April, 1915. 



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United States. 



The following locations were heard 

 from : Sioux City, Delmar, Algona, in 

 Iowa ; Springfield and Steward, 111. ; 

 B^ssett and Long Pine, Neb. ; Fal- 

 mouth, Ky. ; Garden City and Moran, 

 Kan.; Dayton, Mont. 



The reports are practically unani- 

 mous in denying danger of bloat in 

 cattle. They ascribe this to the cou- 



MRS. E. BERTRAND 



marin contained in the clover, whether 

 this be the bitter principle or not. Only 

 one party mentions possible bloat, and 

 here is what he says : 



" Personally, I never knew of sweet 

 clover bloating stock, yet from my ac- 

 quaintance with responsible men, 

 there seems to have been some loss, 

 and I would say it is probably no 

 greater than from the common red and 

 white clovers. I have seen a few cases 

 from the latter and even from green 

 oats, which I attributed to poor condi- 

 tion of the stock, or else not being 

 used to the green feed, being rather in 

 the nature of flatulent colic than the 

 bloat which is very common on alfalfa 

 and which is apparently impossible to 

 guard against in cattle and sheep." 



On the other hand, one man reports 

 •too acres of sweet clover without a 

 case of bloat. Another reports the 

 keeping of from 1000 to 2000 heads of 

 cattle on it without any bloat. 



J. L. Bartholomew, of Moran, Kan., 

 says: "More dollars and cents and 

 more feed per acre can be made from 

 sweet clover than any other kind of 

 forage that is grown." 



It may be interesting to our readers 

 to read that as early as the third year 

 of the American Bee Journal, in the 

 summer of 1807, Mr. M. M. Baldridge, 

 still living at St. Charles, 111., recom- 

 mended sweet clover, under the name 



of Melilotus leucantha. In the same 

 volume, page 223, a quotation from the 

 Bienenzeitung is made, in which F. 

 Bahrsays: "In some districts it is said 

 cattle reject it, whether offered to them 

 in a green or dry state, while in others, 

 it is stated, they will eat it greedily. I 



have no doubt both"statementS'are'cor- 

 rect, and based on careful observation. 

 The soil in which it is grown makes all 

 the difference." We are now inclined 

 to believe that all that is required is to 

 accustom cattle to it. After they have 

 once tried it, they eat it greedily. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Massachusetts Meetings Canceled 



On account of the continued preva- 

 lence of the foot and mouth disease in 

 Massachusetts, the Farmers' Week pro- 

 grams which were scheduled for March 

 15-19, were canceled as well as the 

 convention of apiary inspectors sched- 

 uled for March 17. It is Dr. Gates' in- 

 tentions to call this meeting as soon 

 as rearrangements can be perfected. A 

 subsequent announcement should ap- 

 pear in this paper. 



Idaho Bill Fails. — A recent letter 

 from State Representative George W. 

 York informs us that the Idaho Foul- 

 brood Bill after having passed both 

 houses of the Legislature, was vetoed 

 by the Governor. This is to be re- 

 gretted. Idaho is a coming bee coun- 

 try. The earlier bee legislation is 

 passed the easier it will be to stamp out 

 disease. 



Beekeeping Meeting at Southern Con- 

 ference. — The Southern Conference for 

 Education and Industry will hold its 

 annual meeting at Chattanooga, Tenn., 

 on April 27-30. In connection with 

 this conference there will be a number 

 of smaller conferences on various sub- 

 jects of interest in the South. One of 

 these will be on beekeeping. The gen- 

 eral meetings are held in the morning 

 and evening, and the smaller confer- 

 ences in the afternoons. 



In connection with the beekeeping 

 meetings, it is proposed to devote the 

 first afternoon to a discussion with 

 farm demonstrators and teachers. The 

 second and third afternoons (April 28- 

 29) will be devoted to a beekeepers' 

 conference to which all beekeepers 

 are cordially invited. A number of 

 prominent southern beekeepers will be 

 present and these meetings promise to 

 be most helpful. 



Beekeeping Lectures in Boston Fol- 

 lowing is a list of a course of lec- 

 tures on beekeeping given under the 

 auspices of the Boston Chamber of 

 Commerce. This is one series of lec- 

 tures in their lecture course. The 

 lectures are to be given in the Walker 



Building of the Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology in the evening, accord- 

 ing to the dates indicated. The Cham- 

 berof Commerce requires a fee of $1.00 

 for the course. There may be a slight 

 admission fee for individual lectures. 

 Those desiring further information 

 will address the Boston Chamber of 

 Commerce Lecture Course or Burton 

 N. Gates at Amherst, Mass. : 



March 27.—" Beekeeping; Its Importance 

 in Massachusetts " Illustrated. 



April 3 — "The Beekeepers' Equipment." 

 Demonstrations with apparatus for a sim- 

 ple, standard equipment. 



April 10— " How to Begin Beekeeping and 

 the Handling of Bees." Demonstration of 

 methods of manipulation. Illustrated with 

 demonstrations. 



April 17—" Beekeepers' Crops; Comb and 

 Extracted Honey Production. Wax Produc- 

 tion, and the Rearing of Bees and Queens." 

 Demonstrated and illustrated with lantern 

 slides. 



April 24— "Enemies and Bee Diseases; 

 Their Control and Avaidance." Illustrated 

 with demonstrations. 



The course will be fully illustrated 

 with stereopticon, demonstrational 

 equipment, charts, and natural history 

 specimens. 



Beekeeping in Colleges Both Illinois 



and Wisconsin Agricultural Colleges 

 are striving in the matter of beekeep- 

 ing education and planning apiary 

 work and courses. We will keep our 

 readers informed upon this. Let the 

 good work go on. We promise hearty 

 co-operation. 



Correction of Error. — By error the 

 March Review stated that C. P. Dadant 

 was present at the Denver meeting. 

 The only member of the Dadant family 

 in attendance was the second son, H. 

 C. Dadant. 



Illinois Beekeepers! — Bulletin No. 2 

 containing the 4th annual report of the 

 State Inspector of Apiaries, and much 

 valuable information to beekeepers, 

 will soon be out. Those wishing a 

 copy can get one by writing a postal 

 card to the inspector. 



Putnam, 111. A. L. Kiluow, 



State hispector of Afiaries. 



The Eastern New York Beekeepers' 

 Association. — The seventh annual con- 

 vention of the Eastern New York Bee- 

 keepers' .\ssociation was held at Al- 

 bany Dec. 30, 1914. The unfavorable 



