AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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North American Association. 



I cannot refrain from saying that this 

 meeting was one of the best, if not the 

 best, in enthusiasm, good-natured ban- 

 ter, in attendance, in the 'pnxictical char- 

 acter of the discussions, in the charac- 

 ter of the mcri and women who went ; 

 and last, but not least, in the business 

 done, and recommendations made — in 

 the history of the Association ; and I 

 hope this is only a side-show of the good 

 times coming, when the Association shall 

 be incorporated under the laws of Illi- 

 nois, and when the membership, instead 

 of its present floating character, shall be 

 permanent, with a long list of life-mem- 

 bers, and annual members, who will 

 keep up their dues, whether present or 

 not. — E. R. Root, m Olean'mgs. 



Laws on Bees in Germany. 



We, William, King of Prussia, etc., 

 decree throughout our Monarchy, by 

 sanction of both Houses, the following, 

 to wit : 



1. The privilege of bee-keeping to all 

 inhabitants on their own property. 



2. The same right to all renters or 

 leaseholders, by permission of the owners 

 of the property. 



8. Apiaries may be established any- 

 where against objections of neighbors, 

 by enclosure of at least 23^ metres high ; 

 from April 1 to Oct. 1, 10 metres high 

 (this is incase of neighbors objecting). 



4. Moving apiaries to forests, buck- 

 wheat fields, or any other pasture, each 

 must respect a distance of 200 metres, 

 and 25 metres from any public highway. 



5. Near bleaching, dyeing, or tannery 

 establishments, the distance of 50 metres 

 must be observed. 



6. Apiaries will be protected by civil 

 right and law. 



7. The swarm issuing is the exclusive 

 propei'ty of the owner of the parent 

 colony with the right to capture the 

 same, wherever found, without tres- 

 passing. 



8. An absconding swarm is ownerless, 

 as soon as sight is lost of the same. 



9. Such swarm will be the property of 

 the capturer. 



10. In case of swarms uniting, each 

 rightful claimant has a joint interest in 

 the same ; but in case of a disagreement, 

 decision will be made by arbitrary lot, or 

 sale of same, dividing the proceeds 

 according to the interest of each. 



11. If a swarm enters a hive of any 

 other apiarist inhabited by a colony of 

 bees, all claims on the newly entered 

 swarm by its former owner cease at once. 



12. All transgressions of rules 3, 4, 5, 

 will be punished by a fine of 150 marks, 

 or 6 weeks' imprisonment. 



13. Any one who wilfully or maliciously 

 in any way destroys (so-called) robber 

 bees by water, fire, steam, or poison, or 

 trap, shall be fined 600 marks, or an 

 imprisonment for 1 year. 



14. A fine of 600 marks will be 

 imposed on any one who sells bees, hives, 

 products, or implements infested by foul 

 brood. 



15. A fine of 60 marks, or imprison- 

 ment for 2 weeks, will be imposed on 

 any one who {a) recklessly sells or gives 

 away hives, boxes, products, or imple- 

 ments,^ etc. {h) Who carelessly, in his 

 apiaries, sets up such colonies, or leaves 

 scattered about combs so infected. 

 (c) Who neglects to remove foul-broody, 

 infested hives, or close the entrances of 

 the same. — Bienenzeitung. 



Murdering the Bees. 



Only a few days ago one of my neigh- 

 bors spoke to me about some colonies he 

 had bought at a sale. He paid $20 for 

 10 colonies. He intended to kill the 

 bees and sell the honey, to make a profit 

 on the money paid for them. After a 

 little talk, I persuaded him to " let them 

 live." I told him that if they had 

 enough honey to bring $20 or more, 

 they had enough to winter on, and that 

 $4 each next Spring would be very low 

 for them. 



Whoever heard of such a thing as a 

 man killing a hen to get the eggs, or 

 killing a cow to get her milk. Killing 

 bees to get honey is just as foolish. If 

 your bees have failed to store enough 

 to winter on, and you cannot afford to 

 buy sugar to feed them, then, through 

 sympathy, kill them, rather than see 

 them starve to death. But if the bright, 

 intelligent, "busy bees" have worked 

 and toiled all through the hot Summer, 

 through thick and thin, saving enough 

 to live on through the long, dreary Win- 

 ter, for pity's sake let them live and 

 enjoy the results. Encourage industry, 

 for it is "by industry we thrive." 



Study the habits of your bees, you 

 cannot help but love them ; especially 

 the gentle, intelligent, yellow Italians. — 

 Prairie Farmer. 



Kerosene for Propolis. 



The handiest way of getting propolis 

 off the hands is to have a small cup of 

 kerosene handy. A few drops will 

 "cut" the gum very satisfactorHy. 

 — Gleanings. 



