1917 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



421 



Agricultural Department, secured 

 space in one of the agricultural 

 buildings at the fatuous State Fair at 

 Trenton, held on September 24-28, for 

 an Association exhibit, iutendod pri- 

 marily to bring honey to the atten- 

 tion of the people. Various active 

 members of the association volun- 

 teered to be in attendance upon des- 

 ignated days to talk honey and bees, 

 and to assist State Bee Inspector E. 

 G. Carr in supplying the demands of 

 honey buyers. Hundreds of people 

 were told of the wonders of bee life 

 and industry, and thousands of 

 questions were answered. It was a 

 grand carnival of honey propaganda. 

 There were the usual exhibits of 



EXHIBIT AT THE NEW JERSEY STATE 

 FAIR, SHOWING MR. C. H. ROOT'S 

 OPEN AIR COLONY. MR. ROOT AT 

 THE LEFT. 



beautiful honey, and fine wax which 

 looked good enough to eat. Mr. C. H. 

 Root had on exhibition in a wire 

 cage, a colony of live bees which es- 

 tablished itself and built combs on 

 the limb of a tree in the open air. 

 Mr. Root discovered the colony early 

 in the season, and reinforced the 

 combs by inserting several long hat 

 pins, also a roof was placed over the 

 nest. Mr. Root carried the curi- 

 osity in his hand, the forty miles to 

 Trenton by auto .A common excla- 

 mation was "Oh, see the bees making 

 honey!" Many prizes were awarded 

 for honey, wax, vinegar, cake and 

 candy. The exhibits of honey, cake 

 and candy were especially attractive. 

 Lack of space prevents giving a full 

 list of the awards. Mr. C. H. Root 

 scored highest and secured the 

 sweepstakes prize — 6 radio bee-es- 

 capes. It was remarkable that there 

 was almost no sale for comb honey, 

 while the stock of extracted was 

 several times exhausted. All honey 

 was sold under an association label. 



The Situation in West Virginia. — 



The disease situation in West Vir- 

 ginia is entirely under control as the 

 result of work done by Chief Inspec- 

 tor C. A. Reese, of Charleston, and 

 his assistants, the past sutiimcr, and 

 plans are now under way foi" winter 

 meetings and educational work to 

 supplement the inspection. 



Mr. Kennith Hawkins, of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture has spent 

 the past month in the State, in which 

 time a survey of beekeeping condi- 

 tions in ten counties ha; been made, 

 nearly fifty beekeepers pledged to act 

 as demonstrators in winter packing 

 methods in co-operation with their 

 county farm agents, and under pres- 

 ent plans these men will continue 

 next summer to act as demon- 

 strators in better methods in bee- 

 keeping. 



Vast stretches of tulip, basswood, 

 sourwood and gums exist in the 

 State, mostly in nearly inaccessible, 

 mountain regions, where over 90 per 

 cent of the bees are in box hives. 

 Reports of 100 pounds per colony 

 from log gums were gotten from re- 

 liable sources, indicating what may 

 be done in bee culture in West Vir- 

 ginia. 



At a conference between Professor 

 Reese and Mr. Hawkins some definite 

 work was planned, and with the ef- 

 ficient organization and excellent 

 State appropriation for the work 

 there should be no difficulty in put- 

 ting West Virginia decidedly on the 

 beekeeping map. 



Wisconsin Convention. — -The Wis- 

 consin State Beekeepers' Association 

 will hold its annual convention at 

 Madison, December 6 and 7. A full 

 two days' program has been pre- 

 pared, with assurance that every 

 number will respond. Following is 

 a partial list of subjects: 



Address of welcome by Magnus 

 Swanson, Federal Food Administra- 

 tion. 



Response by N. E. France. 



"The Foulbrood Situation and 

 What It Demands"— Dr. E. W. Ball, 

 State Entomologist. 



"Bee Diseases" — N. E. France. 



"My Experience with European 

 Foulbrood" — Frank Kittinger. 



"Honey Containers for 1918" — C. P. 

 Dadant. 



"Markets"— E. R. Root. 



"Maintenance of Colonies from 

 Close of Honey Flow to the Begin- 

 ning of the Next Season" — Geo. S. 

 Demuth. 



"Substitute Honey for Sugar" — Mrs. 

 R. E. Vaughan, of the U. W. Home 

 Economics Department, with demon- 

 strations. 



"Comparisons Between Outdoor 

 and Cellar Wintering" — Edw. Hassin- 

 ger, Jr. 



"Large Brood Chambers" — Harry 

 Lathrop. 



"The Importance of Wisconsin's 

 Apiary Industry, as Viewed by the 

 Wisconsin Department of Agricul- 

 ture" — C. P. Norgord, Commissioner. 



"Beekeepers' First Aid" — A. C. Al- 

 len. 



"Beekeepers I Have Known" — H. 

 H. Moe. 



"Organization" — H. F. Wilson, of 



the Wisconsin Apiary Department. 



Five-minute talks and discussions 

 will be in the hands of A. C. Allen, 

 of Portage, 



We are also expecting representa- 

 tives of the Extension Department of 

 the Bureau of Entomology at Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



GUS DITTMER, Sec'y- 



Topeka, Kansas Meeting. — The 



Xortheast Kansas Ijcekecpers' Asso- 

 ciation will hold its annual meeting 

 on December 7 and 8. Our State Hor- 

 ticultural meeting will be in session 

 the Sth and Cth of December, making 

 a double attraction for beekeepers 

 and fruit growers. Kansas beekeep- 

 ers are urged to attend. 



A. D. HOCKENSMITH, 



President. 



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 Mighigan, 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 

 James Armstrong, Selkirk; William 

 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 offers. 



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 

 beekeepeers 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. 



Number of Bees Per Pound. — Fif- 

 teen hundred worker bees just dead 

 from starvation (a small, queenless 

 nucleus)_ were accurately weighed in 

 lots of 500 before decomposition be- 

 gan. From each of these weighings 

 the number of bees per pound was : 

 (1) 6005 bees, (2) 5600 bees, (3) 5170 

 bees, averaging 5591 bees per pound. 

 These bees had starved, so that there 

 would be more bees per pound than if 

 they had been alive with some honey 

 in their sacs. 



Moisture and Dry Tissue in Starved 

 Bees. — Determinations of moisture 



