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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Apr. 15. 



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Vol. imil. CHICAGO, ILL, APR. 15, 1897. No. 15, 



Editorial Zon}xr)cr)t^^ 



A Honey Champagne Company have filed 

 the necessary articles of incorporation in Los Angeles 

 county, Cal., the objects of which are set forth to be the man- 

 ufacture of non-alcoholic beverages. So reports Mr. J. H. 

 Martin, in the Rural Californiau. He further says: "As 

 long as it is kept non-alcoholic we give the new company our 

 hearty endorsement." So do we. But the "Champagne" 

 part of the name doesn't sound very encouraging. 



Reporting- PJe-w Experiences.— We would like 

 to invite all our readers to make a note of any new experiences 

 they may have with bees during the approaching season, and 

 report them after the season closes. It is nothing more than 

 fair that each should give out information as well as to re- 

 ceive it from others. Let us not be like sponges — simply ab- 

 sorbers, or having to be "squeezed " before letting go of what 

 information we possess. Rather let us all contribute to the 

 general fund of knowledge, and thus aid in the permanent 

 upbuilding and extending of our beloved pursuit. 



"Selling' Xanies of Bee-Keepers" is con- 

 demned as "a bad policy " by Editor Root in Gleanings. We 

 made a similar suggestion qi ite awhile ago. We venture to 

 say that had not Horrie, Wheadon, and others been able to 

 get hold of lists of bee-keepers' names and addresses, they 

 would never have gone into the business of systematically 

 swindling honey-producers. We have the names of perhaps 

 20,000 bee-keepers, but no amount of money would tempt us 

 to sell them to any commission firm. The fact is, we believe 

 that reliable commission houses don't resort to sending out 

 pleading letters in order to get trade. If they are all right, 

 they usually get about as much produce as they can profitably 

 handle without soliciting through the use of egotistical and 

 misrepresenting letters. 



Apiculture at the Omaha Exposition.— We 



have received the following letter, which will be of interest 

 to supply dealers and honey-producers : 



Omaua, Nebr., April 2, 1897. 

 Mkssrs. Geo. W. York & Co., Chicago, III. — 



Dear Sirs : — It has occurred to nie that you would be in- 

 terested in the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition 

 to be held In Omaha, and I would respectfully urge upon you 

 the value of an exhibit of your line, as it is contemplated to 

 make the Apiary Industry Department one of the finest dis- 

 plays ever gathered in any part of the world, and to that end 



I take the liberty of enclosing herewith the official application 

 form for space. 



The Exposition is so centrally located that it will be visited 

 by large numbers of people in the trade from the entire West, 

 as well as Central States and other countries. With $200,000 

 Government aid, .$100,000 preliminary State aid, appropria- 

 tions from most of the Trans-Mississippi States, and three- 

 quarters of a million dollars home subscription, it bids fair to 

 turn out of great magnitude and importance. 



Kindly give this due consideration, and make application 

 for space at your earliest convenience, as I can secure for you 

 several advantages if you act promptly. 



Yours very respectfully, R. M. Lewis. 



We hope that all who expect to assist in making an api- 

 arian display at Omaha, next year, will write Mr. Lewis at 

 once, and secure space. Address him in care of the Pacific 

 Express Company, at Omaha. 



This Exposition will give bee-keepers and supply-dealers 

 a fine opportunity to advertise their business, second only to 

 to the great World's Fair of 1893. 



'Wisconsin Foul Brood L,aw.— Mr. D. D. Dani- 

 her has kindly sent us a copy of the new Foul Brood Bill 

 recently past by the Wisconsin Legislature, and which now is 

 the law. All bee-keepers in that State will be glad to read it, 

 and also to comply with its provisions. Here it is : 



AN ACT for the suppression of foul brood among bees Id 



Wisconsin. 

 The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate 



and Assembly, do enact as follows : 



APPOINTMENT. 



Section 1. — Upon the recommendation of a majority vote 

 of the members of the bee-keepers' societies of Wisconsin, the 

 Governor shall appoint for a term of two years a State inspec- 

 tor of apiaries, who shall, if required, produce a certificate 

 from the Governor that he has been so appointed. 



DUTIES. 



Sec. 2. — The inspector shall, when notified, examine all 

 reported apiaries, and all others in the same locality not re- 

 ported, and ascertain whether or not the disease known as 

 foul brood exists in such apiaries ; and If satisfied of the ex- 

 istence of foul brood, he shall give the owners or care-takers 

 of the diseased apiaries full instructions how to treat said 

 cases, as in the inspector's judgment seems best. 



DESTRUCTION OF BEES. 



Sec. 3. — The inspector, who shall be the sole judge, shall 

 visit all diseased apiaries a second time, and, if need be, burn 

 all colonies of bees and combs that he may find not cured of 

 foul brood. 



VIOLATIONS. 



Sec. 4. — If the owner of a diseased apiary, honey, or 

 appliances, shall sell, barter, or give away, any bees, honey, 

 or appliances, or expose other bees to the danger of said dis- 

 ease, or refuse to allow said inspector to inspect such apiary, 

 honey, or appliances, said owner shall, on conviction before a 

 justice of the peace, be liable to a fine of not less than lifty 

 dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or not less than 

 one month's imprisonment in the county jail, nor more than 

 two months' imprisonment. 



ANNUAL report. 



Sec. 5. — The inspector of apiaries shall make annual re- 

 port to the Governor of Wisconsin, giving the number of api- 

 aries visited, the number of diseased apiaries found, the num- 

 ber of colonies treated, also the number of colonies destroyed 

 by fire, and his expenses. 



expenses. 



Sec. 6. — There Is hereby appropriated out of any moneys 

 in the State treasury, not otherwise appropriated, a sum not 

 exceeding five hundred dollars per year, for the suppression 

 of foul brood among bees in Wisconsin. Said inspector shall 

 receive four dollars per day, and traveling expenses, for 

 actual time served, which moneys shall not exceed the moneys 

 hereby appropriated, to be paid by the State treasurer, upon 

 warrants drawn and approved by the Governor. 



Sec. 7.— This Act shall take effect and be in force from 

 and after its passage and publication. 



Approved April 1, 1897. 



