December, 1913. 



40K 



American Bag Journall 



States second. 



In another report in the same pamph- 

 let mention is made of the success of 

 an Australian beekeeper in shipping 

 his honey to England. Five tons in 

 the first shipment brought the shipper 

 7 cents per pound in Sydney, Australia. 



Program of Iowa Meeting. — The sec- 

 ond annual convention of the Iowa 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 in Des Moines Dec. 10, II, and VZ. No 

 progressive Iowa beekeeper should fail 

 to attend this meeting if it is at all pos- 

 sible for him to do so. The Secretary 

 is pleased to be able to submit a rous- 

 ing program as follows : 



Wednesday. December io. 



10:00. A. M— Address of the President- 

 Frank C Pellett. of Atlantic. 



Report of SectL-iary— S. W. Snyder, of Cen- 

 ter Point. 



Report of Treasurer— C. H. True, of Edge- 

 wood. 



Reports of Standing Commiltee. 



Appointment of Committees. 



i:oo i>. M.—" Some Side Lines on the Farm " 

 —J. W. Jarnagin. of Des .Moines. 



■' Marl<eting,the Crop "— W. P.Soulhworth. 

 of Sioux City. 



" Beekeeping as a Business"— B. A. .Aid- 

 rich, of Smithland. 



"Selling Direct to the Consumer "—J. L. 

 Strong, of Clarinda. 



Ladies' informal meetingin separate room 

 in charge of .Miss .N'ina Secor.of Forest City. 



8:oo p. M.— " Beekeeping in Europe "— C. P. 

 Dadant, of Hamilton. 111. 



THURSDAY. DECEMBER II. 



«;oop. M.— Election of officers. 



" Arrangement of Apiary "— C. H. True, of 

 Edgewood. 



"Sweet Clover— What It Will Do for the 

 Farmers and Beekeepers of Iowa"— Frank 

 Coverdale. of Delmar. 



i:oo p. M.— "Beekeeeping as a Side Line 

 and the Fun of the Thing"— Hamlin B. 

 Miller, of Marshalltown. 



'■ Modern Methods of Caring for Extracted 

 Honey " — E. R. Root, of Medina, Ohio. 



8;oo P.M.— "How May We increase the 

 Consumption of Honey ?"— Eugene Secor, of 

 Forest City. 



"Increase"— J. W. Bittenbender, of Knox- 

 ville. 



"Advertising"— Dr. A. ¥. Bonney, of Buck 

 Grove. 



"Comb or Extracted Haney ?"— C. L. Pin- 

 ney, of LeMars. 



FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12. 



Q:oo A. M.—" Beekeepers' Legal Status"— 

 Russell E. Ostrus. Attorney tor Iowa Bee- 

 keepers' Association, of Des Moines. 



"Treatment of Disease" — Edward G. 

 Brown, of Sergeant Bluff. 



' Helps and Hindrances in Dealing with 

 Foul Brood"— J. W. Stine. of Salem. 



1. 00 p. M.— Address. Prof. W. J. Kennedy, 

 of Ames. 



"ASeason's Work "-F. W. Hall, of Colo 



Exhibits-R H. Longworth, of Polk City. 



Chicago-Northwestern Meeting. — The 



meeting of the Chicago-Northwestern 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 at Chicago on Dec. 17 and 18 at the 

 Great Northern Hotel, Room L, 3(i. 



The Secretary has arranged a pro- 

 gram with papers by several of the 

 leading beekeepers. As this has been 

 a good year, beekeepers should make 

 every effort to attend. Chicago is cen- 

 trally located, and we should have a 

 good attendance from Wisconsin, 

 Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota and Illi- 

 nois. 



A cordial invitation is extended to 

 every one. If you do not receive a 

 card asking you to attend, this notice 



will be an invitation. 



L. C. Dadant, Sec. 



bees, and hope that 1914 may be your 

 best season. N. E. France. 



League Fund Exhausted.— In Septem- 

 ber I advertised in all the bee-papers 

 published in the United States and 

 Canada that I would send Honey 

 Bookletsto all who sent postage. Soon 

 I was flooded with letters from all over 

 the States and Canada, and several for- 

 eign countries, including postage for 

 various sizes of packages. As fast as I 

 received them, I booked every order 

 and began sending them until'my iOOO 

 books were gone. I then got another 

 lot, and they were soon gone. I then 

 had to wait for 30,000 more to be print- 

 ed, and they were delayed two weeks 

 by freight. Over 600 orders for the 

 books came during this delay, some 

 asking for 100 copies, and many want- 

 ing more. 



The League Fund has been exhausted 

 in printing, postage, drayage, freight 

 and help. I have 245 orders that I can- 

 not supply, and just a sample copy I 

 can send with return postage to each. 

