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those present were inclined to re- 

 giu'd bee-piiralysis as a result of 

 poison o-athered from the bloom or 

 foliag'e of fruit trees during the 

 spraying season. Uptni this point 

 there is no room for question. Not 

 only are the symptoms of poisoning 

 and paralysis entirely dissimilar, 

 bvit it is a fact that paralysis makrs 

 its appearance with great regu- 

 larity in certain primitive countries, 

 quite remote from cultivated dis- 

 tricts. Messrs. Hall and Arm- 

 strong stated that in their experi- 

 ence a removal of the queen had 

 resulted in a cure of the disease — 

 paralysis. Repeated trials of this 

 treatment in our own apiaries lead 

 to the conclusion that the same dis- 

 appearance of the trouble would 

 have taken place in the same space 

 of time had the queens not been re- 

 moved. It would have ceased only 

 to reappear the following season, 

 as stated by Mr. Hall. A light 

 sprinkling of sulphur overall bees 

 and both sides of the combs was 

 found by Mr. O. O. Poppleton, of 

 Florida, to effect a cure. We gave 

 this treatment a very thorough test 

 some years ago, and found that all 

 affected bees would almost imme- 

 diately die and no further signs 

 would appear. The plan proved to 

 be impracticable, however, as combs 

 thus treated would never be used 

 for breeding purposes again by the 

 Cjueen. 



APIARIAN EXHIBIT AT THE PAN- 

 AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 



Mr. Frank A. Converse, superin- 

 tendent the live stock and agricul- 

 tural and dairy products of the 

 Pan -.American Exposition was 

 present at the convention of the 

 National Bee-heepers" Association 

 in Chicago, and addressed the meet- 

 ing in regard to apicultural ex- 

 hibits. Mr. Converse very earnestly 

 expressed the desire that the bee- 



keepers of the United States should 

 make a display befitting so impor- 

 tant an industry ; and pledged his 

 hearty co-operation in carrying 

 into effect the bee-keepers" plans in 

 this direction. It is now the plan 

 of the management of the exposi- 

 tion to have this apiarian display 

 representative from States. That 

 is, if an individual from California 

 or New York makes an entry, his 

 exhibit will be placed in and become 

 a part of the State exhibit from 

 which the produce comes--California 

 or New Pork. 



The apiarian exhibit is to be 

 placed in the main agricultural 

 building, where it will be seen by 

 every one. Not all are interested 

 in bees while every visitor to the 

 exposition will visit the agricul- 

 tural building, and, as Mr. Converse 

 says, they will be obliged to see the 

 display whether they ai'e especially 

 interested in it or not. 



WHO SHALL FIX THE PRICE? 



The Bee-keepers' Review discusses 

 the question of disposing of the 

 honey crop, giving several columns 

 of good advice to shippers. When 

 shipping on commission, Editor 

 Hutchinson emphasizes the impor- 

 tance of selecting a firm known to 

 be reliable. When we have decided 

 to entrust our product to some re- 

 sponsible firm, Mr. Hutchinson 

 thinks, the matter of price etc., 

 should be left to the discretion of 

 said firm. His idea is that if we 

 have not confidence in the firm's 

 honesty and ability to do the best 

 possible for us, we should not ship 

 there; and if we have this confi- 

 dence, we should not hamper our 

 agent by restricting him. In other 

 words, we should likely fare better 

 by taking advantage of his experi- 

 ence in the business and the 

 knowledge of conditions, which 

 conies to him as a result of his con- 



