^^^^[American IBac Journal j 



December, 1915. 



honey, with 21 tons left on hand. I took trips 

 to widen my sales, and visitec' the towns 

 and mining camps of nortliern Arizona, 

 climbing with my load up the mountains and 

 reaching Prescott, a beautiful city, framed 

 like a picture with mountains clad in green 

 pines. This is a dear spot for me. for there 

 I buried my wife nine years ago. 



After drumming the city and selling my 

 load. I started on my return home, where my 

 13-year old son and a housekeeper were left 

 to care for 1500 colonies of bees and a farm. I 

 left the city late in the afternoon. When 

 night overtook me on the top of a pine-clad 

 mountain. I tied my horse securely, fed him 

 and wrapped myself in my blanket. I was 

 fast asleep when a fierce snort from my 

 horse awoke me. Luckily I had that day 

 nicked up a match in the street of Prescott. 

 It was the only weapon I had. I struck it 

 and set tire to hay and brush near me and 

 scared away a mountain lion. 



My horse is mountain raised, and had 

 probably seen some of his mates attacked 

 by these beasts. A neighbor has since told 

 me that a few days before he had roped a 

 two-year old steer which was killed shortly 

 after by a lion in broad daylight. 



The bees in our valley have done well 

 from the first crop of alfalfa, but had very 

 little from the second crop. 



Buckeye. Ariz. B. A. Hadsell. 



Late Season — Turned Out Good 



After a most unpropitious season, and 

 one which looked like being an absolute 

 failure again, we were suddenly awakened 

 to the fact that the bees weregathering nec- 

 tar at a tremendous rate, which lasted for 

 over three weeks, and at the end of that 

 time our apiary looked like a miniature city 

 of sky-scrapers, and from i6 colonies, spring 

 count, or rather 14 colonies and 22 nuclei, for 

 that is what spring dwindling had really left 

 me. I harvested between 2800 andsuoo pounds 

 of extracted honey, some colonies storing 

 120 to 140 pounds, this with an increase to 

 ?2 colonies, mostly by natural swarms. 

 Clover was a month later than usual, and 

 the same might be said of thistle and other 

 sources of nectar. B. Brewster. 



Greenridge. Manitoba, Nov. 4. 



Missouri Meeting In our last issue 



the date of the Missouri meeting was 

 given as Dec. 3 and 4 instead of Janu- 

 ary. President Rouse writes us that it 

 has been decided to hold the meeting 

 at Columbia during Farmers' Week, in 

 order to secure a larger attendance. 



Indiana Beekeepers to Meet — The In- 

 diana State Beekeepers' Association 

 will meet at the State House, Indiana- 

 polis on Dec. 10 and 11. Dr. Phillips 

 and E. R. Root and others have prom- 

 ised to attend. The program will con- 

 tain some most excellent numbers. 

 Among other good things the post- 

 master of Indianapolis will give full 

 directions and instructions how to 

 build up and conduct a parcels post 

 sales campaign. This number alone is 

 worth coming to hear. 



Geo. W. Williams, Sec. 



Redkey, Ind., Nov, 18. 



Illinois Convention. — The 25th annual 

 meeting of the Illinois State Beekeep- 

 ers' Association will be held in the 

 Council Chamber of the City Hall at 

 Springfield, on Monday and Tuesday, 

 Nov. 29 and 30, 1915. 



The meeting called to order by Pres. 

 E. J. Baxter, of Nauvoo. at 10 o'clock a.m. 



Invocation— Rev. Geo. F. Gunter. Pastor 2d 

 Presbyterian Church. 



Welcome Address— Mr. Wm. H. Conkling, 

 Secretary of the Springfield Commercial 

 Association. 



Response and President's Address— Pres 

 Baxter 



Order of business taken up 



First Day— Afternoon Session. 



Address— " Outdoor Wintering." Dr. E. F 

 Phillips. Bureau of Entomology. Washing- 

 ton. D. C. 