 I am sorry that I cannot supply all or- 

 ders — and more are coming daily. Cer- 

 tainly the thousands of books I have 

 sent, if placed in the hands of good 

 cooks, will create a great demand for 

 more honey. 



I bought these books of the A. I. 

 Root Company, of Medina, Ohio, and 

 I believe you can buy them for $4..J0 

 per 100 copies. With these orders were 

 reports for 1013, and generally bee- 

 keepers were selling most of their 

 honey in home markets. Comb honey 

 at 1.5 to 23 cents. Extracted at 8 to 10 

 cents. 



I wish you success in wintering your 



Missouri State Meeting The annual 



meeting of the Missouri State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held Dec. 

 Hi and 17, at Excelsior Springs, Mo. 

 The program follows: 



FIRST DAY, 2:30 p. M. 



Appointment of committees and report of 

 Secretary. 

 Address of President. 



Paper— '■ Beekeeping as a Business " — R. 

 A. Holekamp. of St. Louis. 



Address- ■ The Good Bees Do for Human- 

 ity '—Dr. A. D. Wolfe, of Parkville. 



Paper— "Beekeeping in Italy and France" 

 -C. P. Dadant. of Hamilton. III. 



Speech—" Wit and Humor of the Bee and 

 the Beekeeper "—J. T. Martin, of Liberty. 



SECOND DAY- 0:00. A. M. 



Paper— "Beekeeping in South Missouii 

 and Northern Minnesota "-H. F. Strang of 

 Cleo. 



Address— "How to Avoid Getting into 

 Trouble with Your Neighbor on Account of 

 Your Bees '-M. E. Darby, of Springfield. 



Address— ' How to Beat 'Em if You Do"— 

 A. T. Rodman, of Kansas Citv. 



Papers— "Rearing Good Queens " — E. E. 

 Lawrence, of Doniphan, and L. E. Altwein 

 of St. Joseph. 



Address—" Mistakes of an Old Beginner " 

 Clay toley. of Missouri City. 



Paper— "The Best Way to Increase"— H 

 C. Gadberry. of Miami. 



Address— A Commission Merchant's Ex- 

 perience in Handling Honey "-C. C. dem- 

 ons, of Kansas City. 



Address — " Experiences of a Supply 

 Dealer"-C. E. Walker, of Kansas City. 



Address—" How to Get a Good Foul Brood 

 Law "—J. W. Rouse, of Mexlco- 



Paper— "History of the Missouri State 

 Beekeepers' Association"— W. T. Carey, of 

 Wakenda. 



J. F. DiEMER, Sec. 



Bee-I^eping ^ For Women 



Conducted bv Miss Emma M. Wilson. Marengo. 111. 



Season at Marengo— The Best Ever 



At the opening of the season there 

 were in Dr. Miller's apiary 83 colonies. 

 Of these, 72 were devoted to the pro- 

 duction of section honey, leaving 11 

 for extracting combs. These 11 were 

 mostly the poorer ones. May 12, 2 new 

 colonies were made, and others later 

 on, the season closing with 101 colo- 

 nies. One of the colonies made May 

 r2, worked sections, making 73, but 72 

 was the spring count of the comb- 

 honey colonies. 



With one or two exceptions the 72 

 were strong and in fine condition in 

 spite of the presence of some European 

 foul brood. May 6, there were .57 col- 

 onies having more than 4 frames of 

 brood each, which we count fine for 

 this locality. May 1, the bees had more 

 than they could do on fruit bloom and 

 dandelions. May 27, fruit bloom was 

 over, and just at that time appeared the 

 first blossoms on white and alsike 

 clovers. May 29, we gave the first 

 supers. We had in advance 660 supers 

 filled with sections, ready to put on the 



hives. 



White clover was so promising that 

 it was suggested to Dr. Miller that 

 more sections might be needed. He 

 scouted the idea. He said, "There is 

 no need of more than 7 supers per 

 colony, spring count. Allowing one 

 empty super to each colony at the close 

 of the season, that leaves an average of 

 6 supers to be filled by each colony, 

 making 144 sections. We have 660 su- 

 pers ready, or a little more than 9 su- 

 pers per colony. We never had anv- 

 thing like that, and never will have. 

 No matter how hard the bees are work- 

 ing now, there are always setbacks, as 

 you will see, then there will be empty 

 supers to burn at the close of the 

 season." 



June 19 the first super was finished, 

 and June 24 we began taking off. But 

 we put on more than we took off, so 

 that there were 260 supers on the hives 

 June 25; 291, June 27; 317, June 30; 

 and still more afterward. In the mean- 

 time, importunities continuing. Dr. 

 Miller ordered 5000 more sections. He 

 said ; " I am not ordering these on my 



