February, 1909. 



American ^^e Journal 



now keep a record of all my queens and 

 colonies, so I know exactly what is go- 

 ing on in each hive. I winter my bees 

 in the cellar under the house, and the 

 past years did not suffer any loss what- 

 ever. 



I wish to say that I like the American 

 Bee Journal very much, and will never 

 be without it. G. A. Barbish. 



La Crescent, Minn., Sept. 3. 



Uses of Honey 



The following paragraphs appeared in 

 the Philadelphia Press, on the uses of 

 honey : 



The action of honey on the teeth is not at 

 all injurious as is the case with candy. Those 

 who have tried it say that in preserving fruit, 

 the formic acid honey contains makes a better 

 preservative than sugar syrup. For throat and 

 lung troubles, honey is excellent, in many 

 cases superior to cod liver oil. It is also 

 valuable in cases of croup and colds. As an 

 external application it is irritating while cleaT, 

 but soothing when diluted. It is laxative and 

 sedative, and physicians say that in diseases of 

 the bladder and kidneys it is a sovereign rem- 

 edy. 



In mead and harvest drinks, honey has con- 

 siderable of the same effect as wine and stimu- 

 lants, without their injurious effects. It is con- 

 centrated and easy of assimilation, and fur- 

 nishes the same elements of nutrition as sugar 

 and starch, both energy and warmth. 



Mr. C. G. Chevalier, of Maryland, 

 kindly sent us the above item. It would 

 be well if bee-keepers generally would 

 have it copied in their local newspapers. 



A certain physician in the East, who 

 for years was annually afflicted with 

 "la grippe," began to use honey as a 

 daily food, and since doing so has not 

 had an attack of that affliction. Score 

 another one for honey! 



Beet-Sugar for Bees 



J. Enclund, writing from Sweden, in 

 Gleanings, says they have only beet- 

 sugar, and he feeds about 1000 pounds 

 to 60 or 70 colonies every fall, and the 

 bees do well on it. So it would seem 

 that at least sometimes beet-sugar is as 

 good as that from cane. 



Bachmann's Super 



C. H. Bachmann has invented and pat- 

 ented a comb-honey super which has the 

 advantage that when not in use it can 

 be laid out in the flat so as to occupy 

 only one-fourth as much storage-room 

 as when fully put together. At one cor- 

 ner, upon the withdrawal of a pin, the 

 dovetails pull apart, the other three cor- 

 ners having dovetails that act as hinges. 



An Appreciation of Dr. Miller 



In a letter dated January 14, 1909, 

 Hon. Eugene Secor, of Forest City, 

 Iowa, wrote the following paragraph in 

 reference to Dr. C. C. Miller, whose la- 

 test portrait graced the front cover-page 

 of the January number of this Journal: 



"I am glad to see the genial face of Dr. 

 Miller in the American Bee Journal for Jan- 

 uary, which I have just received. What a 

 void will be left in the bee-keepers' ranks 

 when he is gone. I dread to contemplate it. 

 There is nobody in all the world to fill his 

 place. He has given the greatest uplift to the 

 profession of any man engaged in the produc- 

 tion of honey. Long may be live!" 



Mr. Secor is entirely right in saying 

 "there is nobody in all the world to fill 

 his place." Dr. Miller has a place all 



his own. He made it himself, during 

 the many years of faithful and devoted 

 service to the very best interest of bee- 

 keeping. He deserves his place. No one 

 can take it from him. In fact, we don't 

 know any one who would want to try to 

 take his place, for no one would be so 

 selfish or so conceited as to think he 

 could fill Dr. Miller's place. We all need 

 to make places for ourselves. Each has 

 a work to do that no other can do for 

 us. If each does not do his own work, 

 it will never be done. Some think that 

 one's work is born with him, and that 

 certainly is not a very erroneous idea. 

 Each needs to get in close contact with 

 his job, and stick to it until life's end. 

 "Happy is he who has found his work. 

 Let him ask no other blessedness. Labor 

 is life." There is room for all — there is 

 work for all — and all should be faithful 

 to the trust that is given them in this 

 work-a-day world. 



above item in the Pacific Medical Jour- 

 nal, and sent it in for our columns. 

 Prof. Cook seems to have a bigger thing 

 than bees to look after now. 



The Bee a Winner in France 



Mr. C. P. Dadant has kindly sent us 

 the following bit of news from a French 

 paper : 



Among other European news, I have re- 

 ceived information, through Mr. E. Giraud, of 

 Le Landreau, France, of a vote taken, among 

 the readers of a Paris daily, " Le Petit 

 Parisien," for the 1 most useful domestic 

 animals. The honey-bee was one of the win- 

 ners. The vote ran as follows: 



1. Horse 1,269,872 vote§. 



2. Cow 1,243,117 " 



3. Dog :, 203, 473 " 



4- Hen 1,015,863 " 



5- Ox 1,015,553 



6. Hog 991.163 



7. Sheep 746,303 



8. Camel 629,859 " 



9- Ewe 610,596 " 



10. Honey-bee 523,843 " 



As in the above vote there is double voting 

 on two races — cow and ox, sheep and ewe — 

 this really puts the honey-bee eighth on the 

 list of useful domestic animals. The high vote 

 concerning the dog is due to the fact that the 

 herding of cattle and sheep with shepherd 

 dogs is practiced a great deal more in Europe 

 than in America. Every village has a number 

 of dogs devoted to this useful purpose. 



