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March, 191.' 



American ^ee Journal 



large attendance of leading beekeepers 

 is anticipated. 



Listed below are the titles which 

 have so far been received for the in- 

 spectors' conference. The authors have 

 in every case expressed their inten- 

 tion to be present : 



"Methods and Duties of Inspectors "—A. 

 W. Yates. Inspector. Hartford. Conn 



" Resistance of Races. Variety and Strain 

 of Bees in I'2urooean Koulbrood Suppres- 

 sion "—John Shaughnessy. Inspector .Stock- 

 bridge. Mass. 



"Combatting Kuropean Foulbrood; Meth- 

 ods of Control and Suppression "—N. D. 

 West. Inspector. Middleburgh, N. Y. 



"Combatting American Foulbrood "—O. 

 F. Fuller. Inspector, Blackstone. Mass. 



" Methods and Duties of Inspectors "—A. 

 C. Miller. Inspector, Providence. R. I. 



Mr. F. W L. Sladen, of Ottawa, Canada, 

 and Dr. E. F. Phillips, of Washington. D. C. 

 will be present. 



National Meeting. — The National dele 

 gates met at Denver as announced 

 Feb. 16-18. About 100 beekeepers at- 

 tended, and an enjoyable time was re- 

 ported. They were royally entertained 

 by the Colorado Honey Producers' As- 

 sociation, who looked after their wel- 

 fare and tendered them a banquet. 



Professor Burton N. Gates was re- 

 elected president, and Frank C. Pellett 

 vice-president. Wesley Foster was 

 elected secretary-treasurer. The Board 

 of Directors for the ensuing year is : 

 E. G. Carr New Jersey, K. J. Baxter 

 of Illinois, J. H. Stoneinan of Idaho, 

 E. D. Townsend of Michigan, and Geo. 

 Williams of Indiana. The voting force 

 was represented by 16 delegates. The 

 Executive Committee was instructed 

 to dispose of the Review. Th» articles 

 of incorporation under the Illinois law 

 were adopted. 



We hope to publish a photograph of 

 the meeting in the near future. 



of the honey bee at blossoming time. 

 The success of the fruit grower de- 

 pends very materially upon this agency, 

 and it is also a very essential element 

 in so extensive alfalfa and seed grow- 

 ing sections. The industry should be 

 encouraged, not only for its direct 

 value, but in the interest of the fruit 

 growers and farmers throughout the 



State. 



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The Ohio Meeting The annual con- 

 vention of the Ohio Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation was held in Columbus, Ohio, 

 Jan. 11 and 12. Although not attended 

 by a large number of the members, a 

 great amount of interest was mani- 

 fested by those present. 



Among the many resolutions was 

 one recommending that the National 

 Association, at their next convention, 

 adopt rules setting forth the standards 

 for the various queens, so as to get a 

 greater uniformity in breeding. 



It was also decided to make an asso- 

 ciation exhibit at the State Fair, where 

 there will be given out honey recipe 

 books and a list of all the members of 

 the association, and if any members 

 have honey for sale this will be indi- 

 cated together with amount and kind. 



Mr. Fred Leininger, of Delphos, 

 Oliio, was elected president for the en- 

 suing year, and the present secretary 

 re-elected. E. R. King, Sec. 



Athens, Ohio. 



Beekeeping in Idaho We are in re- 

 ceipt of a copy of the annual report of 

 C, K. Macey, State Horticultural In- 

 spector in Boise, Idaho, to the Gover- 

 nor of that State, Bee inspection in 

 Idaho is under the supervision of the 

 State Horticulturist, We quote as fol- 

 lows from the special report on bees: 



Number of apiaries inspected 7«7 



" diseased apiaries found.. I55 



" colonies inspected 21,742 



" " diseased colonies found.. 1,230 



" colonies treated 830 



destroyed 405 



Total numberof colonies (estimated) 70.000 

 Total honey production, lbs,, (esti- 

 mated) 1,555,000 



Value of honey crop (estimated) $125,000 



Shipme nts of honey out of State, 



cars, (estimated) 3o 



The year just closed has not been a 

 favorable one for the production of 

 honey, due largely to the frost injury 

 which was experienced the early part 

 of June in many of the honey produc- 

 ing sections. The total output, how- 

 ever, and value of the crop, is practi- 

 cally the same as for the year IDIM. 



