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VOL. XLI. 



APRIL 1, 1913 



NO. 7 



Editorial 



At the Cincinnati National convention, 

 Secretary Tyrrell either mislaid or lost his 

 memorandum-book in which he had taken 

 a number of subscriptions to the Beekeep- 

 ers' Review. He desires that all who gave 

 him such subscription write to him, giving 

 their names and addresses. Address E. B. 

 Tyrrell, 214 Hammond Building., Detroit, 

 Mich. 



Sometimes beekeepers in California and 

 other western States are inclined to poke 

 fun at the " one-horse " beekeepers of the 

 East. A great many of these Westerners 

 will have to take off their hats to one bee- 

 keeper of the East, or more correctly of the 

 Southeast, Mr. J. J. Wilder, of Cordele, Ga. 

 He has over two thousand colonies in thir- 

 ty-nine different apiaries, and in 1912 pro- 

 duced one hundred and twenty-five thousand 

 13ounds of honey. 



WASHING CLOTHES IN HONEY. 



While visiting in Oklahoma we learned 

 how one of the early pioneers in that State 

 was in the habit of washing her clothes in 

 honey. We suppose the honey was of in- 

 ferior quality; but the washwoman explain- 

 ed that the honey would remove soiled 

 parts and dirt equal to or better than soap. 

 We presume, of course, that after the 

 clothes have been soaked and washed in 

 honey they were then rinsed in water. 



death of OLIVER POSTER. 



This occurred March 12, as the result of 

 a complication of stomach troubles and 

 pneumonia, at his late home in Boulder, Col. 

 Mr. Foster was an uncle of Mr. Wesley 

 Fostei", our Colorado correspondent. Years 

 ago he was more of a contributor to this 

 journal than he has been of late years; but 

 he had a genius for inventing things; and 

 the old volumes of Gleanings as well as 

 the A B C of Bee Culture will show that 

 he was a pioneer in the use of some ideas 

 that are now common. We hope to have a 

 fuller sketch of him later, written by his 

 nephew, Mr. Wesley Foster. 



A FOUL-BROOD BILL PENDING IN MINNESOTA. 



A BILL creating the office of State Api- 

 culturist, providing for instruction in bee- 

 keeping, and for the suppression of con- 

 tagious diseases among bees, and appropri- 

 ating money therefor to the amount of 

 $8000, has been introduced into the Minne- 

 sota legislature as House file No. 882, by 

 Representative Frank Hopkins, of Renville 

 Co., and Senate file No. 701 by Senator 

 Murray, of Renville Co. Eveiy beekeeper 

 should wi'ite to his Senator and Represent- 

 ative at once, urging them to give the bill 

 their support. 



OUR COVER PICTURE. 



Our cover picture for this issue is appro- 

 priate in that it gives a glimpse of the out- 

 fit used by one of our California correspon- 

 dents, Mr. M. H. Mendleson, for taking 

 care of extracted honey. Notice that the 

 honey runs by gravity from the extracting- 

 house into the large tank, from wliich it is 

 ^ drawn later into the 60-pound square cans 

 regiilarly used. A supply of these is shown 

 stacked up in the foreground. Wherever 

 the extracting-house may be located on a 

 hill-side, so that advantage may be taken of 

 the natural fall for the gravity system, the 

 plan has much to commend it, for it is sim- 

 plicity itself. The roadway should lead to 

 the lowest point for convenience in hauling 

 away the hone3^ 



A NEW BEE PAPER IN CALIFORNIA. 



The Western Honeybee is to be the name 

 of a new bee journal published in Califor- 

 nia by the California State Beekeepers' 

 Association. Mr. Geo. L. Emerson, of 3497 

 Eagle St., Los Angeles, Cal., will be mana- 

 ger and probably editor. The California 

 Beekeepers' Association was never in a 

 more flourishing condition than it is now. 

 There are six hundred members, and the 

 membership continues to grow. For some 

 time there has been felt a need for a special 

 bee paper to present the interests of the 

 California beekeepers, and the time now 

 seems ripe for launching the new paper. It 



