Mar. 28, 1907 



American ^$e Journal 



I have inserted an advertisement in the Port- 

 land Evening Express and Portland Sunday 

 Telegram, to be run quite a period of time. 

 The Feb. 23d number of the Evening Express, 

 also the March 3d number of the Sunday Tele- 

 gram will each contain an interesting article 

 ^bout honey and its value as a food ; and pos- 

 sibly later on there may appear more of these 

 articles, which, together with my advertising, 

 should create a good demand for honey bear- 

 ing my label, which I guarantee to be straight 

 *ff»' honey of the best quality and flavor. 



Vours. tor Pure Honey and a larger demand 

 for it, H. B. Phillips, 



We think Mr. Phillips is following the 

 proper methods — advertising in the daily 

 newspapers, and also securing the publication 

 of articles about honey as food, etc. But this 

 ought to be done all over the country. And 

 if enough of it should be done before the 

 next crop of honey appears, no doubt the 

 demand will take the honey about as fast as 

 it comes on the market— if it isn't all rushed 

 to one market at one time. 



Specify the Page, Please 



Dr. Miller makes a special request that 

 when, in asking a question, the inquirer re- 

 fers to something in a preceding number of 

 this Journal, the page should always be given. 

 Otherwise it may take a long time to find the 

 matter referred to, if indeed it be found at 

 all; and oftentimes no clear answer can be 

 given if such reference be not found. 



It would be for the pleasure of the readers 

 if this rule were always followed when any- 

 thing on a previous page is referred to, 

 whether any question be asked or not. Don't 

 speak indefinitely of something John Jones 

 eaid some time ago, but mention that it was 

 on such and such a page. It may take a lit- 

 tle hunting up sometimes on the part of the 

 writer, but it is better that one writer should 

 take the time of hunting up than to have all 

 the readers thus troubled. 



Distinguishing Laying Workers 



The idea that a single culprit is responsible 

 for all the mischief in a colony alllicted with 

 laying workers seems hard to be overcome, 

 and with it there is more or less tendency to 

 think that a laying worker is different in ap- 

 pearance from other workers. The following 

 from the British Bee Journal is an instance : 



Can any one tell us how to distinguish 

 these? I have never had one in my hives be- 

 fore this year. But several times, although I 

 «xamined the combs, I could not spot it. I 

 judged by a number of eggs being seen in 

 each cell, and drone-brood reared in worker- 

 cells. 



In a colony of laying workers, dissection 

 has shown that eggs were present in a large 

 number of the workers, and it is reasonable 

 to suppose that in general such is the case 

 Neither is a laying worker different in appear- 

 ance from any other worker. Probably the 

 only way judgment can be pronounced with 

 confidence is to see the worker in the act of 

 laying. 



Amerikanische BieDenzucht, 



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 illus- 

 trated, and neatly bound in cloth. Price, 

 postpaid, $1.00; or with the American Bee 

 Journal one year— both for $1.75. Address 

 all ordetf to this office. 



flews -If ems 



Mr. J. C. Calvert, of the A. I. Root Co., 

 Medina, Ohio, called at our office last week 

 when in Chicago as a delegate to a conference 

 which had for its object the planning of a 

 union of three church denominations of this 

 country— the Congregational, Methodist Prot- 

 estant, and United Brethren. Mr. Calvert 

 represented the first-named. 



Splendid Rains In California. — Prof. 

 A. J. Cook, of Claremont, Lo6 Angeles Co., 

 Calif., March 14, wrote us as follows concern- 

 ing the rains and prospects in Southern Cali- 

 fornia: 



In all my sojourn in Southern California, 

 now more than 13 years, I have never known 

 such splendid rains as we have had the past 

 season ; and the end is not yet. Our average 

 here is about 15 inches, and we have already 

 had 2S.33 inches this winter. .\s we have still 

 to have the best of our rains, we may be sure 

 that this will be a record-breaker, not only as 

 to rainfall, but in fruit, grain, and honey. It 

 looks now as if we should have one of the 

 best honey-years that we have had in the 

 State. A. J. Cook. 



It the present prospects result as antici- 

 pated, the bee-keepers of California will be 

 greatly encouraged again. We are wishing 

 that this year there may be the largest and 

 best honey crop all over our great country, 

 that the oldest living bee-keeper has ever seen. 

