American Bae Journall 



April, 1914. 



change of position and withovit getting 

 in front of a single colony. It also 

 has the added advantage that young 

 queens returning from their mating 

 flight are less liable to get lost by en- 

 tering the wrong hive. 



Visit from A. H. Fralick.— We ac- 

 knowledge a visit from Mr. A. H. Fra- 

 lick, veteran beekeeper of Homer, 

 Minn., on his way home after having 

 spent the winter in Florida. Mr. Fra- 

 lick has purchased property near Bra- 

 dentown, Fla., and expects to spend 

 his winters there, but he prefers the 

 North when it comes to keeping bees 

 and getting honey. 



A Curious Use ol Honey. — Mr. J. Es- 



card, in the Revue Scientifique, cites 

 the curious use of honey made, in the 

 Palatinate, by the gem-cutters. In this 

 region, where gem-cutting establish- 

 ments are numerous, the agates, called 

 bathed agates, are prepared as follows; 

 After washing and drying them, they 

 are placed in a solution of honey in 

 which they are left for a long time. 

 The liquid penetrates slowly into the 

 fissures according to the porosity of 

 the stones. When the imbibing is 

 sufficient, the stones are washed and 

 put into a bath of concentrated sulfuric 

 acid. This acid slowly burns out the 

 honey and produces carbon residues 

 which pleasingly marble the agates. — 

 Kei'ite Francaise d\4ficuUu)-e. 



Death of Aaron Snyder Mr. Aaron 



Snyder, a noted New York beekeeper, 

 of Kingston, died on March 3, 1914, in 

 his 71st year, of cancer. 



He began keeping bees when he was 

 1() years old, and continued until his 

 death. In 1889, he moved from Albany 

 Co., N. Y., to the city of Kingston; 

 here he continued to run from four to 

 five apiaries, one being at his home on 

 the edge of the city, and the others 



Winter View of the Hoi.lgpeter Apiarv. 

 Hives in pairs are usually packed in one case. 



within driving distance, from 2 to 6 

 miles away. 



Mr. Snyder was a good practical 

 apiarist. He had an inventive mind 

 and made many changes, and used 

 many kinds of hives. Within the last 

 few years he produced mostly comb 

 honey, but lately changed to extracted 

 with success. 



His choice of hive was a 9 or 10 

 frame hive with extracting supers half 

 the depth of the hive. He believed in 

 selling his own honey. He kept agents 

 on the road as salesmen, and bought 

 honey in addition to what he produced 

 himself to supply his customers. He 

 put his honey up in 1-pound bottles and 

 Ti-pound pails. 



At one time Mr. Snvder had foul- 

 brood, as had all of his neighbor bee- 

 keepers for miles around. Mr. Snyder 

 sent for me, and I went and helped 

 him and his neighbors to get cleaned 

 up. Some, of course, lost their bees. 

 Mr. Snyder was one who cleaned up 

 and saved almost all of his bees, and 

 there is not much foulbrood around 

 there now. He has since thought well 



of bee-inspectors, and often expressed 

 his appreciation of the work that the 

 State has been doing for tlie beekeep- 

 ing fraternity. ■ N. D. West. 



Cyprian Queens. — We have several 

 enquiries from subscribers asking 

 where they can obtain Cyprian queens. 

 Any one who can furnish the pure 

 stock will confer a favor to our sub- 

 scribers by letting it be known. 



Meeting of the Kansas Beekeepers 



Another View of Mr. Hom.ope ter's Aimarv— Colonies are Arranced in Pairs. 



The Kansas State Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation is growing in importance. At 

 its meeting of Feb. 26-7, which was at- 

 tended by our Editor, a number of im- 

 portant subjects were discussed, chief 

 among which is foulbrood. This dis- 

 ease is bringing beekeepers closer to- 

 gether, and proves the truth of the old 

 adage : " It is an ill wind turns none 

 to good." 



Professor Geo. A. Dean, iMitomolo- 

 gist of the Kansas Agricultural Col- 

 lege at Manhattan, read an able paper 

 on " Insect Enemies and Diseases of 

 Bees." 



We are glad to be able to say that 

 from the consensus of opinion there is 

 less disease now in Kansas than form- 

 erly. But a unanimous desire was ex- 

 pressed to secure an appropriation for 

 the continuation of the work of in- 

 spection. In this State as elsewhere 

 beekeepers are convinced that the most 

 good can be done by inspectors from 

 an educational standpoint. Sugges- 

 tions are more effective than compul- 

 sion, and there is but little difficulty in 

 convincing rational men that it is to 

 their interest to eradicate the disease 

 as promptly as possible. The main re- 

 quirement is to show them how this is 

 done. 



A few facts peculiar to Kansas were 

 brought out. Alfalfa growing is said 

 to be spreading very fast over the 

 State, and it has been repeatedly proven 

 that a good crop of seed may be se- 

 cured from it only when bees are nu- 



