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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



place. When the specimens have be- 

 come thoroughly dried, they should 

 be mounted on white paper and la- 

 beled with the name of the order, 

 genus, species, and the common 

 name, if it be known ; any other in- 

 formation may be placed upon these 

 labels, which will help to identify the 

 specimens. 



The mounting paper used should be 

 ft good article, smooth, stiff and firm ; 

 and, according to Dr. Gray's direc- 

 tions, should weigh about 28 pounds 

 to the ream of 480 sheets. The size of 

 the herbarium sheet adopted in the 

 United States, is llj^xieji inches. 

 Paper may be procured from a bindery 

 or ordered by any stationer ; a good 

 article should cost about a cent a 

 sheet. 



The specimen should be mounted 

 about the centre of the sheet, and the 

 label placed in the lower right hand 

 corner. The label should be not 

 larger than l?4x3 inches, and they 

 may be partly printed, if the collector 

 Bo desires. 



For fastening the specimen on the 

 herbarium sheet, common white glue, 

 dissolved in just enough acetic acid so 

 that it may be easily applied with a 

 brush, has been found to be the best 

 for all ordinary plants. 



As the sepcimens are mounted, the 

 sheets may be laid away in a binder 

 or a good clean box made of tin or 

 wood. A good home-made binder is 

 made by falsing card-board and cut- 

 ting it a trifle larger than the her- 

 barium sheets, and making a hinge 

 of cloth on one side, and with strings 

 to the other side, and ends of the 

 cover with which to tie the sheets in. 



The herbarium should always be 

 kept in a dry place, so that no mold 

 will collect on the specimens and de- 

 stroy them. Sometimes the herbarium 

 is attacked by insects, which are very 

 destructive, and especially is this so 

 with honey-bearing plants. To ef- 

 fectually destroy these pests sprinkle 

 the specimen with a mixture of alco- 

 hol and corrosive sublimate. 



Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa, 

 May 2, 1883. 



Secretary, and J. S.Beding, Treasurer. 



Committee to draft by-laws, J. S. 

 Bruten, John Nilson and E. Kammer- 

 dienner. The next meeting to be held 

 in Joplin. A regular meeting is to be 

 held on the first Thursday in each 

 month. 



It is designated that the meeting be 

 held in different places in the district, 

 so as to accommodate all who are in- 

 terested in apiculture. 



Resolutions adopted that the Kansas 

 Bee-Keever, • Columbus, Kansas, and 

 the American Bee Journal, Chi- 

 cago, 111., be furnished with a synopsis 

 of the proceedings of this meeting. 

 Adjourned. J. S. Bruten, Pres. 



Ira Creech, ISec. 



For tbe American Bee Journal. 



Cure for Foul Brood. 



did not want it to take place until I 

 had a good queen to give the bees." 

 Tooele City, Utah, May 2, 1883. 



JOHN DUNN. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Jasper County, Mo., Convention. 



In pursuance of a call heretofore 

 Issued, about 25 bee-keepers assem- 

 bled at the office of Ira Creech, in 

 Joplin, Jasper County, Mo. The 

 meeting was called to order, and Dr. 

 J. T. Bruten chosen chairman, Ira 

 Creech secretary. The chairman 

 stated the object of the meeting, after 

 which a general discussion was en- 

 tered into by Bruten, Holden, Creech, 

 Kemmerdienner, Mrs. Gaston and 

 others, upon the best way to handle 

 bees,which brought out the ideas of the 

 various bee-keepers present in regard 

 to hives, artificial and natural swarms, 

 and various other items connected 

 with the apiary ; after which a perma- 

 nent organization was had, which was 

 named the Jasper County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association. 



Officers elected for the first year : 

 Dr. J. T. Bruten, President; S. B. 

 Holden, Vice-President ; Ira Creech, 



For the Amerlnan Bee Journal. 



That "Three King" Fancy. 



W. H. SHIRLEY. 



The following I have copied from 

 the Desert Kars, from the pen of W, 

 A. & P. M. Greggs, of Payson, Utah : 



'• The plan we adopt for the destruc- 

 tion of this fatal disease (viz.: foul 

 brood) among bees, is as follows : 

 When we discover a colony affected 

 by this disease, we find the queen and 

 cage her. We then remove the af- 

 fected hive and replace it with a box 

 painted the same color as the hive. 

