June 1, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



345 



§ 2. Section eighty-one of said act is hereby amended 

 so as to read as follows : 



Sec. 81. Duties of the commissioner. — The commis- 

 sioner of ag-riculture shall immediately, upon receiving no- 

 tice of the existence of foul brood among bees in any local- 

 ity, send some competent person or persons to examine the 

 apiary or apiaries reported to him as being affected, and all 

 the other apiaries in the immediate locality of the apiary- or 

 apiaries so reported; if foul brood is found to exist in them, 

 the person or persons so sent by the commissioner of agri- 

 culture shall give the owners or caretakers of the diseased 

 apiary or apiaries full instructions how to treat said cases. 

 The commissioner of agriculture shall cause said apiary or 

 apiaries to be visited from time to time as he may deem 

 best ; and if, after proper treatment, the said bees shall not 

 be cured of the disease known as foul brood, then he may 

 cause the same to be destroyed in such manner as may be 

 necessary to prevent the spread of the said disease. For the 

 purpose of enforcing this act, the commissioner of agricul- 

 ture, his agents, employes, appointees, or counsel, shall 

 have access, ingress, and egress, to all places where bees or 

 honey or appliances used in apiaries may be, which it is be- 

 lieved are in any way affected with the said disease of foul 

 brood. No owner or caretaker of a diseased apiary, honey, 

 or appliances shall sell, barter, or give away any bees, 

 honey, or appliances from said diseased apiary, or expose 

 other bees to the danger of said disease, nor refuse to allow 

 the said commissioner of agriculture, or the person or per- 

 sons appointed by him to inspect said apiary, honey, or ap- 

 pliances, and do such things as the said commissioner of ag- 

 riculture, or the person or persons appointed by him shall 

 deem necessary for the eradication of said disease of foul 

 brood. Any person who disregards or violates any of the 

 provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 shall be punisht by a fine of not less than thirtj' dollars, 

 nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in 

 the county jail for not less than one month, nor more than 

 two months, or by both fine and imprisonment. 



j; 3. This act shall take effect immediately. 



Hurrah for New York bee-keepers 1 They went after it 

 and got it. Illinois bee-keepers went after it too, and — 

 " got left." Well, we hope that some day Illinois will have 

 a legislature that will respect the rights of the people a lit- 

 tle more, and do justice to so worthy a class as are the bee- 

 keepers of this State. 



The Georgia State Fair, to be held at Atlanta, Oct. IS 

 to Nov. 4, 1899, proposes making quite a feature of the api- 

 ary department. The following is the premium list offered 

 on bees, honey, etc.: 



1st. 3rul. 

 Comb honey, quality and manner of putting up for 



market to be considered $13 Sb 00 



Extracted honej', quality and manner of putting up 



for market to be considered 13 6 00 



Beeswax, not less than 20 pounds 7 3 00 



Italian bees in one-frame observatory hive, purity 



of workers considered S 3 00 



Italian queen-bee 5 3 00 



Honey-vinegar, one gallon 2 1 00 



Apiarian supplies, best collection IS 8 00 



Comb foundation for brood-chamber 2 1 00 



Comb foundation for surplus honey 2 1 00 



Honey-extractor 3 2 00 



Wax-extractor 3 2 00 



Bee-hive for comb honey 3 2 00 



Bee-hive for extracted honey 3 2 00 



Shipping-case for comb hone)' 2 1 00 



Uncapping-knif e 1 SO 



Smoker 1 SO 



We trust that our Georgia subscribers, who can do so. 

 will help to put up a good bee and honey exhibit. For any 

 further information address T. H. Martin, Secretary, Pru- 

 dential Building, Atlanta, Ga. 



HoneyMuffins. — Sift together one and a half pints of 

 flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and a small half- 

 teaspoonful of salt. Work in two tablespoonfuls of butter : 

 add three beaten eggs, one cup of honey, and half a pint of 

 milk. Beat thoroly and bake in a hot oven. — Good House- 

 keeping. 



Editor Hutchinson wants a good article on hunting 

 wild bees. We don't know any one better fitted to write 

 such an article than himself. 



Hon. J. M. Hamb.\ugh, we learn, has recently been ap- 

 pointed inspector of apiaries for San Diego Co., Calif. 

 Writing us May 18, he says : 



"There has been a slight honey-flow from sage the 

 past two weeks, but there will be little or no surplus. This 

 is even more than was expected, owing to the long drouth. 

 This section has been badly scourged the past two years." 



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Prof. A. J. Cook, of Los Angeles Co., Calif., writing 

 us May 18, said : 



'• As I hoped would be true, the bees are getting quite a 

 deal of honey. It may not last, but I hope it will." 



We understand that Prof. Cook expects to come East in 

 July. It is over five years since he went to California. We 

 hope he will arrange to be at the Philadelphia convention, 

 the first week in September. He would enjoy it, and so 

 would everj'body else. 



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The Seventeen Prominent Canadians, members of 

 the " Senate of Canadian Bee-Keepers," shown on the first 

 page, form a handsome group, and we are glad of the op- 

 portunity to present them to our readers. Mr. D. W. Heise, 

 the " Noter and Picker " of the Canadian Bee Journal, re- 

 ferring to the group picture, had this to say in the same 

 issue of the journal in which the engraving appeared : 



'• It is not often that I have occasion to find fault %vith 

 my colleagues in convention, but when two honorable sena- 

 tors will so far lose their self-respect as did F. A. Geramill 

 and W. Atkinson, at Brantford recently, by making an ag- 

 gravated assault on a photographer's personal property, in 

 attempting to walk thru a supposed open door (a plate glass 

 mirror) to interview the fellow whom they thought resem- 

 bled themselves in the adjoining room, I consider it a last- 

 ing disgrace. The demand for immediate senate reform is 

 justifiable, and imperative. 



" While being arranged in a proper position for a snap- 

 shot in the picture gallery, where the reprobates above re- 

 ferred to ran foul of the mirror, Mr. F. Holtermann (more 

 commonly known as the editor of the Canadian Bee Jour- 

 nal) exprest a desire to be tickled down about the fourth 

 rib ; or that some one would tell a funny story that would 

 cause the muscles of his face to contract and bring on a 

 smile, which is very, very rarely found there. As this 

 picker happened to be standing bj' his side, and owing to the 

 disparity in our height, I was in a very advantageous posi- 

 tion, and kindly consented to keep up the ' tickling ' while 

 the other fellows told stories (real funny ones). Now, dear 

 reader, when that picture appears in the journal (which I 

 expect will be with this issue), just observe the effect the 

 tickling and stories had on that editor. Perhaps I ' tickled' 

 too hard, or perhaps the other fellows told stories too hard. 

 Instead of producing the smile, his countenance really takes 

 on the expression of one in extreme agony, and no smile at 

 all. Poor editor I 



" This effect on the said editor reminds me of the Dutch- 

 man who purchast a small porker from his Irish neighbor. 

 After keeping said porker until he grew big and fat, the 

 pig-killing day arrived, and after breaking Mr. Grunter's 

 skull with an axe, and ' giving him it in the neck ' with a 

 huge knife, of course Mr. G. lay motionless, and just as 

 the Dutchman attempted to take him by the leg to place 

 'nim in a more congenial position, Mr. Grunter decided to 

 make his last kick on earth, with the result that his foot 

 came with tremendous force against the Dutchman's 

 'bread-basket,' which paralyzed him for some minutes. 

 When he fully recovered from the nervous shock, he ex- 

 claimed, ' Irish — ish — Irish, deat or alife !' 



"Moral : — A grim editor will be the same whether in a 

 picture gallery or in his private sanctum." 



