American "Bee Joarnal j 



May, 1910. 



late, but to avoid starvation if the 

 weather should be bad during vvfillow 

 and fruit bloom? 



One favorable factor in the situation 

 is that the bees are so strong that they 

 will be able to take advantage of every 

 bit of weather that allows them to fly 

 when any nectar may be available. 

 With two seasons in succession very 

 late and generally considered bad for 

 brood-rearing, yet in both cases it was 

 necessary to super most of the bees 

 during fruit-bloom to hold down 

 swarming, and now with a spring of 

 the other extreme, and bees in the 

 same shape — really, I am afraid that I 

 am done with all spring stimulating 

 (previous to a possible dearth between 

 fruit-bloom and clover) for the future, 

 and will leave that work to the other 

 fellow, the writer being contented, or 

 rather (shall I say?) liiscoiilenU'il. to 

 buy sugar only to avoid starvation, as I 

 am rather expecting to do in a week 

 or so. 



List of Ontario Apiary Inspectors for 1910 



[Since another item in this depart- 

 ment was put in type, Mr. Byer sent in 

 the following : — Editor.] 



1. J. S. Schrank, Port Elgin — Bruce 

 and Huron counties. 



2. D. Chalmers, Poole^Waterloo and 

 Perth. 



;5. \Vm. Idle, Clarksburg— Wellington 

 and Grey. 



4. W. A. Chrysler, Chatham— Lamb- 

 ton, Kent and Essex. 



b. John Newton, Thamesford — Mid- 

 dlesex and Elgin. 



(). Jas. Armstrong, Cheapside — Nor- 

 folk, Haldimand and Welland. 



7. W. Bayless, Grand View — Oxford 

 and Brant. 



8. .Mex Robertson, Waterdown — 

 Wentworth and Lincoln. 



9. Arthur Adamson, Erindale — Hal- 

 ton, Peel and Dufiferin. 



10. Hy. Johnson, Craighurst — Simcoe 

 and Muskoka. 



11. J. L. Byer, Mount Joy— Ontario, 

 York, Victoria and Durham. 



12. W. Scott, Wooler — Peterboro, 

 Northumberland, Hastings and Prince 

 Edward. 



13. J. B. Checkley, Linden Bank- 

 Lennox and Addington, Frontenac and 

 Leeds. 



14. A. A. Ferrier, Renfrew — Renfrew, 

 Lanark and Carleton. 



1.5. Alex Dickson, Lancaster — Rus- 

 sell, Prescott and Glengarry. 



16. Homer Burke, Tayside — Gren- 

 ville, Dundas and Stormont. 



Convention Proceedings 



Southeast Minnesota and Western 

 Wisconsin Convention 



The following address was given by 

 Pres. W. K. Bates : 



Pres. Bates' Address. 



.\gain we are gathered in our annual meet- 

 ins:, and so far as I know death has not taken 

 any of our membership. 



Tlie last year was not one of the liest for 

 our pursuit, but I think the territory covered 

 by our Association had as good a honey liar- 

 vest as. if not better than, some of our sister 

 States and locations. Honey-dew was prev- 

 alent to a Kreater extent than usual, and 

 tended to lower the price and quality of 

 honey, and very little surplus honey was 

 gathered after July 20; but. so far as I can 

 learn, bees generally went into winter quar- 

 ters with plenty of stores. 



I think the time has arrived that we 

 should study more to improve our strains of 

 bees, which can only be done by improving 

 our Queens and strains of bees that give us 

 the best results, and this cannot be attained 

 by the usual way of keeping bees, but only 

 by applying the best methods will we be 

 able to hold our own; and prices of our 

 products do not increase with the increase 

 of prices of the articles we use. such as 

 lumber for hives, supers, sections, etc. 



The marketing of honey is a subect for all 

 of us to study in its different phases. 



The reports we gel from the Western 

 fields seem to be that bee-diseases are on 

 the increase. European and .'Vmerican foul 

 brood are being found in the West, and may 

 invade our locality any year, and our tneni- 

 bers should be alert and on the look-out for 

 any outbreaks of these and other diseases, 



I have to report to you at this time the 

 death of the Minnesota State Foul lirood 

 Inspector. Wm, Russell, at Miiuieaiiolis, in 

 May. IQO'). who was with us at our last annual 

 meeting. Gov. Johnson appointed Mr. Rus- 

 sell to succeed himself for the current year. 

 and at his death appointed Mr. Hamlin V. 

 I'oore. of Uird Island, to the office, who, as 

 far as 1 know, has " made good " as his suc- 

 cessor. 



1 would recommend that our rates for 



membership be raised so we can gain a mem- 

 bership in the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation as a body. I have had some corres- 

 pondence with Mr. N. E. France, the Na- 

 tional Manager, and he desires us to become 

 members. A rate of 60 or 75 cents would 

 pay dues in both our own and the National 

 Association. 



We must all work for the National meet- 

 ing in Minneapolis, in igi2. which is the prob- 

 able place in that year. 



I am glad to report that the two Minnesota 

 State Bee-Keepers' societies merged into 

 one large association in January, and I would 

 recommend that you send a delegate, or 

 delegates, to their next annual meeting. 



