THE BEE-KEEPERS" REVIEW 97 



plaint against the bees was, they worked upon clcca\'cd fruit, espec- 

 ially grapes, and bothered the pickers. When it was explained to 

 him that bees never puncture fruit, but simply work upon bruised 

 or decayed fruit, it did not seem to satisfy him along the point of their 

 bothering pickers — the fact that the bees were there and sometimes 

 stung the pickers (when they were picked up with the fruit — Ed,). 

 It was plain to see, taking the advantage gained by fruit pollinization, 

 that the horticulturists who are posted at least want the bee but 

 dislike the feature of pickers being stung and driven from their work. 

 "Foul Brood in Michigan," by Inspector F. E. Millen, of East 

 Lansing, Mich. Mr. Milieu's talk was well taken by the bee-keepers 

 present, many of whom had already had a "touch" of some of the 

 brood diseases prevalent in Mich'gan. It did not take those in attend- 

 ance long to learn that we had the right man in the right place, 

 "Thoroughness" seemed to be his "slogan" in handling brood diseases, 

 which all know who have had anything to do with foul brood in\ist 

 be adhered to, or the cure may be worse than the disease. Inspector 

 Millen has promised to keep the Review readers well posted on his 

 method of combating brood diseases, so this part of his talk will be 

 omitted here. 



Mr. A. G. Woodman, Grand Rapids, Mich., the Eewis "Beeware" 

 representative for Michigan, was "on his job" as usual, and carried 

 off the only prize for the most useful invention for bee-keepers on 

 exhibition. It consisted of a section folder and foundation fastener 

 combined, which Mr. Woodman is now introducing. The concensus 

 of opinion among those who examined it was that it is the most 

 practical device ever invented for this purpose, the crowning feature 

 being that the section after being filled with foundation comes from 

 the folder right side tip, consequently the foundation is not weakened 

 when turning the section over, as with most machines on the market. 



Premiums were offered for best comb and extracted honey and 

 beeswax. There was a very fine display of honey, both comb and 

 extracted, and one to win a premium had to have something much 

 above the ordinary to win out. Those carrying ofl:' honors were as 

 follows: Best five sections comb honey, Frank Abbott, Palms, 

 Mich. ; best exhibit of comb honey, Floyd Markham, Ypsilanti, Mich. ; 

 best five pounds beeswax, C. E. Foote ; best three sections comb 

 honey, Floyd Markham, Ypsilanti, Mich. ; most useful invention for 

 bee-keepers, A. G. Woodman, Grand Rapids, Mich., section folder 

 and foundation fastener combined; best jar of light extracted honey, 

 Frank Pease, Marshall, Mich.; best exhibit of extracted honey, Floyd 

 Markham, Ypsilanti, Mich. : largest exhibit of comb and extracted 

 honey, Frank Pease, Marshall, Mich. ; best single section of clover 

 comb honey, Floyd Markham, Ypsilanti, Mich. 



