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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



November 



jacent to the main street of the town. As 

 they became troublesome, the town council re- 

 solved to make me move them. I forestalled 

 trouble by offering to move to the edge of 

 town, onto an unused street, if the town 

 would give me the use of it indefinitely. This 

 they did. This ground was then 300 feet 

 from the nearest building. Since then a man 

 has built a barn within ...ty feet of the hives. 

 Another man built a barn and implement shed 

 within seventy-five feet of the hives. Last 

 night at a meeting of the council a petition 

 was presented asking that I he made to move 

 my bees outside the corporation. This, I 

 state, would be equivalent to driving me out 

 of the business, as I know of no location I 

 could use, considering my health and con- 

 venience. 



What steps must I take? 



If they force me out of town, what can I 

 do? Buck Grove. Iowa. 



Since the apiary is located on a city 

 street it is probable that you can be 

 compelled to vacate unless you can 

 show that you are entitled to stay for 

 a longer period for a consideration. 

 To compel you to move beyond the 

 bounds of the city is, however, an- 

 other matter. It all depends upon the 

 question of whether or not your bees 

 are a nuisance. If the bees have be- 

 come troublesome there is ample au- 



thority of law to abate a nuisance 

 and you may be compelled to take 

 such steps as may be necessary to re- 

 move the annoyance. If you can 

 find another location inside the limits 

 of the town where your bees will not 

 •be troublesome to the public, it would 

 be difficult for the town council to 

 compel j'ou to get out. 



If you are legally forced to move, 

 all you can do is to move or quit the 

 business. Better call the attention 

 of town officials to the fact that the 

 Buck Grove apiary has become fa- 

 mous and but for it few of the read- 

 ers of the American Bee Journal 

 would ever have known that there is 

 such a town on the map. You might 

 of1:"er to build a fence around the 

 apiary and give a bucket of Bonney 

 honey for every sting. In that event 

 the bees, even stings, might become 

 quite popular. 



There are some purely local ques- 

 tions at issue which can only be de- 

 termined by an attorney who has fa- 

 miliarized himself with all the details 

 of the whole situation. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Bee Conventions. — This is the list 

 oi conventions so far arranged for 

 this fall: 



Illinois— Nov. 14-l.S. 



Ohio— Nov. 23-24. 



Indiana — Nov. 26-27. 



Michigan — Nov. 27-28. 



Chicago N. W.— Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. 



Minnesota — Dec. 4-5. 



Iowa — Dec._ 4-5. 



Wisconsin-^Dec. 6-7. 



The Chicago Northwestern meeting 

 will be held in room 138 of the Great 

 Northern Hotel, Dearborn Street 

 and Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. 

 Messrs. Root and Phillips are ex- 

 pected to attend most of these meet- 

 ings. The editor of the American 

 Bee Journal expects to attend the 

 Illinois, Michigan, Northwestern and 

 Iowa meetings. 



JOHN C. BULL, 

 Secretary National and Northwest- 

 ern Associations. 



Convention Notice of Ontario Bee- 

 keepers' Association. — The Executive 

 Committee of the Ontario Beekeep- 

 ers' Association has arranged to hold 

 its annual convention at Hotel Carls- 

 Rite, Toronto, on Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, December 11, 12 

 and 13, 1917. The following subjects 

 and speakers have been arranged 

 for: 



Mr. B. F. Kindig, State Apiary In- 

 spector of Michigan, has consented 

 to be present and speak on "Some 

 Mistakes in Management in the Bee- 

 Yard" and of "Retailing the Honey 

 Crop." 



Subjects discussed by Ontario 

 members will be "Simple Methods of 

 Rearing and Introducing Queens," by 

 John Newton, Thamesford; "Mys- 



terious Losses of Adult Bees," by 

 lames Armstrong, Selkirk; Wm. 

 Couse, Streetsville, and W. A. Chrys- 

 ler, Chatham; "Out Apiaries," by E. 

