September, 1912. 



American Vee Journal 



Members in Attendance at the Missouri State Meeting. Held at Mexico. Mo,. Aug. i and 2. 

 From left to right-Mr. C. P. Dadant, J. F. Sandker. M. E. Darby. W. L. Kent. J. F. Diemer. Prof. Sliobe. Irving Lonj. Mr. Thomp- 

 son. F.d (iladish. Mr. Jones. J. W. Rouse. Col. W. D. Kronville. K. C. S. Miller. John (iamble. Noble Barnes. John Bachman. t-'ront row — 

 Mrs. N. Spencer. Miss Kena Rouse. Miss Gladys Robinson. Miss Bertie M. Rouse, Miss Ruth Rouse. Nathan Spencer. R. A. Holeiiamp. 



fers a great loss in the death of one of 

 its great teachers, yet we may console 

 ourselves with the fact that Mr. Taylor 

 has left a memorial to himself in the 

 shape of numerous teachings which he 

 has left in his writings and in his con- 

 versation. His valuable experience is 

 not lost to the bee-keeping world. 



The Three Deadly Foods.— Under the 

 above title. Dr. Carton, of Paris, a 

 noted physician, treats of three prod- 

 ucts in common use in civilized coun- 

 tries, alcohol, meat and sugar. He de- 

 clares tliem dangerous to public health. 



On the first of these products, many 

 peoijle will agree, but with the second 

 and third exceptions will be taken, 

 However, much depends, in any case, 

 upon the method of consumption and 

 the amount of each product consumed. 

 Meat is especially injurious when not 

 sufficiently masticated. Sugar is held 

 by Dr. Carton as responsible for the in- 

 creasing number of cases of diabetes, 

 as it appears that within the past .')(! 

 years the number of deaths from that 

 disease has quadrupled. He holds that 

 fruit sugar and honey are healthful and 

 "living sugars," while the product 

 manufactured with chemicals from 

 beets or starch is "dead food." Carton 

 holds, like some contemporaries, that 



more people die from overeating than 

 starvation. His book is worth reading. 

 It is published in French. (Maloine, 

 Paris, 1 f. 2o.) 



Missouri State Meeting The Mis- 

 souri bee-keepers met at the home of 

 their president, J. W. Rouse, in Mexico, 

 on Aug. 1 and 2. Although the attend- 

 ance was not large, important measures 

 were taken and great interest was ex- 

 hibited. Excellent and helpful remarks 

 were made by J. W. Rouse, president; 

 T. G. Wil'Son, Secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, Columbus, Mo. ; 

 C. P. Dadant, President Illinois State 

 Association, Hamilton, III. ; R. A. 

 Holekamp, of St. Louis; M. E. Darby, 

 of Springfield; W. L. Kent and E. C. S. 

 Miller, of Mexico; E. B. Gladish, of 

 Higginsville ; Irving E. Long, Marce- 

 line; J. F. Sandker, of Woodlandville, 

 and others. 



It was decided to continue affiliation 

 with the National. President Rouse 

 e.xplained that it was through a mis- 

 understanding that he had reported, in 

 the American Bee Journal, that the 

 National Secretary had returned money 

 remitted for memberships. On the 

 contrary, the secretary, Mr. Tyrrell, 

 had sent to the Missouri secretary, Mr. 

 Diemer, a number of names of adher- 

 ents which he had received from Mis- 



souri and other neighboring States 

 having no representation, and had ac- 

 companied them with a remittance of 

 .jO cents, as the State's share in each 

 membership fee of $1.50. 



In view of the fact that some mem- 

 bers did not wish to become members 

 of the National, it wasdecided to allow 

 such persons as wished to do so to be- 

 come members of the State Associa- 

 tion only, by payment of hO cents in- 

 stead of $1..J0. 



Attention having been called to the 

 small amount allowed for bees and 

 honey in the State Fair list, a commit- 

 tee was appointed to interview the ofi'i- 

 cers of the State Fair Board, and re- 

 quest them to increase the premiums 

 to bees and honey. 



Resolutions were passed requesting 

 the Legislature to increase the appro- 

 priation for the State Inspector. Mr. 

 Darby, the inspector, gave a general 

 statement of his work, and e.xplained 

 that a number of deputies would have 

 to be appointed in order to cover the 

 territory for inspection at the proper 

 season. He stated that there are some 

 4(1,000 bee-keepers in Missouri, and 

 that a thorough inspection will require 

 much labor. 



In order to secure recognition, it 

 was resolved to take steps to incorpo- 

 rate the State Association and ask the 



