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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 4, 1905 



and address of the inspector at the bottom, which can be printed, or 

 may be signed in each case: 



No. 



Wisconsin State Inspector of Apiaries 



Date. 



I have this day inspected the apiary of- 



Last winter. 



190 —Honey... 



Mr 



P. 



No. of colonies in apiary 



I In cellar Loss. 



j Outside Loss. 



j Lbs. Comb 



I Lbs. Extracted 



No. of colonies apparently healthy 



No. colonies diseased 



Name of disease 



Date bees to be treated 



No. colonies or hives to be burned 



Subscriber for 



Remarlis 



No Adulterated Comb Foundation, and Why 



Referring to the charge by Dr. Wiley that Comb foundation is 

 adulterated, Gleanings in Bee Culture says: 



At first we thought we would pay no attention to it, as we did not 

 think there wae one bee-keeper in ten thousand who would believe it; 

 but as two of our brother editors have denied that such practice has 

 been going on on the part of foundation makers, it now seems pertinent 

 for us to say that, out of between 300,000 and 400,000 pounds of foun- 

 dation made annually in the United States, we will guarantee there is 

 scarcely a pound of it adulterated. I say scarcely, because foundation 

 makers are buying wax from everywhere, and they might, in spite of 

 their careful inspection, allow a single cake of adulterated wax to get 

 in with the good, with the result that a single sample might show a 

 very slight adulteration. The makers of foundation in this country 

 know that, if they wish to ruin their business, and that right speedily, 

 the quickest and easiest way to do it would be to begin to adulterate 

 their goods. Paraffin and ceresin foundation are something that can 

 be detected by bees and bee-keepers almost instanter. Again, the 

 modern methods of making foundation will show up adulteration in 

 the wax very quickly. Indeed, it is practically impossible to make 

 adulterated foundation on Weed machinery. The reason why we 

 know is because we once tried making some sheets of wax and paraffin 

 for the dental trade that called for it, and had to give it up as a bad job. 



Don't Leave Wax Unwatched on the Stove 



Especially to beginners is commended the following by J. A. 

 Green, in Gleanings in Bee Culture: 



When melting beeswax on a stove, especially if there is any water 

 in the vessel in which it is being melted, do not go away and leave it 

 for even a minute. If you must go away, set the wax off the fire until 

 you get back. The fire may be hotter than you think, or something 

 may make you stay away longer than you expected to. A pan of wax 

 boiling over on a hot stove may make a serious blaze. Last year neg- 

 lect of this precaution cost one bee-keeper in this valley, his dwelling- 

 house, and another a good honey-house with contents, including about 

 a ton of honey. 



ITItscellaneous 

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Freight-Rate on Jacketed Honey-Cans.— From a letter 

 dated April 20, received from General Manager France of the National 

 Association, we take the following : 



Friknd York:— Yesterday, while in Chicago, I secured a fourth- 

 class freight-rating on my Sgallon jacketed honey-cans. This applies 

 to all railroads in the Western Freight Classification. The cans are 

 bail-handled, flat top, entire can enclosed, and with a 3-inch screw cap 

 underneath. I feel this is another victory for bee-keepers. Now add 



the help of The Honey-Producers' League, and certainly bee-keepers 

 should be better able to market honey. 



I also saw a nice tin shipping-case for comb honey that is no-drip, 

 and when empty will be nice to use in the pantry for holding bakings, 

 etc., as no ants, dust, or other foreign material, can get inside. 



In connection with the League's help to bee-keepers, I am plan- 

 ning some showy honey-labels for the National members at cost. 

 They are in three colors, and much like some showy syrup-labels. Mar- 

 keting is the cry now, and it looks as if the Association and the 

 League will solve that. 



The National has just secured another city ordinance victory in 

 Toledo, Ohio. Yours truly, N. E. France. 



The Honey-Producers' League Incorporated. — Only a 

 little over a month after the League was organized the final incorpora- 

 tion papers were received by the Manager from the Secretary of the 

 State of Illinois, Jas. A. Rose. The date of organization was March 

 15— date of incorporation, April 21, 1905. 



