February, 191 1. 



American Vee Journal 



In the other picture (No. 2) I am " caught in 

 the act" of clipping a queen, and it also 

 shows my bee-dress to an advantage. 



Freeport. 111. John H. BAMBERnER. 



No. 3 Apiary of A. S. Parson 



This picture shows one of the apiaries of 

 A. S. Parson, of Rocky Ford. Colo. 



No. 7.— Premium Honey of J. C. Frank 



This represents ist Premium honey at the 

 Kansas State Fair, shown by Mr. J. C. Frank, 

 of Dodge City. Kan. 



No. 8. — Apiary of A. L. Beaudin 



Mr. Beaudin is a bee-keeper at St. Chrys- 

 ostome. Quebec. Canada. In I'jio. he in- 

 creased from 180 colonies in the spring to 254 

 good colonies in the fall, and took 26.000 

 pounds of extracted honey. All his bees 

 were in one apiary. He winters them in the 

 cellar. 



No. 4. — Apiary of H. N. Simmons, of 

 Yuma, Ariz. 



Among the numerous specialized 

 industries which are taking root, 

 and which promise a large measure of 

 success on many of the irrigation pro- 

 jects of the Reclamation Service, is the 

 production of honey. 



During a recent trip covering nearly 

 all the reclamation projects, the Statis- 

 tician of the Reclamation Service at 

 Washington, D. C. made an investiga- 

 tion of this industry. On a large num- 

 ber of the projects the apiaries were 

 only just being established. Those that 

 had been in operation a year or more 

 almost without exception reported an 

 abundance of pasturage for bees, favor- 

 able climatic conditions, and a very 

 fine grade of honey, for which there 

 was a good demand. The white sage 

 honey was an especial favorite on the 

 Coast. 



As the cultivated acreage increases 

 on the projects, adding large areas of 

 alfalfa, orchards and small fruits, the 

 pasturage will take care of more bees. 

 Development of agriculture, of course, 

 promotes the growth of towns and vil- 

 lages, and creates a home market. In 

 most sections the supply has not kept 

 up with the demand. By co-operation 

 among apiarists to produce best grades, 

 and to create new markets through in- 

 telligent advertising, bee-culture will be- 

 come one of the most profitable indus- 

 tries in the once desert country. As 

 everything in the arid country is tend- 

 ing toward specialization, the bee-men 

 must get together on a plan similar to 

 that now in operation among the fruit- 

 growers, establishing high standards, 

 and by rigid regulation insure the 

 marketing under special label, of only 

 first-class honey. 



There is a wide field for the bee-man 

 in the West, and nearly all of the pro- 

 jects of the Government ofifer oppor- 

 tunities which are worthy of consider- 

 ation. 



Honey East and West. — In the 



United States the large shipments of 

 honey are mainly from the West to the 

 East. In Canada the reverse obtains. 

 At the Ontario convention, the presi- 

 dent referred in his address, as reported 

 in the Canadian Bee Journal, to the 

 fact that the call for honey from the 

 West was on the increase, being greater 

 last year than ever before, one bee- 

 keeper having received from one firm 

 an order for .') cars of honey, and that 

 at good prices, and practically before 

 the honey was produced. ' 



A New Course in Bee-Keeping — 



We learn that Syracuse University, 

 Syracuse, N. Y., proposes to give a 

 short course in bee-keeping during the 

 coming spring. The University is now 

 planning to add courses in agriculture 

 to its present curriculum, and in the 

 zoological department courses devoted 

 to a study of the animals of interest to 

 the farmer will be given. The course 

 in apiculture will be one of the first 

 opened to students. 



For the first year the course will con- 

 sist of only i or 5 lectures with demon- 

 strations, which will probably be given 

 by some of the leading bee-keepers of 

 that part of New York. The Univer- 

 sity is admirably located to give such 

 a course, for some of the best bee-keep- 

 ers in the East are near enough to help. 

 As the equipment is increased and the 

 facilities for such work are improved 

 the course will be lengthened. The de- 

 partment is very wise in making a 

 small beginning, so that the course 

 may be of the highest rank from the 

 very first. 



This is, as far as we know, the first 

 time that any educational institution in 

 the country outside of a State Agricul- 

 tural College has attempted such a 

 course. The bee-keepers of New York 

 State are to be congratulated, and the 

 University commended for this step. 

 Without doubt the course will be of 

 interest to many students, and it is 

 hoped that the New York bee-keepers 

 will materially support the effort. 



