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November, 1916. 



American "Bee Jonrnal 



AMONG EASTERN BEEKEEPERS 



The First of a Series of Articles by the Editor on His Trip Through 



a Portion of the East 



As announced on page 277 of our Au- 

 gust number, I have again taken a 

 trip among beekeepers, this time 

 in the far east. 



Dr. Burton N. Gates, of Amherst Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, organized this 

 tour by arranging nine field meets of 



E. G Carr in Working Garb 

 (See the smile ) 



beekeepers at such dates as would 

 make it convenient for me. He prom- 

 ised to attend the greater number of 

 them with me, and it is to him that I 

 am mainly indebted for the great pleas- 

 ure of this visit among eastern bee- 

 keepers. 



On July .31, after a railroad journey 

 remarkable only by extremely hot 

 weather, I reached Mt. Holly, N. J., 

 where the smiling face of Mr. E. G. 

 Carr greeted me on arrival. Our read- 

 ers will remember that his photograph 

 was published in the February number 

 of the Bee Journal, page 4.5, among the 

 people who are doing the work of 

 Uncle Sam for beekeeping. But in that 

 photograph he is exceedingly serious. 

 You should see him smile to appreciate 

 him. (See halftone in this number.) 



Mr. Carr is secretary of the New Jer- 

 sey Beekeepers' Association and In- 

 spector of bees for New Jersey. He is 

 an active worker. 



The first thing I did in landing at Mt. 

 Holly was to look for the Mount. But 

 I could see it nowhere. However, they 

 pointed it to me, a little knoll a mile or 

 two away, in a level plain. They say 

 holly grows upon it. There are a dozen 

 or more similar little humps in the 

 southern half of New Jersey which 

 otherwise would be as level as Illinois. 

 But the northern portion makes up for 



the southern, since it contains a num- 

 ber of respectable mountains and among 

 other celebrated natural wonders " The 

 Palisades of the Hudson." Is that why 

 thev call it " The sharp backs State "? 



New Jersey is renowned for its flora, 

 and I learn that it has a more varied 

 honey flow than any other State in the 

 Union. Its principal honey crop comes 

 from crimson, alsike and white clovers, 

 all light in color. The fall flow, mainly 

 from golden rod, with heartsease and 

 asters, supplies a sufficiency for winter- 

 ing. 



• The meeting of that day was held at 

 the apiary of Mr. Harold Hornor, near 

 the city, a nurseryman who keeps as 

 neat an apiary as I have ever seen. 

 Some 60 colonies were tiered four and 

 five stories high. Mr. Hornor winters 

 in two stories and requeens every year 

 as soon as the clover crop is over. 



About 75 beekeepers were in attend- 

 ance. The crop in general has been 

 good and some anxiety was shown as 

 to a possible lowering of prices. Yet, 

 with the high price of sugar, it would 

 be a mistake for the producers to be- 

 come panic stricken. 



The main subject discussed was Eu 

 ropean foulbrood. There is little if 

 any American foulbrood, and the 

 method recommended for the other 

 disease is requeening with cells or 

 young queens from pure stock, leaving 

 the bees queenless at least five days. 



Mr. R. D. Barclay, of Riverton, N. J., 

 was the presiding officer at this meet- 

 ing as well as at the meeting at Eliza- 

 beth the following day. He is a young 



man and a splendid president. Much 

 of the success of a meeting depends 

 upon its managers, the president and 

 the secretary. The New Jersey bee- 

 keepers can congratulate themselves 

 upon the choice they have made, in 

 these two men. 



That same evening I rode with Mr. 

 Carr, in his machine (a Ford), to his 

 home, about 20 miles distant, and the 

 next morning early again to Trenton. 

 There we took the train for Elizabeth, 

 where a second meeting was held the 

 first of August, at the hospitable home 

 of Messrs. T. Edw. and Chr. Diener. 



There are Some Box Hives Left in 

 New Jersey 





HOME APIARY OF STATE INSPECTOR E. G. CARR. AT NEW EGYPT, N. J. 



