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1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



W. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY B J 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG CO. 



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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, 

 Falconer, N. Y. 



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EDITORIAL. 



A movement is on foot among some 

 of the prominent bee keepers of this 

 State to prevent the spra3ung of fruit 

 trees vehile in blossom, by State legis- 

 lation. It is to be hoped that success 

 will attend their efforts and that a 

 proper bill will be passed this winter. 



The indiscriminate spraying of fruit 

 trees while in blossom is entirely un- 

 necessary, and is practiced largely by 

 those who make spraying a business. 

 Of course they do not care when the 

 spraying is done as long as they can 

 have the job of doing it at so much a 

 day. Some time it is practiced at 

 that time also by those who have to 

 borrow a spraying outfit and can only 



be done so then. The practice, whicBf ^ 

 is very detrimental to bee. kreigpieE?", is"* 

 on the increase, and certainPf soiiLS::.-' 

 thing should be done to decrease the 

 practice. The followino; is the form 

 proposed to have enacted: 



An Act to prevent the application of poison to 



fruit trees while in blossom. 



The People of ihe iState of New York, repre- 

 sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as 

 follows : 



Section [. Any person who shall spray 

 with or appl}' in any waj- poison or any 

 poisonous substance to fruit trees while 

 the same are in blossorn is guilty of a 

 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not 

 less than ten dollars or more tlian fifty 

 dollars. 



Sec. 2. This act shall take effect im- 

 mediately. 



Those of our readers who are inter- 

 ested in this matter can make a copy 

 of the above and send it to their rep- 

 resentative, with a request that he 

 exert himself toward having it made 

 a law. 



" How TO Manage Bees," a 50c 

 book, and the American Bee-Keep- 

 ER a year for only 60c. 



A sul)scriber writes: " My wife has 

 a pair of rubber gloves which she 

 uses when working in the apiary and 

 she has discovered a new use for 

 them. Tell your lad}' readers who 

 possess a pair to wash them at the 

 end of the bee season and put them 

 on while hanging out clothes on cold 

 wash days, and they will find them 

 much more comfortable than to have 

 the hands exposed to damp clothes 

 and winter atmosphere." 



