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terent bacilli could produce the same sub- 

 stance. 



The fourth item seems to me a clincher 

 atcaiost the Professor. A culture of bacillus 

 alvei from a diseased colony applied to sound 

 brood, as the Professor did, would have, in 

 each and every instance, developed a raginfr 

 ease of foul brood, while the application of a 

 culture of bacillus mesentericus failed to pro- 

 duce any disease. However, I do not want to 

 be too docmatie. The Professor says that 

 some of his attempts at introducing the bacil- 

 lus alvei also failed. 



The fifth item is not very conclusive. One- 

 fifth of the larviv got sick, and very sick at 

 that, and their sickness was almost, if not 

 altogether, like foul brood. Still, it might 

 not have been foul brood. We might prepare 

 a concoction of putrid meat, •'embalmed 

 beef,''X)r such things like that, which, when 

 eaten, might produce a sickness very much 

 like cholera morbus, and yet it would not be 

 a case of cholera morbus. 



If that tifth of the larv;v which got sick 

 were really a case of foul brood, the whole 

 colony would become diseased entirely in the 

 course of a few months. Unfortunately noth- 

 ing is said on that point. 



In view of this failure to develop foul 

 brood by inoculating cultures of bacillus 

 mesentericus, it maj- seem strange that Prof. 

 Lambotte still insists that it is the same bacil- 

 lus which produces foul brood. He claims, 

 however, that the spores are probably always 

 present, and only develop when the conditions 

 are favorable, that is, lack of proper food, too 

 much dampness, etc. 



Those who know how rapidly foul brood 

 spreads throughout a whole apiary even when 

 the colonies are in the very best condition, 

 are not likely to accept such an explanation. 



Rules for Making Forced Swarms. 



1. Don't brush unless it is very strong. 



'.i. Don't brush unless there is a good flow, 

 or to control the swarming fever, as perhaps 

 you will have to do at times. 



3. Be sure that the bees gorge themselves 

 with honey. 



4. If you don't leave a few old bees in the 

 old hive you must not shake out the thin un- 

 sealed honey, for the young bees use it as a 

 substitute for water, and, of course, the force 

 left will all be needed to nurse the brood. 



5. If you use any drawn comb in the 

 supers, and none in the brood-chambers, you 

 will catch some pollen. Unless an excluder 

 is used, the queen will go above and lay in 

 the sections that contain drawn comb. 



6. Don't use an excluder if you can avoid 

 it, as it tends to discourage the bees from 

 promptly entering the supers. 



7. Have your hive level and shaded. 



S. Be sure to reinforce the swarm with 

 another drive from the old hive within seven 

 days. — J. E. Chambers, in Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Wisconsin.— The Wisconsin State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will meet Feb. 4 and 5, in Mad- 

 ison, Wis. Special program prepared. Ex- 

 cursion railroad rates and special hotel rates 

 secured. N. E. France, Pres. 



New York.— The annual meeting of the Os- 

 wego Couniy Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Fulton, N. V., Saturday, March 7, I'WS. 

 Prof. Frank Benton will be present and address 

 the meeting. An interesting program is being 

 prepared, and all persons interested in bees are 

 cordially invited to be present. 



Mortimer Stevens, Pres. 



Chas. B. Allen, Sec. 



iVlichigan.- The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual convention 

 Feb. 3 and 4, l'i03, in the Council Rooms of the 

 City Hall, at Lansing. The rooms are in the 

 third story, back away from the noise of 

 the street, yet they can be reached by the ele- 

 vator. 



Arrangements have been made at a nice, clean 

 hotel, the Wentworth House, only two blocks 

 from the place of meeting, wliere bee-keepers 

 will be accommodated at $1.50 a day. 



The Michigan State Dairymen will hold their 

 convention at the Agricultural College, Lan- 

 sing, on the same dates, as also will the State 

 Veterinaries, thus enabling the members of all 

 three societies to come at reduced rates. When 

 buying your ticket you will pay full fare, and 

 ask for a certificate " on account of Michigan 

 Dairymen's Convention," as the secretary of 

 tbis convention is to sign the certificates for all 

 three of the conventions. This certificate will 

 enable you to go back at one-third fare. 



