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VOL. XLI. 



DECEMBER 15, 1913 



NO. 24 



Editorial 



We wish all a merry Christmas. 



Our English correspondent, Mr. John 

 Smallwood, page 885, writes very interest- 

 ingly of the links that bind together the two 

 English-speaking nations. 



We would call particular attention to the 

 article, p. 892, by Miss Mclntyre, the young 

 lady who helped to pay her way through 

 college with money she earned with her bees. 



THE FOOD VALUE OF HONET. 



In the table found on page 904 it will be 

 seen that honey has a high food value as 

 compared with oysters, eggs, and beef. 

 Honey salesmen do not, as a rule, play this 

 tune strong enough. They should make it 

 clear that honey is not only a high-class 

 condiment easily assimilated, much more so 

 than other sugars, but a food that will make 

 brain and muscle. If carbohj'drates are a 

 necessary part of our diet let us emphasize 

 the wholesomeness and cheapness of honey 

 to supply this need. 



BARSTOW TWO-SHAKINGS TREATMENT FOR 

 FOUL BROOD. 



W. H. Barstow, in this issue, gives a very 

 unique and simple method for practicing 

 two shakings for the cure of foul brood. We 

 never found more than one shaking neees- 

 sarj^ for American foul brood ; but to be on 

 the safe side we shall do well to practice the 

 double shaking. The plan offered by Mr. B. 

 eliminates all possible danger of contamina- 

 tion of brood-frames, and saves a large 

 amount of work. 



OUR INDEX FOR 1913. 



The reader will not fail to notice the full 

 index that appears in this issue. It contains 

 1920 references, besides illustrations and 

 list of contributors. From it one can get 

 an idea of the vast amount of valuable mat- 

 ter that has been given in these columns 

 during the past year. The up-to-date bee- 

 keeper will, of course, preserve it that he 



maj' take up some of the discussions that 

 have occurred during the past year, which 

 discussions he was compelled to go over 

 hastily during the busy time of the year. 

 These long winter evenings will enable him 

 to get very much more of value out of his 

 journals if he will make an intelligent use 

 of tlie index. 



when to cut alfalfa. 

 The western beekeepers will be particu- 

 larly interested in the discussion in this 

 issue on the time to cut alfalfa. There has 

 been a fear that the tendency was to cut 

 before the plant comes into blocm, and this 

 would mean a reduction in the amount of 

 alfalfa honey. But, apparently, we have not 

 as much to fear as we supposed. As a mat- 

 ter of fact we are told that those who be- 

 lieve in early cutting are, as a general rule, 

 behind time. Early cutting may do a little 

 better for dair^' purposes, but there is no 

 advantage in doing so in the production of 

 hay for horses and mules. In the language 

 of the Utah Experiment Station, "To insure 

 a large yield of dry ripe hay and the largest 

 amount of albumen, lucern (alfalfa) should 

 be cut not earlier than in medium bloom. 

 . . It will be a more serious error to cut 

 too early than to cut too late." 



the new YORK STATE BEEKEEPERS' CONVEN- 

 TION AT EOCHESTER. 



One of the most flourishing organizations 

 of beekeepers in the United States is the 

 New York State Association of Beekeepers' 

 Societies. This organization, as its name 

 indicates, is made up of a number of affiliat- 

 ed county societies. Its general scheme of 

 affiliation of smaller bodies is similar to that 

 of the National Beekeepers' Association. 



New York is one of the very best honey- 

 producing States in the Union ; but bee 

 disease for a few years back, especially 

 European foul brood, has made serious 

 inroads on the honey business. But, thanks 

 to this splendid organization, and the co- 

 operation of the Agricultural Department 

 of the State through its four efficient foul- 



