December, 1918 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



735 



FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



other prizes were quite equally divided be- 

 tween the two brothers. 



Many apiarists have already moved their 

 bees to the locations where they expect to 

 winter and in the siniug make orange honey. 

 Where there are eucalyi)tus and pepper trees 

 enough to justify it, this is perhaps all 

 right. If the winter is mild like the last 

 one, the bees will be able to get consider- 

 able nectar and pollen from these trees. In 

 some localities the bees stored quite a bit 

 of eucalyptus honey last winter and built 

 up splendidly for the early honey flow. Gen- 

 erally speaking, the late honey flow over 

 most of southern California, upon which 

 beekeepers depend for the bees to fill uj) 

 the hives for the winter, was almost a com- 

 plete failure this year. Consequently, many 

 apiaries are very short of stores and will 

 need considerable attention, as well as great 

 care in the selection of a location, in order 

 to bring them safely thru the winter. 



Beekeepers from Idaho and Utah are 

 securing locations and preparing to ship bees 

 to the orange groves of southern California 

 for wintering. They expect to raise early 

 queens and make as much increase as possi- 

 ble, besides making whatever orange honey 

 they can. It now looks as tho there would 

 be from five to ten carloads of bees brought 

 in this winter from those parts of the coun- 

 try. 



No more rain of any consequence has fal- 

 len since the last report, and conditions re- 

 main about the same. I have lately visited 

 the Yucaipe and Cajon Pass districts. The 

 sections lie at an elevation of from 3,000 to 

 4,000 feet and are along the higher moun- 

 tain ranges. They are usually considered 

 good for a honey flow until late in the fall. 

 But this year, owing to the scarcity of sum- 

 mer rainfall along these mountain ranges, 

 they have produced a very short honey crop. 



The bee industry shows prosperity and 

 many beekeepers are driving new automo- 

 biles, while others have invested in auto 

 trucks to be used in their work. 



Corona, Calif. L. L. Andrews. 



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Tn Towa ^^^ beekeepers of Iowa have 



■ just closed the best annual 

 meeting that the State Association has ever 

 held. From the beginning of the first ses- 

 sion there was not a dull moment. Two 

 days and one evening were replete with ad- 

 dresses by some of the most competent ex- 

 perts in bee work and honey production. 

 So intent on hearing every word and ob- 

 sorbing every thought was the audience, that 

 even the pandemonium caused by the shriek- 

 ing of sirens and whistles, and other noises, 

 made when it was announced that . the 

 Germans had signed the Allies' armistice 

 terms, did not influence the auditors to do 

 anything more than shut out the uproar by 

 closing the windows. 



The Iowa Beekeepers' Association is now 



one of the largest and best, having more 

 than 500 members. Every Iowa beekeeper 

 that is not a member is making a big mis- 

 take by not identifying himself with this 

 best and most powerful agency to help him. 

 Annual dues are 50 cents. The following 

 officers have been elected for the coming 

 year: Dr. A. F. Bonney of Buck Grove, 

 president; Hamlin B. Miller of Marshall- 

 town, vice president; Prof. F. Eric Millen 

 of Ames, secretary-treasurer; E. G. Brown 

 of Sargents Bluffs, F. E. Stacey of Iowa 

 Falls, and L. W. Elmore of Fairfield, for 

 board of directors. 



Say, you county associations, subscribe for 

 two or three sets of the bee journals and 

 have a circulating library and see how it 

 will help you thru many bee problems. No 

 danger of any beekeeper becoming too old 

 to learn. Look how young Dr. C. C. Miller 

 is. He reads all of them, and then some. 

 Keep your brains crowded with knowledge 

 constantly creeping in, and there will be 

 no danger of their rattling loose. Ask for 

 the government reports. They are free to 

 everybody interested enough to ask the De- 

 partment for them. 



Section honey is selling in Iowa as high as 

 fifty cents per section. Oh, you fifteen-cents- 

 a-section-two-for-a-quarter honey-producer. 

 Did you help it, or are you still in blissful 

 ignorance of the fact? Come out of it. 



Marshalltown, la. Hamlin B. Miller. 



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In Minnesota.— Til e Farmers' and 

 Home-Makers ' Short 

 Course will be held at the University Farm 

 from Dec. 30 to Jan. 4 inclusive. Minnesota 

 beekeepers should plan to attend the lec- 

 tures and demonstrations that will be given 

 in the beekeepers ' section. A very interest- 

 ing program has been planned, and it has 

 been so arranged that those who are also in- 

 terested in the poultry industry will be able 

 to attend all the lectures on iDoth subjects. 

 This annual short course has been very help- 

 ful to many. The write.- has in mind one who 

 has between 60 and 70 colonies of bees and 

 who has been successful from the beginning, 

 because at the very first she attended the 

 lectures given at the short course, which . 

 made it possible for her to avoid the mis- 

 takes so often made by the average begin- 

 ner. This is one instance out of several that 

 could be mentioned. Even if you have al- 

 ready made good progress in beekeeping, by 

 attending this course you will find new in- 

 spiration and enthusiasm thru the exchange 

 of plans and ideas. Prof. Francis Jager, 

 chief of the Division of Bee Culture, is ex- 

 pected to be here and have charge of the 

 course. He is now on his way home from 

 the Balkans where he has been several 

 months in charge of a Red Cross Agricul- 

 tural unit in Serbia. At the beekeepers' con- 

 ference, which win be held on Friday after- 

 noon of the week, Frank S. Pool, sugar rep- 



