February. 1916. 



American Hee Journal 



GOVERNMENT APIARY AT COLLEGE PARK. MD. 



positions. Doctor Phillips has never 

 yet been proven wrong in any import- 

 ant theory which he has advanced. 



DR. JAMES A. NELSON. 



Who is engaged in a study of the 

 development of the bee, is a well- 

 trained zoologist and entomologist, 

 having graduated from Kenyon Col- 

 lege, taking his doctor's degree at the 

 University of Pennsylvania. Later he 

 spent four years in a study of en- 

 tomology at Cornell University. Doc- 

 tor Xelson is a good photographer, an 

 enthusiastic naturalist, and a patient 

 investigator. Those who have seen 

 his new book, previously mentioned in 

 this journal, know that he is not 

 afraid of undertaking large jobs, for 

 the study of the development of the 

 bee in the egg took several years of 

 patient work. 



MR. GEORGE S. DEMUTH. 



Mr. Geo. S. Demuth is engaged with 

 Doctor Phillips in the investigation 

 of the winter problem. Mr. Demuth 

 is a practical beekeeper, having had 

 for several years care of three apiaries 

 run for comb-honey in Indiana, in 

 which State he later served as Apiary 

 Inspector. He is a man of great pa- 

 tience in investigation and is in no 

 hurry to draw conclusions until he 

 has a mass of facts and figures that 

 would stagger most of us. His bulle- 

 tin on Comb-Honey, already mentioned 

 is a very able discussion of this sub- 

 ject. 



DR. ARTHUR H. MC CRAY. 



Who is now doing the bacteriologic- 

 al work at Drummond, is a graduate 

 in both veterinary and human medi- 

 cine. He has for several years past 

 examined the samples of diseased and 

 suspected brood which have been sent 

 in by beekeepers from all parts of the 

 country . His work is much like other 

 bacteriological work but special ma- 

 terials are needed to make cultures 

 of the bacteria which produce disease. 



For this reason a special equipment 

 not found in most laboratories of this 

 kind has been provided. Doctor Mc- 

 Cray kept bees as a boy and grew 

 up in the business, so he is very much 

 at home in his work. 



MR. E. G. CARR. 



is known to many of our readers. Ko 

 IS in the Government work tempor- 

 arily and will later return to his work 

 as Apiary Inspector of New Jersey. He 

 began work with the Department on 

 October 1st and has been engaged in 

 a study of the present conditions and 

 future possibilities of beekeeping in 

 one of the southern States. It takes an 

 optimist to do this work and Mr. Carr 

 has this qualification. He assured the 

 writer that there is a wonderful field 

 for development in our industry in 

 that section. The South already pro- 

 duces considerable honey which is 



practically all consumed locally and 

 considerable is shipped in. It is hard 

 for us to picture a region in whicli 

 ninety-flve percent of the bees are in 

 bo.x-hives and a missionary preaching 

 the gospel of bees is needed. 



The clerical work of the office is 

 done by Miss Marian Armstrong. Miss 

 Myrtle Duckett assists in the charting 

 and preparation of the data. 



A word about the laboratory and 

 grounds may be of interest. The pres- 

 ent quarters consist of a leased resi- 

 dence located in a lot of about three- 

 quarters of an acre. The natural beau- 

 ty of the location is supplemented by 

 extensive plantings of ornamental 

 shrubs. One thing that impressed it- 

 self on the writer is the danger of 

 keeping the records of years of work 

 in a building that is not fire-proof. The 

 Government should provide an ade- 

 quate fire-proof laboratory to house 

 this office. Canada is putting up a 

 building for beekeeping work. Ameri- 

 can beekeepers should not take a back 

 seat to our Canadian friends in this 

 matter and we must have our Wash- 

 ington headquarters properly housed. 



THE FUTURE. 



It would take a prophet to tell what 

 the Government work will mean to 

 beekeepers in the future. If It contin- 

 ues along lines on which these men 

 have worked, we will continue to get 

 results of practical value. 



Without wishing to dictate we sug- 

 gest that extension work among bee- 

 keepers is needed so that those in the 

 business may learn the best methods. 

 Education will bring results in bee- 

 keeping as in every other line of ac- 

 tivity. A larger appropriation is 

 needed for this purpose. 



When the general Government and 

 the various States take up beekeep- 

 ing as it should be, the industry will 

 grow still faster than it did in the 

 past fifty or sixty years and there will 

 be more professional beekeepers and 

 less bunglers. 



THE DRUMMOND APIARY IN SUMMER 



