Cleaniiimigs im Bee (Gualtimre 



Published by The A. T. Root Co.. Medina, Ohio 



A. I. Root, Editor Home Dpiiaiiiiunt J. T. Calvmrt. Business Manager 



H. H. Root, Managing Editor E. U. Root, Editor A. L. Bovdkn, Advertising Manager. 



Entered at the Postoffice, Medina, Ohio, as second-class matter 



VOL. XLIII. 



APRIL 1, 1915 



NO. 



EDETOEEAL 



We have the largest and most complete 

 exhibit we ever installed, at the Panama- 

 California expositioi;, San Diego. Look for 

 the big wliite front in the " Varied Indus- 

 tries " building. We have another (but 

 smaller) exhibit at the San Francisco ex- 

 position in connection with the State Bee- 

 keepers' Association. Call and make your- 

 self known. 



Foul-brood BiM Introduced to Wash- 

 ington Legislature 



The beekeepers of the state of Washing- 

 ton have been successful in introducing to 

 the senate a new foul-brood bill which is 

 expected to pass both houses. In some re- 

 spects the bill is not what was wanted, but 

 it will at least serve to pave the way for 

 something better two vears hence. 



The Foul-brood Situation in San 

 Jose 



We visited San .Jose on Tuesday. March 

 9, and a'o happy to announce that the foul- 

 brood .laiation there is much better. The 

 inspect,. :•, Mr. L. R. Cody, reports that 

 conditions are improving materially, and he 

 has already given a clean bill of health to a 

 number of beekeepers. So far as we can 

 ascertain, there have been no bee diseases 

 except in the immediate vicinity of San 

 Jose. All the beekeepers there are working 

 hard to eliminate it, and before this reaches 

 our readers there will probably not be a 

 cell of foul brood in the vicinitv. 



The Pennsylvania S50,000 Bill 



Pennsylvania beekeepers will be inter- 

 ested in the following just received from 

 Prof. H. A. Surface: 



A bill providing an appropriation of $50,000, " to 

 be used exclusively in eradicating, controlling, and 



preventing diseases of bees, and in enforcing the 

 laws of Pennsylvania relative thereto," has been 

 introduced as House Bill No. 733 by Mr. Jack, of 

 Armstrong County, and has been referred to the 

 Committee on Appropriations; and in the Senate as 

 Senate Bill No. 281. The members of this commit- 

 tee are as follows : 



Woodward, Allegheny Co. ; Cox, Philadelphia Co. ; 

 Curry, Philadelphia Co. ; Gans, Philadelphia Co. ; 

 Steedle, Allegheny Co. ; Kaiser, Allegheny Co. ; 

 Aron, Philadelphia Co. ; Eby, Perry Co. ; Walton, 

 Lawrence Co. ; Wood, Indiana Co. ; Neville, Mont- 

 gomery Co. ; Sinclair, Fayette Co. ; Scott, Center 

 Co. ; Rininger, Blair Co. ; Thomas, Luzerne Co. ; 

 Greenwood, Chester Co.; Jones, E. E., Susquehanna 

 Co. ; Lindsey, Warren Co. ; Flynn, Elk Co. ; Body, 

 Berks Co. ; Murphy, liuzerne Co. ; Ehrhardt, Lack- 

 awanna Co. ; Hess, Lancaster Co. ; Geary, Allegheny 

 Co. ; Conner, Philadelphia Co. ; Ramsey, Delaware 

 Co. ; Myers, Washington Co. ; Walter, Franklin Co. ; 

 Goldsmith, Westmoreland Co. ; McCaig, Allegheny 

 Co.; SchaefTer, Schuylkill Co.; McClintock, Phila- 

 delphia Co. ; Fruit, Mercer Co. ; Neider, Philadelphia 

 Co. ; Bovee, Erie Co. ; Shaaber, Berks Co. ; Spangler, 

 York Co. ; Williams, Tioga Co. ; Perry, Philadelphia 

 Co.; Shaffer, Columbia Co.; Kitts, Erie Co. 



As President of your State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion, and member of the Legislative Committee, I 

 recommend you to do all that is possible to bring 

 influence to bear on these gentlemen for favorable 

 action on this important measure. 



Beekeepers of ttlie Soutthweslt, Take 



The Southern Conference for Education 

 and Industry will hold its annual meeting 

 at Chattanooga, Tennessee, on April 27-30. 

 In connection with this conference there 

 will be a number of smaller conferences on 

 various subjects of interest in the South. 

 One of these will be on beekeeping. The 

 general meetings are held in the morning 

 and evening, and the smaller conferences 

 in the afternoons. 



In connection with the beekeeping meet- 

 ings, it is proposed to devote the first after- 

 noon to a discussion with farm demonstra- 

 tors and teachers. The second and third 

 afternoons (April 28-29) will be devoted to 

 a beekeepers' conference to which all bee- 

 keepers are cordially invited. A number of 

 prominent southern beekeepers will be 



