1917 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



169 



N. B. CofFman welcomed the delegates 

 to the city and made a short talk on 

 the bee business as a profitable enter- 

 prise. 



Dr. J. T. Coleman, whose subject was 

 "The Value of Bees to the Agricultur- 

 ist," explained that the bee business 

 required a great deal of painstaking 

 work. He also pointed out that the 

 little honeybee is the principal agent in 

 cross-pollinating flowers. Dr. Coleman 

 is part owner in a 4S-acre pear orchard. 



A. S. Cory made a talk on the " Com- 

 mercial Value of Bees," and urged the 

 beekeepers to improve their stock as 

 well as their product. 



W. L. Cox, of Elma, spoke on " Mark- 

 eting Honey," of which he sells several 

 tons each year, nearly all in his own 

 county, direct to the grocers. He does 

 all of his own delivering with a Ford 

 car; he has a pennant across the wind 

 shield reading, "Eat Honey." This 

 pennant has led to the sale of several 

 cases of honey. 



J. W. Ware, the Experiment Station 

 bee-man, addressed both afternoon and 

 evening sessions. Mr. Ware is a bee- 

 keeper of many years experience, and 

 gave those present the benefit of his 

 successes as well as his failures. 



W. L. Cox, Sec. 



The Arkansas Valley Beekeepers' 

 Association will hold its spring field 

 meet at Nickerson, Kan., May 12. Every 

 effort will be made to make this meet- 

 ing a good live one. 



J. L. Pelham, Sec. 



Death of a Texas Beekeeper.— M. M. 



Faust, of Wilson Co., Tex., one of the 

 best known beekeepers in the State, 

 died in San Antonio Feb. 21, aged 80 

 years. He was born in Mississippi, 

 and was for over 30 years identified 

 with the bee business of Texas, having 

 acted for many years as foulbrood in- 



spector for Wilson county, and did 

 more perhaps than any other man in 

 the State to lead in the fight for the 

 eradication of this scourge. 



Mr. Faust was always a large bee- 

 keeper himself, and was among the first 

 to adopt and advocate new methods of 

 bee-culture. Early in the history of 

 Texas beekeeping he imported and 

 bred Italian queens and induced his 

 neighbors to assist in driving out the 

 inferior native races. 



li. G. Lestourgeon. 



Toronto Field Day The fith annual 



Field Day of the Toronto Beekeepers' 

 Association will be held at Guelph on 

 May 24. The object of these field days 

 is to educate the beekeeper by practical 

 demonstration in the apiary to better 

 and improved methods of beekeeping. 

 The Field Day demonstration for this 

 purpose is ideal. 



Under the splendid management of 

 the Provincial Apiarist, the Ontario 

 Agricultural College is taking the lead 



in things apicultural. It goes without 

 saying that the program will be first- 

 class. Mr. I'ettit with wide experience 

 in such matters is in charge of this 

 department, and we are confident all 

 who are fortunate enough to be present 

 will go away delighted. 

 G. R. Chaiman, /'res. 



P. Temple, ( _ ,. 



C. V. Clubb, , -^"'^ 



An Advertising Idea. — During the 

 coming summer I shall try out this 

 idea. I shall have some friend in an- 

 other State to remail me a letter enve- 

 lope addressed as follows: 



BONNEY HONEY 

 Dr. Bonney— King Bee 



The mail clerk supplying the right 

 address will receive a can of Bonney 

 honey as a free gift. Iowa. 



That is all. Is it a good idea ? Go 

 thou and do likewise. Dr. Bonnev. 



Dr.Mill£r<5 ^ Answers^ 



Send Questions either to the office of the American Bee Journal or direct to 



Dr. C. C. Miller. Marengo. Il\. 



He does not answer bee-keeoine questions by mail. 



Trouble With Bee-Moth 



How can I get rid of tiie beemotli ? 



Oklahoma. 



Answer — You will iiave no serious trou- 

 ble with the bee-moth if you will keep Ital- 

 ian bees and have your colonies strong. 

 Even blacks or hybrids, if strong, are not 

 likely to be much troubled. 



Unripened Honey 



The Late M. M. Faust, of Texas, with 

 His Little Grandson. 



1. What causes honey to flow from the hive 

 late in the fall and winter, and what can I 

 do for it ? 



2. Which is better to use, the 8 or lo frame 

 hive? Minnesota. 



Answers —I. It often happens that mois- 

 ture from the bees condenses on the walls 

 of the hive and runs out at the entrances, 

 and this may have been what you observed. 

 It is possible, however, that there may have 

 been some thin, unsealed honey that ran out 

 of the cells. Try to have well ripened honey 

 for winter, and see that hives are well 

 packed. 



2. In most cases the larger hive is the 

 better. 



Transferring Bees by the Pound— Bees' Wings 

 Injured 



I. I have II colonies, two are in old log 

 gums. I want to take them out in the spring. 

 My bees are mostly the leather-colored Ital- 

 ians, Would you advise transferring bees 

 from old log gums before they swarm or 

 after ? 



2 Would it be advisable to order bees by 

 the pound in this part of the State, and will 

 ttie I pound package increase to good colo- 

 nies during the summer? 



3- Just after bringing' home a swarm of 

 bees in an old log. some bees began to come 

 out and fall down on the ground. Some 

 would have both wings off while others 

 would have one wing off; some with the 

 ends of the wings off. The bees looked as 

 if they had been scorched; thej' seemed to 

 be healthy in every other way. What do 

 you think the trouble was ? Virginia. 



Answers.— I. The tendency nowadays is 

 to wait until they swarm, hive the swarm in 



a proper hive, set it on the old stand with 

 the old hive close beside it, and 21 days 

 later, when all worker-brood has emerged 

 break up the old hive. 



2. Much depends upon what you can do in 

 the way of buying near by in full colonies. 

 If you can buy them for less than $5.00. tha^ 

 may be better than to get bees by the pound. 

 If you have to send off. then buying by the 

 pound is likelv the best thing, preferably 

 getting a aueen with your pound. It's ask- 

 ing a good deal to have a pound build up to 

 a strong colony, but if the year is favorable 

 you may compass it. On the whole, how- 

 ever, it may pay full better to get a 2 pound 

 package. It ought to build up more surely 

 in a poorer season, and in a good season 

 build up in less than half the time, and in a 

 very good season it might give enough sur- 

 plus to more than pay for thee.\tra pound. 



3. I should say they might have been 

 scorched, if there was any chance for that; 

 otherwise it might be that the larva; of the 

 bee-moth may have gnawed off their wings 

 while they were in the cell. 



Swarm Prevention— Ventilation 



1. I now have five colonies and one good 

 Italian queen. How would it work to wait 

 until they are preparing to swarm, then kill 

 the old queen and cut out all cells but one. 

 fill that with royal jelly and put a larva 

 from my best queen in it. and then keep all 

 cells cut out but that one ? Would that pre- 

 vent swarming or would it leave them queen- 

 less too long? 



2. Is it a good plan to put in one-inch 

 blocks under the corners of hives in hot 

 weather, leaving one-inch space all around, 

 or would it be better to have an opening 

 only in front ? 



3. Would it be a good idea to raise the 

 cover about 1-16 inch all around? 



i. I have five supers full of partly drawn 

 combs and a little honey. Would it be a 

 good plan to put them on in fruit bloom and 

 leave them until the clover comes, or should 

 I wait until the brood-frames are all filled ? 

 Subscriber. 



Answers.— Your plan may work all right. 



