THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Foul Brood ; Its Origin, Development 



and Cure.— We liave received from A. 

 R. Kolinke, Youiigstown, O., a copy 

 of his pamphlet hearing the above 

 title. In his preface the author says : 



" I have ventured to offer the bee- 

 keepinn; public a concise method, de- 

 lineated in these pages, by which they 

 will be enabled successfully to combat 

 this dreadful malady. I have drawn 

 on the experience and experiments of 

 the most noted scientists and apiarists 

 of Germany, such as Professors Kolbe, 

 Cecil, Fisher, Freuss and Lamprecht, 

 but especially Ililbert and Schoenfeld, 

 to whom the bee-keepins fraternity of 

 tlie whole world is indebted for their 

 efforts and final success in curing foul 

 brood, and to whom I offer my siucer- 

 est thanks." Price, 25 cents. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



frames with 

 He lias 



Goodricli's Foundation Fastener.— 



Mr. S. Goodrich, of Urbana, 111., has 

 recently invented a very ingenious 

 contrivance for fastening foundation 

 securely and rai)idly in 

 flat top-bars, and in sections 

 deposited one in tlie Bee Journal 

 Museum, and explained the manner 

 of using. We will give, next week, a 

 full description of the machine, with 

 a cut, which cannot be engraved in 

 time for this issue. 



Intioduction of Bees Into America. 



—Mr. J. M. Hicks, in the Granc/e Bul- 

 letin, remarks as follows on the sub- 

 ject: 



As near as we can learn, bees were 

 introduced into this country in the 

 latter part of the \rM\ century, by the 

 Puritian fathers. 1 have often lieard 

 my grandfather, Dempsey Hicks, say 

 that his father, James Hicks, who 

 came from England, brought bees 

 with him when he emigrated to this 

 country, then a perfect wilderness, 

 and tliere were no bees to be found in 

 any part of the cii\intry. He also said, 

 that the red men of this country often 

 told him there were no bees to be 

 found in the forest previous to the 

 coming of the pale-i:aces (meaning the 

 white men). 



families where it had previously been 

 a stranger. Many persons who had for- 

 merly lieen of tlie opinion that honey 

 disagreed with them, and always made 

 them sick, were tempted, by its low 

 price and beautiful appearance, to 

 partake of it, and were agreeably sur- 

 prised that no sickness followed the 

 indulgence. They found out tliat the 

 honey of to-day, produced by scientilic 

 bee-culture, is very different from the 

 black mixture of bee-bread, old comb, 

 and honey, formerly offered in the 

 markets. 



Local Convention Directory. 



18S2. Time and Place oS MeetinQ, 



March 15— New Jersey State, New Brunswick, N.J. 



April II— Eastern Michigan, at Detroit, Mich. 

 A B. Weed, Sec, Detroit. Mich. 



19, 2(1 — Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley, 

 at Coshocton, O. 



J. A. Bucklew, Sec, Clarks, O. 



25— Texas State, at McKinney, Texas. 



Wm. K. Howard, Sec. 



2n. 27— Western Michigan, at Grand Rapids. 

 Wm. M. S. Dodge, Sec, CoopersTille, Mich. 



27— Kentucky Union, at Eminence. Ky. 

 G. W. Demaree, Sec, Christiansburg, Ky. 



May - 



^■L'Abbe L. DuBois, President 

 of " the Society d'Apiculteur de la 

 Somme," writes : " The American 

 Bee Journal grows better and better 

 every year. It isthehrstof all French 

 and foreign periodicals that I know 

 of. If I had to choose between* them 

 all, I should without hesitancy choose 

 the American Bee Journal." This 

 is high endorsement, for TAbbe L. 

 DuBois is one of the most learned 

 and progressive apiculturists in the 

 AVorld. 



