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January, 1919 



THE dates of 

 some of the 

 beekeepers' 

 conventions 

 soon to be held 

 are as follows: 

 Kansas State 

 Beekeepers ' As- 

 sociation, Jan. 

 7 and 8, at the 

 Chamber of Commerce, Topeka; Pennsyl- 

 vania State Beekeepers' Association at Har- 

 risburg, Jan. 22 and 23; Michigan State 

 Beekeepers' Association at Lansing, Jan. 21 

 to 23; Illinois State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion, at Leland Hotel, Springfield, Dec. 17 

 and 18; Minnesota Beekeepers' Association, 

 Jan. 2 and 3, at Eoom 4, Plant Pathology 

 building. University Farm, St. Paul; New 

 Jersey Beekeepers' Association at Trenton, 

 Jan. 16 and 17; Western New York Honey 

 Producers' Association at the Genesee Ho- 

 tel, Buffalo, Jan. 10 and 11; Ohio Beekeep- 

 ers' Association, Jan. 28 and 29, at Botany 

 and Zoologj^ building, Ohio State University, 

 Columbus; National Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion at Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, Feb. 18 to 

 20. It will interest many of the possible 

 attendants of the National meeting to know 

 that Dr. C. C. Miller expects to attend one 

 day. 



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The A. I. Eoot Company of California has 

 recently been incori^orated under the laws 

 of California with a capitalization of $200,- 

 000. The officers of the new company are: 

 J. T. Calvert, president; Miss Hazel A. 

 Doyle, vice-president and manager; Ernest 

 Andrew, secretary-treasurer; H. A. Sweet, 

 general superintendent. These officers, with 

 C. F. Stone, are directors of the company. 

 The office and factory are located at 1824 

 East 15th St., near Alameda St., Los An- 

 geles- All kinds of bee supplies and founda- 

 tion are now manufactured at the new plant, 

 and the company has been formed for the 

 special purpose of taking care of the Pacific 

 Coast trade and the Pacific export trade. 

 Stock is being sold so far as possible to 

 California beekeepers. It is hoped to make 

 the new company very largely a California 

 institution. J. T. Calvert, treasurer of the 

 A. I. Root Co., who went to Los Angeles 

 early in October to supervise the affairs of 

 the company in.its early stages, met with a 

 serious automobile accident Nov. 4, in which 

 he had the misfortune to have his thigh 

 broken, a result of which is that he is still 

 confined to a bed in the Clara Barton His- 

 pital at Los Angeles. His full and early re- 

 covery is confidently expected. 

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The U. S. Department of Agriculture, in 

 its honey-crop report for 1918, states that the 

 total crop of the past season was about 

 equal to that of the previous year and only 

 a few per cent below the average of the last 

 five years. It is stated that the crop was 

 unusually good in the East and South as 

 well as in the Rocky Mountain region (ex- 



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c e p t i n g Ari- 

 zona) but poor 

 in the Mississip- 

 ])i Valley region. 

 There was a 

 marked increase 

 in the produc- 

 tion of extract- 

 ed honey and 

 corr espon ding 

 decreases in comb and chunk-honey pro- 

 duction. The increase of colonies since 

 spring is reported as 16 per cent, this 

 being about three per cent less than the 

 losses last winter. The States which suffer- 

 ed the severest winter losses last year were 

 those east of the Mississippi from Virginia 

 and Kentucky northward and in the West- 

 ern States from Colorado and Utah north- 

 ward. At the date of the report, Nov. 21, 

 the condition of strength and healthiness of 

 colonies is 94 per cent of normal, being aver- 

 age for that date. A 100 per cent condition 

 is reported from Oregon, Utah, Colorado, 

 Alabama, and New Jersey, and all New Eng- 

 land is close to that figure. 



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The annual meeting of the New York 

 State Association of Beekeepers' Societies, 

 held at Buffalo on Dec. 3 and 4, was fairly 

 well attended, and the program brought out 

 much of interest and profit. O. L. Hershiser 

 of Kenmore was elected president, and J. H- 

 Cunningham of Syracuse was elected secre- 

 tary-treasurer. 



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Dr. C. C. Miller is the subject of an ex- 

 ceedingly interesting sketch in the Ameri- 

 can Magazine for December. Most beekeep- 

 ers know as much about the Doctor as this 

 article tells, but it will prove exceedingly 

 interesting to a great body of American 

 citizens who are not beekeepers. 



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Apiculture in Quebec is going ahead fast. 

 The American Consul there reports that the 

 yield of extracted and comb honey for 1916 

 was 3,041,930 pounds, w^hile five years before 

 the total annual production was only 1,- 

 393,460 pounds. ^ ^ ^ 



The convention of the Wisconsin State 

 Beekeepers' Association, held at Madison, 

 Dec. 5 and 6, was not largely attended be- 

 cause of the influenza epidemic, but its meet- 

 ing proved exceptionally interesting and 

 profitable. Gus Ditmer was elected presi- 

 dent to succeed N. E. France, and Edward 



Hassinger, Jr., was re-elected secretary. 

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At the first annual meeting of the bee- 

 keepers of Chenango County, N. Y., Dec. 14, 

 I. W. Bedell of Earlville was elected presi- 

 dent, and T. R. Gordon of Norwich was made 

 secretary-treasurer. It proved an excellent 



meeting of enthusiastic beekeepers. 



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The annual meeting of the Nebraska Hon- 

 ey Producers ' Association, on account of the 

 influenza epidemic, has been postponed to a 

 future date not yet announced. 



