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VOL. XXXVIII 



AUGUST 1, 1910 



NO. 15 



Editorial 



In our next issue we exjjeet to show a 

 very interesting object-lesson en the sub- 

 ject of sui^porting foundation while it is 

 Deing drawn into comb. 



SENDING SAMPLES OF BROOD TO THE BU- 

 REAU OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, of the liureau of 

 Entomology, Washington, I). C, wishes us 

 to say that the Bureau will be glad to re- 

 ceive for examination any samjiles of comb 

 or brood supposed to be diseased. The Bu- 

 reau will render a report without expense as 

 soon as an examination can be made. 



The work that Dr. Phillips and his as- 

 sistants are doing in this line is of immense 

 service lo bee-keepers all over the country; 

 and those who ha\'e suspicious patches of 

 brood should send them on at once to Wash- 

 ington. Of course, care should be taken to 

 put up the sample in strong boxes, either 

 metal or wood. If they contain honey they 

 should first be wrapped in paraffine paper. 

 In lieu of this a strong manilla paper will 

 do very w^ell. Address each sample to Dr. 

 E. F. Phillips, Bureau of Entomology, 

 Washington, D. C. 



IMPROVEMENTS IN EXTRACTING MACHIN- 

 ERY; HOW TO KEEP COOL. 



The editors of this journal have been giv- 

 ing some little attention to the matter of 

 extracting honey in a wholesale way. Ober- 

 lin, Ohio, where resides Mr. Chalon Fowls, 

 was the center of our- operations, and where 

 too we have been testing out some improve- 

 ments in the apparatus and machinery. 

 We hope to show these later in these col- 

 umns. 



While we were "helping" to extract in 

 the Fowls honey-house, we might incident- 

 ally remark that the little gasoline-engine, 

 to run the power-extractor, the two gasoline- 

 burners for the capping-melter, and the 

 little oil-burner for the steam uncapping- 

 knife, made the room uncomfortably warm. 

 During the time the extractor was running, 

 there was a slight breeze. It occurred to 

 us that, at a very slight expense, a fan 

 could be mounted, either on the extractor 

 or belted on the engine. This would keep 

 up a breeze that would amount to some- 

 thing. One scheme is to extend the ex- 



tractor shaft up some three or feet above the 

 top of the machine. On top of this, mount 

 a fan something like the propellor wheel of 

 a boat. Almost any one with a little inge- 

 nuity could rig up a couple of boards on the 

 plan of an old-fashioned windmill. While 

 the extractor was being run by the gas- 

 engine this would make a nice light down- 

 ward breeze all over the room. Another 

 plan is to put a little fan on the end of a 

 counter-shaft and belt to the gas-engine. 

 In either case the expense would be slight, 

 and would add materially to the comfort 

 of those doing the work of extracting and 

 uncapping. 



THE ATTEMPT AT FOUL-BROOD LEGISLATION 

 IN KENTUCKY FAILS. 



As a general thing, the first attempt by 

 bee-keepers at securing brood-disease legis- 

 lation turns out to be unsatisfactory in some 

 way or another. Very often the law is de- 

 fective; but in the case of theefTort put forth 

 by the bee-keepers of Kentucky, the bill 

 proposed had no enacting clause, and there- 

 fore was ineffective. We are indebted to 

 W. C. Furnas for the following clipping giv- 

 ing a brief history of the proceedings. We 

 hope that this first failure will only serve as 

 an impetus to our southern brothers to get 

 a law passed at the next opportunity, which 

 shall be a model in every r.spect. 



While preparing the acts of the legislature for the 

 printers to be put in the Acts of 1910, Charles H. 

 Morris discovered to-day that the bill by Senator 

 Chlpman, providing for inspection of apiaries, had 

 no enacting clause, and, therefore, will be ineflfec- 

 tive. 



The fact that the important clause was left off 

 the bill was not discovered when it was compared 

 in the Senate nor when Gov. Wilson signed it. The 

 bill was the pet of Senator N. B. Chipman, of Pen- 

 dleton County, and was intended to protect bees 

 from disease. 



HONEY -CROP conditions; A FAIR FLOW 



FROM CLOVER AND A LIGHT 



CROP IN THE WEST. 



In some respects this has been a peculiar 

 season. In some localities there has been 

 the most remarkable honey-flow ever 

 known. In others, particularly south of the 

 Ohio River, there has been " nothing doing." 

 South of the Ohio River it has been too wet 

 — rain, rain, all the time. In Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, and Minnesota, there has been 

 a drouth. In the western portion of the 

 country, taking in the irrigated regions, the 

 alfalfa crop will be light. There has been a 

 light flow in Southern California. In parts 

 of Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, and in Vermont especially, there has 



