December, 191 1. 



American IBcc .JournaiJ 



Apiary of a Slipshod California Bee-Keeper. 



ful bee-keeper. We are indeed elad to hear 

 from her son. and to know that lie also is 

 still interested in bees, even though in a 

 limited way. We hope that he may get back 

 into the business again stronger than ever, 

 and that we shall hear frequently concern- 

 ing his success, which we trust may surpass 

 that of many years ago.— The Editor.) 



A Contrast in Keeping Bees 



I am sending you a picture of 11 colonies of 

 bees in one of the Bay cities. The bee-keeper 

 (?) was mortally afraid of the bees; his wife 

 and children were more so. and the poor 

 neighbors were up in arms during swarming- 

 time. This man's father was a bee-keeper 

 in Ohio. For a smoker he uses a shovel, 

 and places burlap or old sacks on it. then 

 lights the sacking, and blows on the flames 

 —as ■■ father used to do!" Up to July ist of 

 the past season all the honey he was able to 

 get from his 11 colonies (? was the enormous 

 amount of 2 pounds, and should not have 

 had that much if I had not taken it from a 



new swarm that does not appear in the pic 

 ture— in the only up-to-date hive in his api 



ary (?;. 



To show how much of a contrast there is 

 between this man and another bee-keeper- 

 distant just 35 minutes' walk— I may say that 

 he had bo colonies and obtained 4000 pounds 

 of honey up to June ist. 



Does il pay to have up-to-date methods? 

 The second man will obtain more honey 

 next season because 1 have informed him as 

 to the proper smoker and management of 

 his bees. John C. Frohligek. 



Berkeley. Calif. 



■White Clover Cut Short by Drouth 



The white clover flow was fine here, but it 

 was cut short by hot. dry weather. I began 

 last spring with 40 colonies of Italians, in- 

 creased to 42, and produced 800 pounds of 

 fine comb honey, which sold for 15 cents per 

 pound. John Cline. 



Darlington, Wis.. Nov. 23. 



National Election and Constitution 



Just before going to press with this 

 edition of the American Bee Journal, 

 we received the result of the recent 

 National election and vote on the new 

 Constitution, which is as follows: 



For Officers — President, George W. 

 York, .535; Vice-President, Morley Pet- 

 tit, 4i)2 ; Secretary, E. B. Tyrrell, 5.57 ; 

 Treasurer, N. E. France, 585. 



For Directors — E. D. Townsend, 4f)l ; 

 J. E. Crane, 421 ; Weslev Foster, 394 ; 

 F. Wilcox, 374; J. M. Buchanan, 3(14. 



For new Constitution, 4.')8; against, 

 107. 



Doubtless in the January number of 

 the American Bee Journal we will be 

 able to give some information that will 

 be of interest especially to the mem- 

 bership of the National, concerning 

 future plans and procedure. Just now 

 we are unable to give anything more 

 than the foregoing, which shows that 

 the new Constitution has been approved 

 by a large majority of those voting, and 

 that the way is open for future devel- 

 opments. 



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To Illinois Bee-Keepers The Secre- 

 tary of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association was authorized, at the re- 

 cent meeting, to say that the fee would 

 still hold at $1.00 for membership in 

 the State and National, and also a 

 cloth-bound copy of the 11th annual 

 report; and that he was ordered to an- 

 nounce that in case the National Asso- 

 ciation adopts the new Constitution to 

 take effect Jan. 1, 1012, after that date 

 the above-named fee would be $1..50. 

 Jas. a. Stone, Sec. 



Springfield, III., Rt. 4. 



The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co., of Fal- 

 coner, N. Y., are increasing their bee- 

 supply business right along. During 

 the past season they added (J or 8 large 

 foreign dealers. Recently they sent a 

 big shipment of goods to their dealer 

 in Turkey. They have regularly estab- 

 lished dealers in Havana and Santiago, 

 Cuba, a number in Jamaica, in South 

 America, in Santo Domingo, Porto 

 Rico, British Isles, Germany, Turkey, 

 Asia, a number of points in Africa, in 

 Australia, New Zealand, the Hawaiian 

 Islands, Mexico, and, of course, a large 

 number in the United States. The 

 Falconer Company deserves the large 

 success with which they are meeting in 

 the sale of their goods throughout the 

 world. Quality in bee-supplies, like 

 everything else, is bound to cause the 

 right kind of quantity-demand in time. 



