1881. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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experiments two years ago, both with 

 lime as a dryer, and sulphuric acid as an 



absorbent. The lime we employed in a 

 crude state -that is. unslaked— but j 

 found it too heating when used in any 

 quantity, ami not absorbing enough if 

 used in small quantity. The sulphuric 

 acid was much more satisfactory in its 

 results. We found by the use of one 

 ounce of sulphuric acid, diluted with j 

 the same quantity t>f water, placed in a 

 saucer, and put on the top of the blan- 

 ket, with a screen or wire cloth cover- 

 ing to keep out the chaff, then covering 

 all with packing, there was no percept- 

 ible moisture to be found in the hives. 

 Of all the hives thus prepared, every 

 comb was perfectly dry. So well pleased 

 were we with the result, that we intend- 

 ed preparing ten last winter in the same 

 manner ; also, to thoroughly try slaked 

 lime in the manner as above described 

 by Dr. Van Antwerp, but a very busy 

 fall, and the early advent of winter, en- 1 

 tirely prevented the prosecution of fur- 

 ther experiments. We intend to thor- 

 oughly test both methods, as also plas- 

 ter of Paris or side-walls for several 

 colonies, and will give results hereafter. 

 Meantime, we suggest that the Doctor 

 test sulphuric acid. We are almost per- 

 suaded he will like it much better than 

 his •'lime-kiln." 



Suppression of Foul Brood. 



At a meeting of the Southern Michi- 

 gan Bee-Keepers' Association, held at 

 Battle Creek, on the 9th inst., the fol- 

 lowing preambles and resolution were 

 adopted, as reported by the Committee, 

 approving of the bill now before the 

 Legislature of that State for the sup- 

 pression of foul-brood : 



Whereas, It appears in evidence that 

 a bill has been presented in the House 

 of Representatives which has for its ob- 

 ject the suppression of the disease and 

 scourge among bees known as foul- 

 brood ; and 



Whereas, Said bill has been placed on 

 rile and numbered 54 ; therefore, 



Resolved. That as a sense of this meet- 

 ing, we hail this action on the part of 

 the State Legislature as timely and good 

 and would strongly urge the passage of 

 said bill, or a similar one, looking to the 

 suppression and extirpation of this 

 dreaded disease among bees, believing 

 that itis a proper subject for legislation, 

 for the protection of those engaged in 

 bee-culture. 



L. McCoy, i 



E. B. Southwick, [Committee. 



J. B. IDE, ) 



The following is a copy of the bill 

 now before the Legislature of Michigan, 

 referred to in the above resolution. It 

 was introduced in the House on the 3d 

 inst., by Mr. Root, and is recommended 

 by the Committee on Horticulture : 



A BILL to prevent the spread of Foul 



Brood among bees, and to extirpate 



the same. 



Section ] . The People of the State o} 

 Michigan enact, That it shall be unlaw- 

 ful for any person to keep in his apiary 

 any colony of bees affected with the 

 contagious malady known as foul brood ; 

 and it shall be the duty of every bee- 

 keeper, as soon as he becomes aware of 

 the existence of said disease among his 

 bees, to forthwith destroy or cause to be 

 destroyed all colonies thus affected. 



Sec. 2. In any county in this State, in 

 which foul brood exists, or in which 

 there are good reasons to believe it 

 exists, it shall be lawful for any five or 

 more actual bee-keepers of said county 

 to set forth such fact, belief or appre- 

 hension in a petition addressed to the 

 judge of probate, requiring him to ap- 

 point a competent commissioner to pre- 

 vent the spread of said disease and to 

 eradicate the same ; which petition shall 

 be filed with, and become a part of the 



records of the court where such appli- 

 cation is made. 

 SEC. :;. It shall lie the duty of the 



judge of probate on the receipt .of the 



petition specified in section two, of this 



act, to appoint within ten days there- 

 after a well known and competent bee- 

 keeper of said county, as a commis- 

 sioner, who shall hold his office during 

 the pleasure of said court ; and a record 

 of such order of appointment, and re- 

 vocation, when revoked, shall be tiled as 

 a part of the records of said court. 



