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night, but turned loose on those frames. 

 Among the things used for his mid- 

 night hinch was a bundle of wedges. 

 They were short lengths the next 

 morning. 



Now it was found that by using these 

 short pieces the wedges did not fall 

 out, so Mr. Anthony now cuts all his 

 wedges in three pieces, using but two 

 for each frame, starting about three- 

 fourths of an inch from each end, and 

 the trouble of falling foundation is 

 done away with. Let us e.xtend a vote 

 of thanks to the puppy. — Bee-Keepers 



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National Directors' Nesting. — A meet- 

 ing of tlie new Board of Directors of 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Association 

 has been called for Jan. 23 and 24, 1912, 

 at Detroit, Mich. It is hoped that there 

 will be a full attendance of the Board, 

 as they will have many very important 

 matters to consider relating to the 

 future progress of the .'Xssociation. 

 The new Constitution, which was 

 adopted in November, to take effect 

 Jan. 1, 1912, necessitates quite a num- 

 ber of changes in the plans and opera- 

 tions of the National Association. The 

 new Board of Directors surely will 

 have large responsibility which will re- 

 quire the exercise of much care and 

 good judgment in order to bring about 

 the improvements in the Association 

 that are needed. 



We hope next month to publish a re- 

 port of this very important meeting of 

 the Directors, so that all our readers 

 will know just what is proposed along 

 advanced lines of work to be under- 

 taken by the Association. 



Oklahoma Bee-Keepers' Convention 



The next annual meeting of the Okla- 

 homa Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Stillwater, Okla., at the A. & M. 

 College. On Wednesday night, Jan. 

 17, 1912, an address illustrated with 

 moving pictures and lantern-slides will 

 be given by Prof. C. E. Seaborn. The 

 next day the convention will be con- 

 tinued. Among the papers to be read 

 are the following: "How Location 

 and Pasturage Affect Successful Bee- 

 Keeping," by D. H. Burrage; "Why 

 We Should Tie to the Association," by 

 Geo. H. Coulson; "The Use of Feed- 

 ers," by G. E. Lemon ; " What I Think 

 of Foul Brood," by Arthur Rhoads ; 

 "Growth of the Bee-Industry in Okla- 

 homa," by F. W. Van De Mark. There 

 will be a question-box and discussions 

 also. All bee-keepers who can possi- 

 bly attend are cordially invited. 



South African Bee Journal. — This of- 

 fice is in receipt of the first number 

 of the first volume of the South African 

 Bee-Keepers' Journal. In typographi- 

 cal appearance it strongly resembles 

 an -Australian publication. The editor 

 is Mr. G. S. Oettle, and it is published 

 by the South African Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, Johannesberg, free to 

 members of the Association and affil- 

 iated societies ; 6s. 6d. to others in 

 United South Africa, and 7s. 6d. to the 

 rest of South Africa and to other 

 countries in the Postal Union. 



In the Hon. Secretary's report he 

 says: "Despatching the journal to 



each member is no light task, for 350 

 South .'\frican addresses is something 

 to strike awe into the worker, though 

 it comes only once each month." Yet 

 there may be nothing unkind in the 

 wish that the number may become 3500. 



He says the pre'sent price of honey 

 in one-pound glass jars as retailed in 

 Johannesburg and district is 2s. 6d. 

 Half a dollar a pound for extracted 

 honey is not so bad. But there is no 

 competition from imported honey, as 

 "the importation of honey from Oversea 

 is totally prohibited." 



Success to our far away cotemporary. 



American Bee Journal for 1911 We 



have a number of complete volumes of 

 the American Bee Journal for 1911, 

 which we offer for (JO cents for the 12 

 numbers, as long as they last. Or, 

 should there be among our subscribers 

 those who would like to have any 

 copies of the American Bee Journal for 

 1911 to complete their volume or other- 

 wise, we will fill such orders at 5 cents 

 per copv. Address all orders to, Geo. 

 W. York & Co., 117 N. Jefferson St., 

 Chicago, 111. 



" Verse for Little Folks and Others " 



is the appropriate title of a cloth-bound 

 book of poems written and issued by 

 Hon. Eugene Secor, of Forest City, 

 Iowa, for 75 cents. We have received 

 a copy of it from the author, and re- 

 gretted very much that we did not have 

 it in time to announce it in last month's 

 American Bee Journal, so that it could 

 have been used as a Christmas gift- 

 book. It contains 36 poems, all of 

 which are more or less illustrated with 

 original drawings. Mr. Secor is too 

 well known among the readers of bee- 

 literature to need any further intro- 

 duction or commendation of his su- 

 perb work, either as a writer of prose 

 or poetry. 



