August, 1915. 



American line Journal 



Illinois Itee Api>roi)riatioiis 



The Legislature has again passed the 

 laws and appropriations for the Illinois 

 State Beekeepers' Association and the 

 inspection of apiaries. Inspector Kil- 

 dow is continuing the good work and 

 spreading the knowledge necessary to 

 prevent the scattering of foulbrood 

 over the land. Unluckily the first 

 move in this direction was taken much 

 too late. There was a time when foul- 

 brood was practically unknown in 

 Illinois. Had measures been taken, at 

 that time, similar to those we now 

 have, it is quite probable that the new 

 generation of beekeepers would hear 

 no more about foulbrood than we did 

 40 years ago. 



We have also some hopes of seeing a 



regular course in beekeeping estab- 

 lished at the State University. This 

 would help very much in educating the 

 prospective apiarists. The danger to 

 bee-culture lies with the man who 

 owns bees but knows nothing about 

 them and depends upon the old idea of 

 " kick." 



lu tlie War Zone 



In our July number wo imblished a 

 letter from Lieutenant Alin Caillas, in 

 the war zone of France. We have 

 just received from him the two accom- 

 I)anying photos from a French section 

 devastated by the German armies and 

 regained by the French. The first pic- 

 ture represents a damaged apiary 

 partly reorganized by him, the other 



A DEVASTATED APIARY IN THE WAR ZONE 



the ruins of the church of the little 

 village of Louppy-Le-Chateau in the 

 ■same locality and in which "not a 

 house is standing." He writes that 

 the soldiers, in their spare moments, 

 help the remaining inhabitants with 

 their crops. 



Houey Values 



According to the Department of 

 Agriculture Monthly (^rop report for 

 May 10, 191.5, the average price of 

 comb honey for the past 3 years has 

 been 13.7 cents per pound. The same 

 report makes the price of extracted 

 honey during the same length of time 

 11.4 cents. This is only a trifle 

 more than 2 cents per pound extra 

 for comb honey. If this be correct 

 it is more profitable to produce ex- 

 tracted honey, for the cost of produc- 

 tion is much less and the amount 

 harvested much more. 



Beekeeping in British Columbia 



We have before our eyes Bulletin 

 No. 30 of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture of this province "Guide to Bee- 

 keeping" 2d edition by P. Dundas 

 Todd, our esteemed friend and con- 

 tributor. 



It is a pamphlet of 60 pages, neatly 

 gotten up, which gives the elementary 

 requirements to succeed in the busi- 

 ness of beekeeping. White clover, al- 

 falfa and sweet clover appear to be 

 the main honey resources of that re- 

 gion. Owing to the comparative 

 mildness of the climate in winter, the 

 bees are generally wintered outdoors. 



ALL THERE IS LEFT OF THE CHURCH AT LOUPPY LE CHATEAU 



Itinerant School in Beekeeping 



The reader will find on another 

 page the announcement of a four day 

 school for beekiepers, under the aus- 

 pices of the Massachusetts Agricultur- 

 al College in conjunction with the 

 Essex County Agricultural School. 

 The dates are August 4-7, the place 

 of meeting Hathorne, Mass. The mat- 

 ter is in the hands of our well-known 

 and indefatigable friend. Burton N. 

 Gates, President of the National As- 

 sociation, of Amherst, with the help 

 of Geo. W. Adams, a prominent bee- 

 keeper of Essex County; S. I. Daven- 

 port instructor in the Essex Co. 

 Agricultural School; Fred. A. Smith, 

 director of the same school and Glad- 

 stone H. Cale deputy apiary inspector. 

 All communications regarding this 

 subject should be addressed to F. A. 

 Smith, Hathorne, Mass 



We aend our heartiest good wishes 

 to these pioneers. 



