the point is furnished. It is said that the bee always dies when it stings.

I have been stung slightly when the sting was not left. I think, when that occurs, the bee does not die, for in my opinion it is the loss of the sting and its appendages that proves fatal to the bee's life.-Wisconsin Farmer.

Foul-Brood and the Utah Association.

JOHN C. SWANER.

The following is a copy of the FoulBrood Bill which will be presented before the Territorial Legislative Assembly, when that body meets this Winter. Every bee-keeper who is interested in the welfare of the pursuit, should get his neighbor bee-keepers, as well as himself, to sign a petition, requesting the member from his district, to vote in favor of this Bill. Act at once, if you expect to do any good. Every individual beekeeper should be interested.

FOUL-BROOD IN BEES.

An act for the protection of bee-culture, and to repeal all other acts and laws in relation thereto.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the territory of Utah; that it shall be the duty of the County Court of each county to appoint from among the bee-keepers of the county, one or more suitable persons as Inspectors of Bees.

SEC. 2. These Inspectors shall be appointed biennially, viz: On the first Monday in March of each alternate year, or at the first regular sitting of the Court thereafter, and shall perform the duties of Bee Inspector for two years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

Said Inspec

tors shall qualify by taking and subscribing an official oath, and giving bonds with sureties to be approved by their respective County Courts in the sum of five hundred dollars; said bonds to be filed with the clerk of said Courts.

SEC. 3. In determining the fitness of a person to fill the position of Inspector, the Court shall be guided by the local bee-keepers' associations in their respective counties, and it shall be deemed lawful for any Inspector, if he so desires, to invite one or more persons to assist him in prosecuting his inspections. Provided, that no charge is made for this voluntary service.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Inspector to visit all the bees in his county

or district at least once a year, and at any time, upon the complaint of any bee owner, that, in his opinion, the disease known as foul-brood exists among the bees of any person, whether owner or custodian. It shall be the duty of the Inspector, to whom the complaint is made, to immediately inspect the bees believed to be thus infected; and if such Inspector finds that foul-brood does exist among such bees, and the owner desires to have them treated, said Inspector shall immediately take charge of and control them, at the expense of the owner, and give them the proper treatment for the cure of the disease. In such treatment he may destroy such portions of the bees and brood, and of the hives and contents, as may be necessary. Provided, in case the owner has any doubts about his bees being infected, and objects to their being destroyed, as in this Act provided, then such fact shall be determined by arbitration, the said Inspector choosing one arbitrator, and the owner of such bees another, from among the bee-keepers of said county, who shall immediately inspect such bees, and determine whether or not the bees so inspected are diseased; or, when they cannot agree, they two may choose a third from among the beekeepers of said county, and the three shall proceed immediately to inspect such bees, and determine whether or not the bees so inspected are diseased.

SEC. 5. If the owner or person in charge of bees infected with foul-brood shall fail to make arrangements acceptable to the Inspector for his compensation, and the necessary expenses to be incurred in the treatment and cure of the bees (which shall in no case exceed three dollars per day and actual expenses), then the Inspector shall immediately wholly destroy the hives and bees so infected by burning or burying the same.

SEC. 6. If any person, by threats of violence, or in any other manner, shall prevent a duly-appointed Bee-Inspector from inspecting, taking charge of, treating or destroying bees, as provided in this Act, on conviction thereof before the nearest Justice of the Peace of the precinct in which said bees are kept, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in any sum not less then $5.00, nor more than $25.00 for the first offense, and for each additional offense he shall be liable to a fine not to exceed $50.00.

SEC. 7. To provide for the prosecution of the duties of Bee-Inspectors under this Act, the County Courts are hereby

authorized to, and shall appropriate the sum of $3.00 per day, and necessary expenses, for the time that the Inspector is actually employed in the performance of his duties, out of the revenues of the several counties. Provided, that in no case, when such Inspector receives compensation from the owner of bees, so infected, for the care, treatment or destruction of the same, as in the Act provided, shall he be paid by the several counties as in this section specified.

SEC. 8. All Acts and parts of Acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.

Skunks as Bee-Enemies.

J. ANDERSON.

Last season I discovered that my apiary was regularly visited by a mighty rover. Three of my best hives gave evidences that some foe relished a supper of Italian bees.

For a time I was perplexed to know what the enemy was, so in order to put an end to the depredations, a trap was set, and different kinds of bait was used, but the rover preferred insect food, to any thing I offered; even dead drones was no attraction. My three excellent colonies, instead of swarming, rapidly decreased, and the excrements of the enemy which were here and there in heaps through the apiary, showed where they went.

