American Hee Journal 



May, 1912. 



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never before, and the spirit of a strong 

 boost for the good of all is not con- 

 fined to any one section. Northern, 

 Central and Southern California are 

 finding out that they have a common 

 cause, and that by working together they 

 will be a power for the good of their 

 calling. If all other States would do 

 the same, what could we not do when 

 we joined forces in the National .'' 

 Geo. L. Emerson, 

 C/iairmaii Publication Commillec. 



Death of Rietsche Mr. Bernard Riet- 



sclie, inventiir and manufacturer of the 

 Rietsche foundation press, much used 

 in Europe, died January last, aged Sd 

 vears, at his home in Biberach, Baden. 



Please " Boil it Down." — We like to 

 insert news and information, as well 

 as methods and opinions, from all 

 parts of the country, but please make 

 your communications short and to the 

 point. It is only in this way that a 

 bee-paper can contain matter of inter- 

 est to all. 



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The History of Bee-Diseases. The De- 

 partment of Agriculture has just pub- 

 lished a very e.xhaustive " Bulletin of 

 Historical Notes on the Causes of 

 Bee-Diseases." It is a very instructive 

 publication, compiled by Messrs. Phil- 

 lips and White, who both have made a 

 study of foul brood for several years. 

 It concludes with a brief chronological 

 summary. 



The Bulletin may be had from the 

 Bureau of Entomology at Washington. 

 It is designated as No. 98. 



Bee-Poison — Cure. — In L'Apicoltore 

 for March. Dr. Giuseppe Cicogna gives 

 interesting information on the effi- 

 ciency of bee-poison for the cure of 

 arthritis. In two very plain cases he 

 effected a cure. The first time, with 

 only two bee-stings, relief was secured 

 within half an hour. In the second 

 case, with a patient confined to his bed, 

 where the slightest movement was 

 painful, six api-fuiictures, repeated for 

 three successive days, secured relief, 

 and entire cure was consummated with- 

 in .J days. 



Value of Bees as Pollinators Having 



occasion recently to deliver a talk on 

 the relation of bees to horticulture, at 

 the Ontario Agricultural College, 

 Guelph, Canada, we made the stalenitn* 

 that bees produce annually $',iii,(iOO,(iOU 

 worth of honey; but that their econo- 

 mic importance to the fruit-grower and 

 the consumers of fruit in tliis country 

 could be measured by live times thai in 

 the production of more and belter 

 fruit and better crops. After we had 

 concluded our talk we asked the botan- 

 ist who heard this talk if this statemcni, 

 in his opinion, was too strong. He 

 very promptly replied that it was not.— 

 Gleiiniii,i;s in Hec Culture. 



TuE Ai'iARV OK Mr. Watcukoff, in Bulgaria. 



Short Course in Bee-Keeping. The 



annual sliort course in bee-keeping xk 

 the Massachusetts Agricultur.il ColltSJ 

 is offered from May 2i) to June i;i, 11)12, 

 to be concluded by a convention and 

 Eielil Day. The course and conven- 



tion are under the personal direction of 

 Dr. Barton N. Gates, in charge of the 

 apicultural service of the College and 

 State. 



The course includes lecture, labora- 

 tory, demonstrational, apiary and field 

 work, as well as excursions to large 

 apiaries and queen-rearing plants. The 

 concluding convention should bring 

 together a hundred or more represen- 

 tative apiarists of the East, besides the 

 noted authorities and commercial men 

 who appear on the program. 



The features of this convention will 

 be lectures and demonstrations by au- 

 thorities of National reputation, as well 

 as displays by inventors, manufacturers, 

 supply merchants, and queen-rearers. 



A special invitation is extended to all 

 bee-keepers to display and demonstrate 

 inventions, implements or methods. If 

 table space is desired, or special equip- 

 ment is to be prepared, notice should 

 be sent to Dr. Burton N. Gates (Am- 

 herst, Mass.) at least 2 or 3 weeks be- 

 fore the convention. The college will 

 provide covered tables for the exhibit. 



It may be found necessary to limit 

 the number of students in the course, 

 yet applications are accepted in the or- 

 der in which they are received. Xo 

 reffislration fees Zfill be charged. 

