June, 1912. 



American Vee Journal 



nearly 2(1 different associations held 

 meetings at the Col'ege of Agriculture, 

 help being given by tlie College in 

 numerous ways. Even though bee- 

 keeping were not recognized at the 

 College to the extent of offering 

 courses or maintaining an apiary, you 

 would still be royally welcomed, and 

 all assistance possible would be given. 



Yon may ask, do other State Agricul- 

 tural Colleges recognize bee-keeping ? 



State Agricultural Colleges that do 

 not re,ognizf apiculture and do not 

 contemplate its recognition, are as fol- 

 lows : 



Alabama Auburn 



Arizona Tucson 



Connecticut Storrs 



Delaware Newark 



Florida Gainesville 



Georeia Athens 



Idaho Moscow 



Iowa Ames 



Louisiana Baton Rouee 



course; a short course: and a correspond- 

 ence course. 



Minnesota. Minneapolis— One course and 

 an apiary. 



Nebraska. Lincoln — One hour course: api- 

 ary contemplated. 



Ohio. Columbus— E. R. Root gives a course 

 of lectures in winter. One course is offered. 



Oreeon. Corvallis— One course; the short 

 course stutlents get lectures on bee-keepinn. 

 20 students in the course offered, in January. 



I9I2. 



Pennsylvania. .State College — "A rather 

 imperfect correspondence course." 



Rhode Island. Kingston— Mr. A. C. Miller 

 gives a summer course. 



South Dakota. Brookings— Summer School 

 Course. 



Tennessee, Knoxville— A short course in 

 bee-keeping offered; a spring course con- 

 templated; there is sufficient demand for a 

 year course; have an apiary of i6 colonies of 

 3 and 5 banded Italians. 



Let us note a few figures from the 

 1910 census concerning Wisconsin and 

 our five close neighboring States: 



1910 Census 



Maine Orono Conditions are somewhat similar in 



Missouri Columbia these fi States 



ML',u'fn^^''.'.:.\\\\''.'."."".'.'.""Boz° min You will note that the States are ar- 



Nevada Reno ranged in the order of the value of the 



NorthCarolina.. ...West Raleigh bees, Iowa being first. Also note that 



North Dakota Agncutural College .,,. -■ . ■ u . ■ tu u r 



New Jersey . .New Brunswick Illinois is highest in the number of 



South Carolina Clemson College farms reporting bees, but that she is 



Vermont..... Burlington second in colonies of bees reported, 



West Virginia Morgantown , 1 • c t 'ri, 1 1 



Wyoming Laramie Iowa being first. The value, per colony, 



Washington Pullman is highest in Minnesota. Wisconsin 



Arkansas Fayettville stands fifth in farms reporting bees, 



State Agricultural Colleges that do fourth in colonies of bees reported, and 

 not recognize apiculture, but do conlem- in value of the bees, and third in value 

 plate its recognition, are as follows : per colony. Note that Minnesota stands 

 Utah. Logan, sixth and Wisconsin fifth in number of 

 Kentucky. Lexington— Already recognized farms reporting bees, and that, on the 

 in entomology course. Have had experimen- average, practically ti colonies are found 

 Ilfinois!u"brnr ''''''"■ on each farm reporting bees in Minne- 

 Kansas'. Manhattan— Informal instruction sola, but in Wisconsin practically 9 

 to interested students. Contemplate elec- colonies, on the average, are found on 

 'Mar?h[nd: College Park. each farm reporting bees. For Michi- 

 Michigan. E. Lansing— Have recognized gan the average number of colonies 

 bee-keeping. Contemplate elective courses. reported per farm is practically 7, 

 New Hampshire. Durham. c t i- i f _ r < .„ p ^„A («- Tii; 

 New York. Ithaca, at Cornell University. lor Indiana 4, for loWa b, and for Illi- 

 nois 5. We further note that the Min- 

 State Agricultural Colleges that rcc- ngsota Agricultural College has a 

 agnize apiculture in entomology courses- course in bee-keeping; Indiana has a 

 Indiana, La Fayette-Part of entomology good part of entomology 12; Michi- 

 course No. 12. . gan has had such work, and contem- 

 ,w!l'nfr''/^^iA^'"^'°""' remarks in ,^j^^ further work; Illinois contem- 

 New Mexico. Agricultural College-Rec- plates recognizing bee-keeping, and 

 Denize bee-keeping in entomology course. Wisconsin, also. Can Wisconsin go a 

 Oklahoma. Stillwater - Recognize bee- . (,,rtli^r nnrl U-pen nace with nnr 

 keeping concretely in entomology, have a step lurtlier ana keep pace witn our 

 small apiary, and often use bees in the ex- neighboring States .'' Shall we be like 

 tension work of the College. lowa, with the greatest value of bees 

 Texas. College Station - Recognize bee- , i ._„f number of colonies re- 

 keeping in entomology course; some work ana W^pl niimDer ot colonies re- 

 in apiary given, ported of the States, and have no 



thought given to bee-keeping in the 

 State Agricultural Colleges that do College of Agriculture ; or like Minne- 

 recognize hee-keeping in bee-keeping ^^j^ ^jj^ the least value of bees and 

 courses: least number of colonies reported have 

 California. Berkeley— 3 courses, ist api- 3 course in bee-keeping and an apiary ? 

 culture, 2d apiary, 3d research. Have had .1^0 1 i 1 j joi 

 apicultural courses for nearly 20 years. 75 About i weeks ago I had some dlffi- 

 students in loro loii. culty in making out a satisfactory pro- 

 Canada. (Juelph—Morerecognition than in gram for the second semester, or see- 

 any other North American Agricultural Col- jjj^j ^3,f ypg^.j ^Q^,. J j^jjj g j^j.g^ 



Tolorado, Fort Collins-Understood that fi^hs "r four-fifths course to secure in 



C, P. Gillette will give a course. i-a order to obtain my desired amount of 



Massachusetts, Anilu-rst One regularjlwork, and not finding desired courses 



available, I went to Prof. Sanders apd 

 asked if I could not do a little research 

 work in bees ? " I hardly see how you 

 can do anything. We haven't a single 

 thing for you to work with. It might 

 be possible, however, for you to go on 

 with your Agricultural College work 

 and such work if you wished." So, 



S. A. NivER Capturing a Swarm at W. A. 



Pryal's, With a Niver E.xtension 



Swarm-Catcher. 



with that work, a study of Wisconsin 

 bee-keeping conditions, and a study of 

 the development of Wisconsin bee- 

 keeping is being taken up, and I feel 

 that the College of Agriculture here 

 will secure the best and most correct 

 information requested, from bee-keep- 

 ers who are members of the State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, for I know, be- 

 cause you are members, and are here 

 at an expenditure of time and money, 

 that you are sincerely interested in any 