Few people realize the magnitude, impor- 

 tance and possibilities of the present bee- 

 keepin^industry in the United States, and 

 as it has reached the annual sum of $20,000,- 

 000 in honey, and S-, 000,000 or more in bees- 

 wax, it seems to me we all should see that in 

 the census about to be taken, correct 

 reports should be given so that we may have 

 a better showing than we had in the 1000 

 census reports; for in that census the aver- 

 age number of colonies to the farm in the 

 United States was less than 6, and valued at 

 S14.40— a very small investment, indeed. 



Your committee appointed at the last an- 

 nual meeting on revision of our constitution 

 and by-laws, held a meeting at Minnesota 

 City, in January, and will report the results 

 of their work to this meeting at the proper 

 time, for your action on the same. 



W. K. Bates. 



Mrs. E. Monette, Jr., ofYered the fol- 

 lowing remarks, which were of interest : 



Monette Non-Swarming Method. 



Since there have been many inquiries re- 

 garding our brother. C. Davenport Mouette's 

 non-swarming method, and especially the 

 similarity of his method and that of Dr. 

 Jones. 1 wish to make a few remarks on the 

 subject. 



At the time Dr. Jones published his book, 

 he wrote us. sending his nook, and asking us 

 if, in our opinion, his method might not have 

 been that of C. Davenport. On rea<ling his 

 book, we thought it might be possible; but 

 about two weeks ago we received, through 



the courtesy of A. C. Gilbert, of New York, 

 two clippings taken from the American Bee 

 .Journal, dated March, 1006, and July. mod. In 

 these C. Davenport says his method or oper- 

 ation " requires 3 or 4 minutes to each col- 

 ony, though I have frequently done it in less 

 than 2 minutes; then the next day. or any 

 time within is days, another operation re- 

 quiring less time. There is no searching for 

 queens, no jumping of hives around, no pos- 

 sibility of any eggs or brood being chilled or 

 lost, no possibility of after-swarms. " 



In the other article. " There is no cutting 

 of queen-ceils. The frames are not removed.]' 



Now it seems to me, there can be no simi- 

 larity in the two methods, since by Dr. Jones' 

 method the frames have to be removed and 

 part of the brood destroyed. He also says 

 the oiieration can be repeated the next day, 

 or any time within 15 days. 



Ms.0. at the time of C. Davenport Monette's 

 death, June 13th, many colonies were strong 

 enough to swarm, and some did swarm in a 

 day or two. Although at that time neither 

 Mr. Monette nor I knew anythingabout bees, 

 and had immediately to study and learn, we 

 can recall no instance of seeing any brood 

 carried out, or showing signs of being un- 

 capped, on examination; and there were as 

 many colonies as strong, and stronger, that 

 did not swarm, as those that did. Since 

 reading these articles relating to his method, 

 we have thought that perhaps these colonies 

 had been so treated. 



That he did have some way of preventing 

 swarming. I am positive, as he often left 

 home in the height of the swarming season 

 for a day or two. and himself said that 

 swarming did not trouble him any more. His 

 articles sent us by Gleanings and those in 

 the American Bee Journal, sent by friends, 

 are all we have to go by. The house and en- 

 tire contents were burned, and his brothers 

 were not interested in bees at the time, con- 

 sequentiv tfiey did not know a queen from a 

 drone. Sleither have we been able to find 

 anyone in the neighborhood who had been 

 in our brotlier's confidence. 



Mrs. E. Monette. 



[This probably will be the final word 

 on the Monette non-swarming method. 

 It seems to have perished with him, 

 when he was burned to death, with the 

 house and contents. — Editor.] 



Patrouize Our Advertisers 



We have been endeavoring to in- 

 crease the patronage of our advertising 

 columns. But nothing else would help 

 us so much to do this as would a lib- 

 eral patronage of our present adver- 

 tisers on the part of our subscribers. 

 So please, always, mention that you 

 saw the advertiseiuent in the American 

 Bee Journal whenever you write to 

 advertisers. This will help both of us 

 and the advertisers. If it were not for 

 the advertising patronage we have, v^ 

 couldn't possibly furnish the .'Vmericah 

 Bee Journal at $1.00 a year. So we 

 hope that all will aid us in this matter 

 by complying with our request to men- 

 tion having seen their advertisement 

 in the American Bee Journal, when 

 writing to any of our advertisers. 



Don't forget that we now have a 

 " Want and E.xchange " column that is 

 a good place in which to make your 

 offers also. If you have anything that 

 you think our readers would like to 

 buy, there is no better place in which to 

 advertise than in the Am. Bee Jouraal. 



Single Number 'Worth $25. 



I am gl;nl to sec yuu KCtting into line with 

 a $1.00 publication. i-'roin the standpoint of 

 one specialist at least, I wish to say that 1 

 prefer 25 cents worth of the American Bee 

 Journal to the money, any time. What does a 

 dollar a year amount to when a single num- 

 ber may suggest something worth $26? Bee- 

 keepers arc at last awaking to the possibilities 

 of their profession, and it will not be to 

 turn down one of the best bee-papers siinply 

 beause it costs 25 cents nearer to what it is 

 really worth. This is my honest opinion, at 

 least. 



Hebron, Ind. F. B. Cavanagh. 