Report of A. L. Kildow. State Foulbrood 

 Inspector, of Putnam. 



Papers by Mrs, A. L. Kildow, of Putnam, 

 and Mr. C. F. Bender, of Newman. 



Second Day- Forenoon Session. 



' Bees and the part they play in the cross- 

 fei iilization of our fruits and field crops "— 

 C. P. Dadant, former president. Hamilton. 



E. R. Root. Editor of Gleanings in Pee Cul- 

 ture, of Medina. Ohio, Subject of his own 

 choosing. 



Question Box Always Open. 



Election of officers and photograph for the 

 report. 



Second Day— Afternoon Session. 



N. E. France, of Platteville. Wis., is ex 

 pected at this hour; the subject we do not 

 know, though we do know his ability. 



Prize essays. $5,00. $4.ou. J?^, 00. $2.00. $1.00. 



The Secretary wishes to say. with the 

 ability we have represented in this program, 

 and the subjects they will handle, it will be 

 of interest not only to beekeepers but to 

 everybody, and so everybody is invited. 



Discussions and si»e ifu- adjournment. 



Headquarters at the St. Nicholas 

 Hotel — Rooms, European, $1.00 and 

 $1..50 ; American, $2.50 and $3.00. An- 

 nex (to St. Nicholas), American, $3.00 

 and $3.50; European, $1.50 and $2.00. 



Those desiring cheaper hotel can 

 find it. James A. Stone, Sec. 



Index to Vol. LV. 



SUBJECTS 



Advertising Honey and Bees — 65, 196, 240. 



Afters warms — 352. 



Alfalfa— 274. 



Alfalfa and the Honey Flow— 275. 



Alfalfa in Haly— 199. 



Alsike Clover— 273. 



American Foulbrood — See Foulbrood. 



Ants^421. 



Apiary Tidiness — 376. 



Associations, How to Organize~353. 



Aster Honey— 7, 52, 209, 210, 367, 423. 



Aster, Wild— 95. 



Auto Trucks for Honey — 300. 



Basswood — 310. 



Basswood Planting — 91, 372, 410, 421. 



Bee-Escape, A Cheap— 198, 231, 307, 316. 



Bee-Escape, Wire Cloth — 31 S. 



Bee-Inspector. Life of — 25, 381. 



Beekeeping for a Living — 15^. 



Bee-martins — 317. 



Beemoth — See Moth. 



Bees, Buying — 316. 



Bees, Cross— 87. 



Bees in a Chimney — 130. 



Bees in a House — 191. 



Bees, Moving — 100. 



Bees, Returns from — 87. 



Bees, Species of — 82. 



Bees, Strains of — 63. 



Beestings- 2S0, 371. 



Beetles and Beekeeping — 1G7. 



Beet Sugar — 386. 



Bee Trees— 136, 269. 



Bee Veil, Weighting— 190. 



Beginners— 300, 333, 352, 389. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF— 



Beekeeping, Phillips— 367. 



Beekeeping in Canada — 152. 



Beekeeping in Wisconsin — 331. 



British Columbia, Beekeeping — 1 15, 2*)1. 



Iowa Annual Report — 44. 



Manual of Bee Husbandry — 370. 



Oregon Beekeeping — 7. 



Origin of Anthophily among Coleoptera — 



331. 

 Temperature of the Cluster in Winter — 



369. 



Bindweed — 380. 



Bitter Honey — 389. 



Boneset — 96. 



Botany in Beekeepers' Education — 378. 



Bottom-board, A Good— 278, 315. 



Boulder County Fair— 338. 



Box Elder- 202. 



Breeding. Inducing Queens to — 44. 



Breeding from Choice Queens — 171, 281. 



Brood. Spreading— 280. 



Buck Brush— 416. 



Bumblebees Wanted — 189. 



Burdock— 380. 



Button-bush— 165. 



Buying Bees- 207. 



