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March, 1915. 



American l^ee Journal 



by Miss Sommer in Denmark, while in 

 the British Isles, especially in Scot- 

 land, it is of such fine character as to 

 command the very highest price. 



We shall certainly hope to hear 

 more from our Danish sister. 



Notes from Foreign Bee Journals 



Mrs. Louise Schinko, in Bienen- 

 Vater, recommends sticky fly-paper as 

 the best means of getting rid of ants. 

 After a few are caught the rest seem to 

 be frightened away. But if they are 

 frightened from one hive only to at- 

 tack another the gain will not be so 

 great. But fly-paper may be used to 

 prevent ants from climbing up the legs 

 of bee stands. 



Mrs. Barth, replying to a question in 

 Schweizerische Bienenzeitung, says 

 she has kept pinks for 30 years, and 

 never have bees injured the blooms, 

 and indeed she thinks it doubtful that 

 bees ever visit them, although flies re- 

 sembling bees settle upon them. We 

 have had rosebuds, not full blown 

 roses, badly torn to pieces by the bees 

 in some years. It looks as if they tore 

 them to pieces to get at the pollen not 

 otherwise attainable. 



Honey Puffs 



One cupful of cream, 3 cupfuls of 

 sugar, '4 cupful of honey, white of one 

 egg, 1 cupful of chopped nut meats. 



When the cream and sugar have 

 been boiled without stirring until the 

 threading stage is reached, add the 

 honey. When the syrup will make a 

 soft ball on being dropped into cold 

 water, take it from the fire and beat 

 into it the well-whipped white of an 

 egg. Add a cupful of chopped nuts. 

 When firm and creamy shape into 

 balls. — Country Gentleman. 



Honey in Idaho 



The "Idaho Club Women" calls 

 Idaho "The land of the honey bee," 

 and says : 



" Sixty seven thousand dollars worth 

 of honey was produced in the Idaho 

 Falls district within the last 12 months. 



'•The business has reached such 

 proportion that Idaho Falls is now 

 headquarters for the Idaho Honey 

 Producers' Association of 105 individ- 

 ual producers. There is also located 

 here a large corporation engaged in 

 the manufacture and handling of bee 

 supplies, who are heavy shippers of 

 honey, as well as producers of the pro- 

 duct on a considerable scale. This 

 industry is a great factor in southern 

 Idaho." 



Entering Beeiteeping Whole Heartedly 



" I wrote you one year ago, telling 

 that I had just purchased a 3-frame 

 nucleus and queen (Italian bees) from 

 Dadant S: Sons ; also asking questions 

 which you answered in the September 

 Bee Journal. I now have eight thrifty 

 colonies. One of these was an im- 

 mense swarm of black bees that I 

 caught, and later introduced a splendid 

 Italian queen. 



" I find ready sale for my honey right 



here at home, as there are very few 

 beekeepers in these parts. I took off 

 my fall honey about Oct. l-'j, and have 

 very little of it left. I sell it in sealed 

 pint jars, with my own labels. I also 

 bought an extractor, which I know 

 will pay for itself in the spring. With 

 the wax cappings I made vinegar, 

 which was quite nic. All the bits of 

 w IX that I managed to rake and scrape 

 I have sold to the shoemaker, as every 

 bit helps. 



" I have one colony domiciled in an 

 observation hive, which 's surely a 

 source of pleasure to us all. 



"I have joined the State and Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Associations. 



"The greatest enemy to bees in 

 Louisiana is the bee-moth ; it bothers 

 mostly where bees are kept in box- 



hives and common bees at that. 



" Mrs. W. B. H.\rp. 

 " Napoleonville, La." 



You ought to be congratulated upon 

 the whole-hearted way in which you 

 enter beekeeping. 



You do well to cultivate your home 

 market. Right or wrong, people are 

 generally prejudiced in favor of honey 

 produced in their own locality. 



There Was a Reason 



She drank the fragrance of the rose. 

 That she held closely to her nose. 

 Away she cast it ; so would you ; 

 She found a bee was drinking, too. 

 — I'.xchange. 



Conducted by Wesley Foster. Boulder. Colo. 



Montana Beekeepers Organize 



The Montana State Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation was organized at Bozeman, 

 Mont., Jan. 30, 1915, with a charter 

 membership of 20. Dr. Gopenhafer, of 

 Helena, was elected president; Mr. 

 Bell, of Elso, vice-president; Percy F. 

 Kolb, of Billings, secretary-treasurer, ; 

 and B. J. Kleinhesselink. of Big Tim- 

 ber, and S. F. Lawrence, ol Hardin, as 

 members of executive committee. 



Through the efforts of Prof. R. C. 

 Cooley, State Entomologist, the ser- 

 vices of the writer were secured for 

 six short course lectuies on beekeep- 

 ing. The lectures were attended by 

 from a dozen to 30 at the different ses- 



sions. The evening illustrated lecture, 

 " Beekeeping Among the Rockies," 

 was attended by about 250. 



ICach afternoon a round table discus- 

 sion was held which brought out many 

 interesting points. 



A legislative committee was ap- 

 pointed by the president to work for 

 the passage of an apiary inspection 

 bill that was drawn up by Prof. Cooley 

 and the committee. The bill, as drawn, 

 combines the most valuable features in 

 a number of inspection laws, especially 

 the Te.xas law. Those present were 

 quite hopeful that the bill could be put 

 through the legislature. 



The secretary - treasurer, Percy F. 

 Kolb, was instructed to begin negotia- 



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Some of the Montana beekeepers who were influential in organizinc the Montana Bee- 

 keepers' Association at Bozeman Jan. 30. 1915. 



