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and lasts until frost kills it out. I believe 

 that the aster is the best honey-producing 

 plant in this country. It the aster bloom 

 came in June and July, it would push the 

 basswood for the prize medal. 



I have had quite a time with the new bee- 

 disease — bee-paralysis — the past summer. I 

 tried sulphur, salt, etc., but no good. I lost 

 every colony that had it but one. I believe 

 that the disease is very catching. I have 

 .decided to burn or kill out all colonies at 

 the first appearance of the disease. 



Another thing I firmly believe, that this 

 disease comes through the .'i-banded or very 

 yellow bees more than either the 3-banded 

 or German bees. If not only (jueen-breeders, 

 but all who have bees on a large or small 

 scale, would agree to burn or destroy all 

 colonies in which this disease manes its ap- 

 pearance, I believe that we would get rid 

 of the trouble in a short while. If there is 

 a bee-keeper who has had the German or 

 black bees attacked by the above-named 

 disease, please let us know it through the 

 the American Bee Journal. 



Some of my bees are sleeping under the 

 snow. February has so far been a rough 

 month. Snow has fallen upon snow, and 

 we are certainly having winter in the 

 South this time. John D. A. Fisher. 



Woodside, N. C, Feb. 16. 



The Washington State Association. 



The Washington State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation has been organized with head- 

 quarters at North Yakima, at which place 

 is situated the permanent State Fair 

 grounds. In addition to the State associa- 

 tion of apiarists, we also have the Yakima 

 County Bee-Keepers' Association which 

 meets every two weeks. Much good results 

 from the periodical talks, and great interest 

 has been created by the discussions. It has 

 been decided that all supplies shall be or- 

 dered by one person, thus getting the bene- 

 fit of uniformity, jobbers prices, and re- 

 duced freights. 



The associations are pledged to educate 

 the people of the State up to the necessity 

 for planting white, sweet, and Alsike 

 clover, basswood, soft maple and box-elder 

 trees, and to the destruction of halm, Cot- 

 tonwood, Lombardy poplar, and in fact of 

 all varieties of poplars, for the reason that 

 these trees are the home of the green aphis 

 which is so destructive to fruit-trees. 



It is now conceded that the business of 

 the bee-keeper and fruit-grower must go 

 hand in hand, in order that the greatest 

 degree of success may be attained. 



L. R. Freeman. 



North Yakima, Wash., April 1. 



Comb Foundation — Do Bees Hear ? 



I don't think it would pay to keep bees 

 here for the production of honey, as it is 

 too dry and windy. I am engaged at pres- 

 ent selling honey, trying to help some of 

 our honey-producers dispose of their crop. 

 I see an item occasionally in the Bee Jour- 

 nal that tempts me to put in a word, though 

 I usually let it pass; but I have just read 

 Mr. J. C. Wallenmeyer's " Score a big one 

 for comb foundation," on page 209. Ad- 

 mitting that his test is fairly stated, the 

 showing is decidedly in favor of the use of 

 full sheets of foundation, but would it have 

 made so favorable a showing under all cir- 

 cumstances ? The circumstances under 

 which his test was made was the most 

 favorable to give a good showing in favor 

 of the use of foundation— a heavy honey- 

 flow. Now suppose the honey-flow had 

 been scant, just sufiicient to keep up brood- 

 rearing and comb-building slowly for three 

 or four weeks, would the showing have 

 been so decided in favor of the use of foun- 

 dation ? my experience says no, although I 

 am in favor of the use of foundation under 

 favorable circumstances. 



Regarding the question, " Do bees hear?" 

 there is one thing that I don't remember 

 any of the answerers mentioned, that would 

 seem to indicate that bees hear. It is the 

 peeping of young queens ; we have frequent- 

 ly heard the first hatched queen answered 



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