1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



115 



(and bees too if they chance to get inside) above 

 the head, and causes the arrangement to fit and 

 hold its position like an ordinary hat. For solid 

 comfort on a hot day in the boiling sun I have 

 yet to find perfection; but this arrangement, for 

 me, comes the nearest to it of any thing I have 

 ever seen. Henry S ' ewart. 



Prophetstown, 111. 



[This looks like a very good arrangement, and 

 doubtless is all that our correspondent claims for 

 it. — Ed.] 



YOUNG WHITE CLOVER KILLED; PROSPEC I S GOOD 

 FOR ALSIKE-HONEY FLOW. 



I find that the white clover is hurt badly, as 

 its roots are only superficial. All the young clo- 

 ver that came from seed this year is dead, and 

 about three-fourths of the runners are dead; but 

 there is enough left to make a moderate stand 

 late in the season. The ground is absolutely full 

 of seed, hovrever, and that may give a full crop, 

 but not likely, as white clover rarely blooms the 

 first year. 



I find about one-fourth of the alsike dead, or 

 stunted badly; and even at that, if it does not get 

 killed by frost there is such an abundance of it 

 that it will make a bumper crop any way. The 

 red clover is practically unhurt. 



The danger to alsike and especially white clo- 

 ver lies in the fact that, having lain dormant so 

 long, they are likely to take an unseasonable 

 growth if there should be any warm weather this 

 winter, and get pinched by freezing. It did this 

 two years ago in the spring, and we had a com- 

 plete failure. Alsike is our main dependence 

 here now. It is a great honey-plant. 



Redkey, Ind , Dec. 8. G. W. Williams. 



FOUL BROOD IN NEW JERSEY; THE SUPPORT OF 

 ALL BEE-KEEPERS IN THAT STATE ASKED 

 FOR IN ORDER TO SECURE A FOUL- 

 BROOD LAW. 



Mr. Editor: — Feeling that you would be glad 

 to aid the New Jersey Bee-keepers' Association 

 by publishing their appeal I append a copy be- 

 low : 



Foul brood is rampant in many parts of New Jersey. In some 

 localities it has swept out entire apiaries. This has been partic- 

 ularly true in Hunterdoo Co. It seems to be on the increase in 

 some of the southern counties of the State. In one instance it 

 was found scattered throughout a large apiary, and the owner was 

 obliged to apply wholesale treatment to the whole yard Ijst sum- 

 mer. Then there are scattered throughout the whole State the 

 small careless bee-keepers with th ee or four to a dozen colonies, 

 and many of these are in old box hives. The disease continual- 

 ly lingers among this class of bee-keepers. They do not attend 

 bee-keepers' conventions nor read bee-papers, nor do they believe 

 they have the disease. They are in all localities, and the up-to- 

 date bee-keeper finds it impossible to keep his bees free from 

 disease under such circumstances. 



Taking all these conditions into consideration it is imperative 

 thu something be done to stop the ravages of foul brood in our 

 State. 



The New Jersey Bee-keepers' Association, through its execu- 

 tive committee, has prepared a draft of a foul-brood law, and will 

 have it presented to the legislature at its present session. And 

 now comes our appeal: 



The executive committee wants and must have the support of 

 every interested and progressive bee-keeper in New Jersey; and 

 that support it must have at once, that we may get our law passed 

 at the present session of the legislature, and in operation the 

 coming season. 



The present members of the association are a unit in support of 

 the law; hut the m»mbership is small compared with whit it 

 should be. Twelve counties do not at present have a single 

 member. We want to present a solid front from Sussex to Cape 

 May, and from the Delaware to the Atlantic. " In union there 

 it strength." 



What whould the executive committee say, when we go before 

 the legislatuie, if asked, as we probably would be, how united 

 tae support of the bee-keepers is, to have to reply that only eight 

 courties have members, and twelve counties are without a single 

 member r 



Then there are other reasons why we wish to increase the 

 membership. The more members, the more funds in the treasu- 

 rer's hands, and that means more practical and more interesting 

 programs. We are planning to hold a field meeting next June, 

 and a two-days' annual meeting next winter. Then if our mem- 

 bership increases, and includes every county, we shall be able o 

 get an appropriation from the State, as we are a branch of the 

 State Board of Agriculture. The present secretary of that Board 

 is in hearty accord with us. Further, we are planning to make 

 our association more educative, and more helpful in marketing 

 our honey. We have at our fingers' ends both New York and 

 Philadelphia, two of the most extensive honey markets in the 

 United States, besides numerous smaller residential towns, as 

 markets for our honey. We must take more advantage of these. 



We end with an appeal to every reader of Gleanings in New 

 Jersey to join at once. Dues but 50 cents per year. Remit by 

 postal order or check to the secretary. Act at once. Also write 

 a few lines, stating your exper ence with foul brood, and if you 

 are surrounded by the careless bee-keeper wiih box hives. 



Yours f r a foul-brood law in 1909, and for the advancement of 

 the New Jersey Bee-keepers' Association. 



Executive Committee: 

 W. W. Case, President. 



J. H. M. Cook, A. G. Hann. E. G. Carr. Vice-presidents. 

 A. G. Hann, Secretary and Treasurer, Pittston, Pa. 



[This is a good move. Let the New Jersey 

 bee-keepers take notice. — Ed.] 



FOUL-BROOD LAW NEEDED IN IOWA. 



Iowa ought to have a foul-brood law, for I am 

 informed that the disease is getting quite a start 

 in this fetate. I believe that every State adjoin 

 ing Iowa has a foul brood law. 



Our representative from this county is a bee- 

 keeper, and will do all he can to get a foul-brood 

 law passed. Would it not be a good plan for the 

 bee-keepers of Iowa to meet, and organize an 

 Iowa State bee-keepers' association.? We should 

 then be in condition to get a law passed. I am 

 willing to do all that I can. 



Silver City, Iowa. T. L. Shawler. 



[Gleanings will be glad to help in any way 

 possible. The first important thing to do is 

 to organize a State bee-keepe's' association. 

 —Ed.] 



conditions in oklahoma good for b es. 

 Mr. Lemon states that he has been told that 

 bees could not be kept here. I think that is a 

 mistake, as there are several small apiaries near 

 my place, and several quite large ones in Eastern 

 and Central Oklahoma. Of course I could not 

 say as to Mr. Lemon's locality. With what lit- 

 tle experience I have had I find that what Mr. 

 Lemon says in regard to the winters is about 

 right; but the bees could be put in a cellar if the 

 losses were too heavy. J. W. Jackson. 



Curtis, Oklahoma, Jan. 11, 1909. 



CONDITIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. 



Might I suggest you have some articles on 

 bee-keeping in New England .'' Wherever I go 

 in this section I find only empty hives, discour- 

 aged failures, and a general idea that bees can 

 do nothing here. J. E. Smith. 



Newton Center, Mass. 



[One of our department editors, J. E. Crane, 

 of Middlebury, Vt. , represents New England. 

 Perhaps he can explain the conditions above 

 mentioned. — Ed. ] 



