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VOL. XLI. 



JULY 15, 1913 



NO. 14 



Editorial 



MORE BEES KILLED BY SPRAYING WHILE IN 

 BLOOM. 



The following from a correspondent is 

 one of many more reports that we have re- 

 ceived showing the injurious effect upon 

 bees of trees sprayed when in bloom. While 

 the quotation here given does not state this 

 fact exactly, yet we know the bees would 

 not have been killed unless the trees were 

 sprayed while in blossom. Here is the item : 



Bees have been killed by the peck in this locality 

 by spraying with arsenate of lead, and it looks now 

 as if little or no comb honey will be secured this 

 season. C. E. Palmer. 



Ransomville, N. Y., June 13. 



care of as well as or better than was the 

 case when the publication was devoted 

 wholly to bees. Gleanings offers its con- 

 eratulations and best wishes. 



CONNECTICUT PASSES A FOUL-BROOD LAW. 



We have just received a copy of the 

 foul-brood law recently enacted in Connec- 

 ticut. It is an excellent law, and it seems 

 to be vei'y carefully worded throughout. 

 However, it limits the amount that may be 

 expended for carrying the act into effect 

 to $750. Of course, Connecticut is a small 

 State; but to do effective work the appro- 

 priation certainly ought to have been larg- 

 er. But doubtless the beekeepers of Con- 

 necticut are very happy to secure as much 

 as they did, especially as the general pro- 

 visions of the law arc excellent. The way 

 is now open to secure a larger appropria- 

 tion later if necessary. 



the CANADIAN BEE JOURNAL ABSORBED BY 

 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



In June the Canadian Bee Journal and 

 Canadian Horticulturist were consolidated, 

 or, rather, the Canadian Horticulturist pur- 

 chased the Canadian Bee Journal, and it 

 now has a large department entitled " The 

 Beekeeper." This department in the first 

 issue since consolidation is well illustrated, 

 and the matter carefully selected. Doubt- 

 less the Canadian Horticulturist recognizes 

 the intimate relation between the two lines 

 of industry, and the combination is most 

 natural. As the Canadian Horticulturist is 

 an old and well-established journal, it is 

 doubtless tme that the beekeeping interests 

 on the other side of the line will be taken 



DEATH OF WILLIAM M^'eVOY. 



Just as we go to press, announcement 

 has reached us of the death of our old 

 friend Wm. McEvoy, of Woodburn, Ont., 

 Canada. Mr. McEvoy was one of the pio- 

 neers in the treatment of foul brood; in- 

 deed, he was the author of what is known 

 as the McEvoy treatment of foul brood. 

 This did not differ materially from the 

 Quinby or the Jones methods except that 

 he gave two shakings on two sets of foun- 

 dation, and put the bees back in their hive. 



Wm. McEvoy was a prominent figui-e in 

 Canadian beedom. He was for years its 

 only foul-brood inspector. 



" Mac," as he was familiarly called, was 

 a " hail fellow Avell met." The position of 

 any foul-brood inspector is sometimes em- 

 barrassing in that he sometimes has to deal 

 with people who are inclined to give him a 

 sort of shotgun reception. " Mac's ever 

 ready Irish blax'ney " (in the language of 

 J. B. Hall) was at all times equal to the 

 occasion. He always knew how to handle 

 his man, and before leaving he would get 

 his good will. 



Mr. McEvoy was a large producer of 

 honey, a good beekeeper, and his death will 

 be regretted by his many friends. 



It used to be said that a convention in 

 Canada would not be quite complete with- 

 out J. B. Hall, of Woodstock, Ontario, or 

 Mr. McEvoy, of Woodburn. Botli of them 

 had a happj- faculty for enlivening discus- 

 sions and for throwing in practical sugges- 

 tions. Both together made a team. But 

 both have gone to the land beyond. 



In later years the problem of taking care 

 of foul brood in Ontario became too great 

 for one man to handle. Our friend Mac 

 believed he couhl handle it all ; but in that 

 he was mistaken, for the disease was surely 

 getting the better of him. In later years it 

 was discovered that e^en five or six men 

 could hardly cope with it. During the last 



