June, igir. 



American Hee Journal j 



no reason why they should not turn out 

 as nice sections as their neighbors. 



After all, it is not a matter of such 

 very great importance that these bait- 

 sections should be as good as the best. 

 Only one bait-section is needed for 

 each colony, that one being given in 

 the center of the first super given. If 

 that one section is not of the very best 

 quality, the loss in value will be only 



about 2 cents. Better lose that 2 cents 

 than to lose more by having a number 

 of sections darkened by having the 

 sections too near the brood-combs. 



If one prefers, one may also extract 

 the honey from the bait-sections, and 

 they may be used as baits year after 

 year. The darker they become the 

 more attractive thev seem to be to the 

 bees. " C. C. M. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Death ol W. Z. Hutchinson Just as 



we were closing the forms of this num- 

 ber of the American Bee Journal, we 

 received the sad news from Mrs. 

 Hutchinson, that Mr. Hutchinson pass- 

 ed away at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 30, 

 I'Jll. All our readers will join with us 

 in extending sincerest sympathy to 

 Mrs. Hutchinson and family in their 

 bereavement. Particulars next month. 



The Treatment of Bee-Diseases is the 



title of Farmers' Bulletin No. 442, just 

 issued by tlie Department of Agricul- 

 ture, having been prepared by Dr. E. F. 

 Phillips, In Charge of Bee-Culture. It 

 should be in the hands of every bee- 

 keeper, as it not only tells how easily 

 to detect bee-diseases, but also how any 

 bee-keeper can treat them. Address 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, for a free copy. 



A Convention and Field-Day for bee- 

 keepers will be held at the ^lassachu- 

 setts Agricultural College at Amherst, 

 Mass., June ijth and 7th. It will be the 

 closing feature of the Short Course in 

 Bee-Keeping, which began May 24th. 

 A specially fine program has been ar- 

 ranged by Dr. Burton L. Gates, who 

 has charge of the apicultural work at 

 the college. The following are on the 

 program : 



A. A. Byard, Kenyon L. Butterfield, 

 Hon. J. Lewis Ellsworth, Anna Bots- 

 ford Comstock, Dr. James P. Porter, 

 E. R. Rcjot, Dr. James B. Paige, Arthur 

 C. Miller, O. F. Fuller, and H. F. Cary. 

 There will be a great time, and every 

 bee-keeper in that part of the country 

 who can possibly " get there " should 

 not fail to be present. 



Samples of Diseased Brood Wanted.^ 



The United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture is doing a great work in the 

 interest of bee-keepers. In view of 

 this, the Department should have the 

 hearty co-operation of all who are 

 interested in bee-keeping throughout 

 the whole country. As all of our read- 

 ers know. Dr. I-^. F. Phillips has charge 

 of all the work being done by the Gov- 

 ernment along the bee-keeping line. 

 The Department will continue the work 

 of the investigation of bee-diseases 

 during the present season, and is anx- 

 ious to obtain samples of diseased 

 brood for examination. If any of our 

 readers suspect that their bees are dis- 

 eased, they will not only be helping 



themselves, but will also do a favor to 

 the Department of Agriculture, if they 

 will send samples of such suspected 

 brood for examination. Before doing 

 so, however, if they will write to Dr. 

 Phillips, he will send each applicant a 

 tin box and a frank, which will entitle 

 them to free postage in mailing any 

 samples they may desire to forward. 

 Address as follows: Dr. E. F. Phillips. 

 In Charge of Apiculture, Bureau of 

 Entomology, United States Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



The Aspinwall Non-Swarming Hive 



Something over 2h years ago. Mr. L. 

 A. Aspinwall began the construction 

 of a non-swarming bee-hive. He now 

 feels that the last two seasons have 

 demonstrated its complete success. 

 Although the seasons were not such as 

 to induce excessive swarming, the tests 

 were made with the strongest colonies 

 among those which for a series of 

 years seemed to have the greatest ten- 

 dency to swarm. 



We show herewith a good picture of 

 the Aspinwall non-swarming hive. It is 



all TO sections immediately above the 

 brood-chamber. No separators are 

 used in the supers, and the alignment 

 of spaces in the supers is perfect with 

 those between the brood-combs and 

 slatted frames. In other words, 4 rows 

 of sections are placed over the slatted 

 frames as well as over the brood- 

 frames. 



We had the pleasure of an interview 

 with Mr. Aspinwall, the inventor of 

 this hive, at the last meeting of the 

 Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, at Grand Rapids, last November, 

 where he had on exhibition the hive 

 shown herewith. He explained its 

 workings before the convention, and 

 believes that he now has something 

 that will fulfill every requirement of 

 the comb-honey producer. 



As no separators are used in the su- 

 pers, one would naturally expect a 

 large number of bulged sections of 

 honey. While the comb surfaces are 

 not quite as smooth as when made by 

 the use of separators, they are commer- 

 cially all right, and can be easily put 

 into shipping-cases. Out of 2000 sec- 

 tions of honey produced last season by 

 Mr. Aspinwall, there were not more 

 than 2 dozen that were bulged, and 

 these were produced over weak colo- 

 nies, quite late in the season. 



A very strong claim made by Mr. 

 Aspinwall is that, by the use of his hive, 

 double the amount of honey as com- 

 pared with other hives can be pro- 

 duced, and but one manipulation is re- 

 quired — which is, introducing the slat- 

 ted frames; and withal the queen re- 

 mains active and unhindered in her 

 work of egg-laying. 



It is the desire of Mr. Aspinwall to 

 place a limited number of hives prefer- 

 ably in the hands of experienced bee- 

 keepers. If the hive produces the same 

 results in their hands in the various 

 localities, as it has done under Mr. 



The Asimnwam, Non-Swarming Hive. 



provided with slatted frames alternated 

 with the brood-frames. This arrange- 

 ment affords a very large supering sur- 

 face, so that 2 supers of .'i.'i sections 

 each are placed side by side, making in 



Aspinwall's personal management, it 

 may be considered an unquestionable 

 success. 



Like all new inventions, many diffi- 

 culties had to be overcome in order to 



