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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 26, 1906 



is present or not. In Ohio there is no compulsion to appoint 

 an inspector until the disease is actually proven to be pres- 

 ent. Even when the disease is actually present in a number 

 of apiaries, it may not be an easy thing to get three per- 

 sons to testify to its presence. A man may have an apiary 

 rotten with foul brood, and a neighboring bee-keeper may 

 be morally certain of the fact, but he is helpless. The 

 owner of the diseased colonies forbids an examination, and 

 how can any three persons testify to disease where no col- 

 ony is examined ? No inspector can help in the case, for no 

 inspector can be appointed until three persons shall testify 

 to the presence of a disease of which they are not allowed 

 to have any positive proof, even if there were three persons 

 competent to diagnose. It may be, however, that in some 

 way the law provides for the contingency. 



Referring to this same subject, comes the following 

 from Mr. Henry Reddert, Secretary of the Southwestern 

 Ohio and Hamilton County Bee-Keepers' Association : 



Editor York : — This Association has made every effort since the 

 new Legislature met to make the Ohio Foul Brood Law mandatory, 

 which finally ended in a grand success, due to the hard work of the 

 Committee on Law of this society, consisting of Messrs. John H. 

 Kroeger, John Sommers, John Hoffman, Jr., J. G. Creighton, and C. 

 H. W. Weber, all practical bee-keepers of Hamilton county. 



The Hon. Thomas Hunt, Senator of Hamilton county, presented 

 the Bill in the Senate, and it is due to this gentleman, who took a deep 

 interest in its passage, that it passed the House of Representatives. 



Mr. Henry T. Hunt, a brother of the Senator, and Mr. Eugene 

 Adler, both Representatives of Hamilton Co., in conjunction with 

 their colleagues, deserve all credit this Association can give them for 

 their moral support. 



Attorney G. R Werner, an honorable member of this Association, 

 revised the Bill in its present form, and bent every effort to call the 

 attention of the Ohio lawmakers to the necessity of its passage. 

 Though not a practical bee-keeper, Mr. Werner takes a deep interest 

 in everything pertaining to the welfare of the honey-bee. In fact, the 

 day may come when he will find sufficient time to spare from his legal 

 duties to keep several colonies to make a thorough study of the won- 

 derful doings of Nature. This is the opiDion of his well wishers. 



Now that the law is passed by both Houses, this society being a 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, urges every County in Ohio to organ- 

 ize a bee-keepers' 6oeiety, for the promotion of fraternity among all 

 men and women who keep bee6. 



The Ohio Foul Brood Law does not pertain to this dreaded disease 

 only, but to other diseases of the honey-bee also. Further, it provides 

 for an appointment of an inspector for these diseases in every county 

 where bees are kept, whose duty it is to see that all bees are kept in 

 movable-comb hives, which is a great stride toward the improvement 

 of the honey-bee in every particular. Henri Reddert, Sec. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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Notes from the National.— General Manager France 

 has received 173 new members for the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association since the Annual Report for 1905 was published. 

 If there is a reader of the American Bee Journal who is not 

 yet a member, he should send his dollar at once for a year's 

 dues. If sent to this office we will be pleased to forward it, 

 and the receipt will be mailed by Mr. France. 



Recently Mr. France visited an apiary in Wisconsin 

 with honey harvests as follows : 6500 pounds in 1902 ; 4000 

 in 1903 ; 400 in 1904 ; and in 1905 only 110 pounds, and all 

 the bees died before cold weather in the fall. This is the 

 experience of a bee-keeper who has had bees 30 years. Foul 

 brood destroyed his bees. One of Mr. France's neigh oors 

 ikilled 100 colonies last fall rather than try to winter them. 



In general, bees have wintered well in Wisconsin, and 

 honey-plants look all right, with no old honey in the mar- 

 ket. This ought to give the bee-keepers of that State a 

 great advantage for their next crop of honey. We hope it 

 may be a large one, and bring good prices. 



Mr. John Doll and Sons, with several interior views 

 of their factory, appear on the first page. While this bee- 

 supply manufacturing concern has not been in existence 

 many years, it has come to the front very rapidly. It is a 

 case of "the whole family in the business" — away that 

 thrifty Germans have of compelling success. 



