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March, 1913, 



American Hee Journal 



teaching of apiculture in the State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, 



Jiesohvd. That the Eastern Illinois 

 Bee-Keepers' Association assembled at 

 St. Anne this 4th day of February, 

 1P13, declare their willingness to see 

 colonies of bees put on the list of tax- 

 able property. 



That we recommend a special tax of 

 2 cents per colony to be levied on all 

 colonies of bees living on the 1st day 

 of April, said tax to be employed for 

 the above-named purposes. 



The officers elected at this meeting 

 are: President, G. T. Willis; Vice- 

 President. W. F. Oberland ; Secretary- 

 Treasurer, H. S. Duby. 



Syrup Versus Honey — An article un- 

 der the title, " Our Great Sugar De- 

 bauch," by Bailey Millard, appeared in 

 the Technical World for January, 1013. 



Mr. Millard says that our annual 

 consumption of sugar is 85 pounds per 

 capita, or nearly five times as much as 

 that of the average European. 



"The quantity of syrup consumed in 

 cheap city restaurants is incredible. 

 Many a factory girl and department 

 store saleswoman makes her entire 

 luncheon from starchy wheat cakes 

 swimming in "maple cane"or "corn" 

 syrup, and no other dish. Most Ameri- 

 cans satisfy their inordinate craving 

 for sweets by the same sort of food at 

 the home breakfast table. This prac- 

 tice is almost unknown in Europe, 

 where they have better digestions than 



ours Out at Rocky Ford, Colo., 



not long ago they paved a road with 

 molasses, and the experiment proved 

 quite satisfactory, as the surface is 

 free from dust and hard as macadam — 

 surely, a better use for 'this 'valuable 

 food ' than to pave your pancakes thick 

 with it every morning. 



■'Dr. Herman Partsch, a well-known 

 stomach specialist, declares that the 

 average person eats about three times 

 as much cane sugar as he should. The 

 sugar bowl is banished from the table 

 of his patients, many of whom regain 

 their health by said banishment. For 

 the same product he substitutes dates, 

 figs, prunes and honey." 



Massachusetts Bee-Keepers' Meeting. 



— A Bee-Keepers' Day for the Hamp- 

 shire, Hampden, Franklin Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held March 20, dur- 

 ing Farmers' Week in the Entomology 

 Building, Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, at Amherst. Addresses on 

 "Sacbrood," "Value of bees to agricul- 

 ture and horticulture," " New methods 

 for bee-keepers," etc., will be given. 



the American Bee Journal and a quota- 

 tion with complimentary comment of 

 what we said, page !l, concerning the 

 spontaneous growth of weeds on the 

 river bed. We wish to retaliate. The 

 Mississippi Valley Magazine is the rep- 

 resentative of a growing cause. We 

 wish it as lasting a success as that of 

 the immense valley it represents. 



quarters and meeting place will be at 

 Hotel Whiting. A good program will 

 be prepared, and we would like to see 

 many new faces as well as the old ones. 

 Ira D. B.^rtlett, Sec. 

 East Jordan, Mich. 



North Texas Meeting. — We have been 

 notified that the North Texas Bee- 

 Keepers' Association meets the first 

 Wednesday and Thursday in April at 

 Greenville. All who are interested are 

 cordially invited to attend. The pro- 

 gram has not been completed as this 

 goes to press, but a large and interest- 

 ing meeting is assured. 



Northern Michigan Bee-Keepers' Meet- 

 ing — The Northern Michigan branch 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their next annual meet 

 ing at Traverse Citv, Wednesday and" 

 Thursday, March 19 and 20. The head" 



Illinois Inspection. — I desire all the 

 bee-keepers in the State of Illinois to 

 send me a postal card, stating whether 

 or not there is any disease in their 

 locality, or if they have any suspicion 

 that any bee-disease exists in their 

 neighborhood. I will place their name 

 on my mailing-list and mail thetn my 

 second annual report or bulletin which 

 is now in the hands of the printer. 



This bulletin should be in the posses- 

 sion of every one who keeps bees, 

 whether for profit or pleasure. Also 

 state if you wish the inspector to visit 

 your neighborhood the coming season. 

 A. L. KiLDOw, 



Putnam, 111. Chief Inspector. 



Death of W. B. Tegetmeier In No- 

 vember last, when in his 97th year, the 

 death occurred in London, England, 

 of W. B. Tegetmeier. .At one time he 



Mississippi Valley Magazine. — The 



Mississippi Valley Magazine, published 

 at Quincy, 111., contains a mention of 



Under the Shade ok the Japanese Morning-glorv. 



