1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Our electric fan, run by a current from our 

 big electric generator, and by a storage bat- 

 tery nights and Sundays, has been doing 

 wonders in our bee-cellar. We understand 

 that clockwork fans are already made and 

 sold in Europe. We will investigate. — Ed.] 



PROSPECTS FOK CUBAN AND CALIFORNIA 

 HONEY. 



Indications go to show that in some 

 parts of Cuba, at least, the season has been 

 a failure again. This makes a series of 

 honey failures for the Queen of the Antilles. 

 The probabilities are, there will not be very 

 much Cuban honey in the eastern markets, 

 nor very much, in fact, for those in Europe. 



Further indications are favorable for a 

 good crop in Southern and Central Califor- 

 nia. We urge our California producers to 

 get together and hold up their prices. A 

 few scattering sales at low prices are sure to 

 demoralize the whole market. It would 

 seem that thei'e is no need of doing it this 

 year when California will have no competi- 

 tion in glucosed mixtures anywhere in the 

 United States. 



AN APIARY IN PERU. 



The picture on the cover page, of an apia- 

 i-y near Arequipa, Peru, will attract more 

 than usual attention from its novelty. Peru 

 is generally regarded as a very backward 

 country, and it is, unfortunately. But it will 

 be observed S(jme progress is being maile 

 along agricultural lines. Alfalfa is the main 

 standby of the bee-keeper, and it was from 

 Peru it was introduced into California. 

 There the farmers are not in a great hurry 

 to get it cut, hence the bees reap a rich re- 

 ward in that hot, dry, cloudless climate. 

 Though in the tropics, alfalfa grows well be- 

 cause most of the farms are at high eleva- 

 tion in a semi-arid country. The Peruvians 

 frequently keep the stingless bees in a do- 

 mestic state, but in this case the bees are the 

 ordinary Ajns mcllijica, and it succeeds very 

 well at high altitudes. Not far from this 

 apiary is the astronomical observatory of Har- 

 vard University. 



TEDDY BEARS IN BEESWAX EXHIBITS. 



Our old friend Mr. Francis Danzenbaker, 

 referring to the illustration showing the Root 

 Co.'s exhibit at the Ohio State Fair, writes 

 us that it was the finest he ever saw. The 

 idea of dipping the plaster bust of a woman 

 into beeswax and surmounting the same on 



top of a beeswax exhibit he considers almost 

 too good to give away. In this connection he 

 makes a suggestion that is very unique, as 

 well as easy to put into execution. 



It is a well-known fact that the bear, the 

 proverbial enemy of the bee, is a good judge 

 of honey as well as a lover of it; that he is 

 not afraid of bee-stings. In that respect he 

 is not unlike the bee-keeper. While his 

 "method" of taking off a crop of honey and 

 "disposing" of the same may be unlike that 

 of some men, the very fact that he knows how 

 to relieve a possibly congested honey market 

 entitles him to no little consideration. 



Well, now, Mr. Danzenbaker suggests that 

 the teddy bears that are offered for sale any- 

 where would make fine sul^jects if dipped in 

 hot wax for beewax exhibits. And why not? 

 Paste the idea in your hat, and use it at the 

 next State or county fair. 



These teddy bears are made in all sizes, and 

 can be obtained at quite a moderate price. 

 Give half a dozen of them a dip in hot wax, 

 and station them around the wax display. 

 They could also help to "set off" the honey 

 as well. 



THE INDIANA FOUL-BROOD BILL LOST ON A 

 TECHNICALITY. 



Tqe following, from Mr. Walter S. Pouder, 

 will explain: 



Our measure for a foul-brood inspector for Indiana 

 was lost on a point which none of us discovered till 

 too late. It develops that our mode of paying the in- 

 spector is not constitutional in this State. Indiana 

 makes assessments per value, but never per item. The 

 measure was having smooth sailing-, and would have 

 become a law. had this defect been avoided. Our only 

 chance now appears to be in securing: a strong mem- 

 bership for our State Association, and at the next 

 General Assembly we may be able to secure an ap- 

 propriation. The loss of the measuse will be greatly 

 deplored by many interested friends, but none could 

 regret it more than myself. Walter S. Pouder. 



Indianapolis, Ind., March 16. 



The effort, though resulting in an apparent 

 failure, is by no means lost. What Missouri 

 has done, Indiana can do. At the next ses- 

 sion of the General Assembly the effort 

 should be renewed. 



FOUL-BROOD LAW FOR MISSOURI. 



It will be remembered that, two years ago, 

 the legislature of Missouri passed a foul- 

 brood bill; but the measure was vetoed by 

 Governor Folk on the ground there was no 

 need for it. The bee-keepers of that State, 

 in the mean time, got busy and informed his 

 Excellency of his mistake; so when another 

 bill was passed he signed it, without hesita- 

 tion. 



The first section of the new act provides 

 for the appointment of a State inspector of 

 apiaries who will have jurisdiction over all 

 cases of infectious diseases in apiaries such 

 as foul brood, black brood, and paralysis. 

 The second section provides that, having 

 found a diseased apiary, the inspector will 

 give directions to its owner' for treatment. 

 On a second examination, if the disease is 

 not eradicated he may proceed as he sees fit. 



