.rANUARY 15, 1915 



actions of complete or normal colonies. To 

 prove the uselessness of tlie term, simply 

 exchange frames of sealed or unsealed 

 brood; make colonies queenless; introduce 

 queens; make all sorts of various exchanges, 

 when, in every instance, if odor has any 



influence over them at all the same will be 

 found to involve singly the bees, the brood, 

 the drones, or the queen. Therefore celony 

 odor has very little to do with the affairs of 

 bees and their habitat. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MARITIME BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



BY E. L. COLPITTS 



Tlie annual meeting of the Maritime Bee- 

 keepers' Association took place in the board 

 room of the Winter Fair building on Tues- 

 day, December 7. A large number of the 

 members, well representing the maritime 

 beekeepers, were in attendance. More inter- 

 est was shown than at any previous meeting. 

 The auditor's report showed the association 

 in good financial condition. 



Reports of the season from many mem- 

 bei"s were heard with interest. The pres- 

 ence of disease was reported from so many 

 sections that it seems as if American foul 

 brood has established itself already quite 

 extensively in the maritime provinces. The 

 honey crop had been light, clover not yield- 

 ing in manj^ sections. As far as reported, 

 an average of 75 lbs. per colony was ob- 

 tained. 



J. A. Clarke, Charlottetown, P. E. I. ; I. 

 r. Craig, Amherst, N. S.; W. S. Blair, 

 Kentville, X. S. : E. L. Colpitts, Petitcodiac, 

 N. B.; and W. W. Baird, Nappan, N. S., 

 spoke on the prevalence of bee diseases in 

 the maritime provinces. Mr. • Sladen, Do- 

 minion Apiculturist, had pointed out to the 

 local governments the importance of stamp- 

 ing out American foul brood before it be- 

 came established. As yet nothing had been 

 done. A resolution was unanimously passed, 

 urging upon the local governments the im- 

 portance of passing foul-brood acts, and 

 having them enforced by competent inspec- 

 tor.';. 



W. S. Blair, supt. of the experimental 



fruit station at Kentville, N. S., spoke at 

 some length on the importance of promoting 

 the beekeeping industi'y, telling how it could 

 be best done by the different provincial fruit 

 branches. It was decided to present the 

 importance of such a move by the fruit- 

 growers, by sending a representative to each 

 of the fruit-growers' conventions which meet 

 in January. Messrs. W. S. Blair and B. W. 

 Baker were appointed as representatives to 

 attend the Nova Scotia fruit-growers' con- 

 vention at Kentville, and E. L. Colpitts was 

 appointed representative to attend the con- 

 vention of the New Brunswick fruit-growers 

 at Fredericton. 



The following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year: 



President, B. W. Baker, Amherst, N. S. 



Vice-president, W. B. Wallace, Newport 

 Landing, N. S. 



See'y-Treasurer, E. D. Craig, Nappan, 

 N. S. 



Vice-president for Nova Scotia, Knox M. 

 Lodge, Mapleton, N, S. 



Vice-president for New Brunswick, W. 

 G. Asbell, Sussex. 



Vice-president for Prince Edward Island, 

 H. Newson, Charlottetown. 



Auditors, W. W. Baird, Nappan, N. S., 

 and W. G. Asbell, Sussex, N. B. 



Standing committee on exhibitions and 

 prize lists, E. L. Colpitts, Petitcodiac, N. 

 B.; G. W. Chappell, Amherst, N. S., and 

 W. N. Tanton, Charlottetown, P. E. I. 



Petitcodiac, N. B. 



BEEKEEPING IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA 



BY FRED MYERS 



Here in southeast Oklahoma we have, I 

 suppose, a good average location for bee- 

 keeping; but it will be better when fully 

 opened up and cultivated in the crops that 

 should be raised Along Red River (the 

 line between Texas and Oklahoma), lying 

 east and west, is a strip of black prairie 

 land, rocky in spots. There are some good 



farms, and on many of them alfalfa is being 

 sown. Adjoining this on the north is rolling 

 sandy timbered land, reasonably productive, 

 with freestone water a few feet below the 

 surface. On the whole it is a very nice- 

 looking place to those hunting a location in 

 I he Southland. 



But the country has been hard hit by the 



