1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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and they had hatched before the apiarist got 

 around to them. Some of the queens were 

 from two to three days old, ami yet there 

 they were all together like a happy family. 

 Not wishing to take any chances on them we 

 caged them. Very sorry now that we didn't 

 let them stay and then watch for develop- 

 ments. — Ed.] 



pul)lication, 25 cts. per year, and'the gener- 

 al excellence of the matter, should and prob- 

 ably will make it very popular. We wish it 

 abundant success. 



We regret to learn that Mr. N. D. West, 

 one of the foul-brood inspectoi'S of New 

 York, lost his son David in a runaway acci- 

 dent. This young man looked after his 500 

 colonies, and was the one who made the 

 queen- cell protectors and ca;^es. The loss 

 will be a severe one to Mr. West, and he 

 has our sincere sympathy. 



At a meeting of the Centi^al Society of 

 Apiculture for France, held June 23, at the 

 society's rooms in Paris, it was decided there 

 would be a smaller crop of honey this year 

 than last, hence it was decided to ask for 

 all extracted honey 1.30 francs a kilo (abovit 

 12 cents per lb.), if the honey was in fairly 

 small lots. For larger quantities, 1.20 francs 

 would be considered very fair. All bee-keep- 

 ers connected with the society are expected 

 to abide by this decision in the general in- 

 terest of bee-keeping. ~ These are wholesale 

 prices. 



ENCOUKAGING COUNTY FAIKS. 



It is with considerable pleasure we note 

 the fact that for some reason or other the 

 fairs are offering better premiums on bee, 

 honey, and wax exhibits than ever before. 

 In point of fact, some of the prizes are very 

 liberal (not too liberal). For example, Ten- 

 nessee offers $25.00 for first, $15.00 for sec- 

 ond, and $10.00 for third prize on the best 

 exhibit. Other prizes are in proportion. 

 Illinois and West Michigan are also quite 

 liberal. We hope bee-keepers will encour- 

 age all fairs whose managers are doing their 

 best for apiculture. We believe a fair is a 

 good place to advertise honey and wax. If 

 your local fair is not doing much for bee- 

 keeping, see the managers and point out 

 what others are doing. 



AilERICAN BEE JOUKNAL. 



The Old Reliable is now issued as a month- 

 ly of 32 pages at 25 cts. per year, instead of 

 a weekly of IG pages at $1.00. The new 

 monthly has a new half-tone cover that is 

 very neat, and the general make-up, ap- 

 pearance, and contents are practically the 

 same as heretofore. The low price of the 



A BEE-STING THAT IS ALLEGED TO HAVE 

 CAUSED LOCKJAW. 



A STATEMENT has appeared in the papers to 

 the effect that a boy four years old was 

 stung in the back of th« neck. Nothing se- 

 rious developed until the next day when a 

 hardening and a swelling of the neck and a 

 stift"ening of the muscles resulting in what is 

 known as tetanus, or lockjaw, and finally 

 death. The best physicians were consulted 

 and were at a loss to account how a bee 

 sting could cause such disease. The sugges- 

 tion was made that the child playing in the 

 dirt may have rubbed his hands containing 

 more or less of earth over the wound. As 

 lockjaw is a germinal disease that resides in 

 many soils it might have been transmitted 

 by the hands, for a a sting will sometimes 

 make a wound that will bleed slightly, and 

 hence a wound open enough to receive in- 

 fection from the hands contaminated with 

 earth. Since the sting itself is supposed to 

 contain a violent antiseptic it does not seem 

 possible that lockjaw could proceed as a di- 

 rect result of the sting itself. The case, if so, 

 is a very rare one and probably will not oc- 

 cur again. 



Of course, some newspapers may try to 

 make a handle of this to the effect that no 

 one should keep bees for fear of lockjaw; and 

 indeed one paper referring to the subject 

 said "It would mean a new and graver prob- 

 lem in connection with bee farming." Grave 

 problem indeed! The practical bee- man has 

 had too many stings to be worried over the 

 possible prospect of dying by lockjaw. 



Later. — Our representative in Philadel- 

 phia, where this case occurred, reports that 

 he managed to arrange an interview with 

 Ur. Brady, one of the staff of Frankford 

 Hospital where the boy was treated. The 

 doctor gives it as his opinion that the sting 

 had nothing to do with the lockjaw. His 

 opinion is based on the fact that there was 

 no local infection whatever under the skin 

 nor in the tiesb, that the post ynorteni could 

 discover. A full report on ih.Q 'post nioricm 

 will be out in about a week. 



DR. WHITE AND HIS DISCOVERY OF THE ORI- 

 GIN OF AMERICAN FOUL BROOD. 



The United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture has just issued circular No. 94 on "The 

 Cause of American Foul Brood," which 

 constitutes a sort of addendum to "The 

 Brood Diseases of Bees," which was issued 

 in pamphlet form some time ago. The au- 

 thor is Dr. G. F. White. He now reports 

 that he has been successful in cultivating in 

 a suitable medium JJacillus l(irva\ antl pro- 

 ducing therefrom Auieric-an foul brood by 

 direct inoculation, thereby proving that he 

 has, beyond all question or doubt, discover- 

 ed the true origin of old-fashioned or Amer- 

 ican foul brood. 



