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September, 1915. 



American 'Ree Journal 



them that they alighted on an apple 

 tree on the lot where C. L. Dersch 

 lives, on a limb that hung over on the 

 Dickinson lot. R. L. Joiner hived them 

 in a hive furnished by Judge Jenks, on 

 the Jenks lot. They are now gather- 

 ing honey from all lots in town, and 

 from Woodbury's pasture. The ques- 

 tion is who owns the bees, and who is 

 entitled to a share in the honey that 

 they gather? Judge Jenks claims that 

 Reese is out of it because he went off 

 and left them. That Dersch is disquali- 

 fied as claimant because the limb hung 

 over the Dickinson line. That Joiner 

 has no claim because he brought them 

 over on his lot. That Andersc)n did 

 not follow them, and any one had a 

 right to reduce them to his posses- 

 sion. 



All the other interested parties claim 

 that the Judge is an interested party, 



and, therefore, has no jurisdiction in 

 the case. When Judge Thompson gets 

 home from his furlough, the question 

 will be submitted to him, and as the 

 question is a knotty one, it is likely the 

 honey will be all gone by the time he 

 renders a decision. 



will prefer your honey to any shipped 

 from a distance no matter how good 

 that may be, at least it is so in this 

 locality, and of course you will be in- 

 terested in the bees if you are to have 

 the money for the honey. 



Illinois Field Meets. — Immediately 

 following the field meet at Hamilton 

 on Sept. 7, there will be one at Rock- 

 ford, 111., on Sept. 10. Among others, 

 State Inspector Kildow, President Bax- 

 ter, and a member of the American Bee 

 Journal staff are expecting to attend. 

 All beekeepers who can arrange to do 

 so are urged to attend. 



Plans are being formulated for a 

 field meet at St. Anne, III, on Sept. 1.5. 



The Stingless Bee 



BY CELIA BALDWIN WHITEHEAD. 



BEE-tftEPiNG ^ For Women 



Conducted by Miss Emma M. Wilson. Mareneo. 111. 



A Beginner 



I am sending a" picture of me taken 

 a few days ago, holding a frame of 

 brood and bees. Mr. Moore and I are 

 very much interested in bees. The pic- 

 ture was taken one afternoon when my 

 husband and some of his beekeeping 

 friends were holding a bee convention 

 in the backyard. We were examining 



a colony to look at the brood. 



We live in the city and do not have 

 very much room for them, but none of 

 the neighbors or myself have been 

 stung as yet. 



We are having plenty of rain and 

 look for a good fall crop of honey. I 

 am very anxious for the time to come 

 when I have the privilege to sell my 

 first section of honey. 



[Mrs] Anna L. Moore. 



Decatur, 111. 



You will probably find that people 



Of honey I am very fond; 



I'd like to keep some bees 

 To gather honey all ihe day 



From off my flowers and trees. 



rd love to see them spread their wax 



And skillful build each cell. 

 And labor hard to till ihem up 



With wtiat I love so well. 



But beei have stings, and I'm afraid 



To venture near a hive: 

 If I should get amongst a swarm, 



I'd ne'er get out alive. 



But nowadays we've many things 

 Wiih " less" attached thereto. 



We've tireless cookers, hornless cows 

 And boneless codfish, too. 



The wireless telegraph reports 



The cryless babe eiiroute. 

 The iceless soda fountains flow 



And hoseless wagons toot. 



The seedless orange grows apace. 



The ihornless roses bloom. 

 The headless ballot prophesies 



The grafters graftless doom. 



The painless dentist pulls our teeth. 



With flourless bread we're filled. 

 We're carvt-d with knifeless surgery 



With smokeless powder killed. 



With all these lessons in the art 



Of making thint,'le^s things. 

 Why can't our geniuses produce 



Some bees that have no slings ? 



What joy I'd take to walk about 



Beneath my shady trees. 

 And gather in the luscious sweets. 



Produced by slingless bees. 



Denver. Colo. 



Caufornia ^ Bee-I^eping 



Conducted by J E. Pi.easa.\ts. Oraniie. Calif. 



Keeping Bees 



Perhaps nothing is a source of more 

 r-ntertainment to one's guests than 

 iipening up a hive of bets when they 

 i-an be convinced there is little danger 

 nf being stung. We have a few hives 

 111 the garden near the house, with the 

 hollyhock background, so pictures- 

 quelv suggested by Mrs. Comstock in 

 her " How to Keep Bees." These have 

 become quite docile from association 

 and frequent handling, and serve as a 

 •source of interest and amu«ement to 

 manv comers. The great desire is 

 ilways to see the queen. 



Anna L. Moore K.xamininu One oj' Hkr 

 Colonies 



European Foulbrood 



We have had an epidemic of Euro- 

 pean foulbrood in our county this year, 

 in spite of our efforts to keep it out. 

 That, of course, has had something to 



do with our light crop. Now that the 

 honey fluw is drawing to a close and 

 we are getting our bees in shape for 

 the fall, just a word to the beekeepers 

 of infected apiaries. 



The disease has disappeared to a 

 great extent during the honey flow. 

 But do not be misled by this. It will 

 appear again in the winter. Almost 

 sure to unless you have requeened with 

 good young qiiee is. So, if you have 

 not done so, now is a good time to 

 safeguard your apiary by requeening 

 as thoroughly as possible with good 

 young Italian queens. While it is not 

 claimed that Italians are entirely resis- 

 tant, 1 think the experience of all bears 

 out the theory that this is unifnrmly 

 the most resistant race, and I believe 

 now the preference is being given the 

 leather colored. 



.\11 who are in doubt should read 

 Mr. Pettit's articles in the American 

 Bee Journal on experiments with dif- 



