Fkbkuaijv, 1918 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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have blacks or hybrids are urged to requeen 

 with leather colored Italians as soon as pos- 

 sible. The hopeful and truthful statement 

 is made that if one uses vigorous Italian 

 stock and gives careful attention to his bees, 

 his apiary will be practically immune from 

 European foul brood. Italian queens can be 

 secured from the University Farm at St. 

 Paul where the queens are reared under the 

 supervision of Prof. Jager, chief of the 

 Division of Bee Culture. 



The last Minnesota legislature increased 

 the annual appropriation for deputy inspect- 

 ion work to $1,500. This becoming available 

 Aug. 1, made it possible for the department 

 to plan for more extensive work in the fu- 

 ture. Out of 711 apiaries visited, 136 were 

 found to be infected. Fifty-seven of these 

 apiaries had to be visited a second time, 

 making 768 visits in all. The total number 

 of colonies in the apiaries visited was 11,895. 

 Out of this number 673 were found infected. 

 Six deputy inspectors put in a total of 179% 

 days. There were also four others who put 

 in a total of 14 3/5 days. The expense of all 

 the inspection was $971.75. 



The three recognized brood diseases are 

 fully described and recommended methods 

 of treatment given, and then follows a re- 

 port of the county beekeepers' associations 

 by Prof. A. W. Eankin, president of the 

 Minnesota association. 



A beekeeping survey has been under con- 

 struction by L. V. France, instructor in bee 

 culture at the University Farm at St. Paul. 

 In this survey Mr. France estimates from the 

 reports that about 65 per cent of the bees 

 in Minnesota are black or hybrid stock. For 

 the winter of 1915-16, 10 per cent was the 

 winter loss experienced by 190 apiarists that 

 reported. Eighty-one per cent of the 190 

 beekeepers reported, winter their bees in the 

 cellar only; 9.7 per cent winter outdoors 

 only; 8.7 per cent winter both in the cellar 

 and out of doors. Of the 6,733 colonies re- 

 ported, only 6.1 per cent were wintered in 

 the open. Mr. France calls attention to. a 

 map which will be ready in one or two 

 years' time, giving the good and poor bee 

 territory of the state with locations already 

 stocked, those partially open and those en- 

 tirely unoccuj)ied. He rightly says that any 

 one wishing to keep bees or moving to an- 



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