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April, 1916. 



American ^ee Journal 



The National Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion will work under the articles of the 

 constitution as printed in the 1915 De- 

 cember number of the Review. 



Membership dues to the association 

 are $1.50, which includes the Review. 

 We cordially invite all beekeepers to 

 join the National Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion, members are eligible whether 

 their State association is affiliated or 

 not. We hope the beekeepers will 

 show their confidence in the officers 

 elected and aid us in building a Na- 

 tional that will be a source of pride 

 and a credit to one of the greatest bee- 

 keeping countries in the world. 



F. Eric Millen. 



New Zealand Regulations Concerning 

 Honey — Honey intended for export 

 from New Zealand must be inspected 

 and graded by an official " grader." 



It must be packed in new and clean 

 tins, not weighing over 120 pounds, 

 lacquered or oiled on the outside to 

 prevent rusting. The cases containing 

 it must be also clean and new. The 

 honey musl all be granulated. Four 

 grades are recognized, and the grade 

 to which each case belongs is stamped 

 on the outside. This grading is done 

 without cost to the producer. 



We are informed that this official 

 grading of honey for export has a very 

 decidedly favorable influence upon the 

 sale of honey exported. 



A Valuable Manual on Vegetable 

 Growing. — A most interesting book in 

 the " Farm Manual " series to which be- 

 longs Frank C. Pellett's book, " Pro- 

 ductive Beekeeping," is "Productive 

 Vegetable Growing," by John W. Lloyd, 

 Professor of Olericulture at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, and an authority on 

 the subject. 



The first part of the book is given 

 over to a description of various soils, 

 their adaptabilities to certain vegeta- 

 bles and methods of preparation. Other 

 chapters deal with moisture and tem- 

 perature conditions, selection of seed, 

 hotbeds and greenhouses, insect pests 

 and their eradication, market garden- 

 ing and truck growing, harvesting, 

 packing and marketing. 



By far the most interesting part of 

 the book, however, to the ordinary 

 small gardener, is that part dealing 

 with home vegetables, gardening and 

 the special chapters on the different 

 vegetables. Too many of the best veg- 

 etables do not receive the considera- 

 tion they should in the ho re garden, 

 owing to the fact that they are not 

 given the proper growing and cultivat- 

 ing conditions. To these matters Mr. 

 Lloyd gives special attention. 



A chart giving approximate time to 

 plant both indoors and outside, etc., 

 is included. The book is handsomely 

 bound and well illustrated and contains 

 340 pages. The price is $1.50, and it 

 can be obtained either direct from the 

 publishers, J. B. Lippincott & Co., of 

 Philadelphia, Pa., or from this office. 



recitations a week and three periods 

 of practical work a week for the six 

 weeks. The course will not occupy 

 all the students' time, and they will 

 have an opportunity to take other 

 courses that may be related to apicul- 

 ture in other departments of the col- 

 lege. 



This course is offered in addition to 

 the new four-year course in apiculture 

 which will ,be offered for the first time 

 at the beginning of the next college 

 year in September, 1916. 



It will offer an opportunity for school 

 teachers and beginners to obtain the 

 necessary information for successful 

 beekeeping, and it will offer to the bee- 

 keeper the chance to learn the latest 

 and best methods. 



Information in regard to this course 

 may be had by writing to the Director 

 of the Summer Session, Iowa Slate 

 College, Ames, Iowa. 



Correction. — In our September issue 

 the address of R. B. Davis was given as 

 ^taunton, Iowa, instead of Indiana, in 

 connection with the article on packing 

 in single-walled hives. On page 56, of 

 the February issue, Lewis Winship's 

 address is given as Springfield, N. Y., 

 when it should be Springville, N. Y. 



Summer Beekeeping Course at the 

 Iowa State College. — A course in bee- 

 keeping is to be offered during the first 

 six weeks of the summer session at 

 the Iowa State College. This course 

 will consist of three lectures and 



Wisconsin Meeting. — The 37th annual 

 convention of the Wisconsin State Bee- 

 keepers' Association was held at Madi- 

 son Dec. 9 and 10, 1915. The attendance 

 at this convention was the largest in 

 the history of the association, more 

 than 125 being present the afternoon of 

 the first day. The proportion of ladies 

 in attendance was noticeably large. 



The following papers were read and 

 discussed : 



" Better beekeeping " — F. J. Wells. 



" How and why I paint comb founda- 

 tion with wax" — Edw. Hassinger, Jr. 



