August, 191 



American l^ee Journal 



If the beekeepers have special sub- 

 jects wliich they desire discussed or 

 demonstrated, they will please coni- 

 luuuieate in advance with Mr. Fred A. 

 Smith, Director of the school. 



There will be beside bees in glass 

 and other hives, a display ot the best 

 and most simple beekeeping equip- 

 ment. 



Teaching Beekeeping in Y. M. C. A. 

 Schools 



In March, 1914, the Y. M. C. A. 

 Schools of Louisville, Ky., prepared 

 and offered a course in Bee Culture. 

 Mr. J. O. Dunkin, B. S., a man of 

 wide e.xperience in Bee Culture, was 

 secured to head the course. In addi- 

 tion, an advisory committee consist- 

 ing of the most prominent and suc- 



cessful bee men in the city was se- 

 cured to co-operate and advise. The 

 course was started with a free open 

 lecture, admission to which was by 

 signed ticket. Moving pictures relat- 

 ing to the bee industry were also used 

 on this opening night. Nearly 200 peo- 

 ple were present at the opening ses- 

 sion. Following this a class was 

 formed in which 13 students were en- 

 rolled. The course was successful 

 and the students greatly interested. 

 The result was that the bee industry 

 was considerably stimulated through- 

 out the entire community. 



This year a similar but somewhat 

 extended course was offered. In ad- 

 dition to the regular lecture lessons 

 offered last year, five practical lessons 



CLASS IN BEE-CULTURE. Y. M. C. A. SCHOOLS, LOUISVILLE. KY.. 



Enrolling business men. lawyers, ministers, piano tuners. First Y. M. C. A. in North 



America to offer and conduct a course in beekeeping 



conducted in the apiary were added to 

 the course. These lessons were held 

 on Saturday afternoons. This course 

 was again successful though the en- 

 rollment was not quite so large as 

 last year. 



So far as we know this is the first 

 course in Bee Culture conducted by 

 any Y. M. C. A. In North America. 

 Letters of inquiry regarding the course 

 were received from parties in New 

 York City, El Paso, Texas, and other 

 places asking the Louisville Y. M. C. 

 A. to furnish them with the material 

 presented in the course. 



A Correction 



I would like to correct a mistake 

 which appeared (on page 242, July is- 

 sue) in connection with an article 

 which I sent you. This is a picture of 

 Mr. Pratt's apiary at Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 



It would be too bad to let this go 

 b.v unnoticed because we are indebted 

 to Mr. Pratt for a "good time" when 

 the Connecticut Beekeepers Associa- 

 tion met at his home last summer, 

 and I was so well pleased with the 

 appearance of his apiary that I took 

 the picture of it and sent it to you. 

 A. E. Crandall. 



Berlin, Conn. 



Texas Branch Association Formed 



The Beekeepers of San Patricio 

 County met at the court house on 

 June 26 and formed an association, 

 said association to be known as tTe 

 San Patricio County Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation . The following officers were 

 elected: President, G. B. Stevens, 

 Sinton; Secretary-treasurer, C. R. 

 Park, Sinton; Directors: B. Merrill, 

 Sinton; Prof. J. L. Allen, Odem; B. 

 M. Caraway. Mathis. Committees on 

 diseases of bees: W. N. McCleary, 

 Sinton; H. D. Murry, Mathis; H. H. 

 Phelps, Odem; Inspector of bees, Wm. 

 Atchley. Mathis. 



The meeting adjourned, to meet 

 again on the 25th of Sent ember, 191.5, 

 at the court house in Sinton. at 1:00 

 P.M. A full attendance is requested, 

 as matters of Importance will come 

 before that meeting. 



J. 1". MARI INE FIRST KEPT BEES ON THE ROOF OF HIS COAL SHED. 

 Photo by Louisville Y. M. C. A. Schools 



Conference of Apiary Instructors in 

 December 



After making a canvass of all the 

 Agricultural Colleges in the United 

 States and Canada, Prof. Morley 

 Pettit of Ontario has found that there 

 are about fifteen Colleges giving in- 

 struction in Apiculture, and about as 

 many more where they are interested 

 in the subject, and are thinking of 

 putting it in sometime in the near fu- 

 ture. A conference of men who are 

 already engaged in giving instruction 

 or conducting experiments in Apicul- 



