90 



A temperature of 85, dropping down to 70, 

 back and forth, is not as favorable to anti- 

 granulation as one of 75 maintained day in 

 aud day out every hour of the day. 



A New-old Cure for European Foul 

 Brood 



We would call particular attention to the 

 article by Timbeiline Riggs, on page 102, 

 on the new cure for European foul brood. 

 While at first sight it might seem as if the 

 cure were new, yet in view of the fact that 

 it involves the fundamental principles used 

 in the treatment of this disease, the cure is 

 really old. 



We have had talks with the New York 

 State inspectors, who have had more ex- 

 perience with European foul brood than 

 perhaps any others. We have heard them, 

 time and time again, urge the importance 

 of vigorous Italian stock, and keeping all 

 colonies strong ; and not only strong, but in 

 a prosperous condition, and that means, of 

 course^ feeding if they are not liberally 

 supplied with stores. 



Mr. Riggs speaks of contracting the 

 space occupied by nuclei. From conversa- 

 tion with inspectors we are of the opinion 

 that it is unwise to fuss with anything but 

 strong colonies. In this he differs from the 

 accepted practice in the cure of the disease. 



The Net-weight Law Effective within 

 24 States as well as in Interstate 

 Business 



A NUMBER of the different states have 

 passed net-weight laws to conform to the 

 federal net-weight regiilation. Where there 

 is no law operative in any state, it is not 

 necessary that comb-honey producers, for 

 example, mark the exact net weight or min- 

 imum net weight on their sections. But as 

 24 states have passed such laws it is im- 

 portant for us to know which ones they are. 

 We wrote, therefore, to the Department of 

 Commerce, of the Bureau of Standards, 

 Washington, D. C, and received the fol- 

 lowing from the director : 



Dear Sir: — This list is not presumed to be 

 complete, as the session laws for the past 

 two years have not been examined carefully 

 except in the cases of a few states. We are 

 anxious to bring this information up to date, 

 but the press of other work has prevented 

 us from doing so. 



S. W. Snatton, Director. 



Washington, D. C, Dee. 18 



List of states having laws which require packages 

 containing commodities to be marked with the net 

 contents. 



Arizona, 1913. — Foods: A large number of foods 

 and classes being enumerated, but there is no gen- 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



eral statement. California, 1913. — " Provisions . . 

 . . . apply to foodstuffs and stuffs intended to be 

 used or prepared for use as food for human beings," 

 or eaten or drunk by human beings. Connecticut, 

 1911. — ^Food only. Florida, 1911. — ^Food onjy. 

 Georgia, 1913. — Food only. Indiana, 1913. — All 

 commodities to be sold by weight or measure, ex- 

 cept commodities customarily sold by numerical 

 count, or in gross, or in packages so marked as to 

 indicate contents. Iowa, 1913. — "All dry commod- 

 ities weighing ten ounces or more, except drugs, 

 section comb honey, and those specified in section 

 nine" (relating to berries V Louisiana, 1914. — 

 Food only. Maine, 1913. — Food only. Massachu- 

 setts, 1914. — Food only. Michigan, 1913. — Food 

 only. Montana, 1913. — "Any commodity or article 

 of merchandise in a package or container." Not 

 applicable to packages selling for ten cents or less. 

 Nebraska, 1913. — Certain food products only, some 

 exceptions ; statute does not include all food. Ne- 

 vada, 1911. — " Any commodity or article of mer- 

 chandise." New Hampshire, 1913. — Food. North 

 Dakota, 1907. — Food and beverages. New York, 

 1913. — All commodities except those for which spe- 

 cial containers are provided. Pennsylvania, 1913. 

 — All commodities. South Dakota, 1911. — Food. 

 Tennessee, 1913. — Food. Utah, 1915. — Foods. West 

 Virginia, 1915. — All commodities. Wisconsin, 1913. 

 — Foods. Wyoming, 1911. — Foods. 

 Bureau of Standards, Dec, 1915. 



In view of the fact that one's honey may 

 be shipped outside of the state in which he 

 resides, and be sold, we will suppose, where 

 there is no net-weight law, such shipper 

 would be liable to Uncle Sam, Whether a 

 state has a net-weight law or not, it is al- 

 ways wise and safe to mark the net weight 

 on every section. 



I 



Shall we Clip One or Both Wings of 

 our Queens ? 



Mr. D. D. Stover, of the Stover Apiaries 

 Co., Mayhew, Miss., seeing our article in 

 the A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture, 

 wherein we recommend clipping hoth wings 

 from one side of a queen, writes that he 

 clips only the large wing on one side, leav- 

 ing the smaller one under it intact. He has 

 found it, he says, just as effective in pre- 

 venting the flight of a queen as to clip both 

 wings. Moreover, it does not mar the ap- 

 pearance of the little lady, and at the same 

 time it makes it easier to pick her up. 



We replied by saying that we were of 

 the opinion that the one-wing plan would 

 still leave the queen able to fly possibly a 

 yard or more from the hive, and thus get 

 lost. Mr. Stover came back by saying that, 

 if the large wing is clipped close to the 

 body, there will be no danger of the queen 

 flying at all. 



We finally referred the matter to Dr, 

 Miller, who has had a very large experience 

 on queen-clipping. His reply is so valuable 

 that we are glad to give it to our readers : 



A good many times it has happened that, 

 when clipping a queen, I have taken off only 