California Beekeeping- 1 1, 48, 86. 87, 121. 156, 



192, 231, 339, 373, 411. 

 California in the Fall— 374. 

 Camiianilla Honey — 1 15. 

 Canadian Beekeeping— 15. 52. 85. SO. )'20, 



157. 193. 230, 302, 339. 377, 412. 

 Candied Honey— 62, 63. 194. 

 Carniolan Bees and Foulbrood— 120. 



Catnip— 132. 



Caucasian Bees — 122, 158, 160, 209, 244, 280. 



317, 337. 

 Cellars, Damp — 389. 

 Cellars for Wintering— 100. 

 Cement for Hives — 233. 

 Chicken Eating Bees— 390. 

 China. Beekeeping in— 306. 

 Chunk Honey^ — -49. 



Cleaning Supers and Separators — 156, 19S. 

 Clusters small— 52. 

 Clover Fertilization — 405. 

 Clovers— 273. 274. 303. 

 Coleoptera, Smell Organs of— 296. 

 Color of Bees — 207. 

 Comb Honey Production without Separators — 



415. 

 Comb or Extracted Honey — 135, 279. 

 Comb Honey. Best Hive for — 422. 

 Combs, Fumigating with Sulphur — 240. 

 Combs, Replacing — 316. 

 Combs. Storing Empty — 99. 

 Cone-flower — 60. 

 Conventions — See Meetings. 

 Convertible Hive — Hand — 127. 

 Convicts, Teaching Beekeeping to — 406. 

 Co-operation — 8, 129, 1 52, 230. 

 Cora! Berry— 416. 

 Crownbeard — 60. 

 Cuban Beekeeping, Progressive vs. Box hive 



—206. 

 Cucumber. Wild — 96. 

 Cup Plant— 23. 

 Dandelion — 238. 

 Death's Head Moth— 190. 

 Demonstrations at Minnesota Fair — 20S. 

 Denmark, Letter from — 83. 

 Discouragement — 13. 



Diseases — See Foulbrood, Paraly.sis, Moths, etc. 

 Distance Bees Travel — 226. 

 Disturbing Bees in Winter — 11. 

 Dividing to Prevent Swarming — 136. 

 Division, Too Much — 118. 

 Dixie Beekeeping— 12. 49. 122, 160. 228. 267. 



301. 337, 411. 

 Doctor Miller's Answers — See Miller. 

 Drone-cells, Cause of — 174. 

 Drones, Early — 208. 



Drones, Expelling during Honev Crop — 406. 

 Durden. I. R,— 49. 

 Dwindling of Bees — 12. 

 Dysentery— 370. 

 Dysentery in Italians — 85. 

 Eat Honey Stickers — 14, 15. 

 Education in Apiculture — 47. 

 Egg Laying, Regulation of — 169. 

 Elm Blossoms — 202. 

 England. Honey Shortage in — 373. 

 England. Beekeeping- in — 199, 418. 

 Entrance Guards — 317. 

 Equalizing Colonies — 79. 

 Escape-boards — 378. 

 European Foulbrood — See Foulbrood. 

 Evolution. Phillips on — 413. 

 Exhibit, Canadian— 372. 

 Exhil)il, Orange Countv, Calif — 411. 

 Extracting Combs vs. Sections — 340. 

 Extractor. Cleansing — 370. 

 Extr.nctor, Fastening — 30. 

 Extractor, Sjieed — 100. 

 Failures— 122. 



Fairs, Value to Beekeepers — 242. 

 Farmer Beekeeping — 49. 

 Far Western Beekeeping — 14, 51. 84, 119. 



193. 220. 265. 303, 338, 374. 

 Feeders— 275. 422. 

 Feeding- -30. 58. 208. 

 Feeding B.ick Honev— 275. 

 I'ccding Candi.-d Honey— 263. 

 K'-cdiiit; fnr Stimulation — 120. 

 Feeding in Fall— 85. 317, 377. 



