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Queeu bees are sometimes injured in 

 tlio mails. I remember receiving two 

 thus injured, one proved to be a drone 

 layer, the other laid eggs sparingly and 

 was superseded after a little time. I am 

 of the opinion this latter queen would 

 have been just as good for breeding 

 (lueens from as though she had come 

 through the mails uninjured. A friend 

 and neighbor of mine does not agree 

 with me. He wants a number of us here to 

 go in partnership, send a man to some 

 good queen-breeder, procure the queens 

 and bring them to each of us in person, 

 thus avoiding any possible injury to the 

 queens. The project did not strike me 

 very favorably. I have noticed this in my 

 experience with bees : Before queens 

 are superseded they generally fail in their 

 egg-producing powers. They may even 

 be without a leg or a wing, yet the young 

 queen that takes her place, although 

 originating from a defective mother, gen- 

 erally turns out to be a good queen. 

 Injuries of queens resulting from acci- 

 dents are transmitted to offspring no more 

 than dehorned cows will produce hornless 

 calves. I would like to hear from others 

 whether they consider it safe to breed 

 from queens that have come by mail. 

 Naples, Jan. 39, 1901. 



[While Mr. Greiner in his first para- 

 graph distinctly says he does not recom- 

 mend mixing honey for the trade — and 

 those who know him need no such 

 assurance— his remarks in general border 

 dangerously upon a fraudulent practice 

 which we believe finds no quarter among 

 producers. There is no one thing to-day 

 which conspires with equal force against 

 the financial success of the honey produ- 

 cer. The very semblance of adulteration 

 should l)e avoided. The practice of feed- 

 ing sugar syrup for winter stores is not 

 without evil effect iii)oii our business. It 

 is the moral right of any one to mix and 

 pirtake of any mixture which his palate 

 or economy "may suggest ; but we arc 

 sure that Mr. (Jrcuner woiild have our 

 vounger readers know that he is now and 

 'always emphatically •■down" on adul- 

 teration. The future success of bee- 

 k«'ei>iug is more dependent upon our 

 ability to wipe out adulteration, than 

 upon auv other one condition. — Ei>.] 



POISONING BEES BY SPRAYING. 



BY M. F. KEEVK. 



THE subject of the poisoning of bees 

 by spraying with the arsenites was 

 again discussed at a recent meet- 

 ing of the Philadelphia Bee-keepers' 

 Association and a committee was ap- . 

 pointed to bring the action of the Soci- 

 ety at its summer meeting to the notice 

 of the different agricultural and horti- 

 cultural associations of Pennsylvania. 

 Delaware and New Jersey. 



The previous action spoken of was the 

 adoption of a resolution that, in view of 

 the destruction wrought among the bees 

 by having gathered poison sprayed upon 

 fruit blossoms by fruit growers ignorant 

 of, or indifferent to, the benefits derived 

 from bees on the fertilization of such 

 blossoms, the Association strongh 

 condemned such practice by fruit grow- 

 ers and advised that spraying be done 

 at the proper time, that is, before and 

 after the trees are in blossom. 



The Association also discussed foul 

 brood and the possibility of its intro- 

 duction into this vicinity. Intending 

 buyers of combs, queens and bees were 

 advised to find out the condition ot the 

 selling apiaries. It was pointed out 

 that a possible source of the disease was 

 in wax brought from Cuba, to be used 

 in fabricating comb foundation, the 

 heating necessary for manipulation not 

 being considered sufficient to kill the 

 germs. Three hours at boiling point 

 (213 degrees) had been found to be neces- 

 sary. Vice-president Flower said he 

 would not feel store or purchased 

 honey if it were given to him. 



The movement for the formation of a 

 Pennsylvania State Bee-keepers" Associ- 

 ation moves along slowly. 

 Kutledge. Pa.. Dec. 33. 1!»00. 



\V. M. (ierrish. East Nottingham. N. 

 11.. keeps a complete supply uf our 

 goods, and eastern customers will save 

 freight by ordering of him. 



The W. T. Faixoxkk Mfg. Co. 



