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XDITOS. 



Vol. mi, Am. 16, 1890. No. 33. 



Mr. C J. H. Gravenliorst, of 



Wilsuack, Germany, and editor of the 

 Bienen-Zcitunij, writes as follows on July 

 19, 1890 : 



Deak Mr. Newman : — I am always very 

 glad when the American- Bee Jouknal 

 visits my home, and I read it with the same 

 interest as in the days of the late Samuel 

 Wagner, the founder of that good old bee- 

 paper, and such writers as Langstroth, 

 Gallup, Wilkin, Root, and many others 

 who were at the head of its contributors. I 

 think that the Bee Journal, having ad- 

 vanced from a monthly to a weekly, has 

 done very much to promote bee-keeping, 

 not only in j-our country, but also in others. 



How glad \\ould I be, if I could arrange 

 to visit you at the great Columbian Expo- 

 sition to he held in Chicago in 1893, and 

 shake hands with you, as in those pleasant 

 days when we met at the hospitable home 

 of our friend, Thos. W. Cowan, at Hor- 

 sham, England ! How I would enjoy mak- 

 ing the personal acquaintance of the Ameri- 

 can bee-keepers. Now, if I shall not have 

 the pleasure to visit the great Exposition 

 at Chicago, others of my bee-keeping 

 friends in Germany and Austria will do so, 

 as some have already told me. I know 

 that they will be welcome. 

 Yours truly, 



C. J. H. Guavenhorst. 



We should be delighted to meet our 

 friend Graveuhorst, as well as other Eu- 

 ropean apiarists at the Columbian Exposi- 

 tion to be held in Chicago in 1892-93. Of 

 course the International Bee Convention 

 will be held here at that time, and the 

 apiarists of the world will have an Interna- 

 tional "love feast" during the 400th 

 anniversary of the discovery of America. 

 Let there be an universal gathering— for 

 all will be welcome. It will be a time long 

 to be remembered by those privileged to 

 enjoy it. 



Dr. S. W. Morrison will locate in 

 Colorado Springs, Colo., about Sept. 1, and 

 consequently he has given up the queen- 

 rearing business in Pennsylvania, and does 

 not intend to resume it in Colorado. 



Xlie !l4priiisl><-'I<i Kxposition and 



Sangamon Fair will be held at Springfield, 

 Ills., on Sept. 8 to 12, 1890. Upon the 

 request of the management, we have offered 

 Special Premiinnn, as indicated in the fol- 

 lowing taken from page 6-t of the Premium 

 List : 



The publishers of the American Bee 

 JouRNAi,, of Chicago, offer an attractive 

 and valuable premium for the best exhibit 

 of Comb Honey from each township in the 

 county, of an annual subscription of said 

 paper. The American Bee Journal is a 

 recognized authority in all matters per- 

 taining to bee-keeping. 



1631 Best comb honey from Auburn. 



1632 " " Ball. 



1633 " " Buffalo Hart. 



1634 " " Capital. 



1636 " " Cartright. 



1637 " " Chatham. 



1638 " " Clear Lake. 



1639 " " . Cotton Hill. 



1640 " " Cooper. 



1641 " " Curran. 

 1643 " " Fancy Creek. 



1643 " • " Gardner. 



1644 •' " Illiopolis. 



1645 " " Island Grove. 



1646 " " Lanesville. 



1647 " " Loami. 



1648 " " Mechanicsbrg. 



1649 " " New Bei-lin. 



1650 " " Pawnee. 



1651 " " Rochester. 

 1653 " " Salisbury. 



1653 " " Springfield. 



1654 " " Talkiugton. 



1655 '■ " Williams. 



1656 " " Woodside. 



The Capital Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will award premiums for honey, bees, api- 

 arian supplies, etc., in sums aggregating $50 

 in cash. For particulars concerning the 

 classification of prizes of the Capital Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, address the Secre- 

 tary, C. E. Yocom, of Sherman. 



Special prizes for the competition of the 

 world, are specified in the premium list of 

 the Sangamon Fair, which can be had upon 

 application to the Secretary, Col. Charles 

 P. Mills, Springfield, Ills. 



Foul Brood in Canada. — Bee- 

 keepers in Canada will be interested in 

 reading the following from the Montreal 

 Witness. A man who signs himself "Bee- 

 Keeper," asks the following questions : 



Last summer we became aware that our 

 6 colonies of bees were affected with foul 

 brood. In the fall we took out most of the 

 infected frames and put in new ones. 