At last, I used as a bait a fat sparrow which is now a very great nuisance in this county. The next morning, before I reached the apiary, the peculiar state of the atmosphere conveyed to my mind the interesting intelligence that the foe was caught, and was nothing but a skunk.

The sparrow's flesh was more enticing to his skunkship than that of the insects on which, for the previous weeks, he had been feeding.

Tiverton, Ont., Dec. 24, 1891.

Bee-Scouts Selecting a Home.

LAWSON HEGLER.

On page 814 (1891), Mr. G. W. Demaree says that he does not care to discuss the subject of bee-scouts further, but I will disregard his desire and have my say.

One morning last summer, I saw bees

cleaning out a tree, about 200 yards from my apiary. About noon a swarm issued from a hive that I had been watching, and clustered on a tree near by. I hived them, but about 4 o'clock they swarmed again, and without clustering they made a line for that tree. started as soon as the bees, and never lost sight of them. I got there as soon as they did, and saw them go in. They were Italians, and as I paid a high price for the queen, I did not propose to lose them. I cut the tree the next morning, and the inside of the tree was as clean as a kitchen floor, with not a trace of old-comb, stump-water or anything else, except a piece of new comb with a few eggs in it.

A few days before that, I cut a tree that I supposed contained bees, but as soon as the tree fell, every bee made off, and on examination it was as nice and dry and clean as bees could make it.

On another occasion I saw a swarm of bees clustered on a bush near the edge of the woods, and the scouts were hunting in every crack and hole in the trees in that piece of woodland, but as soon as they were hived they came to the hive. If there are plenty of flowers and a good honey-flow, bees will hunt a place near by, and go to it; but if there is a scarcity, they will fly until they find a suitable location, cluster, send out scouts, find a cavity, and go to it.

I could give other proofs, but I think this will suffice. McLean, O.

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The Convention Hand - Book is very convenient at Bee-Conventions. It contains a simple Manual of Parliamentary Law and Rules of Order for Local BeeConventions; Constitution and By-Laws for a Local Society; Programme for a Convention, with Subjects for Discussion. In addition to this, there are about 50 blank pages, to make notes upon, or to write out questions, as they may come to mind. They are nicely bound in cloth, and are of the right size for the pocket. We will present a copy for one new subscription to the BEE JOURNAL (with $1.00 to pay for the same), or 2 subscribers to the HOME JOURNAL may be sent instead of one for the BEE JOURNAL.

Now is the time to join the National Bee-Keepers' Union. Send to this office for the necessary Blanks.

CONVENTION DIRECTORY.

1892.

Time and place of meeting.

Jan. 18, 19.-Colorado State, at Denver.

H. Knight, Sec., Littleton, Colo. Jan. 20, 21.-The Minnesota, at Owatonna. Wm. Danforth, Sec., Red Wing, Minn. Feb. 10, 11, 12-Ohio State, at Cincinnati. S. R. Morris, Sec., Bloomingburg, O.

In order to have this table complete, Secretaries are requested to forward full particulars of the time and the place of each future meeting.-THE EDITOR.

North American Bee-Keepers' Association PRESIDENT-Eugene Secor.. Forest City, Iowa. SECRETARY-W. Z. Hutchinson....Flint, Mich.

National Bee-Keepers' Union. PRESIDENT James Heddon .. Dowagiac, Mich. SEC'Y AND MANAGER-T. G. Newman, Chicago.

Bee and Honey Gossip.

Do not write anything for publication on the same sheet of paper with business matters, unless it can be torn apart without interfering with either part of the letter.

Large Increase.

I had 44 colonies of bees, Spring count, which increased to 76 colonies, and gave me 2,000 pounds of combhoney, and from 600 to 700 pounds of extracted-honey, all of which was from basswood-not a pound of dark honey in the lot. I sold 1,000 pounds of combhoney at 15% cents per pound to Stewart & Elliott, at Minneapolis, Minn. I have united them down to about 60 colonies for Winter.

GEO. H. AURINGER. Bonniwell's Mills, Minn.

Bees Working Now.

I have received the annual report of the National Bee-Keepers' Union, together with the membership blank, today. In reply I will say that I am glad to see such an increased membership, and I am also glad to vote for some of the good members for the offices to be filled. At some later date I will give you some little idea of bee-keeping in this locality. Probably you will hesitate to believe, when I tell you that my bees are now working every day. Of course

they are not storing any surplus, but they are gathering enough to live on. You know that the bees in this locality are all wintering on the summer stands, and require but little care during the Winter. Bee-keeping here would be a grand success, if carried on in as thorough a manner as in the East; as it is, we frequently get tremendous crops. W. A. CHOATE.