 T. Bainard, Lambeth; "The Farmer 

 Beekeeper," by W. W. Webster, Lit- 

 tle Britain; "Apiary Locations," by 

 H. G. Sibbald, Toronto; "Wintering," 

 by J. L. Byer, Markham, and "Bee- 

 keeping Appliances," by W. J. Craig, 

 Brantford. 



There will also be question draw- 

 ers and general discussions as oppor- 

 tunity oflfers. 



On one of the convention evenings 

 the members will have dinner to- 

 gether at Hotel Carls-Rite, so that 

 the social side of the convention may 

 not be overlooked. 



This is the annual gathering of the 

 beekeepers of Ontario. All are cor- 

 dially invited, including those from 

 across the line who can make it con- 

 venient to attend. 



MORLEY PETTIT, 

 Secretary-Treasurer. 



Guelph, Ont. 



Afternoon Session — First Day — 



Report of A. L. Kildow, State In- 

 spector of Apiaries, Putnam, 111. 



"Better Beekeeping," Hon. N. E. 

 France, Plattsville, Wis. 



Question Box — In order all the 

 time. 

 Night Session — 



"Beekeeping, North and South," il- 

 lustrated—Frank C. Pellett, Atlantic, 

 Iowa. 

 Second Day — Morning — 



"Space Between Frames" and dis- 

 cussion, led by C. P. Dadant, of Ham- 

 ilton, 111. 



If we get into the Convention 

 Chain with the other States we also 

 hope to have with us Dr. Phillips, of 

 Washington, D. C, and E. R. Root, 

 of Medina, Ohio. 



Election of officers for 1918. 

 Group photograph, to go in our 1917 

 Report. 



Judging the exhibits; ballot by non- 

 exhibitors. 

 Second Da}' — Afternoon — 



Prize Essays— ?S, $4, $3, $2, $1. 

 Awards will be given on 150 pounds 

 of comb honey and 150 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey. 



Handsome certificates will be is- 

 sued to the winners of these awards, 

 and upon winning either of them the 

 third time, a valuable gold medal will 

 be given the winner. (Explained fur- 

 ther at our meeting). 



Miss Stewart, of Chicago, will 

 again be our reporter. 



Our meeting is for women as well 

 as men. 



Headquarters, Leland Hotel; rates, 

 $1.25 and up; European plan. 



Illinois State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion. — The sessions will be held in 

 the sun parlor of the Leland Hotel, 

 November 14 and 15, 1917, and the 

 night meeting of the 14th will be in 

 the Leland banquet hall. 



Call to order at 10 a. m. by Presi- 

 dent Baxter, of Nauvoo, 111. 



Invocation, Rev. C. Warber, Alham- 

 bra. III. 



Welcome Address. 



Response and President's address, 

 by the President. 



Order of business: Reception of 

 members, issuing of badges, and re- 

 cess until noon to visit and get ac- 

 quainted. 



Honey in Place of Glycerine. — Re- 

 ports indicate that in some European 

 countries honey is being used quite 

 extensively to replace glycerine in 

 pharmaceutical preparations. 



Certain governments have already 

 commandeered all glycerine available 

 for the manufacture of explosives, 

 and this has led to a search by drug- 

 gists for something to take the place 

 of glycerine. 



Honey is, of course, not a preserva- 

 tive as is glycerine, and can only be 

 substituted where the preparation is 

 for immediate use. 



The probability of druggists in 

 this country being unable to secure 

 glycerine seems remote at this writ- 

 ing, but should the conservation of 

 our entire glycerine production for 

 war purposes become necessary in 

 the future, honey will undoubtedly be 

 found of considerable use. — "Aler- 

 rill's Messenger" for September. 



To the Honey Crop Reporters of 

 the Bureau of Crop Estimates. — In 



view of the need for a greatly in- 

 creased honey crop in 1918, beekeep- 

 ers should at once complete prepara- 

 tions for winter, so that every colony 

 will be strong in bees next spring. It 

 cannot be urged too strongly that 

 these preparations be made immedi- 

 ately. Do not be misled into believ- 

 ing that no special care is needed in 

 winter. Because of neglect at this 

 time, honey crops of the following 

 year are often reduced one-half and 

 the ill effects of neglect are too well 