 We next brush the bees off the combs 

 into this box, and allow them to stay 

 there 48 hours. The caged queen is 

 then put in the box with the bees, and 

 is kept caged 48 hours. There should 

 be no frames or combs put in the box 

 during this time, but a few sticks 

 may be put in for them to work upon. 

 When the bees are brushed off the 

 combs, the combs should be imme- 

 diately destroyed, also the hive. 

 While staying in the box the bees 

 should not be confined, but allowed 

 to fly out freely, so as to cleanse them- 

 selves outside the hive, then they will 

 not besmear each other. 



At the expiration of 48 hours the 

 bees should be transferred to the hive, 

 which is designed for them to occupy. 

 This hive should be filled up with 

 frames with foundation in them. The 

 queen is now liberated, and the bees 

 are now cleansed and ready to go to 

 work like a new swarm. If a frame 

 of brood is given them, it will be bet- 

 ter and safer, as they will not then 

 desert the hive. This remedy has 

 been used for five years with success, 

 and never known to fail. It will only 

 apply during the honey season. If 

 foul brood ' is discovered in early 

 spring, before the honey season, or in 

 the fall of the year, after the honey 

 season, we know of no remedy but 

 destroying bees, hive and all." 



Since the 20th of March bees have 

 not been out much ; it lias been snow- 

 ing and raining most of the time, so 

 that a few colonies have perished. I 

 have been able to keep my bees in 

 good condition. 1 have found one of 

 my colonies queenless (hybrids), so I 

 have given tliem a frame of eggs and 

 brood, so tliat they can raise an Ital- 

 ian queen, as I was not sorry that the 

 old hybrid queen was gone, only ' 



On page 2.36 of the Bee Journal 

 for May 9, 1883, Mr. James Heddon, 

 in his reply to W. Z. Hutchinson; on 

 " Best bees ; how obtained," puts me 

 down as a " ring " fancier, but fails 

 to give my way of "ring" or band 

 breeding. The rings I anchored so 

 long ago, are these : First ring, good 

 honey gathering ; second ring, good- 

 nature ; third ring, to get rid of that 

 hybrid cross " cross " and strained 

 mixed-up mess. 



Yes ; I have a fancy for the golden 

 rings, but it must be backed up by the 

 ring of pure gold, and I shall try hard 

 to breed up mv apiary of 100 colonies, 

 so that they will be all alike, as near 

 as possible. No two kinds of hives, 

 or two kinds of bees for me ! And the 

 bee I am after is the one that will 

 produce the most honey, whether 

 black, brown or blue ; three rings or 

 no rings. 



I took my first lessons of bee-keep- 

 ing from Mr. T. F. Bingham, for four 

 weeks, in 1876. That four weeks of 

 practical knowledge has been worth 

 many dollars to me, and to those about 

 to take up bee-keeping as a business, 

 I would say, go and spend a season 

 with some practical apiarist, regard- 

 less of cost ; after that, subscribe for 

 some good bee-paper and you will 

 then feel master of the business. As 

 a teacher I know of none so well fitted 

 in every respect, as my esteemed 

 friend, James Heddon. I speak from 

 experience. " Honor to whom honor 

 is due." 



Glenwood, Mich. 



For Ibe American Bee JoumaL 



The Standard Frame, Etc. 



T>. F. MARKS. 



There seems to be a move among 

 bee-keepers to adopt a standard frame, 

 which I believe to be a grand idea. 

 I have been making my hives, this 

 spring, of the Simplicity, two-stories 

 high ; but as Mr. Heddon says some 

 have different sized Langstroths, and 

 by comparing his figures with my 

 frames, 1 find that my frames are U 

 inch too long. This I very much re- 

 gret, for I have quite a number of 

 hives made, but I made mine by the 

 instructions laid down in Root's 

 ABC Book. , . ^ 



Mv bees are just " on a big tear;" 

 I have had 8 swarms already— some of 

 my colonies have swarmed twice ; my 

 first swarm came out April 6th ; the 

 next on the 9th or 10th. -I have 16 

 colonies spring count, two are weak ; 

 they are all hybrids, or mixtures of 

 various grades, from the black to a 

 bright yellow. 



I only lost one in wintering, and it 



starved through lack of attention. 



1 1 Such a thing as wintering bees in a 



