October, 1910. 



American Bgc Jonrnalj 



drones as a dronc-motlicr, and force her 

 to drone-production, and for such pur- 

 pose combs not over half-drone are 

 better than those all drone-cells. 



By taking away combs of drone-brood 

 about as soon as all eggs are hatched, 

 and giving them to queenless colonies, 

 or placing them above an excluder over 

 a strong colony, and giving an upper en- 

 trance, it is easy to secure ten to twenty 

 thousand drones. 



By suppressing all other drones in the 

 apiary, desired matings are about always 

 certain. 



The next step is to rear all queens at 

 as near the same time as possible, and 

 rear twice as many as you need. Keep 

 these in nuclei until well tested, say 6 

 weeks from the time they begin to lay. 

 Select the best and requeen every colony, 

 saving only the two breeding queens. I 

 find the best time to requeen is from the 

 middle to last of August. 



If you have worked with a good strain 

 of bees, and have selected intelligently, 

 you will find that your colonies will be 

 marvelously uniform, strong for fall and 

 winter, big and ready for the earliest 

 spring harvest, not given to swarming, 

 and yielding returns away above any 

 average you have been accustomed to. 



And they will do it all without manip- 

 ulation. The brood-nest is not touched 

 except to remove the old queens, the new 

 ones being run in at the same time, and 

 beginning their duties within 5 minutes. 

 Putting on and removing supers are not 

 classed as manipulations, and the slight 

 attention to the entrance, twice in spring 

 — once to contract and once to enlarge — 

 and the same in the fall, is hardly 

 worthy to be so called. 



The future progress of apiculture lies 

 in developing the bee by careful breed- 

 ing, and the possibilities which lie there- 

 in, I believe to be beyond anything we 

 have dreamed of. Already I have 

 and you can do as much, or more, if you 

 will. 



Providence, R. I. 



Miscellaneous News. 



<_".)nti[iuod from page 315.) 



Bee-Culture an«l the Government 



The following shows what has been 

 done in the interest o.f bee-keeping by 

 the Department of Agriculture at Wash- 

 ington — it is a fine exhibit: 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Bureau of Entomology. 

 Bee-Ci'LTURE. Washington. D. C. 



The following publications relating to bee- 

 culture, prepared in the Bureau of Ento- 

 molosrs'. are for free distribution, and may 

 be obtained by addressing the Secretary of 

 Agriculture: Farmers' I3ulletin No. 3^7. 

 ■■ Bees." By E. F. Phillips. Ph D. loio. 44 PP. 

 A general account of the management of 

 oees. 



(Farmers' Bulletin No. 50, " Bee-Keeping." 

 has been discontinued.! 



Circular No. 7'i. "The Brood Diseases of 

 Bees." By E. F. Phillips. Ph. D. iqo6. 5 pp. 

 This publication gives briefly the symp- 

 toms of the various brood diseases, with 

 directions for treatment. 

 Circular No. q4. " The Cause of American 

 Foul Brood. • By G. F. White. Ph. D. IQ07. 

 4 pp. 



This publication contains a brief ac- 

 count of the investigations which demon- 

 strated for the first time the cause of one 

 of the brood diseases of bees, American 

 foul brood. 



The following publications are not for 

 free distribution, but may be obtained from 

 the Superintendent of Documents. Govern- 

 ment Printing Office, Washington. D. C. at 

 the prices indicated. All remittances should 

 be made payable to him. and not to the De- 

 iiartment of Agriculture, and should be sent 

 by postal money order or by New York ex- 

 change. If currency is sent it is at the send- 

 er's risk; such remittances, however, usually 

 arrive safely. Stamps. Pkrsonai. Checks. 



(IK FOREUiN MOiNEV WII.I, NOT BE ACCKHTEP 

 IN ANV case. 



Bureau ok Entomology. 



Bulletin No. i. " The Honey Bee." By Frank 

 Benton. i8oq. 118 pp. 



[This bulletin has been discontinued, 

 owing to the fact that later investigations 

 have shown tlie error of certain portions 

 which, when the bulletin was prepared, 

 were generally accepted as correct. The 

 subjects treated are discussed in the vari- 

 ous later publications of the Bureau.] 



Bulletin No. S5. "The Rearing of Queen- 

 Bees." By E. F. Phillips. Ph. D. lOOS. u pp. 

 17 figs. Price 5c. 



A general account of the methods used 

 in Queen-rearing. Several methods are 

 given so that the bee-keeper may choose 

 those best suited to his individual needs. 



Bulletin No. 70. "Report of the Meeting of 

 Inspectors of Apiaries. San Antonio. Tex., 

 Nov. 12. igo6." IQ07. 70 pp.. I plate. Price 

 15c. 



Contains an account of the history of 

 bee-disease investigations, the relation- 

 ship of bacteria to bee-diseases, and a dis- 

 cussion of treatment by various inspectors 

 of apiaries and other practical bee-keepers 

 who are familiar with diseases of bees. 



