710 



will come to realize that they are treading 

 on dangerous ground if their labels do not 

 state the exact truth. 



The following, issued by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, September 18, 

 1911, shows that even a slight variation in 

 amount will get the packer into trouble. 



MISBRANDING OF HONEY. 



On May 13, 1911, the United States Attorney for 

 the Southern District of Iowa, acting upon the re- 

 port by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed informa- 

 tion in the District Court of the United States for 

 said district against Albert A. Deiser & Co., a cor- 

 poration, alleging shipment by it, in violation of 

 the Food and Drugs Act, on June 15, 1910, and No- 

 vember 14, 1910, from the State of Iowa into the 

 State of Nebraska, of a quantity of honey which 

 was misbranded. The product was labeled: 'Mrs. 

 Morrison's Brand Pure Food Products Honey Net 

 Weight 8 Ounces Prepared by A. A. Deiser & Com- 

 pany, Des Moines, Iowa." 



Examination made by the Bureau of Chemistry 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture of 

 two packages of this product taken from the ship- 

 ment of June 15, 1910, showed an average shortage 

 of 4.86 per cent in weight. An examination of six 

 packages by said Bureau from the shipment of No- 

 vember 14, 1910, showed an average shortage in 

 weight of 3.45 per cent. Misbranding was alleged 

 for the reason that the weight of the product was 

 not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of 

 the package. 



On May 22, 1911, the defendant pleaded guilty, and 

 was fined §10 and costs. W. M. Hays, 



Actina Secretary of Agriculture. 



Washington, D. C, Sept. 18, 1911. 



SHADE FOR HIVES IN SUMMER. 



In respect to the matter of shade or no 

 shade, as discussed on page 725, there are 

 four different classes of bee-keepers. First, 

 those who leave their hives out in the open 

 without natural or artificial shade; second, 

 those who use natu.al shade, either trees or 

 shrubbery; third, those who employ shade- 

 boards during the hot days of the year; 

 fourth, those who use overhead trellises so 

 arranged as to shade the operator and hives 

 during the middle or hot hours of the day 

 as shown on the cover of our last issue. 

 Each of these classes is influenced by cli- 

 matic conditions. Some of them believe 

 that an excess of shade or sunshine is detri- 

 niental. 



Most bee-keepers in the Northern States 

 are attaching less imi)ortance to shade than 

 they formerly did; indeed, it has been 

 shown that colonies in the shade of trees or 

 buildings do not do as well as in the open, 

 and more and more we see a tendency to lo- 

 cate apiaries in clear spaces. Shade-boards 

 are then employed during a small part of 

 the season. 



The article by Mr. E. S. Robertson, page 

 725 of this issue, goes into this question of a 

 variable or intermittent shade. There can 

 be no question that the entire absence of 

 shade during some of the hot and oppress- 

 ive weather that is experienced in many of 

 the Northern States is conducive to loafing 

 and swarming. During such a time the 

 bees should be given a little protection from 

 the sun. A light cheap shade-board . an- 

 swers the purpose very nicely. 



The question m ly ho. raised whether it is 

 advisable to place the shade-board to one 

 side of the hive so that it will shade the en- 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



trance. During the height of the season, 

 when bees are going to and from the field, 

 the changed aspect of the shade-board from 

 the top to the side of the hive would have a 

 tendency to confuse the workers. 



In the illustrations on page 725 it is clear 

 why Mr. Robertson can use a light shade- 

 board that will not be blown off the hive. 

 Apparently the apiary is surrounded by 

 woods, breaking off the force of the wind; 

 therefore if one desires to use shade-boards 

 he should locate the apiary where it will be 

 protected from the prevailing winds. In 

 prairie countries this may be impracticable. 

 Resort is usually had to a 15 or 20 lb. stone. 



A MODIFICATION OF THE M'EVOY PLAN 

 FOR TREATING FOUL BROOD. 



In a conversation with Mr. H. Trickey, of 

 whom mention was made in our last issue, 

 the subject of foul brood was touched upon. 

 Mr. Trickey emphatically believes in a man 

 being his own foul-brood inspector, for "if 

 he keeps watch of his bees, and does not let 

 the disease get the start of him, it is not 

 such a serious matter after all. When foul 

 brood gets into a locality, it is not an easy 

 matter to get rid of it entirely; and even if 

 it gets into a large apiary it seems bound to 

 crop out later occasionally, even though 

 there are no other bees near. But this is no 

 reason for being discouraged. Almost as 

 much honey may be produced as if there 

 were no disease. It means a little more 

 work, that's all." 



When aske.d what method he followed for 

 getting rid of the trouble he said that there 

 is but one sure cure, and that is the Mc- 

 Evoy. We asked if he considered it neces- 

 sary to shake the bees on to foundation the 

 second time, and he said that he did not. 

 "But," he added, "I do not follow exactly 

 the McEvoy plan. When I find a diseased 

 colony I remove every comb that contains 

 no brood, leaving only the combs with 

 brood in the hive. I niove these together 

 in the center of the hive, and then leave 

 the colony that way from five to eight days. ' ' 



"What is your object in doing this?" we 

 inquired. 



" You'll see if you wait long enough. 

 Now, if I did any thing more to this colony, 

 the bees might become disgusted and swarm 

 out, so I wait from five to eight days, as I 

 said in the beginning, then, just as care- 

 fully as possible, I lift the brood-Chamber 

 from its stand so that hardly a bee will know 

 any thing of what is going on, and then put 

 a new hive in its place. Then, just as 

 quickly as I can, and without the use of 

 smoke, in less time than it takes to tell it, 

 I brush the bees off those old diseased 

 combs into the new hive, the frames of 

 which have starters of foundation. It does 

 not take half a minute to do this brushing, 

 and the bees do not have time to fill up on 

 that diseased honey left in the few combs. 

 If I had left the full set of combs in the 

 hive, it would take much longer to brush 

 the bees off, and they would have time, 



