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physicians as a result of bee-stings. Mrs. Odell, her two 

 daughters and her little son were each stung in many places 

 about the face and head. Mrs. Odell and her daughter Alice 

 are reported as being in a serious condition. 



The trouble was brought about by a too curious cow, 

 which, nosing around a bee-hive, tipt it over to see what it 

 contained. The bees were not long In letting her know. 

 From the overturned hive they sailed forth in angry swarms, 

 and, maddened by the stings, the cow rushed wildly about the 

 field, lowing with pain and swishing her tail at her vicious 

 little assailants. Some other cows ranged near. The bees 

 attaclit them also, and there was more bellowing and running 

 about. 



Mr. Odell's big churn-dog, Grover, heard the rumpus, and 

 trotted over to the field to see what it was all about. The 

 spectacle of a dozen cows bereft of all dignity and apparently 

 engaged in some sort of bovine round dance appealed to 

 Grover, and he rusht in to take part in the frolic, barking 

 joyously to let the cows know that he was in for any sort of 

 fun they were having. He ran around among the excited 

 cows, that paid no attention to him ; then a volley of bees 

 struck him and followed him in his yelping flight to the house. 



Into the room where Mrs. Odell and her daughters were 

 sitting the dog scurried, his pursurers swarming about him 

 and entangling in his thick, long hair. Before the dog could 

 be driven out of the house the bees attackt Mrs. Odell and her 

 children, and inflicted many painful stings before they could 

 escape from the Insects. 



Mr. Odell is a great fancier of bees, and last spring his 

 stock increast so rapidly that his surplus of hives was ex- 

 hausted, and he began using flour-barrels. It was one of 

 these that the cow tipt over. 



The foregoiofr may serve as a hint to bee-keepers never 

 to allow the larger farm animals near the hives containing 

 bees. It's too risky a thing to do, as is very effectively shown 

 in the instance described above. 



Miclrigan's Foul Brood Law.— The State of 

 Michigan has had a foul brood law on its statute books for 

 some years. It was Prof. Cook who prepared the Bill and was 

 instrumental in obtaining its passage. The law as it now 

 stands reads as follows : 



CHAPTER LXII. 



PREVENTION OF FOUL BROOD AMONG BEES. 



ISSl, page 125, May U, Act 141. 



Section 1. — The people of the State of Michigan enact : 

 That it shall be unlawful for any person to keep in his apiary 

 any colony of bees affected with the contagious malady known 

 as foul brood ; and it shall be the duty of every bee-keeper, 

 as soon as he becomes aware of the existence of said disease 

 among his bees, to forthwith destroy, or cause to be destroyed 

 by burning or interment all colonies thus affected. 



Sec. 2. — In any county in this State in which foul brood 

 exists, or in which there are good reasons to believe it exists, 

 it shall be lawful for any five or more actual bee-keepers of 

 said county to set forth such fact, belief, or apprehension, in a 

 petition addrest to the judge of probate, requiring him to ap- 

 point a coTupetent commissioner to prevent the spread of said 

 disease, and to eradicate the same; which petition shall be 

 filed with and become a part of the records of the court where 

 such application is made. 



Sec. 3. — It shall be the duty of the judge of probate, on 

 the receipt of the petition specified in Section 2 of this Act, 

 to appoint within 10 days thereafter a well-known and com- 

 petent bee-keeper of said county as a commissioner, who shall 

 hold his office during the pleasure of said court; and a record 

 of such order of appointment, and revocation, when revoked, 

 shall be filed as a part of the records of said court. 



Sec. 4. — It shall be the duty of said commissioner, within 

 10 days after his appointment as aforesaid, to file his accept- 

 ance of the same with the court from which he received his 

 appointment. 



3. Upon complaint of any three bee-keepers of said 

 county in writing and on oath, to said commissioner, setting 

 forth that said disease exists, or that they have reason to be- 

 lieve it exists within said county, designating the apiary or 

 apiaries wherein they believe it to be, it shall become the 

 duty of the commissioner, to whom such complaint Is delivered, 

 to proceed, without unnecessary delay, to examine the bees so 

 designated ; and if he shall become satisfied that any colony 

 or colon es of said bees are diseased with foul brood, he shall, | 



without further disturbance to said bees, fix some distingjiish- 

 Ing mark upon each hive wherein exists said foul brood, and 

 immediatly notify the person to whom said bees belong, per- 

 sonally or by leaving a written notice at his place of residence, 

 if he be a resident of such county ; and If such owner be a 

 non-resident of such county, then by leaving the same with 

 the person in charge of such bees, requiring said person, with- 

 in five days, Sundays excepted, from the date of said notice, 

 to effectually remove or destroy said hives, together with their 

 entire contents, by burying them or by fire; but in case no 

 foul brood is found to exist in said apiary, the persons so peti- 

 tioning, or any of them, shall be liable to said commissioner 

 for the amount of his fees for such services. 