Colton, Calif., Dec. 20, 1891.

They Laugh at Us.

I am very fond of reading the AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, the contents of which are always very interesting to me, and are of much value for bee-culture in general. In order that Germany may profit by the advancements of American apiculture, as well as other countries, I have a column in the Bienen-Centralblatt, in which I regularly once a month give translations from American, French, Italian, and other bee-periodicals. Allow me to say that it would be better to stop that humbug about the "golden Carniolans." People in Carniola are laughing about it, and such a stupid article as Fleischmann's in the Leipziger, is the result. H. REEPEN. Hessen, Germany, Dec. 12, 1891.

My First Lessons in Bee-Keeping.

I was born in Preble County, O., Sept. 19, 1814, and when I was about 6 weeks old my parents took a notion to move to Indiana Territory, and being in my minority, I went with them. It was

there that I took my first lessons in beekeeping. We found our first colonies in hollow trees, and from Nature we took our first lessons, using sections cut from hollow trees for hives. We wintered our bees in those hives on the summer stands, without any protection whatever, when the thermometer often indicated 160, 200 and 250 below zero. Here in Northern Iowa bees winter in hollow trees, where 400 below zero is no strange occurrence, and it was from those indications that I planned my beehouse. There has been great improvement during the last 50 years in beekeeping, but we have had to go to the bees themselves for the suggestions. There may be a certain temperature in which it would be best to winter bees, but if there is, I would rather believe it to be below than above the freezing point. There is always more or less dampness arising from a healthy colony of bees, and it should have a way to

escape, so as not to condense immediately around the bees. Keep bees dry and quiet, and I think they will survive a temperature of 25 below zero. Mine survived 16 below zero in the house last Winter, and I have a neighbor whose bees are yet (Dec. 18) on the summer stands, without any protection, and still are all right. The thermometer has been 100 below zero. I housed mine on Nov. 13, 1891. C. LOWER. Decorah, Iowa.

My Experience in Keeping Bees.

I have read the AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL for several years, but have not noticed any correspondence from this locality. There are quite a number keeping bees here, but I do not think they know of the existence of the BEE JOURNAL. I have taken several beepapers, but I like it better than all others. I commenced to keep bees in 1881, with one colony of black bees, in a box hive, which cost me $5.00. I had an increase of 12 swarms within two years. They were all hived in 8frame Langstroth hives. In 1884 I lost them all from the use of honey-dew. I then purchased another colony, and now have 43.

From 28, Spring count, I got, during the past Summer, 800 pounds of white comb-honey, and an increase of 15 swarms. I have 23 in boxes 3x12, packed with chaff; the other 20 are in the cellar. As this is my first experience in wintering bees in a cellar, I thought I would risk only part of them in that way. CHAS. E: FALKNER. Pioneer, O., Dec. 21, 1891.

Bees Wintering Well.

The honey crop of last season was very light, and the quality was very poor and dark. Owing to the cold weather during Spring, we obtained scarcely any white clover honey, though there was an abundance of white clover bloom. My bees are wintering well. A. F. SANGER. Pilot Grove, Mo., Dec. 29, 1891.

Wintering Bees on Honey-Dew.

I have 41 colonies of bees in the cellar, in fair condition. I did not get much honey last Summer-only 700 pounds, and that was rather dark, and I had only 4 or 5 swarms. I had to feed 6 colonies. I do not know how they will winter on honey-dew. I find

that the dark honey improves the longer it is kept. We sell it here at from 8 to 12 cents per pound, in the comb. WM. L. MITCHELL. Erie, Ills., Dec. 30, 1891.

Few Swarms, and Little Honey. The past season in Pennsylvania, while not a complete failure, was a poor one-many apiaries yielding nothing for surplus. There was but little swarming, Most of the colonies have enough to Winter on. My yield was 600 pounds, from 16 colonies, of extracted and combhoney. I sold the comb-honey for 15 cents per pound, at the store and to neighbors; the extracted I sold for 11 cents per pound. Honey is scarce, but at the prices demanded (20 cents at retail) it sells slowly.

GEO. SPITLER. Mosiertown, Pa., Dec. 28, 1891.

Good Crop of White Honey.

This has been a fairly good year for honey, with those who cared for their bees properly. The crop of white honey was good, but the fall flow did not I have amount to scarcely anything. done better than any one else in this locality. Some report but very little honey. The honey flow commenced about June 1 and continued till July 20. I commenced the season with 13 colonies, increased to 24 by natural swarming, and secured 700 pounds of comb honey. One swarm went to the woods. I winter my bees on the summer stands; 13 colonies are in boxes packed in chaff, and 10 are in the Root dovetailed winter cases. D. I. WAGAR. Flat Rock, Mich., Dec. 29, 1891.

