January, 1913. 



American ^Bae Jonrnal j 



holds a like position at the Cotton Pal- 

 ace. 



Mr. Wilmon Newell, State Entomolo- 

 gist, kindly loaned a most instructive 

 exhibit and display, with mounted 

 specimens, of the work and habits of 

 the wax-moth. 



All grades of Texas honey were 

 shown most attractively, and every 

 operation of modern bee-keeping was 

 constantly being explained to the visit- 

 ing crowds. This educational work 

 was carried on without intermission 

 by a committee of bee-keepers who 

 gladly gave their time and paid their 

 own expenses during the entire fair. 



The spirit shown by these men and 

 their painstaking work in e.xplaining 

 the simplicities of bee-keeping to in- 

 terested farmers cannot but give Texas 

 bee-keeping a great and immediate 

 impetus. 



An octegenarian retired bee-keeper, 

 Major W. P. Hough, of Floresville, 

 added a touch of real art to the exhibit 

 by displaying some wonderful crea- 

 tions in beeswax. Major Hough 

 owned the first factory for the manu- 

 facture of bee-hives in Texas, and is 

 well known to the fraternity of 30 years 

 ago. His advancing years have made 

 necessary a cessation of active work. 

 He still loves bees, and insists that the 

 true medium of art is beeswax. 



He had on exhibition two large 

 models of the Alamo, one showing the 

 fall and massacre in 1836, and the 

 other as it appears today. These were 

 in bas-relief on a background of wax. 

 Wax of different colors was used for 

 trees and figures in a manner surpris- 

 ing to one who had never seen the dec- 

 orative possibilities of pure beeswax. 



Another of Major Hough's creations 

 was a curio hive made entirely of bees- 

 wax with glass paneled sides in the 

 shape of the bust of a prominent Texas 

 bee-keeper, and containing a full colony 

 of bees. 



Mr. L. W. Avant, of Atascosa, ex- 

 hibited at the Cotton Palace a section 

 of comb in which the cells were made 

 of paper which had been filled and 

 capped by the bees. This was wonder- 

 ful to visiting bee-keepers, as showing 

 what bees can be forced to do by intel- 

 ligent management. 



A large exhibit of bee-keeper's sup- 

 plies was displayed by the Southwest- 

 ern Bee Company of San Antonio. 

 This enterprising firm has been award- 

 ed diplomas by the Texas Fairs for 

 four successive years, and by its ef- 

 forts has done much to make these 

 annual e.xhibitions a success. 



These expositions are doing great 

 good for the development of Texas 

 bee-keeping, and just now are of great 

 value because work on a new appro- 

 priation at the next session of the Leg- 

 islature is the " order of business," and 

 anything that will place the industry 

 prominently before the people will be 

 of assistance. 



Bur and Brace Combs. — Referring to 

 Mr. SchoU's article in this number on 

 brace-combs, we agree with him that 

 they are mainly due to a crowded con- 

 dition. Narrow top and bottom bars 

 encourage the bees to build them be- 

 cause they can more easily join one 

 story with the next. The bees evi- 

 dently aim to make continuous combs 



Brushiing Bees into Shipping-Cases.— P. 

 MiCKWiTZ— (See opposite page.) 



from bottom to top of the hive. The 

 more different stories we have, the 

 more brace-combs will be built, other 

 conditions being equal. The more 

 stories we have, the more combs we 

 will have to scrape in the spring. 



Ohio State Meeting. — The following 

 is the program of the Ohio State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, which will be 

 held Jan. 14 and 15, 1913, at Townsend 

 Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, 

 Ohio: 



PROGRAM. 



Tuesday 2;oo p.m. 



President's Address. 



Discussion. 



Report of Secretary. 



Report of Treasurer. 



Result of Apiary Inspection in Hamilton 

 County— Fred W. Muth. 



With the Apiary Exhibit at County Fairs— 

 Glenwood Board. 



Ti'ESDAY. 7:30 P.M 



Apiculture at the University— Prof. J. S. 

 Hine, Ohio State University. 



Address— Organization— E. B. Tyrrell. Sec- 

 retary National Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Address— C. P. Dadant. Editor American 

 Bee Journal. 



Live Bee Demonstration— E. R. Root. Edi- 

 tor Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



Wednesday. 9:30 a.m. 



Plorida Bee-Keeping— J- B. Marchant. 



Queen-Rearing— J. C. Mosgrove. 



My Experience with E^uropean Foul Brood 

 — B J. Holden. 



Ohio Apiculture — Impressions of a Farm- 

 ers' Institute Lecturer — Prof. W. A. Ma- 

 theny. Ohio University. 



Wednesday. 1:00 p.m. 



A Woman's Way with Bees— Mrs. Jessie 

 Goodrich. 



Wax Rendering— H. H. Root. 



Production of Comb Honey— A. A. Doeges. 



Production of Extracted Honey— H. C. 

 Quirin. 



Eastern Illinois Meeting The East- 

 ern Illinois Bee-Keepers' convention 

 will be held in St. Anne, 111., Feb. 4 and 

 5, 1913, including evening session on 

 the 4th. Those who have promised, 

 and others that we expect are C. P. 

 Dadant, I. E. Pyles, A. L. Kildow, 

 Frank Shupe, Walter Sorensen, H. 

 Roorda, N. A. Timmons, J. Roberts 

 and others. We want to make this 

 meeting as important as the State con- 

 vention, and want our picture "took" 

 for the bee journals. Come and be one 

 of us, and bring your questions. We 

 expect good speeches, but the ques- 

 tion-box will prevail. 



H. S. DuBY, Sec. fro tern. 



G. T. Willis, Pres. 



Apiary Inspectors. — A meeting was 

 called for Tuesday evening, Dec. 31, at 

 the Normal School Building of Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, for the purpose of forming 

 a permanent organization of Apiary 

 Inspectors of the United States and 

 Canada. A change is contemplated in 

 the constitution of the Association of 

 Economic Entomologists forthe affilia- 

 tion of Apiary Inspectors, if the latter 

 desire it. 



We will keep our readers informed 

 of such action as may be taken. 



Apiculture at the Oregon College. — A 



two-weeks' short course in apiculture 

 will be given during January at the 

 Oregon Agricultural College by Mr. 

 H. F. Wilson, Assistant Professor of 

 Entomology. 



The course will comprise the follow- 

 ing subjects : 



'Location and Care of the Apiary, 

 The Bee-family and their Development, 

 The f-'roductive Glands of the Honey- 

 Bee, Hives and Implements, Manipula- 



Shipping-Cases the Day Before Starting— P. Mickwitz— (See opposite page. 



