January, 1915. 



American Hee Journal 



tary and treasurer were read and ap- 

 proved, and other business of the asso- 

 ciation attended to. 



Two important steps were taken at 

 this mreting. One was the passing of 

 a resolution for the incorporation of 

 the association under the name of 

 "The Missouri Apicultural Society." 

 Another was the determination to get 

 a foulbrood law through the legisla- 

 ture at its coming session. At present 

 the beekeepers are struggling along un- 

 der the most adverse circumstances in 

 combating diseases The proposed 

 law, drafted by Pres. Rouse and his as- 

 sociates, should remedy this. 



There was some agitation also in 

 favor of asking for a law whereby 

 each colony of bees in the State should 

 be taxed a small amount, such levy to 

 be appropriated either directly or in- 

 directly to the furthering of the bee- 

 keeping interests of the State. This 

 matter was left in the hands of a com- 

 mittee to do with as they deemed best. 



Five States were represented by 

 speakers on the program: Indiana, 

 Illinois, Iowa. Kansas and Missouri. 



Mr. J. F. Archdekin read a very in- 

 teresting paper on the "Rearing of 

 Good Queens." Dr. Bohrer, of Kansas, 

 with his .50 years of experience, pre- 

 sented his manner of making artificial 

 increase, and Mr. M. E. Darby. Mis- 

 souri State Inspector, urged better 

 methods in disposing of the honey 

 crop so as to increase the demand at 

 the same time. L. E. Altwein talked 

 on the " Management of Bees During 

 a Honey Flow." 



Frank C. Pellett, of Iowa, and N. M. 

 Jennings, a veteran beekeeper from 

 Indiana, talked on " Wintering Bees." 

 Both winter out-of-doors, and both in- 

 sist on plenty of stores and plenty of 

 protection. Mr. Jennings, basing his 

 plan on his long experience, packs his 

 bees with absorbent cushions over the 

 cluster, with plenty of forest leaves for 

 packing on all sides and above. He 

 uses an empty super overthe hive-body 

 filled with the same packing, and holds 

 the leaves around the hives by using 

 old packing boxes which are stored 

 away from year to year. His idea is to 

 keep his bees " fat and dry." He states 

 the three prime requisites of good win- 

 tering is plenty of good sealed stores, 

 a strong colony of bees, and good pro- 

 tection with ventilation wilhout draft. 



Other papers were those of A. V. 

 Small on "Artificial Increase," and O, 

 S. MulHn, of Kansas, on "Carniolans." 



Two very interesting lectures were 

 those on "Orchard Spraying" and 

 "Inter-relation of Bees and Orchards." 

 Dr. C. R. Woodson spoke on the 

 former subject and L. Haseman. of 

 Columbia, Mo., on the latter. Mr. 

 Haseman is Entomologist and Chief 

 Inspector of Orchards and Nurseries 

 in Missouri. 



The following officers were elected 

 for V.)\r,: President, J. W. Rouse; 

 Vice-President, \V. F. Cox; Secretary, 

 Dr. Austin D.Wolfe; Treasurer, J. F. 

 Diemer. Mr. and Mrs. Darhy were 

 chosen delegates to the National meet- 

 ing to be held in Denver in February. 



Effgrs of Silk Worms 



In the "Notes from Abroad" for 

 Pecember, I stated that there are 



about 12,000 eggs of silk worms in an 

 ounce. This was inaccurate. There 

 are from 3."),000 to 50,000 of them in an 



ounce. Could any of our scientists 

 tell us how many honey-bee eggs in an 

 ounce ? 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Mr. Hopkins to England. — Through the 

 Beekeepers' Gazette (Irish) we are in- 

 formed that Mr. Isaac Hopkins, of New 

 Zealand, "the father of New Zealand 

 beekeeping," is returning to England. 

 Mr. Hopkins is now 78 years old. For 

 years he has been connected with the 

 beekeeping industry of New Zealand, 

 both as government apiarist and as a 

 writer of articles, booklets, etc., on 

 this subject. 



Let Us Get Together. — [An open let- 

 ter from the Secretary of the National. ] 

 The coming meeting of the National 

 Beekeepers' Association at Denver in 

 February opens up the question of the 

 possibilities of organized effort to up- 

 lift the honey business. As secretary 

 of the National, I frequently receive 

 letters asking the benefits of coopera- 

 tion and the benefits of sustaining the 

 National Association. 



In the past, trade and other condi- 

 tions have not been favorable for the 

 National to assist to any great extent 

 in material benefit to the members. 

 Things have changed until now it is 

 possible to assist in a very material way 

 to " increase the consumption, stimu- 

 late the demand and stiffen the price 

 of honey." Does noi this appeal to you 

 as being worth while ? If you belong 

 already " keep boosting," and if you do 

 not belong, "get in and we can use 

 you." We want snappy men to give 



life and enthusiasm to field meetings 

 hold them in every State, and in differ- 

 ent portions of the State. Get the local 

 people interested. Have them take 

 a part and stir up local enthusiasm. 

 Plans are being perfected to form cir- 

 cuits of contiguous States so as to 

 arrange big State meetings. Publicity 

 and sale plans will be arranged and 

 conducted by local beekeepers in an 

 organized and systematic way. 



Other plans are being arranged, and 

 we trust that the honey business is to 

 see a great awakening in the near 

 future. If you are a local producer and 

 have not yet developed your mar- 

 ket to its limit, you are losing a valua- 

 ble opportunity. The time is short 

 when a honey route will be a valuable 

 asset. Next year the National will tell 

 how to develop it. 



Your first allegiance is to your local 

 association, and then you owe it your- 

 self to join the National. If you have 

 honey to sell it will aid you to do it. 

 If you buy honey it will assist you. 

 What would a railroad accomplish 

 without cooperationand organization ? 

 What can we not accomplish with 

 thorough organization ? If every bee- 

 keeper, little as well as big, were to 

 join in the general movement to more 

 and more popularize honry, this coun- 

 try would consume twice the present 

 production at a much better price. If 

 you hang back you delay just that 

 much the desired results. We all agree 

 on one thing if we do not on any 

 other; "Get together and 'boost 'to 



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