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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



dredths of it is lost, to the great disap- 

 pointment of the planter. But let a 

 colony of bees be put near the orchard 

 or fruit garden, and the busy little 

 workers will, while extracting honey 

 from the blossoms, cover their feet and 

 legs with- pollen, and when they go to 

 the next blossom in search of its hidden 

 treasures, leave it clinging to the deli- 

 cate organs, and its influence will be 

 seen in the -large crops of fruit. 



It will, therefore, be readily seen that 

 the apiary is a valuable addition to the 

 plant of the horticulturist, not only for 

 the honey it may yield, but as a means 

 of increasing the yield and quality of 

 his fruit (imperfect fertilization often 

 causes imperfect fruit), and therefore 

 increases his profits. 



On the other hand, the orchard, vine- 

 yard and garden afford excellent pastur- 

 age during several weeks in the Spring ; 

 and during the entire season, from the 

 first-ripening strawberries to that of 

 cherries, plums, peaches, grapes, pears, 

 and apples; they also gather up the 

 exuding juices from those that have 

 been punctured by birds, grasshoppers 

 and other insects. 



" O ! yes," says the man ever ready to 

 jump at conclusions, " I have seen them 

 puncturing and sucking the juices from 

 my grapes, peaches and plums, and 

 sometimes even the apples, and I think 

 they do great injury." 



Half the world go through life with 

 their eyes shut ; at least, without mak- 

 ing any careful investigations, and these 

 heedless people, when they see the bees 

 gathering up thts wasting sweetness, 

 thoughtlessly conclude that they have 

 punctured the fruit to get the juice, 

 while every entomologist and horticul- 

 turist knows that they never injure 

 perfect fruit. 



It is therefore evident that these two 

 industries are very nearly related, and 

 that every horticulturist should be a 

 bee-keeper, and to a certain extent 

 every bee-keeper should be a horticul- 

 turist. 



There is, in some minds, an idea that 

 spraying trees and plants to destroy 

 insects, is necessarily a blow at the life 

 of the bee, as well as dangerous to 

 human life and health. If done while 

 trees are in bloom, I think there is no 

 question as to the existence of this dan- 

 ger. But entomologists and horticul- 

 turists who have made careful expcri- 

 in<!nts,and watched tiic effect of arsenical 

 s])rays on fruit bloom, and leaf, are 

 unanimously of the opinion that it is 

 worse than useless to spray until the 

 bloom has fallen, and the young fruit is 



as large as peas. It is about this time 

 that the eggs of the codling moth are 

 laid and hatched, and the minute parti- 

 cles of poison deposited in the calyx are 

 eaten by the young larvse, and its days 

 of mischief are suddenly brought to a 

 close. 



If horticulturists and apiculturists 

 would attend each others' conventions, 

 and discuss these questions of mutual 

 interest, it would be fcmmd to be very 

 profitable to both ; it is a great satisfac- 

 tion to know that they are becoming 

 better acquainted, and beginning to see 

 that there is no antagonism between 

 their interests. „ A. C. Hammond. 



The following resolution, offered by 

 Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, was adopted : 



Resolved, That each member of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 be transformed into an Information 

 Bureau, with the object of giving the 

 Secretary such information as would 

 enhance the interests of the pursuit, and 

 make the first report a model, and of 

 incalculable benefit to the public. 



Adjourned sine die. 



James A. Stone, Sec. 



P. S. — Any bee-keepei's wishing to 

 have their names go into the first report 

 of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 tion as members of the same, must send 

 in their names (and $1.00) within the 

 next 30 days to the Secretary. Other 

 bee-papers are requested to copy this 

 report. Jas. A. Stone. 



Bradfordton, Ills. 



CMUei BrooJ aiiJ Foiil-Brooi. 



C. .T. KOBINSON. 



Dr. C. C. Miller says that " chilled 

 brood never made foul-brood," and asks : 

 "Does anyone really believe that it ever 

 did ? Do they not rather hold this view ? 

 The spores of foul-brood are so plentiful 

 that they are floating around every- 

 where, and a lot of chilled brood is just 

 the right soil for them to take root in, 

 just as white clover seems to come up of 

 itself." 



Dr. Miller's assertion that chilled 

 brood never made foul-brood is one of 

 the things he "don't know." If he 

 knows that chilled brood is the right soil 

 for foul-brood spores to take root in, lie 

 ought to know that chilled foul-brood 

 has, in fact, made foul-brood — has 

 spread it. 



Readers are not competent — not wise 



