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November, 1916. 



American Hm Journal 



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PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT 



1st Nat'l Bank Bldg. Hamilton, Illinois 



Entered as second class matter at the 



Hamilton, Illinois, Post-office. 

 C. P. Dadant. Editor 

 Dr. C C Miller, Associate Editor. 

 Frank C Pellett, Staff Correspondent. 



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Copyright: i«i6, by C. P. Dadant 



THE EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT 



November Thoughts 



It looks more and more probable 

 that the high price of sweets will keep 

 the price of honey within reasonable 

 limits even though the eastern crop is 

 larger than usual. So, friends, do not 

 rush your product to market at low 

 prices, although in the case of comb 

 honey it is well to get rid of the bulk 

 of it before the end of the holidays. 

 Let the consumers know about it and 

 find new outlets around you by local 

 advertising. 



PUTTING THE BEES IN WINTER (JUARTERS. 



Wherever the colonies are strong, it 

 is well to fix them in their winter quar- 

 ters before very cold weather, so as 

 not to disturb them when the weather 

 becomes very cold. Similarly, at the 

 first cold spell the colonies that are to 

 be put into the cellar should be brought 

 in. They will fare better, according to 

 the experience of all our old heads, if 

 if they are placed in the cellar early 

 than if they are kept out until a s -vere 

 cold spell has them confined for some 

 time to the hive. 



The temperature required in a bee- 

 cellar is variously estimated at from 35 

 to 50 degrees, with an average of be- 

 tween 40 and 45 degrees. The tempera- 

 ture at which they remain quietest is 

 the right one. So use a thermometer 

 in the cellar and judge for yourself 

 what degree is the best, by the behavior 

 of your colonies. Your thermometer 

 may show a higher or lower degree, 

 as the right one, than that of your 

 neighbor, depending on its position in 

 the cellar room, but the quietude of the 

 bees is an infallible sign of proper 

 conditions. 



Weak colonies winter best in the 

 cellar in most of our northern States. 



Dairying and Vegetable Growing 



The dairymen of Illinois planned to 

 have a Diiry Day" 



organization pushed the matter to the 

 point that they got the cooperation of 

 the State Bankers' Association, the 

 railroads of the State, and the State 

 Dairy Commissioner. Result : A big 

 dairy " Barbecue" at Litchfield, with 

 many thousands in attendance and 

 prominent speakers available Organi- 

 zation did it. 



The Vegetable Growers' Association 

 of America sent circular letters to all 

 editors, announcing tneir meeting in 

 Chicago in September. In connection 



Education in Beekeeping 



A letter from Dr. A. C. Burrill, of 

 Idaho, informs us that he has been in- 

 vited to take charge of a new course in 

 beekeeping at the University of Idaho. 



At the University of Illinois only a 

 a few students were registered in the 

 beekeeping course in 1914. Last year 

 more than 50 applied, so that an assis- 

 tant to Prof. Folsom was necessary. 



As our industry grows, so the de- 

 mand for information is bound to 

 grow in proportion. 



on Oct. 7. Their 



Fig 8.— A Robin Took Advantage of the 



Protection of a Warning Sign at 



the bowen outyard 



with the meeting, a four-day course in 

 growing under glass, control of insects, 

 etc., was conducted. Gardening exhib- 

 its from six different colleges were 

 shown. 



Dairying and vegetable growing are 

 certainly both more prominent than 

 beekeeping, but the beekeepers must 

 organize if they are to make their in- 

 dustry take the prominence it should. 



AdTertising Honey 



Several letters have come in to us 

 from consumers the last few days ask- 

 ing where they could obtain table 

 honey. One or two of these letters 

 were from large firms who found pres- 

 ent connections insufficient or wanted 

 to make a change. In every instance 

 we refer such inquirers to our adver- 

 tising pages. 



If you have honey to sell or want to 

 buy, a small advertisement should help 

 you out. 



A Bee Disease in Ligiiria 



Our good friend. Engineer A. Cap- 

 poni, of San Remo, Italy, writes in the 

 September number of L'Apicoltore of 

 a new bee disease, which he calls " tifo " 

 (typhus). The beekeepers around him 

 noticed in the fall of 1;115. as he did 

 himself, that the bees were dying in 

 large numbers. Many powerful colo- 

 nies were reduced to a few hundred 

 bees. Many had to be united. The 

 disease continued in the spring of 1916, 

 so that his colonies in one apiary were 

 reduced from 45 to 15. Another apiary 

 of 20 was reduced to one. The only 

 three swarms harvested deserted their 

 hives and yet the season was good for 

 honey, the strong colonies harvesting 

 a good crop. 



The readers who have followed the 

 account of our trip in Europe in 1913> 

 will rememberthat San Remo is located 

 in the west part of Liguria, where the 

 bees are of a mixed race, part Italian, 

 part common. 



The Editor of L'Apicoltore, Mr. Vin- 

 cenzo Asprea, promises to investigate 

 the disease in question. Perhaps it is 

 similar to the Isle of Wight disease. 



A New Miller Book 



For more than 20 years Dr. Miller 

 has conducted a Question and Answer 

 Department in this Journal. The de- 

 partment has grown in popularity from 

 year to year until it is no longer possi- 

 ble to answer all the questions through 

 the Bee Journal. Some months we are 

 compelled to delay half or more of the 