 Now, what more than that can we hope for 

 for our readers? 



Some Pleasant Memories will be sug- 

 gested to at least a few readers when looking 

 at the front-page pictures this week. As we 

 mentioned once before, we are indebted for 

 certain pictures to D. H. Coggshall, of New 

 York; J. J. Measer, of Kansas; and C. J. 

 Thies, of Wisconsin. 



The present six reproductions may be de- 

 scribed as follows : 



No. 1 shows bales of cotton ready for ship- 

 ment. It seemed as if there were almost 

 acres of such bales at different shipping 

 points along the way. 



No. 2 represents a part of the famous 

 Alamo, and from left to right, C. J. Frank, of 

 Illinois; J. J. Measer and Dr. Bohrer, of 

 Kansas; and D. H. Coggshall— all " looking 

 pleasant" while they wait to have their 

 " picter tooken." 



No. 3 is a tree with hanging gray moss. 

 This is a beautiful sight in reality, but the 

 picture doesn't do it justice. It is a very 

 pretty as well as common sight in the South. 



No. 4 shows (from left to right) Geo. D. 

 Caley, of Nebraska, and again Mr. Measer 

 and Dr. Bohrer. This picture was taken in 

 one of San Antonio's beautiful city parks. 



No. 5. — Mr. Coggshall standing by one of 



the cotton-wagons, such as they use in the 

 cotton-fields when picking. A picker's bag is 

 hanging at one corner of the wagon. 



No. 6 is the Santa Rosa Infirmary in San 

 Antonio, where Mr. Louis H. Scholl was sick 

 for quite a while last year. It is just opposite 

 Market Hall, where the National convention 

 was held last Nov. S to 10. There is a beau- 

 tiful grove in front of the Infirmary, which 

 is also shown in the picture. 



The Missouri Bee-Keepers' Law, as 



passed by the State Legislature and signed by 

 Gov. Folk, has been sent to us for publication 

 by Mr. Robt. A. Holekamp, who worked so 

 hard for its enactment. When sending the 

 copy, Mr. H. wrote as follows : 



Dear Mr. York :— Enclosed find our Mis- 

 souri Bee-Keepers' Bill, which has been passed 

 by our Legislature, signed by the Governor, 

 and is now the law. 



There is an emergency clause which brings 

 this law in force without requiring the usual 

 90 days after its approval. It will be well for 

 all bee-keepers of Missouri to become ac- 

 quainted with it. 



I am glad that after so much work we have 

 finally succeeded in getting the needed pro- 

 tection, and hope that the Inspector may be 

 supported by all bee-keepers, so he may suc- 

 ceed in clearing our State of the diseases 

 among the honey-bees. 



Robt. A. Holbkamp, 

 Sec. Missouri State Bee-Keepers^ Association. 



The law referred to in the foregoing reads 

 thus: 



AN ACT 



To provide for the appointment of a State In- 

 spector of Apiaries, and to regulate the 

 duties thereof; providing a penalty for dis- 

 posing of, or importing into this State dis- 

 eased honey or bees, or for hindering the 

 Inspector in the fulfillment of his duties, 

 with an emergency clause. 



Be it enacted liy the General Assembly of the 

 State of Missouri^ as follows : 



Section 1.— The State Board of Agriculture 

 of the State of Missouri shall appoint a State 

 Inspector of Apiaries to aid and assist in the 

 development and protection of the honey in- 

 dustry in the State of Missouri, and for the 

 prevention and suppression of contagious or 

 infectious diseases among honey-bees, such as 

 foul brood, black brood, paralysis, etc., which 

 is said to exist at the present time among 

 some of the apiaries of the State. Said In- 

 spector of Apiaries shall be a practical api- 

 arist, and shall give to the said Board of Agri- 

 culture, before his appointment, satisfactory 

 evidence of his practical knowledge of hand- 

 ling bees and their diseases, and shall hold 

 his office for the term of 2 years, unless re- 

 moved for cause. 



Sec. 2.— Said Inspector shall, when notified 

 of the existence of the disease known as foul 

 brood, or other infectious disease among api- 

 aries, examine such reported apiaries and all 

 others, in the same locality, and if satisfied of 

 the existence of foul brood, or any other in- 

 fectious disease, shall give to the owner or 

 person having charge of any such apiary, full 