C. P. Dadant. 



This is a very interesting item. We 

 wonder what place the honey-bee would 

 occupy if a similar vote were taken in 

 the United States. The hens seem to 

 be up pretty near the top in France. 

 That is something "to crow over," or 

 perhaps "cackle about." 



Big Prehistoric Elephant 



No, this is nothing about bees at all. 

 But a bee-keeper is connected with it, 

 and seemed to have an elephant on his 

 hands, even if it was one that has been 

 dead quite awhile. The following para- 

 graph tells all about it : 



REMAINS OP A MAMMOTH IN CALIFORNIA. 



The remains of a prehistoric elephant of 

 mammoth proportions were unearthed recently 

 in the bed of a small creek in Puddingstone 

 Canyon, half a mile north of San Dimas, by 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, head of the department of 

 biology of Pomona College, Cal., and Edward 

 P. Terry, a student. The bone frame, which 

 is in a fair state of preservation, measures 26 

 feet in length, and 16 feet in height, and what 

 remains of each of the enormous tusks is 10 

 feet long. The parts of the huge skeleton 

 that could be safely handled, were removed 

 carefully to Claremont, and are to be placed 

 in the museum of Pomona College. The dis- 

 covery was accidental. The skeleton lay diag- 

 onally across the stream with only six inches 

 of ground over it. — Scientific American. 



Dr. Piero, of Chicago, ran across the 



To New Jersey Bee-Keepers 



We are asked to call the special at- 

 tention of all New Jersey bee-keepers 

 to the following: 



Foul brood is rampant in many parts of New 

 Jersey, In some localities it has swept out 

 entire apiaries. This has been particularly 

 true in Hunterdon county. It seems to be on 

 the increase in some of the southern counties 

 of the State. In one instance it was found 

 scattered throughout a large apiary, and the 

 owner was obliged to apply wholesale treat- 

 ment to the whole yard last summer. Then 

 there is scattered throughout the whole State 

 the small, careless bee-keeper with 3 or 4 to a 

 dozen colonics, and many of these are in old 

 box-hives. The disease continually lingers 

 among this class of bee-keepers. They do not 

 attend any conventions, nor read bee-papers 

 or bee-books, nor do they believe their bce» 

 have the disease. They are found in prac- 

 tically all localities, and the careful bee-keeper 

 finds it impossible to keep his bees free from 

 disease under such circumstances. Taking all 

 these conditions into consideration, it is impera- 

 tive that something must be done to stop the 

 ravages of foul brood in our State. 



The New Jersey Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 through its executive committee, has prepared 

 a foul brood law, and will have it presented 

 to the legislature at its present session. And 

 now comes our appeal: 



The executive committee wants, and must 

 have, the support of every interested and pro- 

 gressive bee-keeper in New Jersey ; and that 

 support we must have at once that we may 

 get our law passed at the present session of 

 the legislature, and in operation the coming 

 season. 



The present membership of the Association 

 are a unit in support of the law, but the mem- 

 bership is small to what it should be. Twelve 

 counties do not at present have a single paid- 

 up member. We want to present a solid front 

 from Sussex to Cape May. and from the 

 Delaware to the Atlantic. "In union there is 

 strength." 



What would the executive committee say 

 when we go before the legislative committee 

 if asked, as we would likely be, "How united 

 is the support of the bee-keepers?" We would 

 have to reply that only 8 counties have mem- 

 bers, and 12 counties are without a single 

 member? 



Then there are other reasons why we want 

 to increase the membership. The more mem- 

 bers, the more funds in the treasurer's hands, 

 and that means more interesting and more 

 practical programs. We are planning to hold 

 a field-meeting next June, and a 2-day's an- 

 nual meeting next winter. 



Then if our membership increases and in- 

 cludes the whole State, we will be able to 

 get an appropriation from the State, as we 

 are a branch of the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture. The present secretary of the State 

 Board of Agricolture is in hearty accord 

 with us. 



Further, we are planning to make our Asso- 

 ciation more helpful and educative in market- 

 ing our honey. We have at our finger's end 

 both New York and Philadelphia — two of the 

 most extensive honey markets in the United 

 States, besides many residential towns as raar- 

 kels for our honey. We must take better 

 advantage of these. 



We end with an appeal to every reader of 

 the American Bee Journal in New Jersey, to 

 join the New Jersey Bee-Keepers' Association 

 at once. Dues are but 50 cents per year. Re- 

 mit by post-office order or check to the Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer. Act at once. 



Also write a few lines stating your experi- 

 ence with brood-diseases, and how you arc 

 surrounded — if by any careless, box-hive bee- 

 keeper. 



Yours for a foul brood law in New Jersey 

 for 1909, and for the advancement of the New 

 Jersey Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Albert G. Hann, Sec.-Treas. 



Pittstown, N. J. 



We want to emphasize the above ap- 

 peal. It ought to be heeded by every 

 bee-keeper in New Jersey. Write Mr. 

 Hann at once, as he requests. 



