February, 1913. 



American T^ee Journal 



Aaron Coppin Explaining the Intricacies ok a Bee-Hhe to a Group of School Childben 



go among the bees. He then proceed- 

 ed to give them a lesson, and explained 

 to them how the bees could be quieted, 

 and, took up in a very systematic way 

 the bees at home; the queen, workers, 

 and drones ; the usefulness of each was 

 carefully explained, the comb was ex- 

 posed, and showed how made and why. 

 The journey of the bee to the flower 

 and return created a great deal of in- 

 terest. The swarming, or the separa- 

 tion of the colony was worked over 

 until it was well understood. Many 

 other things were presented to the 

 class, and all felt repaid for their jour- 

 ney to the apiary." 



Kansas State Meeting The annual 



meeting of the Kansas State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will be held in the 

 Commercial Club rooms at Topeka 

 Feb. 4 and .5. We earnestly hope all 

 persons interested in bees will be pres- 

 ent, 'the meeting will close with a 

 banquet Wednesday evening. 



O. A. Keene, Sec. 



Southern California The bee-keep- 

 ers of Southern California report a 

 good meeting at Los Angeles on Dec. 

 12, 1.3, and 14, 1912. Mr. M. H. Mendle- 



son, who was present, says that the 

 time was too short for the good pro- 

 gram they had. 



Organization is the thing to promote 

 your interests. But the organization 

 must be well advertised in order to be- 

 come universal. We will gladly give 

 this matter a helping hand. 



"23,000 sections" should read "2,300." 



Typographical Errors. — " What taffy 

 are you giving us," asked one of our 

 subscribers concerning an extra cypher 

 in the number of sections of honey 

 harvested from 25 colonies, printed 

 on the front cover of our January 

 number. The error was corrected be- 

 fore the entire edition was printed. 

 Those who received it with the error 

 uncorrected may have a laugh at the 

 printer, as did the readers of the 

 society column of a daily reporting 

 that the doctor " lanced the dancers," 

 instead of " danced the lancers." 



Our European subscribers might 

 well accuse us of " American exagger- 

 ation." We plead unintentional guilt — 



Kew Jersey Report. — The Annual 



meeting of the New Jersey branch or 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Association 

 was held Dec. 20, 1912, at New Bruns- 

 wick in the Entomological Building of 

 the New Jersey Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. 



This was the livei'.est meeting for a 

 long time. The weathe was fine, and 

 there was a large attendance from all 

 parts of the State. Several interesting 

 papers were read, which brought for- 

 ward some new ideas, and caused useful 

 discussion. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips was present and 

 gave a very instructive talk with lan- 

 tern views, upon treatment of foul 

 brood. The views showed an operator 

 treating a colony, from the first ar- 

 rangement of the old hive, the new 

 hive, a super cover as a runway, and 

 with smoker and record book until the 

 work was completed and everything 

 cleared away. A live demonstration 

 could have been but little more satis- 

 factory. 



Dr. Headlee, the new head of the 

 Agricultural Station, also addressed 

 the meeting along the line of pollina- 

 tion by the bees, and forcasted an in- 



