August, 1916. 



American Hee Journal 



square of the weight of the working 

 force. In other words, a colony with 

 a weight of five pounds would produce 

 12>2 pounds of honey, one of Id pounds 

 would harvest 60 pounds of honey, 

 while one of 40 pounds should produce 

 800 pounds of honey annually. At this 

 rate, if a person could only have two 

 or three 80 pound colonies in his yard, 

 he would be pretty well fixed for honey 

 on his table during the winter. 



— 7 rayislated by P. SchaffJtauser. 



Advertising in Colorado A recent 



letter from Mr. Rauchfuss, of the Colo- 

 rado Honey-Producers' Association, 

 says that at their field meet in Ft. Collins 

 in June, there were over 120 people in 

 attendance. A record breaker. In this 

 letter he also enclosed a little slip 

 which they get out with all corres- 

 pondence and which reads as follows: 



Honey Producers' Association, Dec. 

 29-30, 1915, a protective committee was 

 appointed to work out plans for an 

 organization to aid in protecting mem- 

 ber's apiaries from molestation by 

 thieves. Twenty-two dollars were paid 

 in by 17 charter members. 



The committee appointed to prose- 

 cute this work consists of Herman 

 Rauchfuss, Chairman, Englewood; 

 Wesley Foster, Secretary - Treasurer, 

 Boulder ; B. F. Hastings, Arvada. 



The admission fee of $1.00 is to be 

 paid upon joining the club. 



An assessment fee of 2 cents per col- 

 ony, payable in advance, must be paid 

 by each member the first year. Later 

 assessments to be levied when the 

 funds in the treasury fall below $100. 

 Such assessments, however, shall not 

 raise the fund in the treasury to exceed 

 $150. 



Funds of the club are to be spent as 



HAVE YOU EV ER SWEETE NED BERRIES 

 WITH HONEY? 



IF YOU HAVE NOT, TRY IT TODAY 



IT IS DELICIOUS 



action. 



Claims for reward and all bills 

 against the club, to be passed upon by 

 the committee before payment (no re- 

 ward to be paid to the plaintiff in any 

 case.) 



Members are to notify the secretary 

 of the club or local representative at 

 once, when or where thieving or mo- 

 lestation occurs. 



The reward cards will be furnished 

 members when joining. 



The following is the text for the 

 cards : 



FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. 



$10 to be paid for information 

 leading to the arrest, and $40 addi- 

 tional for conviction of any one 

 tampering with or molesting this 

 apiary. 



Inform C. H. P. A. Protective 

 Club, 1424 Market Street, Denver, 

 Colo , or , Local Represen- 

 tative. 



This announcement merely gives an 

 outline of the purpose of the club. By- 

 laws for the government of the organi- 

 zation will be submitted to the members 

 for approval at a later date. 



In a(Jdition to sending these out him- 

 self, Mr. Rauchfuss is asking berry 

 growers to include some of the slips in 

 all crates sent out. It not only helps 

 the sale of honey but it increases the 

 sale of berries. Try it in your locality. 



follows : Printing reward cards (to be 

 furnished members to be posted about 

 their apiaries), stationery and postage, 

 necessary expenses, as allowed by the 

 committee. Rewards. 



Cases of persistent molestation to be 

 reported to the committee for special 



Queenbees Supplied at Rate of 25 

 Daily. — The first consignment of Italian 

 queens has been sent out from the api- 

 aries of the Wisconsin College of Agri- 

 culture to beekeepers in the State who 

 had ordered them. 



If the weather conditions are favor- 

 able it is e.xpected that from half a 

 dozen to 25 queerts a day will shipped 

 throughout the summer. The work has 

 been made possible through the co- 

 operation of the State Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation. — Press Bulletin. 



Kansas State Fair Premiums. — The 



State Fair of Kansas will be held at 

 Topeka Sept. II to 16, with Mr. J. W. 

 Priddy of that city as superintendent 

 of the Bee and Honey Department. 

 The amount of premiums offered in 

 this department amounts to about $150. 

 Kansas beekeepers are urged to enter 

 in the competitive exhibit for the prizes. 

 Write to Mr. Priddy today for a list of 

 exhibits with entrance blanks, etc. 



It will not only give you an outing 

 and probably get you some prize 

 money, but above all it will be the 

 means of disposing of a quantity of 

 your honey, and of making many new 



customers. 



.^ 



Another Sweet Clover Bulletin. — One 



of the shortest and still among the 

 most complete booklets issued on sweet 

 clover is that issued by W. E. Watkins, 

 County Agent at lola, Kan. The bulle- 

 tin was issued in conjunction with the 

 Kansas State Agricultural College and 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



It contains 16 pages of very valuable 

 information on sweet clover: the soil 

 required, manner of treatment of same, 

 seed and seeding, and in fact almost all 

 requirements in concise form. The 

 booklet is illustrated with ten cuts, 

 showing the relative value of different 

 methods of treatment, etc. 



BEE-t&:EPiNG <^ For Women 



Conducted by Miss Emma M, Wilson, MareoEO. 111. 



Announcement — Colorado Honey-Pro- 

 ducers' Association Protective Club. — 



At the annual meeting of the Colorado 



A Beginner 



I have been thinking of going into 

 the bee business for some time, but 

 every one discourages me. My hus- 

 band does not say much one way or 

 the other, and I am anxious for some 

 good honest advice. It is necessary 

 for me to do something to help, as my 

 husband's health is poor. I cannot 

 afford to spend the money for bees and 

 bee supplies unless there is some pros- 

 pect of getting something out of it. 



We do not know anything about bees 

 and would have to learn. Do you hon- 

 estly think a woman without any ex- 

 perience can succeed in the bee busi- 

 ness after a few years' trial ? They say 

 there is so much disease among bees 

 nowadays that there is nothing to be 

 made by an inexperienced person. 



[Mrs.] Ida Commons. 



Fair Haven, N. Y. 



Whether a woman — or a man either — 

 who has at present no knowledge of 

 beekeeping, can make a success of it. 

 is a question very difficult to answer. 

 Out of a hundred such women, taken 



at random, the likelihood is that by far 

 the majority would do well to let bee- 

 keeping alone. Not every one has a 

 liking for the business, and without 

 such liking it is practically certain to 

 be a failure. And until you actually 

 make the trial there is no way to tell 

 whether you like beekeeping or not. 



Because you are a woman is a matter 

 that hardly merits attention. With the 

 same strength as a man, a woman 

 should make just as good a beekeeper — 

 perhaps better. And there are not a 

 great many times when the average 

 woman needs extra strength, and then 

 she can get the help of a boy or a man. 



The matter of diseases in bees is not 

 so important as you might think. Many 

 experienced beekeepers have as yet 

 had no experience with a serious dis- 

 ease, such as foulbrood, and you can 

 learn about it as well as they. 



If your idea is to begin at once with 

 enough bees to make a considerable 

 part of your living, dismiss the thought. 

 You're practically sure to fail. But if 

 you think worth while to try it, begin 

 with not more than two colonies, and 



