December, 1916. 



Amarican ^ee Journal 



pected that a share of them would help 

 advertise this breed of cattle. Unques- 

 tionably this has occurred, since a paper 

 as little allied as is ours can use the 

 material in showing how much good 

 can be done by advertising coopera- 

 tively. 



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Conventions Scheduled The follow- 

 ing bee-meetings have been scheduled 

 to take place as given : 



Michigan, Lansing, Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2. 

 Northwestern, Chicago, Dec. 4-5. 

 Idaho-Oregon, Ontario, Oreg., Dec. 

 5-6. 



Iowa, Des Moines, Dec. 5-6. 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Dec. 5-6. 

 New York, Canandaigua, Dec. 5-6. 

 Wisconsin, Madison, Dec. 7-8. 

 Ontario, Toronto, Dec. 12, 13, 14. 



to discontinue, let us know it. We hope, 

 however, that we have made the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal of such value that you 

 will not want to do without it. 



You can help us and yourself by urg- 

 ing neighbor beekeepers to take the 

 American Bee Journal, and by getting 

 their subscription for us. Subscribers 

 to bee-papers are not usually the bee- 

 keepers who make cut rates on honey 

 to get rid of their crop. Such sub- 

 scribers also know how to handle 

 disease. 



Special Notice to Subscribers. — High 

 prices have not failed to affect the 

 magazine and publishing business as 

 well as other businesses. Higher prices 

 for paper, inks, and supplies are being 

 paid than ever before. 



We are determined for the present, 

 however, to hold our old subscription 



More Missouri Press Bulletins — 



Press Bulletins Nos. 239 and 242 of the 

 Missouri College of Agriculture, and 

 written by L. Haseman, Entomologist, 

 have been distributed to the papers of 

 the State. 



"The former is entitled. "Taking 

 Honey from the Hive," the latter, "Bees 

 Must be Protected to Survive the Win- 

 ter in Good Condition." 



Dr. Haseman has the interests of the 

 Missouri beekeepers at heart. With 

 his cooperation the Missouri society 



The New Miller Book. — The new book 

 " Dr. Miller's Thousand Answers to 

 Beekeeping Questions," now in prep- 

 aration, will not be ready for delivery 

 until February. In order to let our 

 subscribers take advantage of the com- 

 bination offer of this new book with 

 American Bee Journal one year, we are 

 listing the same in the advertising col- 

 umns of this Journal. 



As the Miller book is to be sold only 

 in combination with a year's subscrip- 

 tion we urge our subscribers to con- 

 sult the advertising paper before order- 

 ing. 



APIARY OF F. H. STAGEY AT ADAIR. IOWA 



rate of $1.00 a year. In order to do 

 this and still furnish the same high 

 quality in the American Bee Journal as 

 in the past, we are obliged to cancel 

 from this date all short term cut sub- 

 scription offers, all combination offers, 

 and all agents' rates. In our advertis- 

 ing columns are given our new combi- 

 nation prices of the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Parties desiring to act as agents in 

 getting subscriptions for us, would do 

 well to write us at once. 



We would urge all subscribers to 

 renew subscriptions promptly on ex- 

 piration, to save us sending needless 

 renewal slips, notices, etc. If you want 



should soon be in a position to demand 

 adequate legislation and better educa- 

 tion on beekeeping matters. 



Mexican Stingless Bees. — According 

 to the American consul at Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico, it is generally believed there 

 that wild honey possesses medicinal 

 properties, particularly that from a 

 small stingless bee about the size of 

 the common house fly, says an ex- 

 change. This produce is highly prized. 

 Sometimes this little bee is domesti- 

 cated, and in such cases gourds are 

 used for hives. The wax is usually 

 dark, and even black in color. The 

 wild bees form their nests in hollow 

 trees, in fissures of rocks, and in holes 

 in the ground, each species showing 

 peculiarities in the selection of the 

 locality. A species of wild Mexican 

 bees locally named cuita, is of a dark 

 color. Of this bee it is said that 

 when angry it will discharge a liquid 

 that will produce an itching sensation 

 if permitted to touch the skin. An- 

 other kind of wild bee found in Mexico 

 is a small yellow stingless one called 

 zal. Then there is a kind known as 

 the zicole, which builds its nest in the 

 ground or in cracks of walls and rocks. 

 Its honey is of fine quality, but its sting 

 is much dreaded. One variety of wild 

 bee constructs its nest like that of the 

 wasp, attached to the limb of a tree. 

 The honey is said to be of excellent 

 quality. — Exchange. 



Diarrhea Preventive A Wisconsin 



subscriber, Mr. C. W. Aeppler calls our 

 attention to a remedy tried and recom- 

 mended in the September "Schweizer- 

 ische Bienenzeitung " (Swiss Bee Jour- 

 nal) by G. Landolf. It consists in add- 

 ing a small quantity of peppermint to 

 the winter stores. He says that since 

 he has used that preventive he has not 

 noticed any diarrhea. We will look 

 further into this matter and have asked 

 Mr. Spuehler, of Zurich, for an opinion 

 concerning this remedy. 



National to Meet in February The 



directors of the National Beekeepers' 

 Association have decided to hold the 

 next meeting of the National at Madi- 

 son, Wis., in February, date of meeting 

 to be announced later. The officers 

 have commenced on the program, and 

 will take up matters of importance to 

 beekeepers all over the country. 



F. Eric Millen, Sec- Treas. 



Wisconsin Meeting The Wisconsin 



State Beekeepers' Association will 

 meet in annual convention in the 

 Assembly Room in the Capitol Build- 

 ing, Madison, Wis,, Dec. 7 and 8. An 

 interesting program will be presented, 

 and we are looking for the largest at- 

 tendance at this time, although we had 

 an attendance- of about 150 last year. 

 We expect Dr. Phillips and other promi- 

 nent beekeepers to be there. Head- 

 quarters will be at Simons' Hotel. 

 N. E. France, Pres. Gus Dittmer, Sec. 



Nature Books. — This office is in re- 

 ceipt of two books with the titles " Gin- 

 seng " and "Science of Trapping." 



