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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



of the summer sun can be very 

 well got in by the doors and 

 windows but only tlioroughly good 

 walls will keep tliat heat in during 

 the cold nights of late summer and 

 early autumn. So even if no stove 

 is to be used I should have good 

 thick walls ; but if a stove is ever 

 to be used for heating purposes I 

 should certainly want them to keep 

 the heat in. On this point see my 

 article on page 196, August num- 

 ber, current volume of Apicultur- 

 iST. Lapeer, Mich. 



MR. CO WAN'S VISIT TO 

 AMERICA. 



Dear Mr. Editor : 



We have been honored b}'' a most 

 pleasant visit from Mr. and Mrs. 

 Th. AY. Cowan. I cannot express 

 the pleasure and profit I have de- 

 rived from Mr. Cowan's stay with 

 us. I have long known of Mr. 

 Cowan and appreciated very highly 

 his ability and learning. Here- 

 after, there will be coupled with 

 these as great an admiration for him 

 as a man. Our entire family, even 

 the children, have found every min- 

 ute of Mr. and Mrs. Cowan's stay 

 with us, a delight. There was 

 only one unpleasant feature, the 

 week was so short. 



Mr. Cowan is not only one of 

 the best — I think the best, living 

 authority on bee literature and the 

 bee industry, but he is at the same 

 time an expert microscopist, and a 

 very fine botanist. Add to these 

 the entire absence of ostentation, 

 and you describe Mr. Cowan. His 

 visit is certainly a red letter day 

 in American apiculture. How for- 

 tunate it is that one of the best 

 and most influential bee journals 

 in the world has so wise, so com- 

 petent, and so courteous and gen- 

 tlemanly a man for its editor ! 

 A.J. Cook. 



[We hope Mr. Cowan will not consider the 

 above a sanu'le of Americau taffy.— Ed. J 



FOUL BROOD. 



The British Bee Journal oi Sept. 

 8 contains several articles upon foul 

 brood. The editor, in commenting 

 on those articles, says : 



"Now, so far as our knowledge at 

 present extends, / e., according to 

 our present light, stamping out by re- 

 ducing to ashes every contaminated 

 hive, comb, or other article, and de- 

 struction of the diseased bee^, would 

 seem to be the only safe plan of deal- 

 ing with this dire pest, which is al- 

 ready decimating our apiaries, and 

 bids fair, if strenuous means are not 

 adopted, to stamp out English apicul- 

 ture itself at no very distant date. 

 Has Mr. Cheshire no word of com- 

 fort for us ? Why is he silent so long ? 

 In our opinion the fell disease will 

 never be conquered by change of 

 queens, phenol, salicylic acid, nor by 

 any other known remedy. Our ad- 

 vice would therefore be ' Stamp it 

 out, as the Rinderpest of apiculture.' 



We recommend the perusal of an 

 article on this subject entitled ' The 

 Creatures we Breathe,' by Dr. Percy 

 Frankland, published in the August 

 number of the 'iV/VW<f^«/'/i Century.' " 



[The above meets our views exactly 

 and is just what we have advised tor 

 twenty years past. It is the only 

 way to treat such a disease if it is to 

 be annihilated. Don't hesitate one 

 moment to apply the fire.] 



Union Convention at Chicago. 



— The North American Beekeepers' 

 Society and the Northwestern Bee- 

 keepers' Society will meet in joint 

 convention at the Commercial hotel, 

 cor. Lake and Dearborn streets, in 

 Chicago, 111., on Wednesday, Thurs- 

 day and Friday, Nov. i6, 17 and 18, 

 1887. Arrangements have been 

 made with the hotel, for back room, 

 one bed, two persons, ^1.75 per day, 

 each ; front room, $2.00 per day 

 each person. This date occurs dur- 

 ing the second week of the fat stock 

 show, when excursion rates will be 

 very low. 