Mr. N. E. France, who had been selected as a member of the 

 Executive Board, decided that he had- already "too many irons in the 

 fire," and so could not serve. In order that the incorporation might 

 be completed as soon as possible, the remaining members of the 

 Board selected, in place of Mr. France, Mr. Robt. A. Holekamp, of 

 Missouri, who did so much toward getting the Foul Brood Bill passed 

 in that State recently. 



The Fourth Annual Report of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association is now ready for mailing. Any one can have a copy 

 of it by sending 15 cents in stamps to Jas. A. Stone, Rt. 4, Springfield, 

 111., the Secretary of the Association. Besides considerable other in- 

 teresting matter, it contains a report of the last Illinois State conven- 

 tion, also a full report of the meeting of the Chicago-Northwestern 

 Association last fall, and a number of pages on " Foul Brood and 

 Other Diseases of Bees," by N. E. France, Wisconsin's popular foul- 

 brood inspector. The Report contains 192 pages. 



A Tariff on Cuban Honey. — The Southwestern Ohio and 

 Hamilton County Bee-Keepers' Association, through its Secretary, 

 Henry Reddert, sends us the following on the tarifif on Cuban honey : 



The recent agitation of the increase of tariff on Cuban comb honey 

 is quite spirited, judging by the favorable replies this Association has 

 received. 



We learn from a responsible source that all foreign honey is taxed 

 by this Government 20 cents per gallon, at 12 pounds to the gallon, no 

 distinction made as to comb honey ; but on all honey coming from 

 Cuba a rebate is allowed of 20 percent off the tariff amount, leaving 

 the tariff rate on Cuban honey 16 cents per gallon. All honey-pro- 

 ducers know it requires more honey to produce comb honey than it 

 does to produce extracted honey, hence comb honey is rated too low. 



At the time the tariff rate on honey was fixed no doubt there was 

 little if any comb honey on the market, hence the single rate. We 

 understand i I. is rumored that a revision of the tariff is to be under- 

 taken at the next session of Congress ; if so, then will be the time to 

 bring a proper Bill regulating the tariff as to each kind of honey, 

 comb and extracted. 



Mr. Sereno F. Payne, the chairman of the "Ways and Means 

 Committee," we judge, is the man to whom this Bill should be pre- 

 sented ; however, this is only a suggestion. If the Executiye Commit- 

 tee of the National Bee-Keepers' Association knows of a better way to 

 bring it before Congress, it is their liberty to do so, but we must not 

 delay it, as we have but a limited time before the next session of Con- 

 gress in which to do this work. 



We suppose it would be a good idea to discuss this question at the 

 next convention of the National Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 Very respectfully, 



S. W. Ohio and Hamilton Co. Bee-Kbepers' Association. 



Per Henrt Reddert, Hec. 



We think the suggestion a good one, that this subject be consid- 

 ered at the next meeting of the National, in San Antonio. Perhaps 

 Secretary Hutchinson will request some one to be prepared to intro- 

 duce it for discussion. 



The A. I. Root Co. — It was our privilege to visit The A. I. 

 Root Co., at Medina, Ohio, the latter part of March, for about 6 hours. 

 But that was too short a time to take in all there is to be seen. It had 

 been about 10 years since last we visited them, and we were astounded 

 to see what a wonderful transformation and development had taken 

 place during the decade. 



Mr. A. I. Root began, some 40 years ago, in a little room above a 

 jewelry store with a one-foot-power buzz-saw, but that small begin- 

 ning has expanded into a big plant that covers acres and acres of 

 ground. Massive brick buildings and warehouses 2 and 3 stories high, 

 protected by the latest fire-apparatus, peopled with skilled workmen, 

 and supplied with the latest automatic machinery, mammoth lumber 

 yards — all are in evidence over the grounds. A 400-horse-power steam- 

 plant, a 100- horse-power electric plant, a water- works plant, an organ- 



