1917 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



349 



This is mostly sold as cliunk honey 

 in ten-pound pails. 



It is believed that the organization 

 of this newest member of the great 

 sisterhood of beekeeping associations 

 means a forward step, with rich 

 promise for the fraternity in this 

 State. 



West Virginia Organizes. — The 



Panhandle Beekeepers' Association 

 annual outing and basket picnic, held 

 at the home and apiary of Deputy In- 

 spector Adam J. Yahn, Triadelphia, 

 W. Va., August 22, was a successful 

 and instructive affair in every way. 



The morning was taken up with ad- 

 dresses by the different speakers, and 

 at noontime Mr. N. E. Mehrie, of 

 Charleston, W. Va., a moving picture 

 man, began taking a moving picture 

 of the crowd, which will show the 

 many good things that were eaten, as 

 well as the happy bunch that did the 

 eating. From there he went to the 

 bee-yard, where the film was added 

 to by the handling of bees, taking of 

 honey, putting on supers, uncapping 

 and extracting, bottling and label- 

 ing; then cleaning and packing comb 

 honey in shipping cases. 



At this meeting the West Virginia 

 Beekeepers' Association was formed. 

 Nearly everyone present became 

 members of the State Association, 

 and the following officers were elect- 

 ed: President, Mr. T. K. Massie, of 

 Hatcher, W. Va.; Vice President, Will 

 C. Griffith, of Elm Grove, W. Va. ; 

 Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Chas. 

 A. Reese, of Charleston, W. Va. 



The Board of Directors are as fol- 

 lows : Stephen Davis, of Morgan- 

 town, W. Va. ; Grant Luzader, of 

 Pennsboro, W. Va.; P. L. Jones, of 

 Parkersburg, W. Va. ; L. D. Sharp, of 

 Slaty Fork, W. Va. ; Adam J. Yahn, 

 of Triadelphia, W. Va. 



The State Association will hold a 

 meeting this coming winter at 

 Charleston, W. Va. 



The Panhandle Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation will hold their next meeting in 



April, at Wheeling, W. Va. 



The inspectors report very little 

 foulbrood of either kind in the State, 

 except in the Panhandle district, and 

 some in Ohio county, but only one 

 kind, the American. 



The honey crop for the Panhandle 

 section is very light. The crop down 

 in the State will be about three- 

 fourths of normal, mostly basswood. 



The chief inspector and all of the 

 deputies are clean-cut, wide-awake, 

 enthusiastic beemen. and from now 

 on West Virginia will be on the map 

 as a State where they keep bees and 

 produce honey. 



W. C. GRIFFITH. 



Iowa State Apiarist Appointed. — 



The Iowa Board of Education has 

 recently announced the appointment 

 of Prof. K. E. Millen, of Ames, as 

 State Apiarist. Prof. Millen suc- 

 ceeds Frank C. Pellett, who served as 

 State Bee Inspector for five years, 

 and also has charge of extensive 

 work in beekeeping as provided by 

 the new law. All requests for inspec- 

 tion should be sent direct to Prof. 

 Millen. The new law provides for in- 

 spection upon written request of one 

 beekeeper. 



Prof. Millen is well equipped for 

 the work, having served as inspector 

 of apiaries for the State of Michigan 

 for several years. 



Eastern Massachusetts Meeting. — 



The Eastern Massachusetts Society 

 of Beekeepers held a very successful 

 field day meeting on Saturday, Au- 

 gust 11, at the Independent Agricul- 

 tural School, at Hawthorne, Mass. 

 (Danvers.) President S. Lothrop 

 Davenport, Instructor in Horticulture 

 at the school in the chair. In the ab- 

 sence of Director Smith, of the 

 school, the address of welcome was 

 delivered by Judge George B. Sears, 

 of the District Court of Salem, an 

 Essex county n~an and a beekeeper. 



Addresses were made by Arthur C. 

 Miller, on "System;" Prof. Burton N. 



Gates, on "Care of Honey and Con- 

 tainers;" Mr. Charles Stewart, of 

 Johnstown, N. Y., Inspector for the 

 State of New York on "Practical 

 Beekeeping;" Mr. Frank Frisbce, An- 

 dover, Mass., President of the Massa- 

 chusetts Society of Beekeepers, on 

 "Container"; Mr. Ernest R. Root, of 

 Medina, O., on "Present Prices and 

 Outlook for the Honey Trade." 



The meeting was called to order 

 at 11 a. ni. and adjourned at 5 p. m. 

 There were 125 present. Letters were 

 read from several members of our so- 

 ciety who arc in army service, and 

 plans were partially perfected for the 

 winter meetings, which will be an- 

 nounced later. 



BENJAMIN SANDS. 



THE FIRST MEETING OF THE WEST VIRGINIA BEEKEEPERS WAS AN 

 ENTHUSIASTIC ONE 



I). PADIiiKK. CM I HI 1 I- \AS EX- 

 PERIMENTAL STATION. 



Texas Honey Producers Meet. — 



The twenty-fifth annual meeting of 

 the Texas Beekeepers' Association 

 was held at the T. & M. College, Au- 

 gust 2 and 3, in conjunction with the 

 Farmers' Congress. The association 

 unanimously voted to affiliate with 

 the new co-operative organization 

 and merge the two into one body to 

 be known as the "Texas Honey Pro- 

 ducers' Association." 



Mr. Henry Brenner, of San Juan, 

 Porto Rico, presented a carefully pre- 

 pared paper on "Supersedure ; Its 

 Causes and Peculiarities." Papers on 

 various subjects were presented and 

 round table discussions held. The new 

 business of shipping combless pack- 

 age bees was discussed in detail and 

 demonstrations were made of how 

 to avoid the dangers and enormous 

 losses that many shippers suffered 

 last season. 



The fact was brought out by com- 

 parison, that Texas really has more 

 of a winter problem — when judged 

 by the percentage of loss — than 

 States where cellaring is necessary. 

 A request was made for the State Ex- 

 periment Apiaries, soon to be estab- 

 lished, to study this question particu- 

 larly. 



Mr. F. B. Paddock, State Entomol- 