Lost Numbers of the Bee Journal. — 



Occasionally we are notified that a sub- 

 scriber has failed to receive one or 

 more copies of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal that are due him. We are very 

 careful to mail every monthly copy, 

 but, of course, sometimes in the mails 

 copies will be lost. We are always 

 glad to replace such lost copies if sub- 

 scribers will kindly notify us. Once in 

 a while a subscriber writes as if he 

 thought we did not mail his copy, but 

 this is always a mistake on his part, as 

 we mail the American Bee Journal to 

 all our subscribers each month. There 

 is no part of the office-work of the 

 American Bee Journal that is more 

 carefully looked after than that of the 

 mailing. We are very anxious that 

 every subscriber shall receive every 

 copy of the American Bee Journal that 

 is due him, and will consider it a favor 

 if he will notify us promptly when any 

 particular month's number has failed 

 to appear at his post-office. 



The Narshfield Mfg. Co., of Marsh- 

 field, Wis., were the first dealers in 

 bee-supplies to send us a catalog for 

 1912. It arrived at this office Dec, 28th. 

 It contains 64 pages and cover, and is 

 very convenient in size, as it can be 

 mailed in an ordinary envelope. The 



Marshfield Mfg. Co. is one of the oldest 

 bee-supply manufacturers and dealers 

 in this country, and have been con- 

 tinuous advertisers in the American 

 Bee Journal for many years. We no- 

 tice that they enclose with their cata- 

 log not only an order blank, but a 

 printed leaflet on "Foul Brood," in 

 which they call attention to the grow- 

 ing prevalence of that disease, and 

 suggest that every one of their custo- 

 mers send to the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C, for a copy of 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 442, on "The 

 Treatment of Bee-Diseases." This is a 

 wise thing to do, and might well be 

 followed by all the bee-supply dealers. 

 It no doubt would help a great deal to 

 put more bee-keepers on their guard 

 concerning the wide-spread loss caused 

 among bees by the dread disease of 

 foul brood. 



The Tennessee Convention. — The Ten- 

 nessee State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will meet Friday, Jan. 27, 1912, begin- 

 ning at 9 :30 a.m., at Nashville, Tenn. 

 The following is the program besides 

 the usual reports, discussions, etc. : 



"Spring Management of the Apiary." by 

 B. G. Davis. 



" European Foul Brood," by Porter Ward, 

 of Kentucky. 



" American Foul Brood," by J. M. Bu- 

 chanan. 



'^ Makins Increase." by David Wauford. 



" Organization and Co-operation," by W. 

 H. Lawrence. 



." Modern Methods of Bee-Keeping," (illus 

 trated lecture;, by J. S. Ward. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, Expert in Apicul- 

 ture of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, will 

 also deliver an address. 



Every bee-keeper in Tennessee, as 

 well as adjoining States, is invited to 

 this meeting. For any further infor- 

 mation, address J. M. Buchanan, Frank- 

 lin, Tenn., secretary of the Association. 



New York State Convention The 



New York State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet Jan. 30 and 31, 1912, in 

 the Onondaga County Court House at 

 Syracuse, N. Y. Every "bee-keeper is 

 invited to be present. Its secretary, 

 Dr. C. G. Schamu, says that "it is going 

 to be a bee-keepers' meeting such as 

 they never attended before," and asked 

 us to " emphasize this point." We hope 

 that it may prove to be all that the 

 good Doctor anticipates. For any 

 further information, including a copy 

 of the program, address Dr. C. G. 

 Schamu, Liverpool, N. Y. 



Mr. M. C. Richter, of California, has left 

 for the South .American port of Val- 

 paraiso, Chile. Mr. Richter is an able 

 writer and authority on bees. He will 

 go into bee-keeping extensively in his 

 new location. We shall hope to hear 

 from him after he is well started. 



"Bees and Honey" — the bookbyThos. 

 G. Newman — is almost out of print, 

 but we have a few copies left (cloth 

 bound) at 50 cents each. Do you want 

 one ? Address the office of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. 



