GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



county, as a cnmmissionpr, who shall hold his office 

 during the pleasure ot said court; and a record of 

 such appoiatment, and revocation, when revoked, 

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

 court. 



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

 within ten days of his appointment a^ aforesaid, to 

 file his acceptance of the snme with the court from 

 which he received his appointment. 



Sec. 5. Upon complaint of any two bee-keepers in 

 said county in writing and on oath, to said com- 

 missioner, setting forth that said disease exists, or 

 that they have good reason to believe it exists 

 within said county, desisnating the apiary or 

 apiaries, wherein they believe it to be, it shall be- 

 come the duty of the commissioner, to whom such 

 complaint is delivered, to proceed without unnec- 

 essary delay to examine the bees so designated; 

 and if he shall become satisfied that any colony or 

 colonies of said bees are diseased with foul brood, 

 he shall, without further disturbance to said bees, 

 fix some distinguishing mark upon each hive 

 wherein exists said foul brood, and immediately 

 notify the person to whom said bees belone-. 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 <f such county, 

 then by leaving the same with the person in charge 

 of such bees, requiring said person, wiihin five 

 days, from the dnte of said notice, to effectually 

 remove or destroy said hives, together with their 

 entire content*, by burying them or by fire. 



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

 to be destroyed, said hives and their contents in 

 manner as described in section five, after due noti- 

 fication, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean- 

 or, and punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dol- 

 lars for the first ofi'ense, and for each additional of- 

 fense he shHll be liable to a fine not to exceed one 

 hundreddollars, at the discretion of thecourt; and 

 any justice <f the peace of the township where 

 said bees exist shall have jurisdiction thereof. 



Sec. 7. The commissioner shall be allowed for ser- 

 vices under this act, two dollars for each full day. 

 and one dollar for each half day, the amount to be 

 audited by the board of supervisors. 



Sec. 8. In all suits and prosecutions under this act, 

 it shall be necessary to prove that said bees were 

 actually diseased or infected with foul brood. 



At the close of the above paper appear 

 names of the members of the association, 

 including L. C. Root, President ; C. G. Dick- 

 inson, Vice-president; G. W. House, Secre- 

 tary; A. Bacon, Treasurer. 



ROOTS OF THE FIGWORT, OR SIMP- 

 SON HONEY-FIiAINT. 



ALSO SOMETniNG IN REGARD TO ARTIFICIAL PAS- 

 TURAGE. 



fjjHESE, after having wintered over, can 

 be shipped by mail almost as safely as a 

 — ' horseradish-root or a potato. We shall 

 commence taking them up as soon as the 

 ground thaws enough for them to start. 

 Price as follows: One root by mail, 5 cts. ; 10 

 roots bv mail, 35 cts ; 10 roots by express, 20 

 cts.; iOO. $I..^0; 500, S7..50 ; 1000, $12.50. 

 These will, with good care, grow from five 

 to ten feet high, and all bear blossoms from 

 July to frost. Each plant produces thou- 

 sands of the little tlowrets, and each flowret 

 will have its drop of honey sparkling in it 

 every day. JMow, friends, while we are glad 

 to furnish you these, I feel it my duty to say 

 that they are mostly raised only as aciiriosity, 

 unless you should purchase enough to plant 

 an acre, and I do not believe it would pay 

 for the labor and cultivation. If you want 

 to raise honey for your bees, the only way to 

 do it and make it pay financially is to sow 

 alsike, mammoth red clover, buckwheat, 



rape, honey-peas, or something of that sort, 

 thus getting a crop that will pay expenses 

 besides the amount of honey produced. In 

 my opinion, alsike clover is the best and saf- 

 est honey-plant known. The pea-vine, or 

 mammoth red clover, I am not so sure of. 

 Jjuckwheat is tolerably sure, but the quality 

 of the honey is not very good for the market. 

 Honey from rape is fair, and the crop tolera- 

 bly sure, where not destroyed by the little 

 black flea. Honey-peas have not yet been 

 sulficiently tested. As yet, I do not believe 

 there is any plant known that can be culti- 

 vated profitably for the honey alone. 



TRANSLATION OF HURER. 



FRIEND VIALLON GIVES US SOME SUGGESTIONS, AND 



TELLS US SOMETHING MORE OF THE BEE-BOOKS 



OF THE WORLD. 



flRIEND ROOT:— T think the idea of making a 

 translation of Ruber's works is a capital one, 

 — and also forming a club; but I think the name 

 ought to be " Langstroth Bee-Keepers' Club," or 

 some name besides Langstroth, to convey the idea 

 that it is a bee-club. 



I think the best man we could get to translate the 

 work would be our friend Chas. Dadant, as he is not 

 only a good French scholar, but he knows the Eng- 

 lish language well. Ruber's original work is prob- 

 ably in the hands of Mr. Dadant, or may be had from 

 Mr. Ed. Bertraud, editor of the BulUtin d'Apicul- 

 ture, at Nyon, Switzerland. 



Allow me to correct Mr. Phin in regard to the dates 

 of publication of Huber's works. The "Nouvelles 

 Observations sur les Abeilles " was first published 

 in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1792, and republished in 

 Paris, France, in 1796. In 1814 a new edition, with 

 additions by Huber's son, was published in Paris. A 

 German translation was made in 1793 at Dresden, 

 Germany; and in 1806 an English translation at Ed- 

 inburg, Scotland. In 18.59 another translation was 

 made in German by G. Kleine, at Embeck, Germany. 

 Mr. Phin is right when he says that the number of 

 bee-publications is over 800, of which there are over 

 400 in German, 200 in French, and the rest in other 

 languages. 



The first book on bees 1 know of was published in 

 1508, in German; the next in French, in 1582; and 

 next came the one mentioned by Mr. Phin, in Eng- 

 lish, in 1592. 



From 1588 to 1699 there were 25 bee-books publish- 

 ed; and from 1700 to 1800 there were 2.37, in different 

 languages, etc. If I had time I would give you a list 

 of all, or nearly all, the works published from 1568 

 to 1883. 



Now, friend Root, you ought to stir up this ques- 

 tion of translating Huber into English, as I am sure 

 it would be accepted with pleasure by American 

 bee-keepers. I have no doubt that the steel plates 

 could be procured from Switzerland or Paris, and I 

 am sure that we could get all the help in that respect 

 from our friends Ed. Bertrand and Chas. Dadant. 



P. L. VlALLON. 



Bayou Goula, La., Feb. 6, 1884. 



Friend V., I have corresponded with friend 

 Dadant. and he says he has a copy of Huber 

 in the original, and suggests that he might 

 translate it for us. Another good friend 

 sends the following : 



Dea7- Sir:— As it seems to be your desire to have a 



