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THE AMERICA2S1 BEE JOURNAL. 



saw any built on foundation that had 

 not a tough piece of wax in the cen- 

 tre. In one lot in this market there 

 was a regular ' Hsh-bone,' and one 

 would as soon think of eating paste- 

 board as that stuff." 



Dear readers, you who are so 

 strongly in favor of foundatipn in 

 sections, have you tested the honey 

 you are thus putting upon the market, 

 to see if it would compare with that 

 in natural comb V If it will not, is it 

 doing justice to our fraternity to 

 place such on our markets 'i It will 

 be remembered that by a careful test 

 I made several years ago, I proved 

 that the base of the foundation of a 

 certain maker was even thinner than 

 natural comb ; but this was only a 

 sample lot sent to me for trial. When 

 I came to order quite a quantity, the 

 next season, I found that it was 

 nearly twice as thick as that I had 

 the previous year. When I expostu- 

 lated, the reply was that no man 

 could live at the price paid for mak- 

 ing foundation, if made as thin as 

 the sample sent. 



I sincerely hope that we shall all be 

 careful that we do nothing to injure 

 the market of our comb honey. I 

 have not written anything for the 

 sake of being an "off-ox;" but be- 

 cause I see reasons why we should all 

 study carefully what we do relative 

 to apiculture, and know that we are 

 right in every particular, lest we be 

 guilty of doing injury to our brother. 



Borodino, N. Y. 



Convention at North Salem, Ind. 



The joint meeting of the Hendricks 

 and Boone county bee-keepers was 

 held at the apiary'of Gullv & Davis, 

 one mile east of North Salem, Ind. 

 The weather promised all that could 

 be desired, and early in the day the 

 friends commenced coming in, all 

 intent on making the meeting a pleas- 

 ant one. The time was well taken up 

 in social chat, and looking over the 

 tastily arranged bee-yard, the great- 

 est attraction being the rows of brick 

 hives, which Messrs. Gully & Davis 

 aie thoroughly testing. 



The meeting was called to order at 

 11 a. m., Mr. A. Furnas being made 

 President, with F. L. Dougherty Sec- 

 retary. Messrs. Davis and Catterson. 

 of Hendricks, with Messrs. Frey and 

 Nolton of Boone, were appointed as a 

 committee to select the place of the 

 next meeting. 



Mr. C. F. Muth, of Cincinnati, was 

 asked to address the meeting, which 

 he did at some length. He was both 

 surprised and pleased to see so large 

 a gathering of bee-keepers. There is 

 much to be learned at meetings of 

 this kind, and he knew that every one 

 there would be benefitted by what 

 they would hear and see, for some 

 one would have a new idea to advance 

 or a new mode of accomplishing some 

 desired object. He said the question 

 of marketing our honey crop was one 

 of particular importance, and some- 

 thing to which each one of us should 

 give particular attention. Honey 

 should be placed on the market only 

 in the nicest possible shape. The 



consumption of honey was increasing 

 at a rapid rate, and it behooved each 

 and every one of us to still increase 

 the sales. Extracted honey is being 

 more extensively prepared each sea- 

 son. Full markets bring low prices, 

 and so our aim should be at all times 

 to increase the demand. 



In answer to a question by Mr. 

 Furnas as to the relative cost of the 

 production of comb and extracted 

 honey, Mr. Muth said, counting from 

 the field to the market, he thought 

 the cost of comb honey was double 

 that of extracted honey, while the 

 price was only about one quarter 

 more. 



Mr. Dougherty knew by experience 

 and by the reports from those who 

 had made the effort, that each and 

 every one could increase home mar- 

 kets ten-fold. The adulteration of 

 our syrups is now so great that the 

 people have become entirely disgusted 

 in the effort to And a good article, 

 such as they like, and now is our time 

 to introduce to them about the only 

 pure sweet obtainable — extracted 

 honey. 



Mr. Furnas, though not a honey- 

 producer, said that they had about 

 the same thing to contend with, in 

 the production of sorghum molasses. 

 The people are becoming educated up 

 to this fact, and rely to a very great 

 extent on the reputation of the pro- 

 ducer. He agreed with ^Ir. Muth 

 that each producer should label the 

 packages and strive to make his goods 

 reliable, so that his brand would be 

 a guarantee of a pure and wholesome 

 article. 



