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Inspector, but, if the Bee-Keeper 

 thinks that $4.00 a day is too much pay 

 for the services of a competent man, 

 (perhaps it doesn't) then I must beg" to 

 differ. During" the time when foul 

 brood can be treated, a bee-keeper's 

 time is worth that much in his apiary 

 — in fact, he can easily lose many times 

 that amount per da^' by neglecting" his 

 bees to look after foul brood. Both Mr. 

 France and Mr. McEvoy have told me 

 that it would have been money in their 

 pockets if some other competent men 

 had had their jobs, while they had 

 stayed at home and looked after their 

 bees. If some ward politician who 

 does not know a bee from a mud wasp 

 is to be appointed, then $4.00 a day, or 

 any sum, for that matter, is too much, 

 but, for a competent man, one capable 

 of handling" both the disease and the 

 bee-keepers, one who can practically 

 rid the State of the disease, $4.00 a 

 day is none too much. There are 

 many more pleasant occupiitions in 

 which the pay is much larg^er. The 

 appointment of an Inspector should be 

 taken entirely out of the field of poli- 

 tics. In our State, the Inspector is ap- 

 pointed upon the recommendation of 

 the State bee-keepers' association The 

 leadings bee-keepers of the State, those 

 interested enough to belong^ to the State 

 association, well-know who in their 

 State is the most competent man for the 

 position of Inspector, and it is in their 

 power to have him appointed if he will 

 accept the office. 



And when a competent man is ap- 

 pointed, he must be g"iven power to de- 

 stroj' bees, hives and combs when he 

 finds it necessary. An inspector with- 

 out such powers would be of no earthly 

 good. It is only when clothed with 

 such authority that he can accomplish 

 anything. Inspectors are given author- 

 ity to destroy herds of cattle when 

 found diseased with tuberculosis, other- 

 wise, no good could be accomplished, 

 and an Inspector of apiaries must have 

 similar powers, or he is of no use. 



The Holtermann Queen Cell Detector. 



It is well-known that bees verj' sel- 

 dom build their queen cells upon the 

 side of a smooth, perfect comb. Such 

 cells usually' appear upon the edges, 

 bottom, or other irregularity of the 

 combs; and Mr. R. F. Holtermann has 

 taken advantage of this fact to secure 

 the building of the cells in such a 

 place that they may, by means of an 

 opening in the hive, be easil3' and 

 quickly seen. He cuts out a portion of 

 the lower, back corner of one of the 

 central combs, and puts in a feeder 

 that may be filled from an opening in 

 the back of the hive. When the season 

 for stimulative feeding has passed — 

 but I will let friend Holtermann tell 

 his own story, copying it from the 

 Canadian Bee Journal. Here is what 

 he says: — 



HOLTERMANN gELL DETECTOR — OUT- 

 SIDE VIEW. 



When the season for stimulative feed- 

 ing is passed we soon reach the swarm- 

 ing period. The expert is now busy, 

 and wants short cuts to do his work, 

 and to be saved the need of removing 

 covers, heavy supers, queen-excluders 

 and frames to look for queen-cells. 

 The feeder is now removed, a wedge- 

 shaped piece of wood put into the cor- 

 ner from which the feeder has been re- 

 moved, the long side of the right angle 

 lies on the floor-bottom and the shorter 

 side just reaches the opening in the 

 hive end. Through the opening is in- 

 serted a straight piece of wood, the 

 height corresponding with the width 



