84 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



that \vitli this family name \vc will feel like one large Association, 

 but holding meeting in different localities. 



It is hoped the writer will be in a position to tell how a con- 

 siderable extra revenue will be raised for the support ot the main 

 office by the time the April Review goes to press. — Towxsend. 



Important to Bee-Keepers. 



If the press clipping below is correct, bee men will have to 

 use care in determining the kind of sugar they feed their bees. ]\Ir. 

 M. A. Gill, of Longmont, Col., has fed a good many thousands of 

 pounds of beet sugar with good results. And many others have 

 had a like experience. It would be well to know whether the 

 methods of manufacturing sugar are the same in all the beet sugar 

 factories. Also it would aid in deciding" this question if we knew 

 whether it was fall feeding or spring- feeding that Prof, Sanders did. 

 We should like very much to know the kind and extent of the 

 experiments of Prof. Sanders. 



Professor finds Beet Sugar is Fatal to Bees. Honey Makers 

 Will Die if Fed Sweet. 



Madisox, Wis., January 22. — That beet sugar is fatal to bees 

 and cane sugar is not is the conclusion of Prof. J. G. Sanders of the 

 Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, who next 

 semester will have charge of a new bee-keepers' course at that insti- 

 tution. 



Of the forty per cent of the bees of the state wliich died 

 last year a large per cent were starved, he says. He believes that 

 bees can live on cane sugar but die at once if fed on beet sugar. Tlie 

 danger lo bees in beet sugar, he says, arises from some chemical con- 

 stituent that makes it deleterious. He said the time is coming when 

 an investigation will be made and intimated that he would not be 

 surprised if beet sugar were found to be harmful to human beings. 

 He said that people had paid too much attention to the growing of 

 cattle and hogs and their diseases, and liave not taken up the problem 

 of food products in their effect on human I^eings. 



Regulations of Parcel Post. 



In looking over the parcel post regulations, some things are 

 noted that are of interest to the honey producer. One thing is that 

 distinctive parcel post stamps are required on all packages mailed 

 in this class, including samj')les of honey. I copy a few of the 

 regulations : 



Section 11. "Parcels must be prepared for mailing in such a 

 manner that contents can be easily examined.'' 



2. "Parcels must not he accepted for mailing tmless they 

 bear the name and address of the sender, preceded bv the word 

 'From.'" 