 When looked at in the spring, the colonies 

 had about a dozen foul-broody cells in each 

 brood-frame, and they have no more foul 

 brood than that now. The colonies are of 

 fair strength, rearing lots of lirood, and 

 gathering plenty of honey. 1. Do you 

 think that that much foul brood is worth 

 paying attention to ? 2. How should we 

 proceed to get rid of it ? 3. We are spray- 

 ing the brood-frames with a mixture of 

 tlicylic acid, soda and water— will it have 

 ;y effect ? 



The Rev. W. F. Clarke answers the 

 questions thus ; 



1. Most certainly. Foul brood, in how- 

 ever small quantity, is such a deadly dis- 

 ease, and so sure to spread, that effective 

 measures cannot be too soon taken for its 

 extirpation. There is now a law in force, 

 passed by the Ontario Legislature at its 

 last session, requiring immediate action in 

 all cases of foul brood. 



3. This question will be best answered 

 by quoting from the Act just referred to, 

 Sec. 10, which requires that "every bee- 

 keeper or other jjerson who shall be aware 

 of the existence of foul brood either in his 

 own apiary or elsewhere, shall immediately 

 notify the President of the Ontario Bee- 

 Keepers' Association of the existence of 

 such disease, and in default of so doing 

 shall, on summary conviction before a 

 justice of the peace, be liable to a fine of 

 $5 and costs. 



The President of the Ontario Bee Keep- 

 ers' Association is Mr. Allen Pringle, of 

 Selby, Ont. 



"Bee-Keeper" should at once examine 

 his hives, and if there is any remaining 

 trace of foul brood, report their condition 

 to Mr. Pringle, who is empowered to send 

 the inspector if he considers it necessary. 

 If there is not much appearance of the 

 disease, and it appears to be yielding to 

 treatment, it may not be considered a case 

 requiring inspection. 



The inspector is authorized by statute 

 either to order continuance of remedial 

 treatment, or total destruction by fire of 

 the affected hives, and of all tainted appur- 

 tenances. Foul brood has become so prev- 

 alent, and is so fatal in its effects, that the 

 Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association deemed 

 it necessary to seek Legislative interfer- 

 ence to stamp it out. Hence the passage of 

 the law in regard to the matter. 



3. There is a great difference of opinion 

 among bee keepers as to the efficacy of 

 salicylic acid and other remedies for foul 

 brood. In some cases, the treatment re- 

 ferred to is reported to be successful ; in 

 others it fails. Much depends on the viru- 

 lence of the disease. 



Not a few excellent bee-keepers believe 

 that by far the better plan when once foul 

 disease has got a foothold in an apiaiy is, 

 to cremate all the hives and tainted fix- 

 tures, and make a new start with healthy 

 bees. 



Si»'ealy Horses are peculiarly ob- 

 noxious to bees, and yet many will 

 thoughtlessly expose themselves to danger 

 by driving or stopping near hives of bees 

 when the horses are hot. The accident at 

 the farm of Henry Anglemiller, near 

 Mercersburg, Pa., by which AnglemOIer's 

 daughter, Mrs. George Miller, had both of 

 her feet cut off, was most distressing. 



Mr. Anglemiller was just starting to mow 

 a field of grass which adjoined his house. 

 In making the first cut around the field, he 

 thoughtlessly stopped just alongside of a 

 shed which contained more than a dozen 

 hives of bees. The perspiration on the 

 horses attracted the bees, and they left 

 their hives and swarmed on the man and 

 the horses, covering them in black masses. 

 Mr. Anglemiller shouted for help, and his 

 daughter came running out of the house. 



She threw her dress over her head to 

 protect herself from the bees, ran right in 

 front of the machine, and stooped down to 

 loosen the traces from the mower, and lib- 

 erate the horses. As she did so, the mad- 

 dened horses sprung forward and cut both 

 of her feet off exactly at the ankle joint. 

 They each hung by a small piece of skin, 

 ami double amputation was made by the 

 physicians. 



She rallied from the shock, and it is 

 thought she will recover. She is about 30 

 years old, and has four children, the 

 youngest only four months old. 



Her father is now in a very serious con- 

 dition from the bees' stings. His face and 

 arms were covered with the stings so that 

 they had to be combed out with a fine-tooth 

 comb. The horses will likely die. 