"Bees and Honey"— the book byThos. 

 G. Newman — is almost out of print, 

 but we have a few copies left (cloth 

 bound) at 50 cents each. Do you want 

 one ? Address the office of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. 



SUPERIOR BEE-SUPPLIES 



Specially made for Western bee-keepers by 

 G. B. Lewis Co. Sold by 



Colorado Honey-Producers' Association, 



Denver. Colo. 

 Please mention Am. Bee Journal when writing. 



For SALE-Duston White Wyandottes, $2; 

 15 eggs, ti; Is per 100. 



A Kl mer Gi mlin. Taylorville. III. 



Index to Volume LI 



SUBJECTS 



".'Kdown the western slope" — 161. 



Advertising honey — 274, 306, 358. 



Advice about bees — questionable — 357 



Age of flight of young bees — 327. 



Age of queens — 294. 



Alfalfa honey in Missouri — 279 



.\lfalfa in the East — 334. 



."Muminum honey-comb — 71 



-•Myssum — 83. 



.'Kmerican foul brood — 117 



Among the bees in 1911 and 1912—364. 



Analysis of Honey — 370. 



Ants in hives — 7. 



Art of selling things — 23. 



.Aspinwall non-swarming" hive — 167. 



Austrian bee-medal — 103. 



Automobile for bee-keepers — 7, 366. 



"Bachelor girls" and bee-keeping— 169. 



Banat bees — 19, 83. 



Balling of queen — 84. 



Bar de luc currants and honey — 266. 



Battle for honey— 140 



Bee-cellar or bee-cave — preparing — 170 



Bee-escapes — 297, 308. 



Bee-inspection and foul brood — 7. 



Bee-inspection in winter — 135. 



Bee-keeping and good health — i^t,. 



Bee-keeping and working girls— 266. 



Bee-keeping for women — 137, 202, 330. 



Bee-keeping healthful work — 76. 



Bel-Keeping In — 



liritish Columbia — 103. 



Central Illinois — 151. 



China — 71 



C'uba — 328. 



Dixie — 269. 



Kngland — 264 



Florida — 136. 



Georgia — 269. 



Hawaii — 342. 



Illinois — 103. 



Indiana — 102. 



Jamaica — 272. 



Mesa Co., Colo. — 300. 



Mexico — 118. 



Missouri — 87, 118. 



Montrose Co., Colo. — 366.' 



New Jersey — 180. 



Ontario — 88, 170. 



(_)zark Mountains — 182. 



South .'\merica — 71. 



Texas — 136. 



Virginia — 151. 



Washington (northern) — 312. 



Bee-keeping a trade or profession?— 360. 



Bee-papers and whiskey advertising — 267. 



Bee-paralysis — 272. 



Bee-stings — 73, 263, 310. 



Bee-stings and rheumatism — 84. 



Bee-veil and bee-stings — 266. 



Bees and cranberries — 8. 



Bees and fertilization of flowers — 277, 327, 



Bees and flowers — 75, 210. 



Bees and fruit — 298. 



Bees — and nerves — 234. 



Bees and plants — 358. 



Bees carrying eggs — 69. 



Bees dying under snow — 84. 



Bees in Gen. Lee's statue — 8. 



Bees sweating in cellar — 84. 



Bees to resist foul brood — 325. 



Bees under snow in winter — 76. 



Beeswax explosion — 69. 



Bees working out comb foundation — 240. 



Bee-territory in the W«st — 74. 



Beginners and bee-books — 10 1. 



Beginners' mistakes — 262. 



Best breed or strain of bees — 14. 



Biographical — i, 



Bycr, J. L. — 71. 

 Foster, Wesley — 71. 

 Herlong, R. W. — 365. 

 Hilton, Geo, E. — 257. 



