May, ign 



American ^ae Journal 



an old beerkeg. and it was almost rotted 

 down. The hoops were falline; off, and the 

 foundation was rotten and filled with ants. 

 Some of his hives were rotting off at the bot- 

 tom and falling over: some had rat-holes in 

 them, and he had 8 hives in a wooden cage 

 made of heavy oak 2 by 4's, and nailed to- 

 gether with 20-penny nails. The weeds had 

 grown up around them until the bees had to 

 work their way underneath the hives. I 

 straightened the poor things up the best I 

 could, and he thanked me for what I did. 

 buti did not do what I did for his thanks. I 

 did it for the sake of the bees. In spite of 

 this awful condition the bees were working 

 fine and bringing in pollen. They seemed 

 to be strong and healthy. Now. this man 

 never got enough honey to furnish his table, 

 and there were only 2 in the family. I tried 

 my best to get him to take the American 

 Bee Journal, or Dr. Miller's book, but I could 

 not get him to do anything. 



What do you think of such men ? If there 

 are humane laws to protect the dumb beasts 

 and the birds, ought not there to be a law to 

 protect the little insects that so faithfully 

 serve mankind and bring such a great bless- 

 ing to him ? Talk about heathen that ought 

 to be enlightened, don't you think bee-men 

 ought to have some missionary in the field 

 working for better conditions ? 



I could give a great many more such cases 

 in Central Illinois, but let this suffice to 

 awaken a greater interest in bee-culture in 

 Central Illinois. I am at present at South 

 Bartonville. and I find conditions the same 

 here. I visited one bee-keeper here and he 

 said he had :o colonies. I could not see any- 

 thing but empty boxes. He is as cruel as a 

 heathen in the South Sea Islands. He brim- 

 stones his voung colonies in the fall and 

 robs them, and that is the way he gets his 

 honey for the market. So it is no wonder 

 the price of honey does not advance when 

 such muckers are allowed to place such an 

 article on the market and call it honey! And 

 this man claims to be an inventor of some 

 kind of patent hivel 



So let us get together and try to get a law 

 passed that will compel a man who keeps 

 bees to put them in some kind of modern 

 hive, and give them protection, as he does 

 his other stock. Joseph Stanley. 



South Bartonville, III., March 26. 



Self-Cure Method for Foul Brood 



The writings of Messrs. Dadant and Miller 

 on the Stewart method of treating .\merican 

 foul brood I have read with much interest, 

 as in Philadelphia and adjacent thereto we 

 are having much American foul brood, and 

 I. with my friends, have labored hard to 

 wipe it out of e.xistence. The man whose 

 bees will carry out the dead, ropy, bad- 

 smelling mass, would better run his bee- 

 yards to rearing that stock, and send queens 

 broadcast instead of misstatements. 



The honey from American foul brood, if 

 fed to clean colonies, would spread the dis- 

 ease wherever bees got a taste of it; and as 

 to combs, the same would occur. The only 

 safe way is to destroy totally by melting up 

 the combs, and sell the honey labeled as 

 "bad. " and give the bees a new and clean 

 home to start with. 



I am afraid the publishing of such articles 

 has spread the disease very badly, as I have 

 had ten or a dozen inquiries on the matter, 

 and I have always given them a reason for 

 not trying all foolish sayings of men who 

 think they are right. GEO. M. Steele. 



Philadelphia. Pa. 



Foul Brood Law for New Jersey 



Through the eflforts of the New Jersey 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, the legisla- 

 ture of New Jersey has enacted a Foul 

 Brood Law, which has been signed by 

 the Governor, and is now in force. In- 

 spection work is a branch of the State 

 Entomological Department, and is to 

 be conducted under the supervision of 

 the State Entomologist, Dr. John B. 

 Smith, of New Brunswick, N, J. Copies 

 of the law, and information relative to 

 inspection of apiaries, can be had upon 

 application to Dr. Smith. 



Albert G. Hann, Sec 

 Pittstown, N. J. 



We congratulate New Jersey bee- 

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