September, 1909. 



American Vae Journal 



States were met at the train by Mr. 

 Britton and friends with automobiles. 



A social hour was held from 11 :30 to 

 12:.3iX Lunch was then served, and at 

 1 :30 the meeting was called to order 

 by Pres. E. Clinton Britton. 



A change was made in the consitu- 



eveu in talking, if one has a free flow 

 of saliva. But, really, are bacilli alvei 

 common denizens of American mouths? 

 Suppose we ask Dr. Phillips, of the 

 Department of Agriculture, at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, to have Dr. White ex- 

 amine a few moutlis of bee-keepers in 



.\i'iAK\ I 'I-' I. H. Baker, of Palmyra. Mi 



tion, increasing the dues after next 

 April from oO cents to .$1.00 per year. 

 Fifteen nevv members were admitted, 

 making the total 75. 



For the best sample of honey shown 

 by bee-keepers, Judges F. H. Palmer, 

 X. A. Reed and M. W. Barrett awarded 

 the first prize, a fancy queen-bee, to 

 Mrs. E. G. Everbeck, of Winthrop Cen- 

 ter. 



There was a demonstration of find- 

 ing the queen-bee in a full hive, and 

 after her " ladyship " had been shown 

 those present, she was returned to the 

 hive to be delivered in the spring to 

 the winner. 



There was an address by Prof. Geo. 

 E. Stone, of the Massachusetts -Agri- 

 cultural College, on " Honey-Plants of 

 Eastern Massachusetts." Commencing 

 with the humble hollyhock, he showed 

 its makeup to the bee-keepers, and then 

 displayed a number of other flowers 

 rich in honey-value, the white and 

 sweet clovers being given high ranks. 



There were cornet and trombone 

 solos bv E. Clinton Britton and Henrv 

 W. Britton. 



Pres. E. C. Britton read an interest- 

 ing paper on " How to secure 200 

 pounds of honey from one colony in 

 eastern Massachusetts." This logical 

 statement held the close attention of 

 his audience. 



that locality. Perhaps "bjcality" 

 would be important in the matter of 

 saliva. 



Apiary of J. H. Baker 



I will send a picture of part of my 

 apiary. I have 80 colonies. I like to 

 work with bees. I also like the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. J. H. Baker. 



Palmyra, Mo., May 25. 



Foul Brood in Illinois 



Word comes from Washington that 

 European foul brood has appeared in 

 different parts of Illinois. Dr. Miller 

 reports that it is to be found in differ- 



for this pest. Watch sharp for the ap- 

 pearance of larv;c dead in their cells. 

 There is little occasion for chilled 

 brood this time of year, and if any dead 

 brood is found it should at once arouse 

 suspicion. 



If, indeed, there is any suspicion of 

 disease in brood, send at once a sam- 

 ple to Dr. E. F. Phillips, Agricultural 

 Dept, Washington, D. C. Don't send 

 it to this ofiice nor to Dr. Miller. It 

 will cost you only the postage to send 

 it to Washington, and you will have 

 reliable judgment from the highest 

 authority. 



A Back- Yard Apiary 



I am sending you a picture of me 

 and my 6 colonies, taken June 30. In 

 the front is grass and alfalfa, and in 

 the back are grape-vines with grapes. 

 and the tree to the right is catalpa. It 

 is all in my back yard. 



D.wiD R. Strader. 



East Prairie, Mo., July 1. 



A Finland Bee-Keeper Calls 



Mr. Paul Mickwitz, of Helsingfors, 

 Finland, Europe, made us a brief call 

 last month, when on his way to his 

 native land. He has spent nearly two 

 years in the United States and Canada, 

 learning bee-keeping from the A. I. 

 Root Co., R. F. Holtermann, Dadant & 

 Sons, J. W. K. Shaw & Co., and others. 

 He has become proficient in the ways 

 of American bee-keepers, and in a 

 month or two will go back to Finland 

 to keep bees, perhaps in connection 

 with his brother, who is a bee-keeper. 

 Mr. Mickwitz is a very pleasant young 

 man to meet, and from his general ap- 

 pearance, etc., will be very successful 

 with bees in Finland. He says that 

 honey is worth two or three times as 

 much there as here, although they don't 

 harvest as large crops. Their main 

 dependence is white and alsike clover, 

 and also heather; the latter being al- 

 most impossible to e.xtract on account 

 of its quick granulation in the combs- 



Foiil Brood and Saliva 



Woodheadstateson the authority of \'it'nal 

 that the bacillus alvei is an inhabitant of tlie 

 human mouth — that great home of the bac- 

 teria, wliere Leuwenlioek first discovered 

 them. It is well, tliercfore. in workint; 

 among bees to remember tliat human saliva 

 can infect, and can start foul brood, and if 

 the conditions are favorable to the bacteria, 

 can destroy all the colonies in the apiary.— 

 /ris/i Bee Journal. 



But why should one be spitting in a 

 hive? Unless a tobacco-chewer? and 

 the devotees to tobacco among bee- 

 keepers are few. Still, there might be 

 some danger in coughing, sneezing, or 



Apiary of David K. Strader. of East Pkaikie. Mo. 



ent directions around him, and has in- 

 vaded his apiary. So it becomes Illi- 

 nois bee-keepers to be on the lookout 



The American Bee Journal wishes 

 Mr. Mickwitz every success in bee- 

 keeping in far-away Finland. 