Dr. Orear moved to a new location 

 last fall, where extracted honey was 

 hardly known, and but very little 

 used, but his efforts to create a mar- 

 ket had been very successful ; in fact, 

 far beyond his most sanguine hopes 

 or expectations. 



After some discussion, the meeting 

 then adjourned to do justice to the 

 bounteous supply of eatables fur- 

 nished by the ladies. 



The hour of adjournment wao too 

 soon over, but the imperative call of 

 the President soon brought the meet- 

 ing to order. The committee to 

 whom was assigned the selection of a 

 place, recommended that the next 

 meeting be held at the apiary of Mr. 

 A. Cox, 1^4 miles east of Fayette, in 

 Boone county, on Aug. 21. which was 

 adopted. 



Mr. AVheitsell was decidedly in 

 favor of these meetings; had been a 

 bee-keeper for many years, but could 

 gain more good, solid knowledge in 

 one meeting of this kind than in one 

 year's hard work in the apiary. 



Mrs. C. Bobbins, President of the 

 State Society, was called on and made 

 a few pleasant remarks. Was highly 

 gratified to see the number of ladies 

 present ; thought it argued well for 

 the bee-keeping interest among the 

 ladies. She believed this a grand 

 opening for women, who from neces- 

 sity or desire wanted a business of 

 their own, and hoped some day to see 

 as many lady bee-keepers as men. 

 She called attention to the advantages 

 of making a good display at our com- 

 ing State Fair, and urged the impor- 



tance of each and every one taking a 

 part, though small. What we need, 

 said she, is a united effort. 



Natural and unnatural conditions 

 of bees in winter quarters, shading 

 bees during the liot months, control- 

 ling the swarming impulse, rearing of 

 good queens, etc.. were some of the 

 subjects further discussed, until in- 

 terrupted by a sudden shower, which 

 caused an adjournment for the day. — 

 Indiana Farmer. 



For the American Bee JoumaL 



The Real Cause of Bee-Diarrhoea. 



A. A. FRADENBURG. 



In my article on page 374, I said 

 that I would give the proofs first and 

 the theory afterwards, of the cause of 

 bee-diarrhcea. I wish now to advance 

 some theories. 



On page 409, I notice that J E. 

 Pond, Jr. disputes my proofs. Being 

 a lawyer it would naturally be sup- 

 posed that he would know what 

 proofs are, but it seems that he does 

 not; for when I produced 4-5 witnesses 

 that testified that where there was 

 pollen there was diarrhoea, and 14 that 

 declared that where there was no 

 pollen there was no diarrhcea, I think 

 that the large body of jurymen who 

 read that testimony will agree that 

 the proof was sufficient. 



In the fore part of his article Mr. P. 

 says: "But what does his proofs 

 prove after all ? Certainly not that 

 pollen is the cause of bee-diarrhcea, 

 but simply that in the case he men- 

 tions, no diarrha'a was found when 

 sugar syrup was used for winter 

 stores." Now, if Mr. P. will re-read 

 my article, he wiil not find " sugar 

 syrup " mentioned or referred to, 

 either directly or indirectly. He will 

 also see that I have proved that veiy 

 light colonies of bees can be wintered 

 just as well as large ones, and on the 

 summer stands too. 



'Much stress has been laid on the 

 necessity of having "sealed stores" 

 for winter supplies"; but I think that 

 I have proved that sealed stores are 

 not so very essential after all, and 

 that pure, candied extracted honey is 

 as cheap, safe and convenient food for 

 bees, as can be hnd where they <are in 

 need of feed between early fall and 

 spring. 



I hold that all the foregoing proofs 

 are of great importance to the bee- 

 keeping fraternity, whether they have 

 anything to do with bee-diarrhoea or 

 not, but certainly some of them do. 



Mr. P.'s 9 witnesses prove nothing 

 at all. for it is a well-known fact that 

 we may have pollen without diarrhoea; 

 but I will challenge Mr. P., or any 

 bee-keeper, to produce a case of diar- 

 rhoea, such as is known as the preva- 

 lent diarrhoea, without the presence 

 of pollen or its substitute. I do not 

 say that bees cannot be killed by un- 

 wholesome winter stores, such as sour 

 honey, cider vinegar or sulphuric acid, 

 etc., but I believe that good stores, 

 with reasonably good protection and 

 no pollen, will bring them through all 

 right nearly every time, on the sum- 

 mer stands. I am glad that Mr. P. 



