GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1919 



FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



annual Ontario Convention is the latest on 

 record. I have no program as yet, but have 

 received notice that the convention will be 

 held in Toronto on Feb. 3, 4, and 5. The 

 meeting will be, I presume, at the usual 

 place — the Carlsrite Hotel, near the Union 

 station. With a fairly good season just past 

 in the way of a honey crop and good prices, 

 enthusiasm is high among the fraternity, 

 and naturally we expect a good attendance 

 at the cons^ention. However, we always ex- 

 pect that much and are never disappointed 

 in that line, as an attendance of from two 

 to three hundred is a common occurence. 



I have just learned with regret of the 

 sudden death from influenza of a young 

 beekeeper engaged extensively in the busi- 

 ness — Mr. Brunne of Arnstein, Ont. Mr. 

 Brunne, with his father, operated a number 

 of apiaries in the Parry Sound district of 

 Ontario, a poor farming section in a general 

 way, but a fairly good beekeeping district. 

 The surplus obtained is from clover, rasp- 

 berry, basswood, and fireweed, the sources 

 being in value in order named, if I remem- 

 ber correctly. Mr. Brunne was a young man 

 full of energy, just on the threshold of a 

 useful life. 



As to what Mr. Andrews says on page 30, 

 January issue, in respect to European foul 

 brood "and American foul brood being dis- 

 tinct diseases, I ask if it is not locality, then 

 what is it that would cause Mr. Andrews 

 to make such a statement? Here in Ontario, 

 at least, the two diseases, while having some 

 things in common, have on the other hand 

 so many things different that the veriest 

 novice, seeing and studying them side by 

 side for a season, wouid know positively 

 that the diseases are entirely different. A 

 comb filled with scales of dried-down larvas 

 from American foul brood cannot be used 

 again, under any circumstances that I ever 

 heard of, without transmitting the disease 

 to any colony to which said comb is given. 

 A comb filled with dried-down larvse, half- 

 dried larvae, or rotten larvae from European 

 foul brood can be given to bees and not 

 transmit the disease to bees that seemingly 

 are immune to it. Do these conditions hold 

 good in California or do they not? While 

 I am not sure about it myself, yet I certain- 

 ly believe the same results would be obtain- 

 ed with this test as we get here in Ontario- 

 If wrong in this surmise, I will gladly be 

 corrected; but, if right, then Mr. Andrews 

 should not advance such views. 



Markham, Ont. J. L. Byer. 



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T„ nPexas ^^'^ second annual meeting 



CAdS. ^^ ^j^g county apiary inspect- 

 ors was held at College Station on January 

 24 and 25. This meeting was a school of in- 

 struction at which time plans for the com- 

 ing year 's work were discussed with the 

 inspectors. Particular attention was given 

 this year to the new regulations, which are 



to be rigidly enforced, that will prohibit th« 

 shipment of any honey at any place in the 

 State without a certificate of inspection. 

 Beekeepers of the State are warned to be 

 prepared to meet the new regulations by 

 having their yards inspected during the sea- 

 son. It is too early to discuss at this time 

 the details of the program. 



On Dec. 30, 31, and Jan. 1, there were 

 held in San Antonio, Tex., the widwinter 

 meeting of the educational section and the 

 annual meeting of the business section of 

 the Texas Honey Producers ' Association. 

 These meetings were very well attended by 

 representatives of several of the beekeeping 

 sections of the State, the average attend- 

 ance at the sessions being about 45. A very 

 enjoj^able part of the three days ' program 

 was the banquet given by the Bexar County 

 Beekeepers' Association to the visitors. The 

 field meet which was planned for New 

 Year 's day could not be held on account of 

 the severe weather. The program of the 

 educational section was devoted to matters 

 concerning the general uplift of the indus- 

 try in the State. These sessions were pre- 

 sided over by E. G. LeSturgeon of San An- 

 tonio, who is president of the section. A 

 talk by Prof. H. B. Parks, Apicultural Ex- 

 pert of the Extension Service of the A. & 

 M. College, outlined the work which is being 

 done with the beekeepers. The results 

 shown certainly jarove the value of the 

 work. Plans for more extension work, were 

 outlined. In a talk by F. B. Paddock the 

 more important results of the foul-brood 

 eradication were mentioned. The chief 

 plans for the coming year include more 

 drastic regulations pertaining to the ship- 

 ment of honey in the State- In the new 

 regulations the shipper of honey will be re- 

 sponsible for the inspection certificates. 

 The president brought before the meeting 

 the outline for the legislative action of the 

 section. This is to include a request for a 

 bill which will create experimental apiaries 

 to study the problems of beekeeping. Eeso- 

 lutions were adopted expressing confidence 

 in the present efforts of foul-brood eradi- 

 cation and asking that no change should be 

 made in the present management. A com- 

 mittee was appointed to prepare for the 

 beekeepers of the State a list of terms 

 properly defined. The meetings of the busi- 

 ness section were presided over by Louis 

 Scholl of New Braunfels, the president. 

 Matters discussed at these sessions per- 

 tained to the advancement of the associa- 

 tion. A report of the manager showed the 

 wonderful results that have been attained, 

 especially in the two worst years in the his- 

 tory of Texas beekeeping. The directors 

 of the association in their meeting declared 

 the guaranteed dividend of 8 per cent to be 

 be retroactive to the time when the money 

 of each stockholder was placed with the as- 

 sociation. The manager was given a vote 