Sec. 6. — If any person neglects to destroy, or cause to be 

 destroyed, said hives and their contents in manner as de- 

 scribed in Section 5, after due notification, and after the time 

 above limited, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and on conviction thereof shall be punlsht by a fine not to ex- 

 ceed 825, or by Imprisonment in the county jail not more than 

 15 days, or both, in the discretion of the court, for the first 

 offense ; and for each additional offense he shall be liable to a 

 fine not to exceed .$100, or imprisonment in the county jail 

 not more than 60 days, or both in the discretion of the court; 

 and any justice of the peace of the township where said bees 

 exist shall have jurisdiction thereof. 



Sec. 7.— The commissioner shall be allowed for services, 

 under this Act, $2 for each full day actually employed, and 

 SI for each half day actually employed, the account to be 

 audited by the board of supervisors, and paid in the same 

 manner as all other county claims ; but no fees shall be 

 allowed by the board of supervisors to such commissioner for 

 any service under this Act unless foul brood is found to exist. 



Sec. S. — In all suits and prosecutions under this Act it 

 shall be necessary to prove that said bees were actually dis- 

 eased or infected with foul brood. 



Flavor and Aroma of Honey.— Mr. R. Mc- 



Knight — one of the ablest and best of Canada's beekeepers — 

 contributed, to the Review, some time ago, a very interesting 

 article on this subject, in reply to a criticism by Mr. Hasty, 

 from which we take the following paragraphs : 



Speaking of myself, he "declared that the ripening of 

 honey does not increase its aroma, but rather decreases it." 

 Yes, I made the above statement, and repeat now, that the 

 ripening of honey, whether carried on Id the hive or outside 

 the hive, lessens its aroma. Every honey-producer knows 

 that at no time is the aroma of honey so pronounced as when 

 just stored. Mr. Hasty himself seems to believe this. lam 

 at a loss to know what classes of flowers his bees collect honey 

 from, for he says, " With few conspicuous exceptions nectars 

 do not taste fit to eat when freshly brought in." 



Honey, when freshly brought in, may and often does lack 

 body, but at no subsequent lime does it possess in the same 

 degree the characteristic aroma of the flowers from which it 

 is collected. It will be strong and pronounced, or mild and 

 delicate, in proportion to the strength or mildness of the scent . 

 in the flowers that secrete it ; this becomes dissipated in time 

 if exposed ; not even the wax cap of the cell will prevent its 

 escape. 



White clover has not a strong scent, neither has basswood 

 bloom. The aroma of white clover and basswood honey has, 

 in consequence, a scarcely perceptible aroma, while honey col- 

 lected from the peppermint plant has the strong, pungent 

 odor peculiar to that plant, and I repeat that all these are 

 lessened in a degree by the process of curing. Mr. Hasty vir- 

 tually admits this himself, but propounds the novel theory 

 that the bees absorb orapproprlate this property and restore it 

 to the honey in a non-volatile form. Is this theory " sleepily 

 promulgated ?" Or can he furnish a reason for the faith that 

 is in him '? 



He asks, " Is it not usually the case with any sample of 

 honey that its flavor is the joint result of two flavors ?" I 

 think it is the joint result of flavor and aroma, the former 

 manifesting itself through the sense of taste, the latter 

 through that of smell, but the aromatic property of a plant or 

 flower will be manifest as a part of its flavor by those who 

 possess the sense of taste and smell ; if, however, one has en- 

 tirely lost the sense of smell he may still enjoy the flavor of 

 what he eats, but it would be flavor without aroma. 



When Mr. Hasty puts his nose over a cup of freshly- 

 brewed tea, he gets its aroma ; when he tastes it he gets Its 

 flavor with something of Its aroma, too. If he smells a rose 

 he gets its aroma ; i( he chews its petals he gets its flavor. 



