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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 



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. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE 



THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE of this 

 Journal is $i.oo a year in the United States 

 of America and Mexico; 3 years, $2.25; s 

 years. Si.oo; in Canada. 10 cents extra, and in 

 all other countries in the Postal Union, 25 

 cents a year extra for postage. Sample 

 copy free. 



THE WRAPPER-LABEL DATE indi- 

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 of December. 1Q17. 



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Copyright: IQ17 by C. P. Dadant. 



THE EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT 



Iowa Inspection Keport 



If you live in Iowa or elsewhere, be 

 sure and send to either Frank C. Pel- 

 lett at Atlantic, or to Prof. F. E. Millen 

 at Ames, for a copy of the State Bee 

 Inspection Report for 1916, 



Mr. Pellett is thinking of giving up 

 his job of State Inspection. If his resig- 

 nation is to deprive the beekeepers of 

 Iowa of further reports like this one, 

 it will be regretted. The report in 

 question contains about 100 pages, a 

 number of good engravings, and some 

 25 or 30 addresses by leading practical 

 beekeepers and writers, besides the 

 usual report of inspection. It is well 

 worth a place in every library of active 

 beekeepers. 



The A B C of Beekeeping 



The 1917 edition of the "ABC and 

 X Y Z of Bee Culture " is on our 

 desk. It is the largest, most complete 

 and finest work that was ever produced 

 concerning the honeybee. It is a cyclo- 

 pedia of beekeeping. What more can 

 we say ? __^^^^^^^_ 



Enticing Natural Swarms 



In the Farmers' Weekly of Cape 

 Town, South Africa, a contributor re- 

 ports having lured swarms to empty 

 hives by melting propolis and smearing 

 it inside and about the entrance of 

 empty hives shortly before swarming 

 time, placing also some dry combs in- 

 side. The strong odor of the fresh 

 melted propolis enticed the scouts that 

 were in search of a home. He secured 

 several swarms in this way. 



Our Oldest Subscribers and Con- 

 tril)utors 



For the past year we have been try- 

 ing to get together the names and 

 photos of our oldest subscribers still 

 living and still reading the American 

 Bee Journal. We have asked for the 

 names of all who have been constant 

 subscribers for 30 years or more. But 



the difficulties are great in gathering 

 together such a list of experienced pro- 

 ducers. Some are too modest, others 

 too. aged to comply with our wishes. 

 Still we have a list of 12 or 15 which 

 may be increased within the next 

 month, all men of great experience, 

 and we propose to publish it soon. 



Meanwhile we give on our cover 

 page the photo of one of the juniors 

 among them. The reader will find 

 within these pages a letter from him 

 and also a mention of his work in the 

 current installment of " Seventy Years 

 of Beekeeping." 



Caucasian Beekeeping- 



We are glad to present to our read- 

 ers two views of the queen-rearing 

 apiary of the " Station Sericicole "(Silk- 

 worm Rearing Station) of Tiflis, Cau- 

 casus, also two views of nomadic 

 honey-producing apiaries under the 

 same management. 



Professor C. A. Gorbatcheflf, who is 

 in charge of these apiaries, informs us 



that the rearing of queens for sale will 

 begin to a limited extent during the 

 present year in these apiaries. As soon 

 as they are prepared to fill foreign or- 

 ders the matter will lie mentioned in 

 the Bee Journal. We trust the terrible 

 war conflict may be at end by that time, 

 so that the American beekeepers may 

 be enabled to give a full trial to the 

 pure gray Caucasian bees of Russia, by 

 direct communication. 



Our good wishes are extended to the 

 Caucasian beekeepers in their progres- 

 sive efforts. 



Later. — We acknowledge from the 

 same source an album of views of Cau- 

 casian apiaries received with the com- 

 pliments of the Caucasian Beekeepers, 

 Association. The letter accompanying 

 this album says: 



"Outside of the ethnographic interest 

 to be found in these characteristic 

 views of apiaries, there is another in- 

 terest in them. It is that of the remem- 

 brance which they will leave, for the 

 time is not very distant when these 

 hives will be only a memory; the hives 

 of the Dadant system already having 

 displaced the native hives in several 

 regions of Transcaucasia, during the 

 past 10 years." 



The views, some 50 in number, are 

 exceedingly interesting. We propose 

 to publish them, a few at a time, in 

 these columns. They will show the 

 diversity of ancient methods in a coun- 

 try which is now making great strides 

 of progress. Russia is coming to the 

 front. 



Apiary Inspection 



After the publication of Mr. Pellett's 

 inspection criticisms, in the March 

 number, followed by Mr. Bender's re- 

 marks in April, we are glad to give a 

 summary of the same subject by our 



ONE VIEW OF QUEEN-REARING APIARY OF THE SERICULTURE STATION 

 OF CAUCASUS AT BAKOURIANY. 5428 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL 



