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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



April 20, 1899. 



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United States Bee- Keepers' Association. 



Organized to advance the pursuit of Apiculture ; to promote the interests 

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

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



Alembersbip Fee~91.00 per Annum, 



ExECOTiVE Committee— Pres., E. Whitcomb; Vice-Pres., C. A. Hatch- 

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



Board 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— Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Place and Date of :\ext Meeting: 



Philadelphia, Pa., September 5, 6 and 7, 1899. Every bee-keeper is invited. 



VOL. 39. 



APRIL 20, 1899. 



NO. 16. 



NOTE-The American Bee Journal adopts the Orthofjraphv 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 "f when so pronounced, except when the "e" af- 

 fects a preceding sound. 



Don't Neglect Your Bees — Winter losses have been 

 severe, and there will be a tendency in the minds of some 

 to be discouraged. But the wise bee-keeper will redouble 

 his energies to take the very best of care of colonies that 

 remain, treasuring as gold empty combs that are left. With 

 the latter he can rapidly build up again, and there is no 

 reason to believe that a good harvest may not be at hand, 

 with fair prices. 



The " Association" and the " Union." A few weeks 

 ago the matter of uniting the National Bee-Keepers' Union 

 and the United States Bee-Keepers' Association was again 

 brought up after a rest of about two years. We notice in a 

 recent issue of the Modern Farmer and Busy Bee, Editor E. 

 T. Abbott had this to say : 



"There is an earnest eifort being made to unite the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Association and the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union, as the aim and purpose of the two 

 societies are the same. However, the matter seems to have 

 reacht a point where no further progress can be made until 

 there is some radical change in the management of the 

 National. General Manager Newman, of the National, in 

 a letter to General Manager Secor, of the United States 

 Association, makes such demands as a condition of the 

 union as are never likely to be assented to by the general 

 manager and directors of the United States' Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and there the matter rests. The writer will 

 say for himself, as a director of the last named society, that 

 the union will never take place by his consent on thecondi- 

 tions set forth by General Manager Newman. The new 



society has a work to do, and under the circumstances the 

 best thing it can do is to go on and do it without any ill- 

 will toward any other similar organization. Perhaps the 

 time may come at some future day when the desired union 

 can be brought about without any friction." 



Of course, if there is to be a union of the two societies 

 the initiatory steps must be taken by the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union. We were given to understand that its 

 members would like to see a consolidation take place, else 

 we would not have mentioned the subject again in these 

 columns. We presume if five or six of the Union's members 

 should request that a vote be taken at once upon the subject, 

 such vote would have to follow. 



But we are not advising at all. As we said in a pre- 

 vious editorial on this matter, the door is open for the 

 Union to come into the Association whenever it decides to 

 cast in its lot. 



Nomenclature in Apiculture seems to be somewhat 

 changeable, and, like so many other things in bee-keeping, 

 varies with " locality." For example, in England " plump- 

 ing " seems to be a term in common use, the meaning of 

 which is hardly known in this country. Perhaps if this 

 should fall under the eye of the esteemed Editor of the 

 British Bee Journal he will tell us just what " plumping " 

 means. Even no further away than Canada different terms 

 are used. In the last number of the Canadian Bee Journal, 

 page 518, occurs the expression, " take ten colonies of 

 strong colonists ;" and on page 521, " combs that had a light 



cap left the honey on cap." Will Editor Holtermann 



please give us the meaning, as there used, of " colonists," 

 " light cap," and " on cap ?" 



New York's Foul Brood Law, — It seems that New 

 York bee-keepers were more fortunate than those of Illinois, 

 as we learn from the following that the New York legisla- 

 ture past the Foul Brood Bill : 



The proposed Foul Brood Bill has become a law in New 

 York. It is hoped that we shall be able to check the dis- 

 ease next summer. It was secured thru the efforts of the 

 New York State Association of Bee-Keepers' Societies. Its 

 success will depend upon the man who may be appointed 

 inspector. Harry S. Howb. 



We congratulate New York bee-keepers on their suc- 

 cess. The House Appropriation Committee of the Illinois 

 legislature approved $8,000 for destroying the San Jose 

 scale, but refused to approve the expenditure of $700 for 

 exterminating foul brood. They also voted $6,000 to the 

 horticulturists, but not a cent for the bee-keepers. We hope 

 soon to have the privilege of publishing the names of those 

 who "turned down" the bee-keepers, so that when they 

 come up again for election, voting bee-keepers may have a 

 chance to " turn down " //;<•;«. There was no good reason 

 for ignoring the request of the bee-keepers, that the appro- 

 priation for the destruction of foul brood in this State be 

 approved. 



Apis Dorsata — An Explanation. — Dr. Miller sends us 

 the following in regard to the way he was reported in the 

 Chicago convention proceedings when discussing Apis 

 dorsata : 



Mr. Editor : — On page 213 I am reported as saying 

 with regard to Apis dorsata : " I am anxious that thej' 

 should be brought here." Put in that unqualified way, that 

 does not express my true sentiments. I am anxious they 

 should be brought here if it is first known that they can be 

 domesticated and kept under control. With my present 

 light I am anxious they should be kept away. If they can- 

 not be kept under control I can see no other result from 

 bringing them here but to have them run wild and use up 

 the nectar that our hive-bees should get. I have little fear 

 as to that in the North, for I hardly believe they could 



