1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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The convention will be held in Wellington Hall, No. 

 "70 North Clark Street, about a block and a half from 

 the office of the American Bee Journal, and about five 

 lilocks directly north of the court-house. The hotel at 

 which delegates may secure lodging, etc., is the Re- 

 vere House, only half a block from the hall. The 

 lates for lodging will be 60 els per night, and the pro- 

 prietor ha-- assured Mr York that good beds will be 

 provided, but that .several will have to occupy the 

 same room. For (mo-t) bee-keepers, such an airange- 

 ment is an "added attraction." Il may be possible 

 that this hotel will not be able to lodge all the bee- 

 keepers; but iis proprietor will do his best to see that 

 it does. Each one should secure a lodging place as 

 soon as possil)le after arriving in the city. Knough to 

 tat can usually be obtained at itasoiiabie rales. 



It has just occurred to me that our :riend, the editor 

 of the American Bee Journal, George W. Yoik, il8 

 Michigan St., would be gad to do any delegate the 

 favor o. secuiing a lodgiug place for him or her if so 

 requested. Of course, no bee-keeper will omit to in- 

 close one or two " stamps for reply." I have not con- 

 sulted with Bro. York about this, and may be " putting 

 my foot" into trouble; bui if the two stamps are in- 

 closed I'll be leady to take the cons, qiiences. All 

 who write to Mr. Yoik should do so aC /fa^/ a month 

 before the convention. 



The program will probably consist of a paper at 

 each session, and the remainder of the lime will be 

 occupied in asking, answering, and discussing ques- 

 tions. The papers will be by such practical apiari^ts 

 as Dr. Howard, of Texas; k. C. Aikiii, ot Colorado; 

 Mrs. Acklin, of Minnesota; Thos. W. Cowan, of I^oii- 

 cion, Eng.; Herman F. Moore, of Illinois; and S. A. 

 Niver, ot New York; and the quesiion-box will be in 

 ■chaige of such veterans as C. P. Dadant Dr. Miller, 

 and Geo. W. York, of Illinois ; Hon. R. L,. Taylor, of 

 Michigan; Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Missouri, ana O. O. 

 Popplelon, of Florida. 



I have been unable, as j'et, to karn what railroad 

 rates will be during the G. A. R. wtek, but presume 

 they will be the usual low rates, which may be learned 

 by inquiring of any station agent as soon as they get 

 their instructions. A. B. Mason, Sec. 



I have personally seen the hotel and the 

 rooms that have been engaged for the occa- 

 sion. Considering the fact that the city will 

 be especially crowded, I think Mr. York has 

 ■done exceedingly well in securing for us the 

 quarters he has. 



THE HONEY PROSPECTS UP TO JUNE 28. 



Since our call for reports of the honey crop 

 in our last issue we have received several hun- 

 dred, by which it appears that white clover is 

 rather later than usual, and when these reports 

 were made it was a little too early to tell defi- 

 nitely what the crop would be from this source. 

 South of the Ohio River and east of the Miss- 

 issippi there is promise of an average crop from 

 various sources. Connecticut, New York, Indi- 

 ana, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minneso- 

 ta, and Wisconsin give very little promise of 

 much clover honey, and not much encourage- 

 ment for basswood. We have exceptionally 

 fine reports from all localities in Michigan. 

 Penns} Ivania and Vermont also give promise 

 ot a fair crop. Two reports just received from 

 reliable sources in Ohio and New York say the 

 prospects just now are much better than they 

 were two weeks ago. We are almost without 

 inform?tion in regard to the West, although we 

 have very favorable reports from Kansas, Col- 

 orado, and Nevada. 



Here at Medina we have had very favorable 

 weather since June 21 ; but up to that date our 

 bees were almost without stores sufficient for 

 brood-rearing. Now they are storing rapidly, 

 and frequent .showers give promise of a con- 

 tinuous flow from clover. Last year Missouri 

 had an abundant crop of white clover, but it 



appears to be in the doubtful list this year. A. 

 N. Draper, of Upper Alton, 111., reported a big 

 flow from clover over two weeks ago, but much 

 of it was likely to be spoiled by honey-dews 

 when he last reported. 



MARKETING HONEY. 



While it appears at present that there will 

 not be a large crop of honey in the East, we 

 can not tell }et what the total crop will be, so 

 bee-keepers should be cartful in maiketing — 

 in other words, use good judgnunt. One ex- 

 tensive produc r, and honey-meichatit as well, 

 sa}s, " Huney can get too high. Tlii-i was the 

 cause of so much adulteration last winter." 

 While honey was bringing a very good price 

 all last fall and early winter, some held for 

 still higher prices, and have been obliged to 

 sell recently for loiver prices instead. Honey 

 has a limit ; and above that, no matter how 

 scarce it is, it will not be consumed. We do 

 not feel like advising our readers gent rail}, 

 but at present we would advise selling any 

 time your honey is ready, if you can get a rea- 

 sonably good pi ice. Work your home mar- 

 ket for ail it is worth. Do not spoil the sale of 

 fine honey by lai.k of care in preparing it for 

 market. You have spent time and money in 

 producing it, and it will ps^ you to make it as 

 attractive as possible to the consumer. 



DIAGNOSING PICKLED AND BLACK BROOD, 

 AND WHAT IT IS WORTH. 



I NEVER have any difficulty in diagnosing a 

 sample of real foul broad. The symptoms of 

 that disease are so marked that it is very easy 

 for one who is at all acquainted with its char- 

 acteristics to determine whether or not it is a 

 case of Bacillus alvei (foul brood); but to de- 

 cide between a case of black and pickled 

 brood is not so easy, for the two look very 

 much alike, and under some conditions they 

 are alike so far as external appear;. nces are 

 concerned. Knowing that a good many bee- 

 keepers had sent samples of duseased brood to 

 Dr. Howard, I felt that we could hardly ask 

 him to make such diagnoses wiihout compensa- 

 tion, for he is not in any way connected with 

 an experiment station or any government 

 work; and a man of his attainments as a bac- 

 teriologist ought not to be asked to perform a 

 difficult service of this kind, requiring years 

 of preparation and study, for nothing As jet 

 I know of no one in this country who has 

 been able to discriminate between one and 

 the other absolutely. Black brood, as we 

 know, is decidedly contagious — perhaps more 

 so than foul brood, and quite as destructive. 

 Pickled brood is a mild form of disease ; but 

 so far as I know it is not very destructive. 

 Very often it will disappear of itself, and in 

 any event a mild treatment will eradicate it 

 entirely. 



We will suppose that a bee-keeper discovers 

 someihing in one of his colonies that looks 

 suspicious to say the least. If he can know 

 absolutely, by sending a sample to some com- 

 petent expert, that he has neitht r black brood 

 nor foul brood, this knowledge may be worth 

 to him hundreds and possibly thousands of 

 dollars. 