Sec, 4. It shall be the duty of said 

 commissioner, within ten days of his 

 appointment as aforesaid, to tile his 

 acceptance of the same with the court 

 from whom he received his appoint- 

 ment. 



Sec. 5. Upon complaint of any two 

 bee-keepers of said county in writing 

 and on oath, to said commissioner, set- 

 ting forth that said disease exists, or 

 that they have good reason to believe it 

 exists within said county, designating 

 the apiary or apiaries wherein they be- 

 lieve it to be, it shall become the duty 

 of the commissioner, to whom such 

 complaint is delivered, to proceed with- 

 out unnecessary delay to examine, the 

 bees so designated, and if he shall be- 

 come satisfied that any colony or colo- 

 nies of said bees are diseased with foul 

 brood, he shall without further dis- 

 turbance to said bees, fix some dis- 

 tinguishing mark upon each hive, 

 wherein exists said foul brood, and im- 

 mediately notify the person to whom 

 said bees belong, personally or by leav- 

 ing a written notice at his place of resi- 

 dence, if he be a resident of such county, 

 and if such owner be a non resident of 

 such county, then by leaving the same 

 with the person in charge of such bees, 

 requiring said person, within five days, 

 Sundays excepted, from the date of said 

 notice, to effectually remove or destroy 

 said hives, together with their entire 

 contents, by burying them or by fire. 



Sec. 6. If any person neglects to 

 destroy or cause to be destroyed said 

 hives and their contents m manner as 

 described in section five, after due noti- 

 fication, he shall be deemed guilty of a 

 misdemeanor, and punished by a fine 

 not to exceed fifty dollars for the first 

 offense, and for each additional offense 

 he shall be liable to a fine not to exceed 

 one hundred dollars, at the discretion of 

 the court ; and any justice of the peace 

 of the township where said bees exist 

 shall have jurisdiction thereof. . 



Sec. 7. The commissioner shall be 

 allowed for services under this act, two 

 dollars for each full day, and one dollar 

 for each half day, the account to be 

 audited by the board of supervisors. 



Sec. S. In all suits and prosecutions 

 under this act, it shall be. necessary to 

 prove that said bees were actually 

 diseased or infected with foul brood. 



gf"We notice in the telegraphic dis- 

 patches from Washington, that the 

 House committee on epidemic diseases 

 have agreed to report favorably on the 

 bill authorizing the President to appoint 

 a commission to investigate the adul- 

 teration of food and other articles, and 

 appropriating §20,000 therefor. Slowly, 

 but surely, we are moving on the forti- 

 fications of the enemy. 



BEE-K E E 1' ERS' INSTRUCTOR. 



gentle Italians, but through careful 

 " selection " we can. 



DOMINION BAZA A K. 



Importation of Bees.— F. L. Wright, 

 Plainfield, Mich., makes the following 

 very sensible suggestions : 



A certain class of bee-keepers are 

 laboring hard to convince the people 

 that the imported queen is the queen ; 

 while at the same time another class 

 would have us believe that the imported 

 queen is "good for nix," and that the 

 home-bred is the queen for everybody. 



One knows that there are black bees 

 in Italy ; another that there are not. 



One claims that in Italy queens are 

 reared in a very careless, shiftless man- 

 ner ; another says they are bred in the 

 most careful manner. 



Now the question is, Mr. Editor, how 

 are we going to decide which is right 

 and which is wrong V or which are the 

 best and most profitable, the imported 

 or the home-bred '? " The proof of the 

 pudding is in the eating." 



Most of us have plenty of imported 

 queens. We also have the light-colored 

 home-bred. . Now, when the season 

 opens let us take one or two colonies 

 containing our choicest imported 

 queens ; ditto of our best and lightest- 

 colored home-bred, and set them aside 

 to experiment with. Keep an exact 

 account of all work done with each ; the 

 exact number of pounds or ounces of 

 feed fed to each ; the exact number of 

 pounds or ounces of comb or founda- 

 tion furnished each ; and lastly, the 

 exact amount of honey produced by 

 each, and the condition they are in for 

 winter. 



