1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



461 



Prof. Cook and Entomology.— The following 

 announcement has come into my hands. All who can do so, 

 should avail themselves of its offers : 



Important to Fruit-Geowers. — Every fruit-grower 

 should have some knowledge of insects ; should know his 

 friends from his enemies, and the methods whereby the latter 

 may be conquered. Under competent instruction this knowl- 

 edge may be gained in a few weeks. Alive to this fact, an 

 arrangement has been made with Prof. A. J. Cook, of Pomona 

 College, to give a course of instruction in entomology, to con- 

 tinue four weeks from July 15, 1895, at Long Beach, Calif., 

 in connection with the Chautauqua Assembly. Prof. Cook has 

 had long and successful experience in such work, and will 

 make the instruction very practical and valuable. 



Long Beach is one of the pleasantest and most inexpen- 

 sive of all the Pacific Coast seaside resorts. The Chautauqua 

 Assembly also makes it still more desirable as a place to rest, 

 recreate and gain valuable instruction. Courses will also be 

 given in Physiology, Botany and Marine Zoology. In each 

 course diagrams, models, and microscopes will greatly aid in 

 the study of the real plants and animals. The modern lab- 

 oratory method will be used exclusively, so that the work will 

 be fascinating as well as improving. 



Terms. — §6.00 per course ; or §5.00 in case the student 

 holds a Chautauqua ticket. Instruction for the 10 days of 

 the regular Chautauqua work will be only one-half the above 

 rates. 



For further information apply to Prof. A. J. Cook, Pomona 

 College, Claremont, Calif. 



A Spirit of Jealousy probably inspired a good 

 deal of the adverse criticism or fault-finding concerning what 

 a few imaginative bee-people are pleased to call a " mutual 

 admiration society " among bee-keepers. If those who do not 

 like to hear others well spoken of unless they can share in it, 

 would turn in and do or say something really meritorious them- 

 selves, perhaps they might win at least a few words of just 

 commendation. Surely, by so doing they would make them- 

 selves happier, as well as others. Sensible people soon "spot" 

 the chronic croakers, and then — why, just let 'em croak ! 



A migratory Bee-Keeper is now found in Michi- 

 gan in the person of J. A. Pearce,of Kalamazoo. The Frank- 

 fort, Mich., " Express," published in Benzie county, recently 

 printed this item : 



Bees in Benzie Counts'. — Last weak J. A. Pearce 

 brought in a carload of bees from Kent county. He states 

 that the snowless winters and dry summers have destroyed 

 the white clover and other foliage plants to such an extent 

 that there will be little or no honey produced in that locality. 

 His apiary is located just up the river valley from Frankfort, 

 where he reports his bees doing finely. We often hear some 

 of our people lamenting about the deep snow and its staying 

 on so long. He says if Kent county could have our snow and 

 have it remain as it does here, it would be worth hundreds of 

 thousands of dollars to them. Do not kick on the snow. 



The Anti-Honey- Adulteration L.a-w of Cali- 

 fornia has been referred to in these columns several times re- 

 cently. Mr. C. H. Clayton, of Lang, Calif., on July 1, wrote 

 me as follows concerning it: 



Referring to the editorial on page 412, " Against Honey 

 Adulteration," I take tha liberty to send you a copy of our 

 law on the subject. I think it will prove of interest to all the 

 readers of the Bee Journal. There was another anti-adultera- 

 tion law passed at the same session of the legislature, which 

 embraces in its terms all articles olfood and drink. 



C. H. Clayton. 



The " copy" of the law kindly sent by Mr. Clayton, reads 

 thus : 



CHAPTER CIV.— An Act to prevent the sale of imitation 

 or adulterated honey, and to provide a punishment therefor. 

 (Approved March 26, 1895.) 



Section 1. Any person who, by himself or an agent, sells 

 or offers for sale, or in any way disposes of, any substance or 

 composition of the appearance of honey, or which in color, 

 consistency, and taste resembles honey, but is not honey — the 



natural product of the bee, or a pure extract therefrom — upon 

 the representation or claim or pretense that the same is honey, 

 or a pure extract therefrom, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of one 

 hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for 

 three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act, " pure extract of 

 honey " is honey extracted from the comb without the addi- 

 tion of any other substances. 



Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from 

 and after its passage. 



Now if the California authorities will see to it that the 

 above law is strictly enforced, the adulteration of honey in 

 that State may soon be a thing of the past. Other States 

 would do well to have a similar law enacted, then, with proper 

 enforcement of them all, the conscienceless adulterators of 

 honey would soon be driven out of their nefarious business. 



Foul Brood seems to make itself felt in various 

 localities this summer. Quite a number of subscribers to the 

 Bee Journal have sent in descriptions of what they fear is the 

 dread disease, and desire directions for its treatment and 

 eradication. This has been published so many times in the 

 Bee Journal, that it seems almost useless to go all over the 

 subject again when about all that is known in regard to it is 

 to be found in the three pamphlets by Dr. Howard, Prof. 

 Cheshire and Mr. Kohnke. The first named contains Mr. 

 McEvoy's treatment and a review of the work of others in 

 their experiments with foul brood and its treatment. The 

 combined price of the three pamphlets is 60 cents, or 50 

 cents when all are taken at one time. Every bee-keeper 

 should have them, so as to be able to spot the disease upon its 

 first appearance. The pamphlets can be ordered from this 

 ofiBce. 



In speaking of this matter in last Gleanings, Editor Root 

 says : 



I think it greatly behooves all intelligent and progressive 

 bee-keepers, when they know of cases of foul brood, to offer, if 

 need be, the owner of the infested stock their services, and 

 furnish them foundation, frames, and a new hive. 



By a little effort on the part of bee-keepers who keep 

 themselves well informed, they may be able to avert disaster 

 to their own apiary, by aiding an unfortunate neighbor whose 

 bees may have the disease and their owner unable to cure it. 



/KnfOXfQ i1r)c Bee-Papers 



Gl&aned by £>r, Alill&r, 



CLIPPING QUEENS' WINGS. 



In nearly every apiary, where the manager can or is ex- 

 pected to be present during the swarming season, I should ad- 

 vise the clipping of all laying queens in the apiary; in fact, I 

 should as soon think of going back to box-hives as to the manag- 

 ing of an apiary where the queens have wings so they could fly 

 out with the swarm, where I was working the same for comb 

 honey. I said, "in vicarJy every apiary." Why I said this 

 was, there are a very few localities in the United States 

 where ants are so thick on the ground, and about the hives, 

 that it would not be safe to allow the queens to be out on the 

 ground for any length of time, else they would be killed by 

 these same ants. But as such a place or places are rare ex- 

 ceptions, it would be safe to say that I would always clip the 

 wings of all queens in the apiary as soon as laying. — Doolit- 

 tle, in Gleanings. 



NEW vs. OLD methods OF REARING CELLS. 



We have something over 250 queen-rearing colonies in 

 our home yard. After having tried very faithfully all the 

 later methods, such as artificial cell-cups, rearing cells in the 

 upper story of a strong colony having a queen in the lower 

 story separated by a perforated zinc, and all such new meth- 

 ods, we have gone back to the good old ways. The artificial 

 cell-cups are too expensive to make — at least, for us ; too ex- 