Under the question box, H. H. Moe 

 questioned the immunity of yellow 

 Italians from European foulbrood. Dr. 

 Phillips responded, asserting their im- 

 munity and giving his reasons, based 

 on information and research. 



The value of fiber board as a cover- 

 ing for wintering and spring, to act as 

 a non-conductor of heat and an ab- 

 sorbent of moisture, was discussed. It 

 was commended by all who are using it. 



The report of the State inspector of 

 apiaries was read. 



A talk by F. Kittinger, "Why did the 

 bees crawl out of hives and die ? "This 

 matter was discussed at length, but no 

 satisfactory conclusion was reached as 

 to the cause or reason. It appeared, 

 however, that it was something un- 

 common, having happened to only two 

 or three present, but did not again 

 recur. 



Prof. L. V. France, of the University 

 of .Minnesota, addressed the conven- 

 tion on the "Recognition of beekeep- 

 ing by the College of Agriculture of 

 the University of Minnesota." 



C. W. Aeppler, in charge of the 

 queen-rearing department at the agri- 

 cultural college, reported at length. It 

 appeared from his report what was 

 mostly needed for the success of this 

 department, was a more hearty finan- 

 cial support, and hopes were expressed 

 that this department would be better 

 encouraged in this respect for the com- 



ing season. 



Mr. Aeppler reported that he was un- 

 able to fill all orders, owing to several 

 reasons, noticeable two. First, the loss 

 of young queens through cold and wet 

 weather; second, large orders to the 

 extent of 50 queens to one beekeeper. 

 This was discussed, and the consensus 

 of opinion was that as the object of 

 rearing these queens is to furnish new 

 blood and stock to the beekeepers of 

 the State, and obviously not to furnish 

 queens cheap, the supply should be 

 limited to individuals so that each bee- 

 keeper should have a chance of secur- 

 ing them. It was suggested to limit . 

 the number furnished to one person to 

 ten queens. 



Dean Russell, of the Agricultural 

 College, addressed the convention on 

 "State recognition of beekeeping." The 

 address was well received, as it gave us 

 positive assurance that more attention 

 and adequate financial support would 

 be given the beekeeping department 

 with a view of giving it the importance 

 in the Agricultural College that the 

 beekeepers of the State had a right to 

 expect. 



Prof. Wilson, Entomologist of the 

 Agricultural College, in charge of the 

 beekeeping department, spoke at length 

 on the work and condition of this de- 

 partment. Prof. Wilson is an enthusi- 

 astic practical and scientific beekeeper, 

 who will give this department all the 

 attention and encouragement possible, 

 and the beekeepers were more than 

 pleased with his address. 



The following papers also were read 

 and discussed : 



" Beginning in extracted honey pro- 

 duction" — A. Swahn and Oscar Ritland. 



" The agricultural beekeeper" — Henry 

 A. Rather. 



" Does beekeeping pay in connection 

 with farming?" — A. L. Kleeber. 



The balance of the evening was taken 

 up with stereopticon views by Prof. L. 

 V. France and Dr. Phillips. 



The convention convened the next 

 morning at 9 :00 o'clock. 



"]Marketingof honey"— C. P. Dadant, 

 read by the secretary. 



"Value of young queens" — N. E. 

 France. 



" Selling honey by mail " — E. B. Rosa. 



"Outdoor wintering"— Dr. Phillips. 



Dr. Phillips paper and the resulting 

 discussion brought out the following 

 facts established by scientific research : 



That bees rightly prepared for win- 

 tering, with plenty of the best stores, 

 no disturbance, and the right tempera- 

 ture to maintain 57 degrees inside the 

 hive, will come out of the cellar with 

 the slightest possible amount of dead 

 bees, and normally with nearly the 

 same vitality as when put into the 

 cellar; that disturbance and low tem- 

 perature will cause them to form a 

 compact cluster, generate heat and 

 start brood-rearing ; this in turn will 

 cause loss of vitality by exertion and 

 dysentery by consuming too much 

 honey. The older bees will die off, 

 and also many of the younger bees be- 

 fore their time by reason of the abnor- 

 mal loss of vitality, all of which ac- 

 counts for so many dead bees on the 

 cellar bottom and spring dwindling of 

 those that are left. 



Prof. Norgord, of the Agricultural 

 Society, spoke at length on beekeeping 

 in connection with agricultural pursuits. 



