Dec. 3, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



773. 





Sketches of Beedomites 





FRED W. MUTH. 



Fred W. Muth, whose picture appears on the tirst page this week, 

 is President and General Manager of The Fred W. Math Co., of Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. 



Mr. Muth was born in 1869, and the first 20 years of fiis life he 

 assisted his father aod brother in the honey-business. The next nine 

 years he was connected with a wholesale procery business, in which 

 concern he filled almost every position, and obtained a thorough busi- 

 ness training. His old employer, Mr. Robt. J. Smith, manager of the 

 concern, now retired, was, and is to-day, one of his best friends. 

 When Mr. Muth entered the honey-business on his own account, he 

 and his good wife were the only ones who seemed to realize his ability. 

 They cheered him on, and from the beginning he was determined to 

 be successful, for he felt that he was the right man in the right place. 

 His friend, Mr. Smith, pointed out to him exactly how hard it is for 

 a young man to gain a firm foothold in this world. He did not dis- 

 courage him, however, for he knew his qualifications exactly from a 

 business standpoint. The result is that the business of the Muth firm 

 to-day is far beyond his expectations. 



The American Bee-Keeper recently said this of Mr, Muth : 



Mr. Muth has traveled during the present year over 11,000 miles 

 10 buy and sell honey. As tlie representative of the firm which bears 

 his name, Mr. Muth is known everywhere among manufacturers 

 where honey enters into the composition of their product. The fact 

 that Muth has, during the past ten weeks, sold upwards of 500 barrels 

 of honey, is convincing evidence of the young man's ability to per- 

 perpetuate the record of his lamented father, the late Chas. F. Muth, 

 who. for years, we believe, bore the reputation of being the most ex- 

 tensive dealer in honey in the United States. 



Mr. Muth has grown from infancy among the bees and barrels of 

 honey, and while it has been stated publicly that adulteration of 

 honey could not be detected in many instances, Mr. Muth assures us 

 that though the adulteration be but 5 percent he can positively detect 

 it, and in all his transactions " Purity '' is his watchword. 



Mr. Muth seems to take especial delight in introducing the use of 

 honey with manufacturers who have formerly had no knowledge of its 

 superior qualities along their lines of business, and to this fact, doubt- 

 less, his extensive sales are largely attributable, with a consequent 

 benefit to the producer by extending the consumption. 



Mr. Muth is a member of the executive committee of the recently 

 organized bee-keepers' association of Hamilton county, Ohio, in which 

 organization his expert skill and progressiveness are generally recog- 

 nized. 



We are pleased to present Mr. Muth to our readers through his 

 picture, which is an excellent one. It was our pleasure to know his 

 sturdy father before him, and we have also met the energetic son. Mr. 

 Muth is, and has been for sevecal years, one of our regular advertisers, 

 and we are glad to know that he is building up a honorable and prof- 

 itable business, both in bee-keepers' supplies and honey. 



Honey as a Health-Food is the name of a 16- 

 page leaflet (3^x6 inches) which is designed to help in- 

 crease the demand and sale of honey. The first part is 

 devoted to a consideration of " Honey as Food," written 

 by Dr. C. C. Miller. The last part contains " Honey-Cook- 

 ing Recipes" and "Remedies Using Honey." It should be 

 widely circulated by every one who has honey for sale. It 

 is almost certain to make good customers for honey. We 

 know, for we are using it ourselves. 



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[ Convention Proceedings J 



THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION. 



Report of the Proceedings of the 34th Annual 



Meetings of the National Bee-Keepers' 



Association, Held at Los Ang-eles, 



Calif., Aug-. 18, 19 and 20, 



1903. 



(Continued from page 759.) 

 FOUL BROOD— FORMALIN, ETC. 



Delos Wood — Is it possible by spraying live bees in the 



hive with formalin, to cure foul brood, and then let it alone ? 



Mr. France — Well, we are in our infancy yet on that ; 



what little I have tried of that, some 40 cases, I have lost 



some 30 of them. 



Mr. Wood — The reason I asked the question, a friend of 

 mine has been discussing it, and he takes the position that 

 it would kill the germs, but not the brood. 



Mr. France— One thing in this little pamphlet : One 

 man says : " I got foul brood from supply-dealers. How 

 do we know where they get their foundation ?" Now, here 

 is an experiment to test that : A prominent Wisconsin bee- 

 keeper, some years ago, had foul brood among his bees so 

 bad that he lost 200 colonies before the disease was checked. 

 Having a honey-extractor and comb-foundation machine he 

 first boiled the hives in a large sorghum pan, then in a ket- 

 tle. All combs were melted ; after the honey was extracted 

 the honey was boiled, and also the extractor and imple- 

 ments used. The bees were returned to their hives on comb 

 foundation he made from the wax from the melted combs, 

 then fed the boiled honey. Several years have passed, and 

 there has been no signs of disease in his apiary since. 

 Question — How long was it boiled ? 



Mr. France — Just long enough to get the honey out of 

 the comb. Here is another one: I took out of 11 of the 

 worst infected apiaries in my State, old, black brood-combs 

 full of foul brood, rendered them into wax, took that wax 

 myself to the comb-foundation factory, and had them make 

 it into comb foundation. Then I had the cheek to go right 

 into 20 of the best bee-yards in Wisconsin, where no disease 

 had ever been known, had the same placed in 62 of their 

 best colonies, and in every case no signs of disease have 

 appeared. Those same colonies continue to be the best in 

 the various apiaries. 



Say, can you get the other fellow to do that ? I would 

 like to know the results, though. For six years I have been 

 trying to see what I could do. Now, if it develops in j-our 

 yard, I will take the hive out the day it appears, and put 

 your price on it. There were all together 62 colonies that I 

 put that foundation in, and the 62 colonies in those yards 

 were the best in those yards. Now, you throw away that 

 idea of comb foundation from supply-dealers carrying the 

 germs of these diseases. 



C. B. Denison — Do you ever boil the combs ? One thing, 

 we never would kill foul brood with the sun-extractor. 



Question — Upper combs from an infected hive that had 

 some honey in — could we use those combs another season, 

 in case there should be a little foul brood up there, cut out 

 that piece, and use the comb in that shape ? 



Mr. France — First, if I had combs, bright and nice 

 brood-combs, I would extract those combs, give them an 

 extra heating, if you please, and get them as dry as possi- 

 ble ; then I would give those combs a good fumigating, and 

 then an airing, and I think they would be safe. To make a 

 positive assurance of it, I would make them into wax. 

 Question — What would you fumigate with ? 

 Mr. France — Formaldehyde gas ; spraying does not 

 seem to have very good effect. 



Question — Don't you think we are temporizing with dis- 

 ease when we are trying to save the comb ? 

 Mr. France — Yes, I think we are. 



Frank E. Atniore — What do you do with the frames ? 

 Mr. France — I usually burn them. In a lot the other 

 day, where I was, we had two wagon-loads, two-tiers deep 

 of combs that we were going to render up into wax, and 