How many will try it ? If we experi- 

 ment faithfully we may perhaps satisfy 

 ourselves, if we cannot convince others 

 of the relative merits of each. 



igg* The Marion, Iowa, Register of 

 last week contains the following item 

 upon the subject of food adulteration : 



The Bee Journal, makes a most 

 happy illustration of the present state 

 of things, by suggesting that if a man 

 tries to pay for counterfeit butter with 

 counterfeit money, he will be at once 

 apprehended and sent to the peniten- 

 tiary ; and that no one would pursue 

 him with deeper wrath than the fellow 

 who was trying to put off the bogus 

 butter ! 



gg" " Seed Time and Harvest " is the 

 name of a monthly that is sent free to 

 agricultural men. The article on " hot 

 beds " in the January number, is very 

 complete and contains many hints of 

 value to gardeners. It is published by 

 Isaac F. Tillinghurst, La Plume, Pa. 



New Bees.— The Editor remarks as 

 follows on this subject : 



We suppose that. Mr. Jones has called 

 attention to the tact that there are bet- 

 ter bees in other lands, and that others 

 will be induced to look for "new kinds." 

 A clergyman in Asia has discovered a 

 different race of bees there, and soon 

 we may expect to get specimens of the 

 new China Porcelain bees. 



The Bee Journal.— The Editor gives 

 the Weekly Bee Journal the following 

 notice : 



The American Bee Journal is to 

 hand in its new form. It is now a 

 Weekly, and presents a handsome ap- 

 pearance. We wish it success in the 

 new departure. Standing as it does in 

 the front rank of bee papers we have 

 no doubt it will more than keep up the. 

 fair name and fame it has won in the 

 past. 



New Races of Bees.— L. H. Pammel, 

 Jr., La Crosse, Wis., writes as follows 

 on the question : 



The enthusiast says yes ; but the man 

 of prudence says no. Let every bee- 

 keeper for a moment consider the true 

 merits of the races already introduced 

 here. Are they not prolific, good honey 

 gatherers and adapted to our climate i 

 If they fail to gather surplus some sea- 

 sons, it is either through negligence on 

 the part of the bee-keeper, or from the 

 arbitrary powers of nature. 



Some bee-keepers say: "We want 

 to import a race of bees that will work 

 on red clover." They do not show wis- 

 dom by making such wild assertions ; 

 for has not nature made ample provision 

 for races of bees that have a shorter 

 proboscis, or tongue ? Look at the 

 thousands of wild flowers blooming in 

 our forests and meadows, and you can 

 see both the Italian and black bees 

 entering their cavities in search of 

 honey, and tilling themselves with the 

 nectar extracted from these beautiful 

 flowers of nature. Look at our large 

 bumble-bees ; they are not constructed 

 to become great honey gatherers (al- 

 though they work on the red clover) as 

 they are so large and clumsy that they 

 cannot enter the blossoms with as much 

 ease as the smaller species of bees ; 

 neither do they show such signs of 

 activity ; and for these, or some other 

 reasons, are worthless. There are many 

 Asiatic species which I believe have a 

 proboscis large enough for our red 

 clover, but I doubt whether American 

 ingenity will ever hive them, or import 

 them to our shores ; neither do I think 

 it desirable, not because I believe the 

 introduction to be of no use. As Wal- 

 lace says : " No barrier is in the road 

 for them if they want to sting." Such 

 bees I believe would be a nuisance to 

 us; for no human being would dare to 

 go near them. "Let well enough alone," 

 should be the motto of every bee- 

 keeper. Our aim should be to improve 

 those races which have stood the test 

 and are warranted to be. superior to the 

 common bee. The law of "the survi- 

 val of the fittest," will not improve our 



Local Convention Directory. 