Bulletin No. 75. Part I. Production and Care 

 of Extracted Honey." By E. F. Phillips. 

 Ph. D "Methods of Honey Testing for 

 Bee-Keepers.' By C. A. Browne. Ph. D. 



1507. 18 pp. Price 5c. 



The methods of producing extracted 

 honey with special reference to the care 

 of honey after it is taken from the bees so 

 that its value may not be decreased by 

 improper handling. The second portion 

 of the publication gives some simple tests 

 for adulteration. 

 Bulletin No. 75. Part II, "Wax-Moths and 

 American Foul Brood." By E. F. Phillips. 

 Ph. D. igo7. Pp. 10-22, 3 plates. Price sc. 



An account of the behavior of the two 

 species of wax-moths on combs containing 

 American foul brood, showing that moths 

 do not clean up the disease-carrying scales. 

 Bulletin No. 75. Part iii, " Bee-Diseases in 

 Massachusetts." By IJurton N. Gates. 



1508. Pp. 23-32. map. Price 3c. 



An account of the distribution of the 

 brood diseases of bees in the Stale, w-ith 

 brief directions for controlling them. 

 Bulletin No. 7=;. Part IV, "The Relation of 

 the Etiology (Cause) of Bee-Diseases to the 

 Treatment." By G. F. White. Ph. D. 1908. 

 Pp. 33-42. Price 5C. 



The necessity for a knowledge of the 

 cause of bee-diseases before rational treat- 



ment is [possible is pointed out. The pres- 

 ent state of our knowledge of the causes 

 of disease is summarized. 



Bulletin No. 75. Part V, "A Brief Survey of 

 Hawaiian Bee-Keeping. " By E. F. Phillips. 

 Ph.D. looij. Pp. 43-58. 6 plates. Price isc. 

 An account of the bee-keeping meth- 

 ods used in a tropical country and a com- 

 parison with mainland conditions. Some 

 new manipulations are recommended. 



Bulletin No. 75. Part VI, "The Status of Api- 

 culture in the United States." By E. F. 

 Phillips. Ph. D. IQOO. Pp. s«-8o. Price 5C. 



A survey of present-day bee-keeping in 

 the United States, with suggestions as to 

 the work yet to be done before apiculture 

 will have reached its fullest development. 



Bulletin No. 75. Part VII. " Bee-Keeping in 

 Massachusetts. By Burton N. Gates. looo. 

 Pp. 81-10Q. Price 5C. 



An account of a detailed study of the 

 apicultural conditions in Massachusetts. 

 The object of thi^ paper is to find out 

 what are the actual conditions and needs 

 of bee-keeping in New England. 



Bulletin No. 75 (" parts). A table of contents 

 and index to the entire bulletin will be 

 issued soon, after which the seven parts 

 with contents and index will be published 

 under one cover. 



Technical Series. No. 14. "The Bacteria of 

 the Apiary, with Special Reference to Bee- 

 Diseases." By G. F. White, Ph. D. 1006. 

 50 pp. Price IOC 



A technical study of thebacteria found 

 under normal conditions, with special at- 

 tention to those found in diseased brood. 



Technical .Series No. 18. "The Anatomy of 

 the Honey-Bee." By R. E. Snodgrass. 1909. 

 11)2 pp. 57 text figures. Price 20c. 



An account of the structure of the bee. 

 with technical terms omitted as far as 

 possible. Practically all of the illustra- 

 tions are new. and the various parts are 

 interpreted according to the best usage in 

 comparative anatomy of insects. A brief 

 discussion of the physiology of the various 

 organs is included. 



Bureau of Chemistry. 



Bulletin No. no. "Chemical Analysis and 

 Compostion of American Honeys." By C. 

 A. Browne. Including "A Microscopical 

 Study of Honey Pollen." By W. J. Young. 

 IQ08. 93 pp. Price 30c. 



A very comprehensive study of the 

 chemical composition of American honeys. 

 This publication is technical in nature, 

 and will perhaps be little used by practi- 

 cal bee-keepers, but it is an important 

 contribution to apicultural literature. By 

 means of tliis work the detection of honey 

 adulteration is much aided. 

 Applications for the following publication 

 may be addressed to the Secretary of Api- 

 culture: 



Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion. Honolulu. Hawaii. 



Bulletin No. 17. " Hawaiian Honeys." By D 



Father Bruin (reading).— " "Another strike threatened. The Aniiileiimalcd Union of 

 Honey and Wax IKw/tcrj have declared for a 12 hour instead of an B-hour day. Unless the 

 flowers agree hereafter to remain open long enough for the Union to work 12 hours per day. 

 the Amalgamated Onion of Honey and Wax Workers have decided to strike. Consumers 

 who haven't a good supply of honey on hand had better secure it at once, as the prospects 

 of a new crop this season are very slight.'"— .SA A'irAo/as. 