1^ An error occurred last week on 

 page 10.5, 2d column, 3d paragraph, 

 InMr. Heddon's article. For ''honey" 

 substitute the word hay. We repub- 

 lish the paragraph properly corrected : 



Whether just or not, it is exceed- 

 ingly handy to cut down the merits of 

 others' successes by saying "grand 

 location," and excuse the failures of 

 your "ringed, striped and speckled" 

 bees by charging it ail up to a large 

 hay crop. Upon this very subject, 

 hangs much of our future success or 

 failure. 



i^The semi-annual meeting of the 

 Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention, will be held 

 in the Town Hall at Coshocton, 0.,on 

 April 19 and 20, commencing at 10 a. 

 m. A cordial invitation is extended 

 to bee-keepers everywhere. 



J. A. Bucklew, Sec, Clarks, O. 



Encouraging Outlook.— Mrs. L. Har- 

 rison, in the Praine Farmer, remarks 

 as follows on the honey prospect : 



The last two honey seasons have 

 been partial failures in most localities, 

 and this, together with tlie unprece- 

 dented losses in bees during the win- 

 ter of 1880-81, has thinned out the 

 ranks of bee-keepers. The faint- 

 hearted fled ill disgust, throwing their 

 hives and fixtures to the moles and 

 bats, and crving " humbug " at the 

 top of their voices. The brave buried 

 the dead, and gathered up the rem- 

 nant of the lost nation and encour- 

 aged the mothers in the production of 

 young, furnishing candy for the 

 babies, flour, lionev, and "coffee A." 

 Under the fostering care of their 

 owner, each mother did her best, and 

 sent off colonies to occupy the deserted 

 homes of their unfortunate predeces- 

 sors, until the bee village was again 

 populous. The rearing of so many 

 bees consumed large quantities of 

 honey, consequently little surplus was 

 left, therefore the honey product of 

 1882 will find very little old honey in 

 the market to come in competition 

 with it. 



This winter, so far, has been favor- 

 able for bees on their summer stands. 

 January 26tli was rainy, but a little 

 past noon the clouds broke away, and 

 the sun shone, the thermometer indi- 

 cating 64^ in the shade. Out rushed 

 the bees from their hives, like pent- 

 up school chililren at recess, and a 

 merry sport they had. They cleaned 

 house, but carried out few dead ; 

 every colony was living and in Mne 

 condition. 



The skies are brightening for bee- 

 keepers, and the outlook is favorable, 

 llonev will no longer go begging for a 

 market, as the demand for it is con- 

 stantlv increasing. The large crop of 

 1879, "and consequently low price, 

 caused it to be introduced into many 



-Champlain Valley, at Bristol, Vt. 



T. Brookins, Sec. 



n;_N W. 111. and S. W. Wis., at Rock City, 111. 

 Jonathan Stewart, Sec, Rock City, 111. 



25— Iowa Central, at Winterset. Iowa. 



Henry Wallace, Sec. 



ty" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.- Ed. 



Catalogues.— We have received new 

 catalogues and price lists from the 

 following persons :' 



J. H. Robertson, Pewamo, Mich. 

 L. E. Welch, Linden, Mich. 

 W. S. Cauthen, Pleasant Hill, S. C. 

 G. B. Lewis, Watertown, Wis. 

 Wm. Ballantine & Son, Sago, O. 

 C. G. Dickinson, South Oxford, N.Y. 

 W. C. R. Kemp, Orleans; Ind. 

 S. D. McLean, Columbia, Tenn. 



1^" The Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will meet at Eminence, Ky., 

 on the 27tli day of April, 1882. A full 

 attendance is very much desired, as 

 important business will be transacted. 

 G. W. Demaree, ISee. 



Christiansburg, Ky. 



i^To any one sending two new 

 Weekly subscribers for a year, we will 

 present a volume of the Bee Jour- 

 nal for 1880, -bound in paper covers. 

 It contains much valuable informa- 

 tion, and it will pay any one who does 

 not already possess it, to obtain a copy. 

 Many of our new subscribers will be 

 pleased to learn that they can get it 

 for $1.00, by sending for it at once, 

 before they are all gone. 



1^" Binders cannot be sent to Can- 

 ada by mail— the International law 

 will not permit anything but samples 

 of merchandise weighing less than 8 oz. 



