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Entered as second-class matter at the 

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C. P. Dadant, Editor. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Associate Editor. 



Frank C. Pellett, Staff Correspondent. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



IMPORTANT NOTICE 



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(Copyright: 1917, by C P. Dadant.) 



THE EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT 



Transferring From 

 Box-Hives 



Bulletin 961 of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture on the above 

 subject is at hand. This is one of the 

 most useful publications ever issued 

 by the Department, for the reason 

 that there has been more waste in 

 this matter of transferring than in 

 any other question concerning be- 

 ginners. This Bulletin is most im- 

 portant in instructing beekeepers 

 who are not yet using the modern 

 methods, but who have kept bees in 

 boxes or gums. This Bulletin should 

 be distributed freely among them. 



The different methods of transferr- 

 ing are also very necessary where 

 bees have been in modern hives with- 

 out the necessary guides to secure 

 straight combs in the frames. A hive 

 with movable frames in which the 

 combs are crooked and run from one 

 frame to another is much worse than 

 a box hive for any manipulation, and 

 is also more difficult to transfer. Let 

 all those who are troubled with 

 crooked combs or have bees in box 

 hives send for this Bulletin. 



European Foulbrood 



"The Control of European Foul- 

 brood" is the title of Bulletin 975 of 

 the United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture. This is by Dr. E. F. Phil- 

 lips, and, like everything that comes 

 from his pen, is practical and to the 

 point. European foulbrood was de- 

 nominated "bacillus pluton" by Dr. 

 White, the bacteriologist whose 

 studies of bee diseases are now ac- 

 cepted as authoritative and conclu- 

 sive by scientists the world over. 

 The name "European" was given only 

 to differentiate it from the ropy 

 foulbrood which was called "Ameri- 



can," but both diseases undoubtedly 

 exist on both continents. 



By securing this Bulletin, together 

 with Bulletin 442, "The Treatment of 

 Bee Diseases," by the same author, 

 Dr. Phillips, 1911, the beekeeper will 

 have the benefit of all the knowledge 

 of the subject acquired in the past IS 

 years through experiments and the 

 gathering together of information at 

 our Capital. 



Another Bulletin, No. 671, just now 

 appearing, has been delayed by an 

 error in the transposition of two 

 cuts, illustrating the appearance of 

 combs containing larvae dead of Eu- 

 ropean and American foulbrood. This 

 Bulletin is entitled "Diagnosis of Bee 

 Diseases by Laboratory Methods." 

 It is by A. H. McCray and G. F. 

 White. It will interest the bee in- 

 spectors and the better informed 

 class of beekeepers. It gives short 

 and pointed statements on the char- 

 acters of European and American 

 foulbrood, on sacbrood and on Nose- 

 ma apis. The reputation of the au- 

 thors vouches for the correctness of 

 the statements. 



International Fraternity 

 of Beekeepers 



It is out of the province of a bee 

 magazine to touch the present burn- 

 ing question which is constantly in 

 the thoughts of every human being. 

 But the flood of enthusiasm which 

 reaches us in the shape of. numerous 

 private letters from across the seas 

 needs public acknowledgement. For 

 this reason, we give place in our col- 

 umns to a short, typical letter, not 

 written for publication, but so ex- 

 pressive of the popular sentiment 

 among our allies that we feel sure its 

 author will pardon us for giving it 



September 



publicity. It is from no less a man 

 than the editor of the oldest existing 

 bee periodical in the world: 

 "Mr. C. P. Dadant: 



"Dear Sir. — At the time when your 

 brothers and your sons are with us, 

 mingling their valiant blood with that 

 of the French, for the defense of 

 right and liberty, I, who have had 

 .already terrible trials, cannot help 

 thinking of the American fathers, 

 mothers and wives who have dear 

 ones every day exposed to death or 

 wounds. I feel how much my anx- 

 iety would be attenuated if, in a sim- 

 ilar situation, I knew that there were 

 near the loved ones some tender- 

 hearted friends who would bring 

 them, whether wounded or healthy, a 

 little enjoyment. Near a friend, 

 they, would recover a touch of the 

 family life. 



"For this reason, permit me to say 

 to you, dear sir, that if you have a 

 relative, a friend, in this war, write 

 him that he will find in my home a 

 family who will try to help him for- 

 get for a few moments the remote- 

 ness from his own people, so painful 

 to the one who is fond of family life. 



"Please accept, my dear sir, my 

 heartiest good wishes. 



"M. SEVALLE, 

 "Editor of LApiculteur,. 



"Paris, France, July 7, 1918." 



Hundreds of similar letters have 

 come to us across the seas, from he- 

 roic, bleeding France, from unrelent- 

 ing Great Britain, from warm-hearted 

 Italy, as well as from smaller allies 

 and neutral countries like Switzer- 

 land. But none of them express their 

 hearty good-will any better, or in 

 more concise words, than the above. 



Our hearty thanks are extended, in 

 the name of American beekeepers 

 who have sons at the front, for those 

 numerous friendly offers as well as 

 for the warmth and enthusiasm ex- 

 pressed towards our Nation. 



Fellow-Americans, whether you are 

 beekeepers, farmers, mechanics, pro- 

 fessional men or merchants, you are 

 building, perhaps better than you re- 

 alize, a wonderful brotherhood with 

 the rest of the human race. The 

 lavish manner in which the Star- 

 Spangled Banner is pouring into the 

 conflict her money, her food, her 

 blood, for the defense of an ideal and 

 the crushing of the most ruthless 

 militarism since the days of Attila, 

 will remain to her credit for cen- 

 turies to come. Neither should we 

 forget that, aside from a few traitors, 

 there are among us thousands of de- 

 scendants of the Central Powers who 

 are doing their duty to the country 

 of their adoption with as much patri- 

 otism as any of us. 



When ruthlessness is crushed and 

 peace again comes, let us hope that 



