 2 stories ofT the bottom-hoard and 

 set them to one side, raise the lifter to 

 the second story, lift it up and place it 

 on the bottom-board, then set the lower 

 one on top, all without touching them 

 with my hand at all, except in changing 

 the cover, and I am doing it with com- 

 fort. 



When putting out the bees in the 

 spring, and taking them in in the fall, 

 I can do as much work as two men, 

 and with more comfort. 



Andrew C. Brovald. 



Juneau Co., Wis. 



Part of Apiary of 60 Colonies of A. V. PiiiLi.ii'S, in Xeo.sh() C(i 



pounds of honey now. I kept swarm- 

 ing down by dividing, and getting good 

 queens from an Oklahoma breeder. But 

 after this I will be able to rear niv own 

 queens. B. F. Bartholomew. 



Norman, Okla., July 27. 



reasonable lime after making the first 

 examination the inspector may make a 

 second examination; and if the condi- 

 tion of any of the colonies affected is 

 such as in his judgment to render it 

 necessary to prevent the further spread 



