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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



not signify that a large crop may not yet be 

 obtained, although in all probability the 

 aggregate amount will be less than former- 

 ly, but not enough so the surplus of it will 

 seek the Northern markets, probably. 



I have been expecting a wire from Mr. 

 Frank Rauchfuss, of the Colorado Honey- 

 producers' Association, but up to date, June 

 14, have not heard from him. It is perhaps 

 too early yet to give any kind of a guess of 

 what the alfalfa regions will probably afford 

 in the way of honey. 



The next ten or twenty days will tell the 

 tale of whether clover and basswood will do 

 any thing this season. In the mean time we 

 request our subscribers everywhere to send 

 us postal cards containing not more than 

 twenty or thirty words, telling of the crop 

 conditions. Now, please don't write long 

 letters, nor mix these reports up with some- 

 thing else. 



La^er.— Honey from clover is coming in 

 strong, and the conditions for a good honey- 

 flow from this source were never better. 



THE DIFFERENCE IN THE HONEY-GATHERING 

 QUALITIES OF DIFFERENT BEES. 



I WENT down to see neighbor Vernon Burt 

 with his 200 and more colonies all in one lo- 

 cation. Nearly every one of them is strong, 

 and in prime condition to go into supers. As 

 stated elsewhere, the weather has been very 

 unfavorable until the last two or three days; 

 but now the bees are piling in honey. I ar- 

 rived at the yard about five o'clock, having 

 come from one of our outyards, and was 

 gratified to see how his bees were piling 

 into the entrances— perfect streams of them 

 —faster than one could possibly count. 



Mr. Burt let me take a look into several 

 of his colonies, one of which started from 

 the foundation, in sections with one bait. 

 They were then preparing to cap over 32 

 one-pound Danzenbaker sections— aZZ this 

 within three days! There were several oth- 

 ers that were doing as well, and a lot of oth- 

 ers that were falling far short of that per- 

 formance. Of course, Mr. Burt will use the 

 first mentioned as breeders. In fact, if I 

 understood him correctly he has already 

 been doing so. 



Thirty-two one-pound sections in three 

 days, from clover alone! That practically 

 means ten pounds a day. The country has 

 all been soaked with heavy rains. The clo- 

 ver has for weeks back been storing its 

 pent-up sweetness ready to give it forth al- 

 most as freely as basswood. 



The American Bee-keeper has lately add- 

 ed to its editorial staff, in the position of 

 associate editor, Mr. Arthur C. Miller. That 

 journal was already strong editorially; but 

 its late acquisition will make it still strong- 

 er, as Mr. Miller is an enthusiast on bees, 

 an old experienced bee-keeper, and a care- 

 ful observer. 



A NEW FOUL-BROOD LAW; LEGISLATION IN 

 GENERAL. 



A SHORT time ago I asked for information 

 in regard to any State or Territory that had 

 recently secured foul-brood laws. New Mex- 

 ico has lately come into the list. The fol- 

 lowing is the full text of the law : 



NEW MEXICO FOUL-BROOD LAW. 



HOUSE BILL NO. 99. 

 Introduced by Hon. Granville Pendleton, Feb. 20, 1905; 



read first and second time by title, ordered translated 



and printed, and referred to Committee on Internal 



Improvements. 

 AN ACT entitled an act relating to foul brood and 



other contagious diseases among bees. 



Sec. \.—Be. it resolved by the Legislative Assembly of 

 the Territory of New Mexico, that hereafter all bee- 

 keepers, owners, and possessors of bees, apiaries, bee- 

 hives, and apparatus pertaining to bees, bee-keepers, 

 apiaries, and bee-hives shall keep the same properly 

 protected and disinfected, and free from all foul brood 

 or other contagious diseases, and shall be required to 

 keep all bees, bee-hives, bee-houses, apiaries, comb, 

 honey, and apparatus free from all foul brood or other 

 contagious diseases. 



Sec. 2.— That any person or persons having in their 

 possession or under their control any bees, bee-hives, 

 bee-houses, combs, or apparatus pertaining to bees or 

 apiaries, and who shall allow the same to become in- 

 fected or diseased with any foul brood or contagious 

 diseases, and who shall willfully and knowingly permit 

 them to remain in such condition shall be deemed guilty 

 of misdemeanor, and upon trial and conviction before 

 any justice of the peace may be fined in any sum not 

 less than ten dollars or more than fifty dollars, or by 

 imprisonment in the county jail not more than 30 days 

 or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Sec. 3.— That any person competent to testify as a 

 witness may, upon information and belief, make com- 

 plaint before any justice of the peace in any county in 

 this Territory in which such foul brood or contagious 

 disease among bees is found to exist; and, upon such 

 written complaint being made in writing, and duly 

 sworn to as required by law, the justice before whom 

 such complaint is made shall issue a warrant for the 

 arrest of the offender and shall fully inquire, examine 

 into, and try said cause as now provided for the trial of 

 misdemeanors before a justice of the peace. 



Sec. 4.— That upon the trial of said cause that any 

 bees, bee-hives, combs, honey, or apparatus connected 

 with said apiary or bee-keeper, that may be found by 

 said justice of the peace before whom such trial is had, 

 to be diseased or infected with foul brood or any other 

 contagious diseases, shall by such justice of the peace 

 be declared to be a nuisance, and shall be condemned as 

 such, and an order or writ issued for the destruction of 

 such nuisance; and upon the issuing of such order and 

 such writ directed to any constable or sherifl" of such 

 county such constable or such sheriff to whom such 

 order or writ is directed and delivered, shall forthwith 

 execute the same by burning, destroying, and putting 

 out of existence all such bees, bee-hives, bee-houses, 

 comb, honey, or apparatus so declared to be and con- 

 demned as a nuisance. 



Sec. 5.— Justices of the peace in their respective 

 counties shall have jurisdiction in all causes arising 

 under the provisions of this act, and their costs in cases 

 under this act shall be taxed up and assessed as in 

 other cases of misdemeanor before justices of the peace. 



Sec. 6.— All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith 

 are hereby repealed, and this act shall be in force and 

 effect from and after its passage. 



This makes in all, so far as I have heard, 

 13 States and Territories, including Ontario, 

 that now have foul-brood laws. We came 

 very near having two more. I refer to the 

 law that was passed in Missouri, but which 

 was vetoed by the governor, and the mea- 

 sure that came very near passing in Minne- 

 sota. But as the latter State has a foul- 

 brood inspector we might also include Min- 

 nesota, making 14 in all. Let the good 

 work go on. 