Bees Wintering on Summer Stands.

Last Spring I had 45 colonies of bees -all that were left out of 75 of the fall before. I took from them 1,500 pounds of comb-honey, increased them to 75 colonies again, which are now on the summer stands in double-walled hives, and appear to be in good condition. Last year was the worst for wintering bees, for 10 years. Some that had but few are without any now. There was plenty of white clover, but it did not yield any honey. Our crop was mostly from raspberries and basswood. J. H. MANCHESTER. Preble, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1891.

Mine are Fine Italian Bees.

I am a beginner in apiculture, and a great friend of the honey-bee. I have enjoyed the work so far very much. I have 51 colonies, which go into winter quarters in good condition. During the

past season I took off 300 pounds of extracted-honey. It would have been an excellent year for honey had the drouth not set in. I notice one of my colonies does not gather propolis; or has not during the past two seasons. I got one swarm from this colony this season, and have never found propolis in the surplus cases. They are jet black bees. I bought 24 Italian queens, and introduced them into the hives of black bees. They were fine queens, and proved to be a success. Now all my bees are fine Italians. I send you the Pittsburgh Dispatch, and marked an item entitled, "A New Artificial Honey." What comment have you to make? Moselle, Mo. [Our comment is on page 37-Ed.]

JAMES A. POWERS.

That Cook-Book Premium.

When the AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL of Dec. 10 arrived, I was agreeably surprised. On stepping into the house, my wife, having it in her hands, looked up into my face with a smile, and said: "Are you going to take this paper next year?" "Yes," I replied, "we cannot do without it." Mrs. Fisher, holding the paper up, said: "I want this book, and handed the paper to me. I read the whole of page 766. "I want that cookbook," said my wife a second time. "All right, wife," I said, "we will accept the offer, and you shall have that cookbook. Now, dear reader, if you want the eyes of your better-half to sparkle, and a sweet smile to roll across her face, just look up the BEE JOURNAL, and let her read what is offered on page 766; then tell her that you accept that offer, and that she shall have the book. Read that page carefully, and see how much is offered for $1.30. Show your friends and neighbors that liberal offer, and you will succeed in introducing the AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL into many homes where it has never gone before. Bro. Newman gives us a first-class weekly BEE JOURNAL. Now let each reader show his or her appreciation by getting a few new subscribers, thereby enabling the JOURNAL to be a greater blessing to bee-keepers in the year 1892.

JOHN D. A. FISHER.
Woodside, N. C., Dec. 29, 1891.

Wavelets of News.

Successful Apiarists.

To be successful in any business you must be, love with it. No one can make a success with bees when he takes it up because he thinks there's "money in it," He will soon abandon it in disgust."Missouri Bee-Keeper.

Welcome Visitor.

A welcome monthly visitor is the ILLUSTRATED HOME JOURNAL, a fine publication for the family and fireside, devoted to fashion, music, household topics, decorative art, and interesting stories.-New Bedford, Mass., Standard.

Bee-Keepers' Union.

The Bee-Keepers' Union has done a grand and good work in defending beekeepers. The Union has 571 members. If a neighbor gets slightly offended at a bee-keeper, his first attempt at revenge is to work on the City Council to have the bees declared a nuisance, and have them removed from the city limits.Missouri Bee-Keeper.

Many "Wavelets of News" are

crowded out this week.

Convention Notices.

The annual meeting of the Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in Denver, Jan. 18 and 19, 1892.

H. KNIGHT, Sec., Littleton, Colo.

The Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Association will meet in Owatonna, Minn., on Jan. 20 and 21, 1892. Free entertainment will be provided for those attending by the citizens of Owatonna, and it is expected that the railroads will carry those attending, at reduced rates. The State Horticultural Society hold their annual meeting at the same time.

WM. DANFORTH, Sec., Red Wing, Minn.

The Ohio State Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its next annual meeting at the West-End Turner Hall, on Freeman Avenue, Cincinnati, O., from Feb. 10 to 12 inclusive, 1892, beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10. All local associations should endeavor to meet with us or send their delegates. Those intending to be present, will please send their names to the Secretary, at their earliest convenience. The President will endeavor to get reduced railroad rates, and also reduced rates at hotels. The programme will soon be issued, and all particulars published.

C. F. MUTH, Pres., Cincinnati, O. S. R. MORRIS, Sec., Bloomingburg, O.