I desire to again call attention to the 

 importance of this industry, not only 

 from the point of production, but also 

 from the indirect benefits to the agri- 

 cultural and horticultural interests of 

 the State resulting from the presence 



Numberless Species of Bees In his 



"Manual for the Study of Insects," 

 Comstock tells us that, " Not only are 

 insects numerous when we regard in- 

 dividuals, but the number of species is 

 far greater than that of all other ani- 

 mals taken together. The number of 

 species in a single family is greater in 

 several cases than the number of stars 

 visible in a clear sky." We must then 

 not be astonished when reading the 

 following, taken from a German work 

 and supplied by our friend, F. R. 

 Bartsch, of Chicago : 



The noted mellitologist, Dr.H. Friese, 

 mentions not less than 777 species of 

 bees found in the region of Africa, 

 south of a line drawn from Senegal to 

 Abyssinia. Fifty-three are for the first 

 time described in his book, "The Bees 

 of Africa," recently issued in Jena, 

 Germany. A number of maps show 

 the range of some of the more charac- 

 teristic genera of bees, both in Africa 

 and in other parts of the world. The 

 number given by Friese for the api- 

 fauna of various countries are interest- 

 ing. 



Germany is credited with 140 species ; 

 Hungary, .510; Tyro, 380; Great Britain, 

 200; Sweden, 212; Algiers, 413, etc. Of 

 the number (8000) of bees described, 

 2000 belong to Europe. The Ethio- 

 pian region has, therefore, with about 

 1200 species, a much poorer apifauna 

 than Europe. The author states that 

 bees are not really tropical insects, but 

 have their optimum area of specifica- 

 tion in the north temperate zone. 



After examination, it is shown, more- 

 over, that a very large proportion of 

 the genera and species must have 



originated from the palearctic region, 



the most southern line of which is 

 given by the Mediterranean and part of 

 the Red Sea. Around the Kilimandjaro 

 and Meru we find still at altitudes of 

 3000 metres (about 10,000 feet), some 

 purely European forms of Halictus, 

 and a species of Andrena (A.africaiia), 

 which is very similar to ./. hclvohi of 

 Central Europe. A similar emigration 

 has apparently taken place from the 

 Mediterranean into the Congo basin. 



Dr. Hans Brauns discovered a para- 

 sitic species {l-'.ucondylops konozvi) in 

 the nests of the remarkable bees of the 

 genus Allodape. The latter is found 

 over the Indo-Malayan region, Sunda 

 Archipelago, New Guinea and a part 

 of Australia, but is represented by the 

 greatest number of species in the 

 southern half of Africa, which must 

 therefore be taken as its true home. 



Brauns found that the species of the 

 Allodape do not make cells and store 

 their provisions with food for the 

 larvK ; the pupae and callow bees are 

 all found together simultaneously in 

 the same cavity of a hollow twig. The 

 larv.-e have extraordinary foot-like ap- 

 pendages with which they hold the 

 food given them, and they are fed until 

 maturity. It is interesting to know 

 that the parasitic Eucondylops is very 

 similar to its host Allodape, thus show- 

 ing close relationship. 



According to Friese, the Ethiopian 

 apifauna is very rich in certain genera, 

 which are not so well represented in 

 many other parts of the world. The 

 social bees of the Ethiopian region 

 comprise 29 species of Trigona, the 

 honey-bee and four of its sub-species 

 and varieties. Apis Mellifica, A. uni- 

 color -adansoni, unicolor- intermissa, 

 unicolor friesei, and the typical uni- 

 color. The bumble-bee (Bombus) is 

 not found in the Ethiopian region, 

 although it is known to occur in tropi- 

 cal South America. 



New Jersey Beekeepers' Association 

 Meeting — The meeting of the New Jer- 

 sey Beekeepers' Association was held 

 at New Brunswick, in the Entomology 

 Building of the State Agricultural De- 

 partment, on Jan, 13 and 14, as pre- 

 viously announced. 



Owing to heavy wind and rain on 

 the days preceding the meeting, the 

 attendance was smaller than last year. 

 However, it was more of a get-together 

 meeting than might have been, had the 

 gathering been larger. It is now ex- 

 pected to hold two summer meetings 

 this season, so as to extend the inllu- 

 ence of the association more widely. 



An efTort to frame a law to control 

 the moving of bees and used apiary 

 material into the State was endorsed, 

 and it is hoped to get it acted upon 

 during this session of the legislature. 



The advisability of bottling water- 

 white honey was discussed, and univer- 

 sal sentiment appeared to be against it, 

 but in favor of blending so as to secure 

 a standard amber color which can be 

 supplied year after year. 



The papers re.id were of unusual in- 

 terest, and the talks by Dr. Headlee, 

 State ICntomologist, Mr. Carr, secre- 

 tary-treasurer. State Inspector, and 

 others were most instructive and inter- 

 esting. W. W. Case read a paper en- 