Far Western Bee-Keeping.— This 



is the heading of a new department be- 

 gun in this issue of the American Bee 

 Journal, with Mr. Wesley Foster, of 

 Boulder, Colo., as its conductor. This 

 particular branch of the Foster family 

 have been interested in bee-keeping for 

 a long time, and their years of experi- 

 ence enable Wesley Foster to furnish 

 matter of real value to bee-keepers. 

 His own experience as a bee-keeper, 

 and also honey-salesman, puts him in a 

 position in which he can speak from 

 tjoth sides of the subject — the produc- 

 tion of honey and also its disposal. 



We are glad to be able to add so 

 worthy a deparment editor to our col- 

 umns. It is our aim to improve the 

 old American Bee Journal from time 

 to time, as the months come and go. 

 We should be glad always to re- 

 ceive suggestions from any who 

 think they might be able to make rec- 

 ommendations that would improve the 

 contents of this Journal. We are here 

 to serve the interest of its readers, and 

 wish to give them just the special 

 things that they would like most. The 

 only way we can find out is to invite 

 suggestions. _ 



Falconer Western Branch. — The 



W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co., of Falconer, 

 N. Y., have opened their Western 

 Branch House on the 2d floor of the 

 building at 117 N. Jefferson St., Chi- 

 cago, 111. They will carry a full line of 

 their famous bee-supplies. They have 

 been in the bee-supply business for 

 over :iO years, so are well known, espe- 

 cially in tlie East. The Western bee- 

 keepers will now have a good oppor- 

 tunity to become acquainted with their 

 splendid line of bee-supplies. 



National Couvention Report.— A 



copy of the Report of the 41st meeting 

 of the National Bee-Keepers, Associa- 

 tion, held at Albany, N. Y., Oct. 12 and 

 13, 1910, is received at this office. It 

 makes a pamphlet of 140 pages, and 

 contains not only the full report of the 

 last meeting of the Association, but 

 also a financial statement, the Consti- 

 tution and By-Laws, the work done by 

 the General Manager in the interest of 

 bee-keepers, and also a full list of the 

 membership. 



Surely this is a valuable pamphlet, 

 and should be in the hands of every 

 bee-keeper on this Continent. It is 

 mailed free to every member. The Na- 

 tional dues are $1.00. If any bee-keeper 

 reading this notice is not a member, he 

 or she should send $1.00 to General 

 Manager N. E. France, Platteville, Wis., 

 at once, and thus become a yearly 

 member. The booklet alone is worth 

 the $1.00, but there are other publica- 

 tions issued by the National Associa- 

 tion which will also be mailed to new 

 members on request to the General 

 Manager. 



Mr. G. C. Greiner. of La Salle, N. Y., 

 on receipt of a copy of the National 

 Report referred to above, says in a let- 

 ter to this office : 



" The report of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association received a day or two ago, is 

 just the thing. I can have the convention 

 over again at any time, all by myself; and 

 the best part of it is, I can Understand every 

 word that is said," 



Mr. W. H. Laws, of Beeville, Tex., 

 has been selected a director of the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Association, suc- 

 ceeding Udo Toepperwein, of San An- 

 tonio, Tex., who recently resigned. Va- 

 cancies in the Board of Directors are 

 filled by the Executive Committee, 

 composed of the President, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Secretary, and General Manager, 

 while vacancies in the Executive Com- 

 mittee are filled by the Board of Direc- 

 tors, composed of 12 men. In the first 

 column of the second page of this num- 

 ber of the American Bee Journal will 

 be found a complete list of the Officers 

 and Board of Directors of the National 

 .Association, 



Don't Give Up Your Bee-Papers. 



Here are some wise words from Edi- 

 tor Hutchinson, in the Bee-Keepers' 

 Review : 



At the end of the year some subscribers 

 will drop their bee-journals. There are two 

 reasons why I hate to see this done. One is 

 the loss of the subscribers, and the other 

 the subscribers' loss; and the latter is ten- 

 fold greater than the former. No man can 

 know too much about his business. Success 

 comes from knowing how; from doing things 

 the right way. It is not the things we do 

 without that help us lo succeed, it's the 

 things we /;,/ir to work with; and to the bee- 

 keeper no tool is more important than his 

 l)ee-journal. 



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IMichigan Foul Brood Law.— We 



have received the following very im- 

 portant notice from E. D. Townsend, 

 president of the Michigan Bee-Keepers' 

 Association : 



Attention. Michigan Bee-Keei'ERs 1 



At Grand Rapids last November, at our 

 State meeting, a legislative committee was 

 appointed to draft a new bee-disease bill 

 for Michigan, and introduce it in the legisla- 

 ture now in session. At this date (Jan. oth) a 

 law is nearlv ready to be introduced, and is 

 along the line of the one proposed by Dr. 



