1902 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



223 



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 Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year 

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season. 



riBI,ISHEl) MONTHLY BY 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. Co. 



H. E. HILL, - EDITOR. 



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An index to the twelfth volume is 

 herewith presented. A perusal of the 

 list of subjects treated during the past 

 vear will be found of interest. 



Owing to the space occupied in this 

 issue by the index and other material 

 which was crowded out last month, the 

 Spanish department does not appear. 



Next month we hope to show a 

 group of portraits of the gentlemen 

 comprising The Bee-Keeper's staff of 

 writers for 1903. No bee-paper in the 

 United States will be more ably sup- 

 ported in this line. 



Messrs. Beniamin Parks, Stuart, Fla.; 

 C. S. Harris, Holly Hill, Fla., and J. B. 

 Case, Port Orange, Fla., are three 

 progressive and prosperous apiarists of 

 the "Land of Flowers" who have re- 

 cently honored the editorial sanctum of 

 the Bee-Keeper with their presence. 

 We enjoy these calls from our readers, 

 immenselv. 



It appears that a very determined ef- 

 fort is being made by a few Dublin 

 business houses to dominate the afifairs 

 of the Irish Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 while the majority of the membershio 

 object as strongly in allowing the or- 

 ganization to become subservient to 

 trade interests. Selfishness has no 

 business within the paling of fraternal- 

 ism. 



Le Rucher Beige, for November, 

 which comes to hand as we are making 

 up the forms for this edition of The 

 Bee-Keeper. discusses at length a recent 

 discovery of Professor Lambotte, of the 

 University of Liege, wherein it is claim- 

 ed that the foul brood microbe. Bacil- 

 lus alvei, and the common Bacillus 

 mesentericus, are identical. Editor 

 Wathelet is very enthusiastic over the 

 discovery; and, indeed, if the professor's 

 findings are as reported, some very im- 

 portant developments may be looked 

 for in the near future. 



Shaking bees from the combs of a 

 colony liable to cast a swarm and 

 thus produce an artificial swarm in- 

 stead is a plan that has largely en- 

 grossed the attention of some of the 

 bee journals of late. The main point 

 at issue now seems to be whether such 

 divisions shall be designated as "shook 

 swarms." "shaken swarms," "brushed 

 swarms'' or "forced swarms." It's an 

 important matter in which The Bee- 

 Keeper has not meddled, but with a 

 view to its earlier settlement, we beg 