1881. Time and Place of Meeting. 



March 12— Mills Co., Iowa, at Glenwood, Iowa. 

 April 2— S. W. Iowa, at Corning. Iowa. 



5— Central Kentucky, at Winchester, Ky. 



Wm. Williamson, Sec. Lexinuton, Ky. 

 7— Union Association, at Eminence, Ky. 



E. Drane, Sec. pro tem., Eminence. Ky. 

 May i— Tuscarawas and Muskineum Valley, at Cam 

 bridge, Guernsey Co.. O. 



J. A. Bucklew. Sec, Clarks, O. 

 ft— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 

 10— Cortland Union, at Cortland, N. Y. 



C. M. Bean, Sec, McGrawville, N. Y. 

 11— S. W. Wisconsin, at Darlington, Wis. 



N. E. France, Sec, Platteville, Wis. 



Sept. National, at Lexington, Ky. 



--Kentucky State, at Louisville, Ky. 

 Oct. 18 -Ky. State, in Exposition B'd'g, Louisville.Ky. 

 W. Williamson, Sec, Lexington, Ky. 



IW In order to have this Table complete. Secreta- 

 ries are requested to forward full particulars of time 

 and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the Weekly American Bee Jonnuil 



and any of the following periodicals, for 1881, at the 

 prices quoted in the last column of figures. The 

 first column gives the regular price of both : 



Publishers' Price. Club. 



The Weekly Bee Journal (T. G. Newman) . .|2 00 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture < A. I. Root) 3 00. . 2 75 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine (A..!. King) . . 3 00.. 2 00 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange (J. H.Nellis). 2 75.. 2 50 



The 4 above-named papers 4 75. . 3 75 



Bee-Keepers' Instructor t\V. Thomas) 2 50.. 2 35 



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.Hill) 2 50.. 2 35 



The above-named papers 575.. 5 00 



Prof. Cook's Manual i bound in cloth) 3 25.. 3 00 



Bee-Culture (T.G.Newman) 240.. 2 25 



For Semi-monthly Bee Journal, $1.00 less. 

 For Monthly Bee Journal, J1.50 less. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



BUYERS' QUOTATIONS. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— The market is plentifully supplied with 

 honey, and sales are slow at weak, easy prices. Quo- 

 table at I8@20c. for strictly choice wnite comb In l 

 and 2 lb. boxes ; at 14@16c. for fair to good in large 

 packages, and at 10^120, for common dark-colored 

 and broken lots.— Chicago Times. 



BEESWAX.-Choice yellow, 20(g24c; dark, 15@17. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY.— Best white comb honey, small neat 

 packages, 17@18c. ; fair do., 15@10c. ; dark do., 12@I3 ; 

 large boxes sell for about 2c. under above. White 

 extracted, 9@10c. ; dark, 7<&,8c; southern strained, 

 80®85c. 



REESWAX.-Prime quality, 20@24c. 



H. K. & F. B. THURBEH & Co. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— The market for extracted clover honey 

 is very good, and in demand at lie. for the best, and 

 8*9c. for basswood and dark honey. Comb honey 

 is of slow sale at 10c. for the best. 



BEESWAX-18@24c. C. F. MUTH. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— As freights have advanced, European 

 buyers are out of the market. The new overland 

 route via Atchison and Topeka promised connection 

 and reduced freights on January 1st, 1881, and If bo 

 it would have cleared up our market. We quote 

 comb 12@15c. Extracted, choice white, t>!^(§* 7c. ; off- 

 colors, 6<5 6^c. 



BEES WAX-2V 23c, as to color. 



Stearns & Smith, 423 Front Street. 



February .">, 1881. 



ijgTAny one desiring to get a copy of 

 the Constitution and By-Laws of the 

 National Society, can do so by sending 

 a stamp to this office to pay postage. If 

 they desire to become members, ;i fee 

 of $1.00 should accompany it, and the 

 name will be duly recorded. This no- 

 tice is given ;it the request of the 7<:xec- 

 utive Committee. 



