American IBcc JoarnaJi 



1909. 



for your next year's business. We suggest 

 that vou endeavor to have your requirements 

 for the rest of this season filled at one of the 

 other factories. 



This is but a formal announcement for the 

 time being. Our office will be in shape in a 

 dav or two, so that all matters concerning 



for observatory hive 5 3 



Dark Italian bees with queens one for 



observatory hive 5 3 



Carniolan bees with queen, one for 



observatory hive 5 3 



German bees with queen, one for ob- 

 servatory hive 5 3 



Api.^ry of J. C. Cunningham, of Stre.\tok, III. 



you individually can be taken up with you as 

 heretofore. 



Trusting that our past relations with you 

 have entitled us to a continuance of your 

 loyalty, which we assure you has been greatly 

 appreciated by us during our past years of 

 business dealing, we beg to remain. 



Yours truly, G. B. Lewis Comp.\ny. 



Such a fire is very unfortunate, indeed, 

 especially just at this season, when bee- 

 keepers require their supplies promptly 

 and in such large quantity. It will prob- 

 ably cause the other factories to work 

 more overtime than ever now. 



Of course, the customers of the G. B. 

 Lewis Company will be patient under 

 the circumstances, which arc so trying 

 to both sides alike. No doubt by an- 

 other season the new factory will be 

 abundantly equipped to meet all its de- 

 mands. 



City Back-Lot Apiary 



I am sending a picture of my apiary. 

 This little yard is located on the back 

 of my city lots near the alley. You are 

 looking southwest, and the buildings 

 that you see are on the street south of 

 me. My bees never trouble any one. 

 They are all Italians but 2 colonies, and 

 I am going to requeen them this spring. 

 Bees are wintering well. This has not 

 been a hard winter on bees, and 1 think 

 they are coming out strong. 



J. C. CUNNINCH.\M. 



Streator, 111., Feb. 8. 



Iowa State Fair List 



The Iowa State Fair for 1909 will be 

 held August 27 to September 3, at Des 

 Moines. The apiarian premium list is as 

 follows : 



1st 2d 3d 

 Largest and best display of comb 



honey, not less than 3U0 lbs.... $20 $15 $10 

 Largest and best display of extracted 



honey, not less than 100 lbs 20 15 10 



Case of comb honey (clover or lin- 

 den), not less than 12 sections. .5 3 2 



Case of honey (fall flowers) 5 3 2 



Extracted honey (clover), 10 lbs. .5 3 2 

 Extracted honey (linden), 10 lbs.. 5 3 2 

 Extracted honey (sweet clover or al- 

 falfa), 10 lbs 5 3 2 



Extracted honey (fall flowers), 10 



lbs. 5 3 2 



3 extracting frames comb honey, 



shown separately 3 2 1 



Display of beeswax, not less than 20 



lbs () 4 2 



Display of designs in beeswax G i 2 



Golden Italian bees with queen, one 



One gallon of lioney-vinegar (with 



recipe) shown in glass 3 2 1 



Sweepstakes. 



Largest and most attractive display 

 of comb and extracted honey, wax, 

 bees, implements, etc., owned by 

 exhibitor 25 15 



Hon. Eugene Secor, of Forest City, 

 has been judge of the apiarian depart- 

 ment of the Iowa State Fair for a good 

 many years, and it was at his sugges- 

 tion that the Board liberalized and en- 

 larged the list to the above proportions. 

 It seems the room for the apiarian de- 

 partment is rather limited, and it is 

 thought that if the Iowa State Board of 

 Agriculture would furnish the space it 

 ought to have, a splendid exhibit would 

 be installed. 



For any further desired information, 

 address Mr. Secor, as above. 



Apiary of W. A. Swearingen 



Tlie apiary as shown in the picture 

 is what we call the home vard. It is 



queens from her except where some 

 queen shows that she is an extra-good 

 honey-gatherer. We keep about 50 or 

 60 colonies in this yard. 



The picture also shows my wife and 

 children. 



Bees were weaker this spring than I 

 ever saw them, but we had one of the 

 heaviest of locust blooms this year, and 

 it has helped the bees to build up won- 

 derfully fast. Most of white clover this 

 year will be from seed, as most of the 

 old plants were killed by the drouth last 

 year. But the season so far has been 

 very favorable to its growth, and it is 

 looking as well as can be expected. 



We are having one of the heaviest of 

 blackberry blooms here, and I have one 

 or 2 colonies that are storing in sec- 

 tions from that source ; also several at 

 the extracting yards are storing from 

 the same source. 



W. A. SwE.\RINGEN. 



Epworth, Ky., June 2. 



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European Foul Brood in California 



Samples of a new outbreak of Euro- 

 pean foul brood in Fresno and adjoin- 

 ing counties in California, were received 

 at the Bureau of Entomology, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, the forepart of last 

 month. This disease seems to be new 

 to that part of the country, and so it will 

 be well for bee-keepers to be informed 

 concerning the danger. Any suspected 

 samples may be sent for identification 

 to Dr. E. F. Phillips, in Charge of Api- 

 culture, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, 



D. C. 



♦ 



Nebraska Fair Apiarian List 



Thf 4Tst annual Xcliraska State Fair 

 will lie held at Lincoln, Sept. 6 to 10, 

 1909. The premiums offered in its 

 apiarian department are many and va- 

 ried. If more information is desired, 

 write to W. W. Cole, of Neligh, Neb., 



Al'1-.VKY OF \V. A. SWEARINGK.N, UF LPVvOKJII, l^V. 



situated behind the machine shop. We 

 try to keep as pure Italian bees in this 

 yard as we can by buying an imported 

 queen every third year and rearing all 



who is the superintendent. The follow- 

 ing is the premium list as published : 



All bees and honey competing must have 

 been produced by the exhibitor; and all honey. 



