IS'. 



iiLl!:ANIN(.iS IN BEE CULTURE. 



so thoro bappoii a grciil many cases of fermen- 

 tation in the stomai-h, called poisoning, to 

 make out a case for >onio physician. And I 

 boHove that your grand botani-^ts may bo up to 

 all known classiticatious of northern llora; but 

 when it comes to the tropical flora and its 

 immense varieties, they are completely at sea, 

 and the reason is obvious. They can not ex- 

 amine and study them in the summir, their 

 right season, but go to the tropics when every 

 thing is drii'd up and there is liOthing to see. 

 Not long ago one of your taxidermists went to 

 our section after birds, in the dry season, and 

 was heard to say that Cuba was very poor in 

 birds. The birds were then in the virgin woods, 

 where they could get something to cat, and he 

 could not find them. The same with many 

 that '• have eyes and see not." 

 Tamoa. Fla.. June 11. C. Cadai.so. 



THK FOUL BKOOI) LAW IN MICHIGAN. 



[S ime lilt'e iin e ;i(iO I wrote to the Hon. Geo. 

 E. Ililum. 01 Fremont, Mich., for a copy of the 

 fv.ul-brond law of thiii Suui-. Tiii fullnwing is 

 his reply, l gelh^ir aIIi a copy of the law in 

 question:] 



My dear Enicsf .--Replyinp to yours of the 19th, I 

 went thnjugb my " Public Acts "as far back as I 

 have I hem, and then went to my attorney's oflRce, 

 and fouiirt an .icr that was iiitndueed by Dr. Wm. 

 W. Hoot during Ww -essimi (if l«sl. I have had it 

 copied, and you will tind it inclosi'd. 1 consider it 

 a splendid mea>-iire. but I don't believe there is one 

 bee-keeper in a hundred in the State of MichiRaa 

 who kunus there is such a law upon our statute- 

 books. It has never been amended or repealed, and 

 is to-day in full force, and 1 would sugaest the 

 printing- of the bill in Gleanings, for the benefit of 

 the bee kee!>ersof America. Geo. E. Hilton. 



Fremont, Mich. 



CHAPTER LXTI. 



PREVENTION OF FOUL BROOD AMONG BEES. 



1881, p. 123, May 11, Art Ul. 



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

 it shall be unlawful tor anv person to keep in his apiary any 

 colony of bees afTecterl with the coiitufri. jus inala.ly known as 

 foul brood; anil it hn. I" (!.■ (l;it\.,| ,:,i\ i. . k. ,-i"T. as 

 soon as he bee..'! ..,',, i ' i. ' i.l .li-i-:ise 

 among his hees. t i. , i i ,,,,-, , ,!, in.yeil 

 bv burning or ini'- n,. • ■ n i 



'Sec. 2. In an\ i;ui;iii.\ .n :lii^. M:ii. m ■, .hi ., .1 ex- 

 ists, orin which tht-iL- arc- good i. i n ' ' Hi i-i-.it 



eiiall be lawful for any five or nioi . i i >i i -aid 



county to set forth such fact. I"! i i i ;i pe- 



tition addressed to the judge of i>i :ii< r . in i n ,r ii i m lo ap- 

 point a competent commissioner to iircveiii ilio sjnenci ol said 

 disease, and to eradicate the same; wliich petition shall be fil- 

 ed with and become a part of the records of the court whei-e 

 such application is made. 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty ol tin- .judge of prol)atf, on the re- 

 ceipt of the pwtii I'.ii - 1.. I'lii. il III -•■i-i ion 1 \ I t hi- rot .ti) ap- 

 point within ten ■-.-' ■! !■ ' ■■ i 1 1" ■ II . iii|.,-tpnt 



bee-keeper of SI. hi '.n". n i.iii,\sin- ii ill hold 



his office during' ii:-!' . i .i mi ,'!■!. . i,,-.,r.lof 

 such order of aiJi,...nti,, ,1 ,1 : r. . iii n, ^^h, 11 invoked, 

 shall be filed a^^ a part ul • . 1 m. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the dm • 11 nor, within ten 



days after his apooiutni. m I t > ii nis acceptance 



of the same with the lon t iiom . in. h In r.^ceived his ap- 

 pointment. 