 Women are cordially invited to attend. 



Registration with the I-'xtension Ser- 

 vice, Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Amherst, Mass., is necessary for 

 admission to classes. 



CONVENTION PROGRAM. 



June i2th— Wednesday. 



Morning. ij:oo.—Kntoinoloi,'.v Biiildint;. Dis- 

 plays of manufacturers and tjrieon-rearers. 



g:i5.— Demonstrations: "Improved Hexi 

 ble plate foundation fasteners." Mr. A. H. 

 Byard. of West Cliesteilield. N. H. 



"Tfie Aspinwall liive." Demonstrator to 

 l)e announced. 



I'lie remainder of the morninir will be de 

 voted loan excursion conducted by Director 

 Brooks, of the Experiniciil Station, for tlie 

 " insi>ection of bee foraRe crops." Leave 

 Entomology Buildinjr at lo. (If possible, the 

 trip will include a visit lo a .North Amherst 



gasturo. where white clover has been 

 roueht in by top dressing./ 

 .Xfternoon. 2:00.— Entomology BuiUling. Ad 

 dresses: " Bees in relation to fruit culture 

 and plant life. ".Mr. A. W. Yates, Hartford. 

 Conn. 



Subject to be announced, by Mr. R. M. 

 Holmes, of Shoreham, Vt. 

 Demonstrations: Electric foiuulation fast- 



ener and wire embedder. Mr. H. F. Davis, of 

 Holyoke. Mass. 



Inventions: Mr. F. Danzenbaker, of .Nor- 

 folk, Va. 



Adjourn to the apiary. The features of 

 the newly erected Apiary Building will be 

 explained, including the general work shop, 

 honey-room, box-extractingroom. bee-cellar 

 and equipment. 



Demonstrations at apiary: "Queen-rear- 

 ing. Mr. F. M. Keith. Worcester. Mass. Dem- 

 onstrational treatment of infectious bee- 

 diseases, .State Inspector. 



livening. 7:10. — Clark Hall. Address of 

 Welcome, Pres. K I., Butterlield. 



Address: Hon. J. Lewis Ellsworth, Secre- 

 tary .State Board of Agriculture. 



Illustrated lecture on "The life, habits, 

 and development of the honey-bee." by Dr. 

 James P. Porter. Dean of Clark College. 

 Worcester. 



June i3Th— Thursday. 



Morning. q:oo.— Entomology Building. Ad- 

 dress: "The progress of apiculture in the 

 last two years." by Mr. E. R. Root, editor of 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture. Medina. Ohio. 



Subject and speaker to be announceil. 



A few homely facts— things worth knowing 

 how to do. by Mr. Arthur C. .Miller, of Provi- 

 dence, R. I. 



Demonstrations: "Electric honey-cutter 

 for sectioning comb honey." by Mr. H. ¥. 

 Davis, of Holyoke. 



Demonstrations yet unannounced. 



Afternoon. 2:00.— Apiary. Demonstrations: 

 " Production of a swarm artificially," by Mr. 

 E. R. Root. 



"l*"uller queen-rearing system with com- 

 pleted outfit in operation." by Mr. O. V. 

 Fuller, of Blackstone. 



" Shook swarming-a method for the busi- 

 ness or professional man." by M. F. Gary, of 

 Lyonsville. 



I ^nannoimced demonstrations. 



An Apiary in Bulgaria The emi- 

 grants of South Central Europe, who 

 come to our shores, are contemptu- 

 ously called "dagos" by most of our 

 people, and regarded with very little 

 consideration, as if they were an in- 

 ferior race. Originally the descend- 

 ants of Spaniards in Louisiana were 

 the sole beneficiaries of that elegant 

 name, but now it is applied indiscrimi- 

 nately to Italians, Roumanians, Slavo- 

 nians, Bulgarians, etc. 



It will therefore not be out of place 

 to show that there is progress in other 

 lands than ours. The above picture 

 shows the home and apiarv of Mr. 

 WatchkotT, at Souhindol, Bulgaria. This 

 cosy home, at the foot of a steep hill, 

 would do honor to our most progres- 

 sive States. Let us take the beam out 

 of our eye, so we may see the mote in 

 our neighbor's. 



