March, 1914. 



American Hee Journal 



eases which threaten bees, the sources 

 of contagion, and the methods of treat- 

 ment combined with large pictures of 

 foul brood and mothy combs, and a 

 map of the State of Iowa, showing in 

 what counties the diseases are preva- 

 lent. There is also a list of Govern- 

 ment, State, and other publications 

 pertaining to bees with the places of 

 publication, etc. 



The second part of the book is de- 

 voted to papers read at the meeting of 

 the Iowa association held in Des 

 Moines in December; a brief summary 

 of which was given in our last number. 

 Any one interested in sweet clover 

 should not fail to read the article, " In- 

 structions for Sweet Clover Growing," 

 by Frank Coverdale, one of the best 

 known authorities on this subject. 



Other subjects treated are "Treat- 

 ment of Disease," "Helps and Hin- 

 drances in Dealing with Foul Brood," 

 " Advertising," " Marketing the Crop," 

 "Selling Honey Direct to Consumers," 

 "A Season's Work," "Making In- 

 crease," '"Exhibits." "Increasing the 

 Consumption of Honey," " Report of 

 the Secretary," " Comb or Extracted 

 Honey ?" and the " Beekeepers' Legal 

 Status." 



If you want to be imbued with gen- 

 uine beekeeping inspiration, do not fail 

 to read the article by Hamlin B. Miller 

 entitled, " Beekeeping as a Side-line 

 and the Fun of the Thing ;" a small ex- 

 tract from which appears in Miss Wil- 

 son's Department in this number. 



Colorado's "Big Snow." — You might 

 be interested in the way some of our 

 beekeepers had to do soon after the 

 "Big Snow" that we had on Dec. 4, 5, 

 and ti, 1913, when we had a snowfall of 

 ■17 inches, which was followed later by 

 a snowfall of 10 inches, making it im- 

 possible to get about the country ex- 

 cepting on snow shoes and skis. The 

 bees being buried under such a great 

 quantity of snow, in some places hav- 

 ing stores which made it rather doubt- 

 ful whether they would get through the 

 winter satisfactorily unless they had 

 an opportunity for frequent flying, it 

 was thought to be necessary to shovel 

 them out and give them an opportunity 



to fly as soon as the weather turned 

 mild. 



The two pictures represent Herman 

 Rauchfuss and his eldest son, Frank, 

 going to their out apiaiies on skis, for 

 the purpose of digging out their bees. 



They are pulling a sled along carrying 

 their tools and overcoats. This was 

 rather a novel experience to all of us. 

 Now most of the snow has disappeared 

 and the bees do not seem any the worse 

 for it. Frank Rauchfuss. 



Bee-I^eping <^ For Women 



Conducted bv Miss Emma M. Wilson. Mareneo, III. 



Ventilating Comb-Honey Supnrs 



On page 30, Bell Bros, say : " If we 

 ventilated our comb-honey supers we 

 would have all short-weight sections." 

 One wonders whether that opinion is 

 based on actual experience or upon 

 mere supposition. At any rate we 

 know from actual experience here that 

 with •') or 10 times as much ventilation 

 as given by Bell Bros, with their >'s- 

 inch entrance we have well filled sec- 

 tions. No doubt the statement by Bell 

 Bros, that " the cause of the bees fin- 

 ishing the outside of the super before 

 the inside is the heat" is correct. In 

 other words the heat is so great that 

 there is delay in finishing the central 

 sections. If, now, we should close 

 down the ventilation, making the heat 

 still greater, would it not make mat- 

 ters worse .■■ So long as ventilation 

 gives us a crop so satisfactory in 

 quantity and quality as the crop of 

 1913, we are not likely to ventilate less. 



How His Wife Helped Him 



Beekeepers do not always give full 

 credit for the help they have from 

 their wives. Hamlin B. Miller is an 

 e.xception. In a paper by him pub- 

 lished in the report of the State Bee 

 Inspector of Iowa, he says : 



"Now while clipping these queens, 

 my wife as usual got busy helping (?). 

 I set a cover loaded with bees against 

 the fence behind the hives. She took 

 a seat on a pile of bricks near by, close 



by the cover, with her dress comfort- 

 ably spread out. Bees, I have discov- 

 ered (and so has my wife) always travel 

 up and not down. It was not very long 

 until I heard a cry of surprise: 'I'm 

 stung.' Well, she was, too. Infection 

 set in, and after the physician had dis- 

 continued his attentions, /was stung — 

 for $6 -50. The super of honey I took 

 off at that time sold for $0.00. The doc- 

 tor overshot the mark just .50 cents, 

 but he succeeded in getting it all for 

 that time. But in spite of her many 

 experiences, she still persists in run- 

 ning out every time I monkey with 

 those bees, and makes me as much 

 bother to keep her off the job as any 

 ' fool bee' that ever endeavored to at- 

 tract all my attention." 



Going to the Aimaky on Skis. 



Recipes from a Subscriber 



NEW ENGLAND DOUGHNUTS. 



One cup full of honey, one cup of 

 milk or water, one teaspoonful of salt, 

 three level teaspoons of Royal baking 

 powder and a sifting of nutmeg. (They 

 can be made with sour milk and soda 

 equally well. ) I do not use a cutter, 

 for then so much of the dough must 

 be handled over, I mix it fairly hard so 

 as to roll it well, and then cut with a 

 knife into about four strips, and take 

 each strip and cut off inch strips and 

 make either twisters or rings by bring- 

 ing the ends together. Have them all 

 made out before commencing to fry. 



FOR A COLD JUST COMING ON. 



One tablespoonful of honey in a cup 

 of hot water, with a sprinkling of cay- 

 enne pepper just before going to bed. 



It is a successful remedy, as we and 

 our neighbors can testify. One of our 

 neighbors has a boy, and she never 

 allows him to have sugar in any form, 

 but honey in the place of it. He is a 

 fine lusty, bright eyed boy of 10 months. 



Arden, Neb. E.m.ma S. Mills. 



Your neighbor is a wise mother. If 

 more mothers knew the value of honey 

 as compared with sugar, it would be 

 better for their children. That lusty 

 bright-eyed youngster is in company 

 with Dr. Miller, for he makes a practice 

 of using honey in place of sugar in a// 

 hot drinks. 



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A Foul-Broody Apiary— Catching Swarms 

 With Traps 



I am enclosing a view of an apiary 

 where foul brood is said to be; an- 

 other of " a boy's beginning." He 