Sec 5. 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 count.v. dcsit^natiug the apiary or 

 apiaries wherein they believe it to I., o iill ...oiue the duty 

 of the commissioner, to whom -u.i 1. in' 1- ilelivered, to 

 jjiocccd. without unnecessary (I'i im- the bees so 



designated; and if he shall becm. . .- .• I i Imi any colony 

 or colonies of said bees are diseu.-i .; v. lU. loiil brood, he shall, 

 without further disturb-ince to said bees, li,\ some distin- 

 guishing mark upon each hive wherein exists said foul 

 brood, and immediately notify the person to whom said bees 

 belong, pei-sonally or bv leaving a written uoiice at his place 



of residence, it ).■ 1.. . .. -'.I. 1.' .r n -l mi', nm! if such 



owner be a noi] ' . 1 m ■ m--. :l. 1 '.. ■ n r the 



s.ime with the 1.) .--aid 



person, within li- ■ :. -: ■ .i.. 1 ii.. lute of 



said notice, to ett. ■ t .1'-. r.-i \ir.n -:■■.■. -iii'l li ■..■-. to- 

 gether with their entile contoni.-, I.v buiyim.' th.in or by fire; 

 but in case no foul brood is found to exist in said apiary, the 

 persons so petitioning, or anv of them, shall be liable to said 

 commissioner for the asiount of his fees for such services. 



SKC.fi If anv person neglects to destroy or cause to be de- 

 stroyed said hives and thcif contents In manner as •lescrihed 

 in section five, after due „ol iiteMtioi, ..,1.1 Miter Ih.. tiin.. tibovc 



liiiilled. he shall bedeeiii. .1 uiln..! 1 i.- .ih.i uidon 



cotivietion thereof shall I. 1 m !. i i^.. nrni 1... c'ed 

 iwcnty-llve dollars, or li.\ mnn n n nni. i.ilnot 



be allowed by the board of supervisors to such commissioner 

 for any services under this act unless foul brood is found to 

 exist. 



Sec. 8. In all suits and prosecutions under this act it shall be 

 necessary to prove that said bees were actually diseased or in- 

 fected with foul brood. 



[There is already an excellent law in Wiscon- 

 sin, and I hoiie later on to give a lext of it In 

 Glkanincjs \Vh shall be very glad to furnish 

 copies of our journal, containing these excellent 

 measures, lo bee- keepers residing in States 

 with no such laA', and who wish to distribute 

 them to members of their general assemblies.— 

 Ed.) 



FOUNDATION WITHOUT PAPER. 



The foundation without papers came to hand 

 all O. K., and is much less trouble than when 

 pap- red. We prefer it iu the strips. Honey is 

 coming in nicely, and of fine quality. 



N. E. DOANE. 



Breckenridge, Mich.. June 24. 



[Mr. Doant; has purchased several lots of 

 foundation this season without paper. In all 

 northern shipments the paper could be dis- 

 pensed with 10 advantage to us and our cus- 

 tomers, I believe; but we do not as yet dare to 

 ribk the experiment until we can hear from 

 more like the above. For southern shipments 

 it doubtless would be wise not to think of giv- 

 ing up the papering. — Ed ] 



WHEN TO REPLACE OLD DARK COMBS. 



I have some stands of bees, and the brood- 

 comb is getting black and hard. Will you 

 please tell me when is the best time of the 

 year to remove some of the old comb and put 

 in foundation? How many sheets should I re- 

 move at one time ? R. A. Weddington. 



Moulton, Tex., May 22. 



[The best time to remove old black combs, or 

 those that are in any way defective, is when 

 there is the least honey in them. Usually that 

 will be in the spring uf the year, about fruit- 

 bloom, f)r shortly after. Along in the fall also, 

 when you are contracting your colonies lo as 

 few frames as they can occupy, you can re- 

 move the outside frames that are empty, and 

 set them to one side. From this lot you can 

 select the combs that are defective or dark, and 

 replace them in the spring or summer with 

 frames of foundation.— Ed.] 



Friend Aikin's articles in the two last issues 

 of Gleanings, in regard to putting up extract- 

 ed honey in tin cans, are sound, and speak my 

 Ideas exactly. Something must be done along 

 this line in disposing of extracted honey. You 

 speak of placing 4}.2-lb. cans at your branch 

 offices for sale. By all means place the size of 

 1, 2, and 3 lb. cans in your list as well. 



Plattsmouth, Neb. J. M. Young. 



