August, 1910. 



American ^ae Journal 



through a bee-escape, and there is so 

 much to commend it that the entire 

 passage from the Bee-Keepers' Review 

 is here given : 



For several years we have been in the 

 habit of stopping up our honey-liouse bee- 

 escapes during extracting time, then open- 

 ing them after getting through, ttius allowing 

 the bees that were carried in to escape. 

 This worked well as far as the extracting 

 time was concerned, but if there was a par- 

 ticle of a chance for robbers to get into the 

 honey-house, this practiceseemed toencour- 

 age it. It was noticed that while no robbers 

 would seem to get into the extracting-house 

 during the extracting, soon after the es- 

 capes were opened, and bees had gone home 

 loaded with honey, a terrible "to-do" would 

 soon be on; and if there was a particle of a 

 chance, robbers would find their way into 

 the house. 



Sometimes the loss of mature bees by en- 

 tering the honey-house for "stolen sweets." 

 after extracting was over, would be more 

 than all we had carried in on the combs. 

 Knowing this, no bees are allowed to escape 

 from the honey-house of their own volition, 

 but. each night, or. betterstill, when through 

 extracting at a yard, and the bees are clus- 

 tered near each window, as at swarming 

 time, the cluster is given a little smoke, 

 then, with the Coggshall brush, the cluster 

 is loosened and allowed to drop into a tin 

 pail, or other receptacle, in which they are 

 carried out into the yard and emptied near 

 some colony weak in bees. 



Handled this way, the beesgo home loaded 

 with honey, but know nothing about where 

 they got it. This is so late in the day that 

 robbers will not work. and. by morning, 

 things have quieted down to such an extent 

 that extracting may go on without any inter- 

 fering from robbers. While the plan of car- 

 rying out the bees each night will work very 

 well, usually. I recommend the leaving of 

 the bees in the extracting-house until 

 through extracting, when possible. 



Itee-Di.sease Samples Wanted 



We have received the following that 

 should be of great interest to our 

 readers : 



The Bureau of Entomology desires to ob- 

 tain information concerning the prevalence 

 of brood diseases of bees in all parts of the 

 United States. If either American foul 

 brood or European foul brood occurs in 

 your vicniity. or if there is any disease of 

 the brood which is not understood, we 

 should like to know it. 



In view of the fact that these diseases are 

 not always correctly diagnosed, it is very de- 

 sirable for us to obtain a sample of the 

 brood for bacteriological examination. It 

 there is any disease of the brood in your 

 own apiary, or near you. vveshall appreciate 

 It if you will send us a sample. 



In order that samples may reach us in 

 good condition, it is desirable that a piece at 

 least 3 inches square be cut from the brood- 

 combs and then kept in a dry place for a 

 day or two before putting in the box to mail. 

 Samples should be sent in tin or wooden 

 boxes. Such a box will be sent on request 

 with franks for mailing so that no postage 

 will be necessary. J'lcase put vour name and 

 address on all saml'les sent in. Results of the 

 exammations will be sent out as soon as 

 possible. 



This information is desired for the pur- 

 pose of sending out publications on these 

 diseases to bee-keepers whose bees are in 

 danger from disease, and in helping with 

 the eradication of disease in any way pos- 

 sible. The name of the individual sending 

 tlie samples is not made known to other bee- 

 keepers in the vicinity. .Xnv information 

 which will aid us in combating these dis- 

 eases will be appreciated, and will be a 

 beneht to the bee-keeping industry. Your 

 co-operation is requested. 



Respectfully. E. K. Phillips, 



In Cltarisc of Apicultiiie. 



.Address IJr. Phillips, Bureau of En- 

 tomology, Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



tion. They will meet in the Pliiladel- 

 phia Commercial Museum, .'i4th St. be- 

 low Spruce. Bee-keepers and others 

 interested in bees and honey are cor- 

 dially invited to attend the sessions. 

 Delegates from the western and north- 

 western parts of Pennsylvania will be 

 enabled to take advantage of the low 

 rates of fare of the seashore excursion 

 trains to be run Sept. 8th. An inter- 

 esting and instructive program now in 

 preparation will be mailed when ready 

 to all who apply for same to, A. F. Sat- 

 terthwait, Secretary of the Pennsylvania 

 Association, Middletown, Pa. ; or to, F. 

 Hahman, Secretary of the Philadelphia 

 Association, hrankford Sta., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



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National Convention at Albany 



As announced last month, the 1910 

 convention of the National Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will be held at Albanv, 

 N. Y., Oct. 12th and 13th, in the Com- 

 mon Council Chamber of the City Hall. 

 The Executive Committee are planning 

 for a great meeting. The time is a 

 most favorable one for bee-keepers to 



is required to stop at this Hotel, but we 

 have found that it is always much more 

 pleasant to have as many bee-keepers 

 as possible stay at the same place. The 

 little visits between the sessions are 

 often almost as interesting and profit- 

 able as the convention itself. At any 

 rate, the social opportunities of a con- 

 vention are no small part of the annual 

 gathering of bee-keepers, and these 

 can be best improved if all who can do 

 so will stop under one roof. 



We are arranging to assemble a suf- 

 ficient number of bee-keepers in Chi- 

 cago, so that a special car may be had 

 from here to Albany over the Lake 

 Shore and Michigan Southern railroad. 

 The train will leave Chicago at 10 :30 

 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11, and arrive at 

 Albany the next morning at 9:20 a.m., 

 in time for the first session at 10:30 

 a.m. The round trip from Chicago 

 will be $28.20, the tickets having a 30- 

 day limit, and include New York City. 

 There will be stop-over privileges, 

 either going or coming, at Toledo, 

 Sandusky, Cleveland, Ashtabula, Erie, 

 Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Syra- 

 cuse, Utica, Schenectady, and Albany 



Niagara Falls— A World Wonder You Ought to See. 



i'enii.s.vlvania State Convention 



The Pennsylvania State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold a convention 

 Sept. 9 and 10, under the auspices of 

 the I'hiladelphia Bee-Keepers' Associa- 



get away from home, as their fall work 

 will be pretty much done by that time. 

 The Hotel Kenmore, near the Union 

 Station in Albany, has been selected as 

 headquarters for the convention. The 

 rates for rooms are $1.00 a day and up- 

 ward ; meals, 2') cents, .50 cents, and 

 upward. Rooms can be reserved in 

 advance by writing to the Hotel Ken- 

 more, Albany, N. Y. Of course, no one 



The best way will be for all of us to go 

 right through from Chicago to Albany, 

 attend the convention, and then after 

 the convention we can scatter as we 

 please, and return whenever we get 

 ready, within the 3(» days. Those who 

 have never seen Niagara Falls will 

 surely want to stop off there when re- 

 turning. This alone will be worth the 

 cost of the trip, although, of course. 



