M..rch, 1916. 



American Hee Journal 



and 320 illustrations. Price, $2.00. Any 

 of these books can be had from this 

 office. 



This poultry book treats the subject 

 very fully from every angle, from 

 choosing a poultry farm, selecting 

 stock and equipping the plant to mark- 

 eting the product. It is the most com- 

 plete single volume that has come to 

 our attention. However, we were a 

 little disappointed in not finding some 

 reference to the special needs of water 

 fowl, turkeys, etc. The volume deals 

 entirely with chickens and with gen- 

 eral principles. The book is well, 

 worthy of a place in every poultry fan- 

 ciers' library. 



New York Advertising Contest. — We 



are getting many inquiries asking for 

 particulars about our proposed postal 

 card scheme having for its object the 

 booming of honey as an article of 

 food. Some want to know what ideas 

 we want incorporated in the sketches, 

 others what size these sketches should 

 be, others again whether in colors or 

 in black, whether photographs of api- 

 aries are acceptable, etc. To all the 

 inquiries we can only say, you must 

 work this out yourself. We are more 

 after the ideas than the artistic execu- 

 tion of them. One very good thing 

 has been suggested to us. It is a label 

 to nearly or entirely cover the top of a 

 honey section as it stands in the ship- 

 ping case, with following reading: 



©O0®©0©(iXIX3®®©©©©©®0®0©®®®© 



This section of Honey (u oz.) equals 

 in food value 



24 oz. of beefsteak 3oc 



or 30 oz. of codfish 4oc 



or 20 eges 5oc 



or 11.2 oz. cream ctieese i6c 



or 2 Quarts milk i6c 



©<S®®®6X3©Oe)0OOGQOG 



Comparative figures were taken from 

 the American Bee Journal December, 

 1915. 



One of our committee says : " This 

 is the best thing brought to our notice, 

 although not e-xactly in line with the 

 postal-card scheme. We may recom- 

 mend it also used in connection with 

 photo of articles named, all put upon a 

 postal card." 

 We hope to hear from others. 

 H. L. Case, 

 F. Greiner, 

 W. F. Marks, 



Commtiiee. 



Pennsylvania State Meeting. — We 



have just received an announcement of 

 the Pennsylvania State beekeepers' 

 meeting which is to be held at Lancas- 

 ter on March 3 and 4. No program 

 has as yet reached this office, but we 

 presume it will appear in the Pennsyl- 

 vania newspapers. 



Massachusetts Farmers Week at Am- 

 herst, Beginning March 13 Besides the 



hour program of speaking and discus- 

 sion, there are several special features 

 offered during Farmers' week. In the 

 wax laboratory there will be through- 

 out the week a beeswax exhibition, 

 showing the raw material, the process 



of rendering and the product procured. 

 There will also be on exhibition a 

 large display of beeswax from different 

 parts of the world, and the materials 

 made from it. On Tuesday'at 10 a.m., 

 in this laboratory there will be a dem- 

 onstration of wax-rendering processes. 



The Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin 

 Beekeepers' Association will hold their 

 annual meeting in the Apiary Building 

 Thursday at 10 a.m. The business 

 meeting will be brief, followed by an 

 address by Mr. O. M. Smith, president, 

 "Timely Suggestions to Beekeepers," 

 and a discussion by Dr. Burton N. 

 Gates on " Honey Packages, a Stand- 

 ard." 



For the purpose of co-ordinating 

 beekeeping work in the several coun- 

 ties of Massachusetts, there will be on 

 Wednesday afternoon at 1 .'30, Room F, 

 Entomology Building, a conference of 

 county workers and agents. Essex 

 county will be represented by Mr. Fred 

 A. Smith, Director of the Independent 

 Agricultural School of Essex county, 

 where beekeeping forms a part of the 

 instruction. Mr. Chas. H.White, Man- 

 ager of the Worcester County Farm 

 Bureau, will speak for the beekeeping 

 interests of his county. This will be 

 followed by a general discussion dur- 

 ing which several other speakers will 

 take part on subjects relating to county 

 work. 



What promises to be an exceedingly 

 valuable contribution to the program 

 is a symposium or round table for the 

 discussion of " Spraying Practices rs. 

 Beekeeping." This will be held in 

 Room F, Entomology Building, Tues- 

 day at 1 :30 p.m. Each year beekeepers 

 are taking more lively interest in pro- 

 tecting their colonies against what 

 they have termed a wholesale slaughter 

 resulting from the injudicious use of 

 spray poisons. A corps of authorities, 

 including government. State and mu- 

 cicipal officials, will attend, to present 

 the several aspects of this subject which 



will be attacked from the standpoint 

 of the beekeeper, chemist, horticultur- 

 ist, forest entomologist, and municipal 

 forester. After the reading of the 

 papers, there will be a discussion which 

 should arouse considerable enthusiasm. 

 The Beekeeping Department of the 

 College is prepared to make an elab- 

 orate display of equipment. 



Illinois Inspector's Report.^Bulletin 



No. 2, which includes the 4th and .Sth 

 annual reports of the Illinois State Bee 

 Inspector may be had on request from 

 A. L. Kildow, of Putnam, III. 



Mr. Kildow requests the address of 

 beekeepers in the southern part of the 

 State who desire a visit from the in- 

 spector this season. He also issues a 

 warning to beekeepers to guard against 

 robbing as spring weather approaches. 



Short Course in Bee Culture at Winona 

 Lake, Ind. — There will be given a short 

 course in bee-culture the week of 

 March 20, at the Winona College of 

 Agriculture, Winona Lake, Ind. The 

 course is primarily intended for the 

 amateur beekeepers, but I believe any 

 one interested in bees will find it a 

 week of profit. Any one interested 

 should correspond with Dr. J. C. Breck- 

 enridge, president of Winona College 

 of Agriculture, Winona Lake, Ind. 



B. F. KiNDIG. 



The Columbus Meetings. — The fact 

 that special sessions should be held for 

 the consideration of problems relating 

 to beekeeping in connection with the 

 meeting of the American Association 

 for the advancement of science is very 

 encouraging. This annual gathering 

 of scientists brings together the fore- 

 most men who are devoting their at- 

 tention to scientific work, and many 

 hundred are usually in attendance. For 



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