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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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: (in shallow form.) Yes, its funny to slou included: President of the Wor- 



.see the "standard" advocates contra- cester County Association, F. H. 



dieting themselves, continually, in Drake, of East Brookfield, J.L.Day, of 



their wild efforts to uphold a preju- Berlin; O. B. Hadwen, S. A. Burges, 



diced theory. But properly con- Horace P. Jacobs, of Auburn and 



struced hives of shallow frames, are others. 



not formed on "artificial sources," Dinner was served in Horticultural 



nor dependent upon the backmg of Hall at 1 o'clock. For an hour this en- 

 the 'sugar barrel. 



Taphet, W. Va., Sept., i6, 1904. 



DISEASES OF BEES. 



(A small armful of copies of the paper con- 

 taining the following, relating to the Wor- 

 cester meeting, was sent to this office by ^s presiding officer. After remarks of 



tertainment was furnished by caterer 

 C. S. Yeaw, after which there was a 

 social half hour, the meeting being 

 called to order at 2:30 o'clock and con- 

 tinued until 4:30. 



President Drake called the meeting 

 to order and Introduced A. A. Hlxon 



various members, and the matter was put in 

 type for the April edition, but was necessarily 

 crowded out of that issue. Since that time 



welcome by Secretary Hixon of the 

 Worcester horticultural society, O. B. 

 Hadwen, a veteran horticulturist, was 



Mr. Miller has taken a place on our editorial introduced. He told of the bee being 



staff, and the discourse will therefore be the the finst live stock he kept On his 



more interesting to our readers.— Harry E. farm, and of the profit and pleasure 



Hill.) it furnished beside being of inexhaust- 

 ible study in nature. 



Members and guests of the Wor- Burton W. Potter, president of the 



cester county bee association dined, agricultural society, said he first kept 



met *50cially and listened to an ad- 

 dress on disea-ses of the bee, by Arthui 



a hive of bees for pleasure, and to get 

 honey for home consumption, but now 



C, Miller, of Providence, followed by he has started an apiary at his farm, 



open discussion, in Horticultural hall, having five hives. He thought the bee 



yesterday afternoon. It brought to- an indispensable factor to plant life 



gether as many people interested in and fruit trees. 



the busy bee as has ever been congre- F. H. Farmer, president of the Mas- 

 gated in Worcester county, making sachusetts apicultural -society, and H. 

 the most interesting gathering of peo- H. Jepson also spoke of the work of 

 pie conversant with the culture of the bee and the bee-keepers, 

 honey bees that central Massachus- Following these introductory re- 

 etts ever saw, the enthusiasts say. marks the speaker of the afternoon. 

 It developed that the disease of the Arthur C. Miller, of Providence, was 

 bee so far as the temperate zone is introduced, and spoke at some length 

 concerned is not a serious problem, on "Disease of Bees." Mr. Miller said 

 Points were given out that the safest in part: 



way to harbor bees so as to prevent "At the start I wish you to under- 

 winter killing is to provide dry quar- stand that the ailments of bees are 

 ters, with colonies in proportion to the not of such a nature as to endanger 

 amount of food supply. humanity through eating the honey or 



Arthur C. Miller, the speaker, is con- handling the bees, 

 sidered authority on houey bees in the "Eminent authorities suspect that 

 rnited States, and for L-^i-s reason his much that is ^Titten of the diseases of 

 audience was larger than usual, and bees is fanciful, and most of the ali- 

 bis subject was one which the average ments originate from want of clean- 

 bee-keeper is vitally interested in. Fol- liness or want of food. Bee-keepers 

 lowing his talk he withstood a rapid are wont, to consider their knowledge 

 fire of questions which were asked by of the bee as modern whereas knowl- 

 the Worcester county bee-keepers, in pdge and practices differ but little 

 bopes to solve some perplexing ques- from those of two centuries ago. Val- 

 :ions which jeopardize the industry in nable ideas of early bee-keepers have 



his part of Massachusetts. Those as well been lost sight of. 



aking part in the after speech discus- "Bee ailments as known today may 



