GI-EANINGS TN BEE CULTURE 



dog-fennel). I used to 

 feed those colonies 

 which were light the 

 latter part of August 

 and the early part of 

 September. I had some 

 fifteen swarms in Oc- 

 tober. I gave them two, 

 three, and four frames 

 of this honey, and they 

 were the first to go. 

 Those that I did not 

 feed came through all 

 right. Right now in 

 front of 100 hives are 

 enough dead bees to 

 make an ordinary 

 swarm; but now they 

 are building up fast. 

 I find twelve queenless 

 colonies. I am quite 

 sure in my case it was 

 bitterweed which caus- 

 ed mj' trouble. 



It was the first time 

 my bees ever stored 

 any of it that I de- 

 tected. I noticed, in 

 opening the hives 

 after the swarms had 



died, there was a very foul smell. There are 

 no other large apiaries here, but many of 

 two to ten colonies. Many have lost all or 



A group of speakers at the Tennessee convention. Left to right: .T. .T. Wild- 

 er, Cordele. Ga.; Dr. E. F. Phillips, Washington; Dr. .T. S. Ward 

 Nashville; and J. M. Buchanan, Franklin, Tenn. 



a part of them. J hope we may locate the 

 cause, and thereby find a remedy. 

 Helena, Ark., April 15. 



TENNESSEE BEEKEEPERS TALK OVER PROBLEMS 



BY J. M. BUCHANAN 



A special meeting of the Tennessee Bee- tion and Industry. Dr. E. F. Phillips called 

 keepers' Association was held at Chatta- the meeting lo order, and gave a talk on 

 nooga, Tenn., April 28, 29, in connection the " Essentials of Beekeeping." " Sources 

 with the Southern Conference for Educa- of Tennessee Honey " was the subject of a 



paper read by J. M. 

 Buchanan, of Frank- 

 lin, Tenn., who also 

 spoke on '' Co-opera- 

 tion in Improving Bee- 

 keeping Conditions in 

 theSouth." J. J. Wild- 

 er gave an interesting 

 account of the honey- 

 plants of Georgia and 

 Florida. 



On the second day 

 the subject of "Disease 

 Control" was taken up 

 and ably presented by 

 G. M. Bentley, State 

 Entomologist, and Dr. 

 J. S. Ward, State Api- 



Franklin Triangle and courthouse, where the conference meetings were held. ^ry inspector. Ul. r^. 



