“TANGING” 
Beating on pans or ringing bells—‘“tanging” as it is called—to 
cause a flying swarm to settle has not been proven to have any 
effect on the bees. Spraying with water or throwing sand among 
them sometimes causes them to alight. , 
SNOW-COVERED HIVES 
There is no evidence to show that harm has come to bees in 
New Jersey due to being covered with snow. In fact it seems to 
have a beneficial effect. Should the entrance be covered with snow 
no harm will result. If a colony is strong enough to need more air 
than comes through the snow they will raise the temperature enough 
to melt the snow in front of the entrance. If not strong enough 
to need more air they are all right even with the entrance covered. 
Through mistaken kindness some beekeepers remove the snow from 
the entrances of hives. This does the bees no good and actually 
results in harm, due to the disturbance. 
These statements apply to colonies of bees wintered out-of-doors 
without extra protection. Although this is a rather common practice it 
is a very poor one. If the hive is covered with an outer case or 
other winter protection there is still less reason for disturbing the 
snow-covered entrances. 
BEE DISEASE CONTROL LAWS 
In order that better control of bees diseases might be brought 
about, in 1911 the following bill was enacted. 
CHAPTER 60. 
Laws oF L911. 
An act to supplement an act entitled “An act to prevent the intro- 
duction into and the spread of injurious insects in New Jersey, to pro- 
vide a method for compelling their destruction, to create the office of 
State Entomologist, to authorize inspection of nurseries and to pro- 
vide for certificates of inspection,” approved April fourteenth, one 
thousand nine hundred and three; to provide for the inspection of 
apiaries and for the suppression of contagious or infectious diseases 
among bees. 
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 
of New Jersey: 
