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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July, 1918 



THE Chicago 

 Northwest- 

 ern Beekeep- 

 ers ' Association 

 will send out 

 price recommen- 

 dations again 

 this season the 

 same as last 

 year. These 



price letters are free to all members of the 

 Associaition and to any beekeeper in the 

 States of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and 

 Wisconsin, who has 10 or more colonies of 

 bees. The Secretary would like to have the 

 name and address of every beekeeper in the 

 above States to put on the mailing list. 

 The Association is depending on member- 

 ship fees to cover the expense of getting 

 out these letters and would like to enroll as 

 members at least 500 of the leading bee- 

 keepers in the above and surrounding 

 States. The beekeepers that received these 

 price recommendations last year profited 

 many thousands of dollars by following the 

 advice given. The first letter will be sent 

 out about July 20. Other letters will fol- 

 low every eight weeks or so. The idea is 

 not to boost prices but to try and establish 

 a more uniform price for honey. The dues 

 to the above Association are $1.50 per year, 

 which also includes membership to the Il- 

 linois State Association and a cloth-bound 

 copy of their annual report, which report 

 also contains the proceedings of the Chicago 

 Northwestern annual meetings. 



(Signed) John C. Bull, Sec.-Treas., 1013 

 Calumet Ave., Valparaiso, Ind. 



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The Pennsylvania State Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation will hold a field meet at Dr. E. E. 

 Sterner 's apiary at Wrightsville, Pa., on 

 July 6, beginning at 1 o 'clock. Prominent 

 beekeepers will deliver addresses that will 

 be well worth hearing. 



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The annual field meeting of the Idaho- 

 Oregon Honey Producers ' Association will 

 be held on the premises of Gottfried Lohrli, 

 Parma, Ida., Wednesday, July 10. All honey 

 producers of south-western Idaho are cor- 

 dially invited to attend. 



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At the meeting of the beekeej^ers of 

 Lenawee County, Mich., called together by 

 County Agent C. L. Coffeen, held at the api- 

 ary of Kenneth E. Fisher in Adrian on 

 May 28, the Lenawee County Beekeepers ' 

 Association was organized with 22 mem- 

 bers. The following officers were elected: 

 President, Kenneth E. Fisher of Adrian; 

 vice president, A. S. Tedman of Weston; 

 secretary-treasurer, L. C. Eetan of Jasper. 



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The Northwest Missouri Beekeei^ers' As- 

 sociation was exceedingly fortunate during 

 the month of May in having Dr. E. F. Phil- 

 li])s of Washington and Dr. L. Haseman, 

 Entomologist, University of Missouri, pay 



the Association 

 a visit at St. 

 Joseph on May 

 6. A' very prof- 

 itable and inter- 

 esting field meet 

 was held in the 

 afternoon at the 

 apiary of J. W. 

 Eomberger, who 

 is known among the beekeepers as one espe- 

 cially good in. queen-rearing. The Associa- 

 tion intends holding a picnic on July 4 at 

 Hyde Park in St. Joseph. 



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Wm. Lossing, one of the best known bee- 

 keepers in the Southwest, died at his home 

 at Phoenix, Ariz., on May 7. 



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The New York State Association of Bee- 

 keepers ' Societies will have a meeting and 

 basket picnic on Aug. 2, at Hayt 's Corners, 

 the summer home and apiary of C. B. How- 

 ard, president of the Association. A large 

 attendance is hoped for, as there will be an 

 excellent program. 



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E. C. Aikin, formerly of Loveland, Colo., 

 later of Texas, died on March 21 at Houston. 

 Twenty years ago Mr. Aikin was a volumi- 

 nous writer for the bee journals and his in- 

 ventive genious was much directed to de- 

 vices for beekeeping. Among other things 

 he built a mammoth wax-melting solar ex- 

 tractor. Under this solar were a metal pan 

 and a brick arch, so that he' used both sun 

 heat and artificial heat, claiming that there 

 was an advantage in combining the two 

 sources of heat in melting up beeswax. 



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GOOD NEWS — BEES MAY NOW BE SENT 

 THRU THE MAILS. 



As Gleanings goes to press, news comes 

 that Postmaster General Burleson has ruled 

 that bees in quantities may be sent thru the 

 United States mails. This very important 

 postal decision, for which leading beekeep- 

 ers thruout the country have long worked, 

 was officially announced in the Postal Bul- 

 letin of date of June 18 as follows: 



Office of the Postmaster General, 

 Order No. 1577. Washington, June 18, 1918. 



Amend paragraph 1, Section 476, Postal Laws 

 and Regulations of 1913, by adding thereto the 

 following as sub-iiaragraph a : 



a Honey bees in quantities may be sent in the 

 mails, without insurance or C. O. D. privileges, un- 

 der the same conditions as are prescribed for 

 queen bees and their attendant bees wheiu delivery 

 can be made to the addressees within a period of 

 five days. If the cages are wooden the material of 

 which they are constructed shall not be less than 

 three-eighths of an inch thick and the saw cuts 

 therein or space between slats shall not be over 

 one-eighth of an inch wide ; if wire screen is used 

 for the sides of the cages there shall be two thick- 

 nesses of screen separated by slats at least three- 

 eighths of an inch in thickness. The container shall 

 be provided with a suitable handle and no water or 

 liquid food shall be placed therein. Such parcels 

 shall be transported outside of mail bags. 



A. S. BURLESON, Postmaster General. 