Besides the five sons mentioned there are two daugh- 

 ters that work in the factory, and still two more daughters 

 at home "which are not on the pay-roll, but are working 



for the interest of the concern just the same," so writes one 

 of the sons. It seems to be a sort of ' ■ Roosevelt Family " — 

 a regular " baseball nine " besides the father and mother, 

 who, no doubt, unite in " umpiring " the " business game." 



Mr. John Doll, the father, and senior member of the 

 firm, has been a resident of Minneapolis for many years, is 

 well known, and a thorough mechanic. He represents the 

 money interest in the concern. 



P. J. Doll, one of the younger members of the firm, is 

 thoroughly familiar with wood-working in all its branches, 

 having been employed in this line for many years previous 

 to going into the bee-supply business. He has made a thor- 

 ough study of bee-supples, and is the life and soul of the 

 concern, having charge of the entire factory as well as the 

 sales-end of the same. 



Bernard Doll is a thorough workman, carefully trained 

 and familiar with every detail that goes to make a good 

 hive. As manager of the hive department, he has made 

 good progress in efficiency and better service. 



The section department is in charge of Servas Doll, who 

 is an active member of the firm, and a capable and wide- 

 awake young man, full of push and energy, and quick to 

 see any chance for improvement. 



H. J. Doll is one of the younger members of the family 

 and firm, and has charge of the office, book-keeping and 

 correspondence department. 



Matt Doll has charge of the packing and shipping de- 

 partment, which has to do with railroad and express rates, 

 shipping points, localities, etc. He is an expert in all this. 



John Doll & Son are among our regular advertisers, and 

 are endeavoring to build up an honorable and substantial 

 bee-supply business, as we believe are all our other adver- 

 tising patrons. We wish all of them as large a measure of 

 success as they merit. And such is our desire for all our 

 readers. The bee-business, from start to finish (including 

 bee-paper publishing), is a co-operative effort — each depart- 

 ment needs the help of all other departments in order to 

 achieve the largest success. And so we must all rise or 

 fall together. We bee-brethren should indeed be able 

 always to say, as did the prophet of old, " We be brethren." 



Mr. Allen Latham, President of the Connecticut Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, sends us the following : 



Bees in Spring 



When March his blustering days gives to the past : 



And April's showers bid the month of May, 



" Come greet the sun with colors bright and gay !" 



And buds on tree and bush do grow so fast 



That all do burst, and eyes about them cast, 



And green with envy grow, when, by a day, 



The race is won by other buds than they. 



Then wakes the little bee from winter's fast 



To breezy life. And I by hive take seat 



And watch the busy workers go to field. 



Red maples' bloom gives this one honey sweet, 



While willow catkins yellow pollen yield 



To that, whose load so large doth hurt her flight. 



Yet all eome out, go in, with all their might. 



Allen Latham. 



S. D. Chapman, of Mancelona, Mich., wrote April 17, 

 that bees in Northern Michigan have wintered in good con- 

 dition ; but that there would be no pollen for a week yet. 



The Wood Binder.— Finally we have all orders filled, 

 and have on hand a good supply, so that hereafter we can 

 mail them promptly. Price, postpaid, 20 cents, or with the 

 American Bee Journal one year — both for $1.10. Here is 

 what Dr. Miller says of our Wood Binder for holding a 

 year's numbers (52) of the American Bee Journal : 



Mr. Editor: — Seeing your recommendation of the "Wood 

 Binder," I desire to have my say. In the course of the years I tried 

 different ready-made binders, as also two or three plans of binding of 

 my own devising. I liked the latter better than any of the patent 

 arrangements, but that might be partly attributed to the fact that one 

 is likely to be partial to anything of one's " own git-up." However, 

 that may be. since I have had the " Wood Binders" — I wonder how 

 many years that is — I've gone back on " my own git-up," and have no 

 hankering for anything better than the " Wood Binder." I count you 

 are doing a favor to your subscribers to recommend its use to them. 



C. C. Miller. 



Amerikanische Bienenzucht, by Hans Buschbauer, is 

 a bee-keeper's hand-book of 138 pages, which is just what 

 our German friends will want. It is fully illustrated, and 

 neatly bound in cloth. Price, postpaid, $1.00; or with the 

 American Bee Journal one year — both for $1.75. Address 

 all orders to this office. 



