heir bees has nothing to do with it. 

 lo, oh, no! Certainly not. by any 

 aanner of means! Bee-lveepers are 

 onest and they Avouldn't cheat the 

 ear public. Poor, dear, deluded pub- 

 Blessed "child-like and bland" bee- 

 eepers. 



905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



83 



iriLL ^VOMAN BE APPOINTED? 



he Heads Eligible Li«t from Which 

 Bronx Bee-Keeper Will be Chosen. 



Although Miss Emma V. Haggerty, 

 f this city, stands first on the eligible 

 st from which Park Commissioner 

 chroeder is to appoint one of the 

 tiree apiarists whom he thinks he 

 eeds to look after the city's bees in 

 tie parks in the Bronx, it i« said to 

 e extremely unlikelj^ that she will re- 

 eive the appointment. The position 

 ays $1,200 a year. 



Miss Haggerty is not only one of the 

 lirteen to obtain a rating of 70 per 



Dt or better In the examination 

 •hich the Civil Service Commission 

 olds for the purpose of providing 

 ligible beekeeper* for the city, but, 

 I competition with thirty-odd men, 

 tie stands clear at the head, with a 

 andsome 97 per cent. 



As not every one is called upon to 



ike a citj^ beekeeper's examination. 



even knows what a city beekeeper 



the following questions from the 



lamination which Miss Haggerty 



ssed are illuminating: 



1. What is the ordinary size of a 

 )mmunity of the common honey bee? 

 ''hat is the special function of the 

 iieen, the workers and the drones in 

 ich a community? How many are 

 lere of each? 



2. In what respect does the cell of 

 le queen bee differ from that of other 



es? 



3. INIention two ordinary diseases to 

 hich bees are liable, and give the 

 medy for each. 



4. For what purpose-s has the prop- 

 jation of bees been undertaken by 

 e city? Decribe a plan to exhibit 

 ies for public observation. Illustrate 

 ' sketch. 



6. What is the usual cause of 

 varming? How is it prevented? 

 ow may a swarm of bees be recap- 

 red? 



7. What is the best way of protect- 



ing the public from being stung by 

 the bees, and at the same time letting 

 the public bc-st observe their habits? 



8. What happens when bees are left 

 without a queen? How ma.v a queen 

 be provided? 



9. From what cause do bees suffer in 

 winter? What precautions should be 

 taken to protect them while confined 

 to their hives? 



All told, the city has about thirty 

 hives of bees. If present plans are 

 carried out, and the three apiarists are 

 appointed, the city will be paying at 

 the rate of $120 a year a hive. Who 

 gets the honey is one of the mysteries 

 of modern municipal statecraft. 



(The foregoing from a New York 

 paper was sent tO' us last month by 

 some unknown friend. — Editor.) 



WINTER CONDITIONS. 

 Upperco, Ind., Feb. 9, 1905. 

 Editor Bee-Keeper: 



Our winter here has been a long and 

 severe one. The thermometer has 

 registered as low as six or seven below 

 zero. It has been very cold most of 

 the winter. Bees have been shut in 

 since October 1st. with the exception 

 of a few days. 



I examined one colony in January, 

 one warm day, and the brood would 

 equal one side of a Hoffman frame. 



I thought that was very good, as 

 much cold weather as we have had. 



I see, in the January issue of the 

 American BeeKeeper. that two patents 

 for bee hives have been issued. Will 

 you please state what it costs to issue 

 such patents ? 



D. H. Zenckler. 



We regret our inability to supply the 

 information desired. Full particulars 

 may be obtained, however, by address- 

 ing the patent solicitors who advertise 

 in The Bee-Keeper.— Editor. 



BEEKEEPERS HOLD MEETING. 



Grand Rapids, March 10.— The 

 Michigan State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion held its annual convention last 

 week. Fifty members were in atten- 

 dance. The exhibits of honey and 

 honey apparatus were large and inter- 

 esting. The National Biscuit Co.. dis- 

 played about 2.3 products in which 

 honey had been used. The convention 

 next year will be held at Jackson. 