The first session will be on the evening of the 

 3rd, when E. R. Root will show us " Bee-Keep- 

 ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific, as seen 

 through the Camera and Stereopticon." This 

 will consist of portraits of distinguished bee- 

 keepers, of apiaries, hives, implements, meth- 

 ods, etc., all lully explained. A more enjoya- 

 ble entertainment for a bee-keeper can not te 

 imagined. 



Mr. C. A. Huff, who has been experimenting 

 the past season with formalin for curing foul 

 brood, has promised to be present. jNIessrs. 

 Soper and Aspinwall are not tar away, and will 

 probably be present. Mr. Aspinwall has kept 

 about 70 colonies for the past 10 years, without 

 losing a colony in winter. He can tell us how 

 be has prevented this loss; also how he pre- 

 vents swarming. Mr. T. F. Bingham, who has 

 been so successful wintering bees in a cellar 

 built like a cistern, is also expected. Messrs. 

 A. D. D. Wood and J. H. Larrabee will help to 

 make the meeting a success. 



This is the first time that the convention has 

 been held in the Southern part of the State in 

 several years; let us turn out and show our ap- 

 preciation of the event. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Pres. 



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Chicago, Jan 9.— The demand is not more 

 than usual; hence stocks are sufiicient, espe- 

 cially as Cuba has now comb honey on this 

 market. This is a new source of supply, and is 

 a factor that must be reckoned with, as it obvi- 

 ates the necessity of laying in a stock during 

 the summer and autumn to draw from in the 

 winter and spring months. The best grades of 

 white comb sell at 15@16c per pound, with 

 travel-stained and light amber, 13@14c; darker 

 grades, 10(a»i2. Extracted, 7@.Sc for white, and 

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Albany, N. Y., Jan. 7. — Honey demand and 

 receipts light. We quote white comb, 15 cents; 

 mixed, 14c; buckwheat, 13@14c. Extracted, 

 white, 'fa'iic; dark and buckwheat, 7Sj>7'^c. 

 More demand for buckwheat than any other 

 here. H. R. Wright. 



Kansas City, Dec. 20.— Market steady at quo- 

 tations. We quote fancy white comb, per case, 

 24 sections, $3.50; No. 1 at $3.40; No. 2 white 

 and amber, $3.25. Extracted, white, per pound, 

 7@7Mc; amber, 6@6Jic. Beeswax, 27@30c. 



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Cincinnati, Jan. 7— The demand for all kinds 

 of honey has fallen off considerably in the last 

 few weeks, owing to the many other sweets of- 

 fered at this season of the year. Lower prices 

 are no inducement to increase the consumption, 

 as the demand is not there, and will not be un- 

 til about the end of the month; consequently it 

 is folly to offer at lower prices. We quote am- 

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 ver and basswood, SS^^tc. Fancy white comb 

 honey, 16(ail7c; lower grades hard to sell at any 

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New York, Dec. 23.— The market on comb 

 honey is dull and inactive. While the supply 

 is not large the demand has fallen off to a large 

 extent and prices show a weakening tendency. 

 We quote fancy white at ISc; No. 1, 14c; No. 2, 

 13c; and buckwheat at from lOfiii^c. Extracted 

 is in fairly good demand; white. 7Hc; light am- 

 ber, 65i@7c; dark, 5H!(a>6c. Beeswax firm at 

 from 28@29c. Hildrbth <ft Sbqblkbr. 



Cincinnati, Jan. 3.— The comb honey mar- 

 ket is a little quiet, almost everybody being 

 filled up._ As there is hardly any new supply 

 in, there is no change in prices, viz.: Fancy 

 water-white, 16c; off grades less. The market 

 for extracted white clover shows a slight ad- 

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 falfa water-white, 6}^(S7J^c; amber, in barrels, 

 5yi@5M;c. Beeswax, 27(fi.^2Sc. 



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San Francisco, Dec. 17.— White comb honey, 

 ll!^@12i^c; light amber, 10@llc; dark, 5@bHc. 

 Extracted, white, 6ig65^c; light amber, SsSiic; 

 amber, 4@4J^c. Beeswax, good to choice, light, 

 2b®27]4c; strictly fancy light, 29@30c. 



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