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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Mar. 9, 1899. 



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United States Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Org-anized to advance the pursuit of Apiculture ; to promote the interests 

 of bee-keepers ; to protect its members ; to prevent the adulteration of 

 houe3' ; and to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



AfembersAip Fee—Sl.OO per Annum. 



ExEci'TivE Committee— Pres., E. Whitcomb: Vice-Pres., C. A. Hatch; 



Secretary, Dr. A. U. Mason, Station B, Toledo, Ohio. 

 Bo.iRD OF Directors— E. R. Root; E. Whitcomb; E. T. Abbott: C. P. 



Dadant; W. Z. Hutchinson; Dr. C. C. Miller. 

 Gen'l Manager and Treasurer— Eug-ene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



VOL. 39. 



MARCH 9, 1899. 



NO. 10. 



Note— The American Bee Journal .tdopts the Orthography of the follow- 

 ing Rule, recommended by the joint action of the American Philolog- 

 ical Association and the Philological Society of England: — Change 

 "d" or "ed" final to "t" when so pronounced, "except when the "e" af- 

 fects a preceding sound. 



The Dot Contest Prizes we expect to close up in the 

 next issue of the Bee Journal. Judg-iiig- from the number 

 of responses we have received to our sug-g-estion that the 

 cash winners donate their prizes to the L,ang-stroth Monu- 

 ment Fund, we think that about half of them have done so. 

 This should make an addition to that Fund of about $50. 

 But next week we will know exactly, and we will also re- 

 mit to the balance of the winners the several amounts due 

 them. We would have done this before now, but we have 

 all been so busy in the office that we could not well reach 

 it. And then, we wanted to give a// the winners a good 

 chance to contribute to the Monument Fund. 



Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 6 and 7.— The following notice is 

 sent us by Dr. A. B. Mason, the Secretarj' of the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Association, which we are glad to give 

 a place in these columns : 



Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1899. 



The Executive Committee of the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Association has complied with the request of the 

 members as exprest at the Omaha convention, and decided 

 to hold the next convention of the Association at Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., commencing Tuesday evening, Sept. 5, holding 

 three sessions on Wednesdaj-, and three on Thursday, the 

 last being on Thursday evening. 



The program is being prepared, and arrangements are 

 being made for the entertainment of those in attendance 

 on the meetings. Notice of exact place of meeting, railroad 

 and other arrangements, will be given in due time. 



The Philadelphia Bee-Keepers' Association, with only 

 one exception I believe, is composed of amateurs, who are 

 keeping bees for pleasure, and not profit in dollars and 

 cents, and its members are showing quite an amount of in- 



terest in the coming convention ; and in a recent letter i 

 from its Secretary, in speaking of securing rates, and places I 

 for delegates, he says : " I can assure you that we will do 

 everything we undertake to do in a thorough manner." So 

 we shall have a cordial reception, and an interest taken in 

 our comfort. A. B. Mason, Sec. 



We hope that just as manj- of our readers as possible 

 will begin to make their arrangements'to be present at the 

 National Convention in September — during the Grand Army 

 meeting, when railroad rates will be low. 



Some Wisconsin Statistics for 1898.— We are in- 

 formed that the apiarian output among manufacturers in 

 Wisconsin during 1898 was as follows : 30,000,000 sections ; 

 100,000 hives ; and 30,000 pounds of beeswax made into 

 comb foundation. These figures do not include the supplies 

 handled bj' dealers, simplj- manufacturers. Of course Wis- 

 consin .stands at the head in the output of sections and 

 hives ; and likely Ohio would come next. 



Bee.Keeping as a Sole Business. — The Question-Box 



of this journal lately discust whether it is safe to depend 

 upon bee-keeping alone for a livelihood. Editor Hutchin- 

 son quotes approvingl}' the answer of C. P. Dadant, " Yes, 

 provided you do not keep less than 300 to 500 colonies," and 

 says if a man keeps only enough bees to make a living in a 

 good seasoti, a bad season will oblige him to add some other 

 business. He thinks the best thing to add is soiiw viore bee- 

 keeping. 



The Michigan Foul Brood Bill.— Hon. Geo. E. Hilton, 

 President of the Michigan Bee-Keepers' Association, has 

 sent us a copy of the proposed Foul Brood Bill now before 

 the State legislature, with the request that we give it space 

 in the Bee Journal. It reads as follows : 



Sec. 1. — The people of the State of Michigan enact that 

 upon the recommendation of a majority vote of the mem- 

 bers of the Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Association, the 

 governor shall appoint for a term of two years a State in- 

 spector of apiaries, who shall, if required, produce a certifi- 

 cate from the governor that he has been so appointed. 



DUTIES. 



Sec. 2. — The inspector shall, when notified, examine all 

 reported apiaries, and all others in the same localit)- not 

 reported, and ascertain whether or not the disease known 

 as foul brood exists in such apiaries ; and if .satisfied of the 

 existence of foul brood, he shall give the owners or care- 

 takers of the diseased apiaries full instructions how to treat 

 said cases, as in the inspector's judgment seems best. 



DESTRUCTION OF BEES. 



Sec 3. — The inspector, who shall be the sole judge, shall 

 visit all diseased apiaries a second time, and, if need be, 

 burn all colonies of bees and combs that he may find not 

 cured of foul brood. 



VIOL.^TIONS. 



Sec 4. — If the owner of a diseased apiary, honey or ap- 

 pliances shall sell, barter or give away, any bees, honey or 

 appliances, or expose other bees to the danger of the dis- 

 ease, or refu.se 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, or more than one hundred, or not less 

 than one month's imprisonment in the count}- jail, nor 

 more than two months' imprisonment. 



ANNU.'VI, REPORT. 



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

 report to the governor of Michigan, giving the number of 

 apiaries visited, the number of diseased apiaries found, and 

 number of colonies treated ; also the number of colonies de- 

 stroyed bj' 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 five hundred dollars per year, for the sup- 

 pression of foul brood among bees in Michigan. Said in- 



