Feb. 9, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



89 



appliances, or expose other bees to the daiig"er of said dis- 

 ease, or refuse to allow said inspector to inspect such api- 

 ary, honey, or appliances, said owner shall, on conviction 

 before a justice of the peace, be liable to a fine of not less 

 than fifty dollars ($50), nor more than one hundred dollars 

 ($100), or not less than one month's imprisonment in the 

 county jail, nor more than two months" imprisonment. 



.\NNU.\L REPOKT. 

 Sec. 5. — The inspector of apiaries shall make an annual 

 report to the j,''overnor of Illinois, yiving' the number of api- 

 aries visited, the number of diseased apiaries found, the 

 number of colonies treated ; also the number of colonies 

 destroj'ed by fire, and his expenses. 



EXPENSES. 



Sec. 6. — There is hereby appropriated out of any 

 moneys in the State treasury-, not otherwise appropriated, a 

 sum not exceeding seven hundered dollars ($700) per year, 

 for the suppression of foul brood among bees in Illinois. 

 Said inspector shall receive four dollars ($4.00) per day, 

 and traveling expenses for actual time served, which sum 

 shall not exceed the moneys hereby appropriated, to be paid 

 by the State treasurer upon warrants drawn and approved 

 by the governor. 



SeC; 7. — This Act shall take effect, and be in force, from 

 and after its passage and publication. 



Mr. Stone, when sending us the foregoing copy of the 

 proposed law, added these words, that Illinois bee-keepers 

 should heed : 



If bee-keepers who know the harm of foul brood wish a 

 law to protect them against it, let them write to, and talk 

 with, their representatives and senators (as we will have 

 the same Bill before the Senate), for there is no Bill that 

 goes through without work, especially that has an appro- 

 priation attacht. If our bee-keepers' executive committee 

 comes before the appropriation committees of the House 

 and Senate, and none of them have been approacht by their 

 constituency, our work will be hard, and probably a failure. 

 If it is worth having, it is worth working for. 



Disinfecting FouI=Broody Honey Mr. J. B. Adams, 



Bee-Inspector for Boulder Co.. Colo., uses the following 

 method for disinfecting foul-broody honey for feeding back : 



"Boil the honey hard for 20 minutes after adding '3 

 water. Let it get cold, and then boil again for 20 minutes. 

 Foul brood .spores have two skins ; the first boiling and 

 cooling loosens the first skin : the second boiling and cool- 

 ing kills the spores." 



The G. B. Lewis Co., of Watertown, Wis., have issued 

 a very neat 1899 catalog of their apiarian supplies. Thev 

 are one of the verj- best concerns in all this country. Wis- 

 consin seems to be noted for its bee-supply firms. And, so 

 far as we know, they are all good ones, too. 



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Mr. Geo. Spitlek. of Crawford Co., Pa., speaks thus of 

 this journal : 



" Say, do 3'ou know that the American Bee Journal is 

 fine ? The last number (Jan. 12) is just full of good things 

 — so much really original matter." 



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Dr. Peiro, whose office is in Central Music Hall, in this 

 city, makes a specialty of throat and lung diseases. Any of 

 our readers may feel free to consult him by mail, not for- 

 g-etting to enclose stamps, of course. He has what is called 

 the American oxygen treatment for lung trouble that he 

 claims is a fine specific for la grippe and similar troubles. 

 Just write him for his circular on the oxygen treatment, 

 and mention the American Bee Journal. Don't be afraid to 

 write him fully concerning yourself, if vou wish. 



Dr. J. P. H. Bkowx. of Richmond Co., Ga., wrote us 

 Jan. 20 : 



" I am just' getting over the la g-rippe — have had a hard 

 time of it. The past season has been an'ofl:''one for the 

 busy bee. I don't think 2,000 pounds of honey, all told, 

 have been taken inside of a radius of 100 miles of this place. 

 Result : Hundreds of colonies will ' go up ' before next 

 spring, unless fed. In fact, the loss already- has been very 

 heavy." 



We are glad to know that our good Southern friend is. 

 all right again. La grippe is a terrible enemy to human 

 health and happine.ss. We are just now (Jan. 23) suffering 

 from a severe attack of eczema. La.st week it covered the 

 middle of the body, and now it is in the face and head, par- 

 ticularly around the eyes. It makes us almost sightless, 

 and at night sleepless. We now know how to sympathize 

 fully with any person suffering with eczema. 



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Mr. G. M, Doolittle, of Onondaga Co., N. Y., .spoke 

 on bees and honey at a farmers' institute near Sj'racuse, 

 Jan. 18. Altho the " great lights " of New York State were 

 there, and ex-Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin, Mr. Doolittle, we 

 understand, was as well received as any. Of course he 

 would be. for he's a fine off-hand speaker, as was shown at 

 the Buffalo convention, where he gave a splendid address. 

 Mr. Doolittle and Rev. E. T. Abbott we believe are among- 

 the readiest public speakers of all the bee-keepers that we 

 know. No one would ever go to sleep under the sound of 

 their voices. Both of them ought to be kept in institute 

 work a good share of the time, on the subject of bee-keeping. 



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The M.-vscotte Incub.^tor Co., of Bedford, Ohio, re- 

 port that they have been barely able to keep up with their 

 orders by running their factory at its fullest capacity, and 

 night and day. The Mascottes are standard machines of 

 the hot-water type, and are finisht in the highest style 

 known to the art. In hatching and brooding- they leave 

 nothing to be desired if we are to judge by the testimony of 

 those who have u.sed them, and shoidd therefore know them 

 best. Write these people for tl;eir new catalog, which gives, 

 full details of construction, etc. Also mention this journal 

 when writing them. 



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Ai.F.\LF.\ OR Basswood Honey we can still supply as 

 per our advertisement on page 94. There should be the best 

 demand of the year for the next few months, and bee-keep- 

 ers should supply it. Canned fruits will be running out in 

 many a household, and honey will come in as a great help 

 to the housewife. We can make prompt shipment at the 

 prices quoted. Better try a two-can order, hadn't you? 



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Dr. a. B. M.\son, Secretary of the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, is already working on the program 

 for the 1899 convention to be held in — in — well, we don't 

 know just where )'et, but it will be in some good place. We 

 were going to say in Philadelphia. And the program will 

 be a good one, too. The big Doctor knows just how to build 

 it. He's had lots of experience " along that line." 



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Mk. E. E. Hasty, of Lucas Co., wrote us Jan. 21 that 

 he was " nursing a stubborn case of la grippe." This has 

 been another winter when that heartless enemy has had 

 things pretty much his own way in many localities. We 

 hope that he will not deplete the ranks of bee-keepers. 

 They can't be spared just yet. 



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Mr. O. O. PopplETON, of Dade C;o., Fla.. writing us- 

 Jan. 18, said : 



" Bees are gathering some honey, and commencing to 

 build up. The winter so far has been very mild, more so 

 than usual, the thermometer indicating from 70 to &5 de- 

 grees every day for weeks past." 

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Mk. F. F. /^ii.i.mer, of Grant Co., Wis., writing- us Feb. 

 1, said : 



"The weather has been intensely cold the past three 

 or four days — it is 25 to 28 degrees below zero." 



The Premiums offered on page 62 are well worth work- 

 ing for. Look at them. 



