May, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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THE Bureau 

 f Markets 

 reports that 

 there have been 

 shipped to date 

 from Colorado 

 between 75 and 

 80 cars of honey, 

 with approxi- 

 mately 20 cars 



still on hand. These are divided as follows: 

 5 cars in Denver, 10 cars in the Montrose- 

 Delta section, 1 car each at Grand Junction, 

 Fort Collins, Sterling, and the San Juan 

 Basin. When the entire crop for 1918 has 

 been marketed the total movement will ap- 

 proximate 100 cars, which is about 25 cars 

 more than were shipped from the 1917 crop 



of Colorado. 



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E. J. Atchley, formerly of Beeville, Tex., 

 is editor of a new beekeepers ' jtublication at 

 Riverside, Calif., called * ' The California 

 Honey Bowl." It is a quarterly publication 

 and is owned by the ' ' Beekeepers ' League 

 of Southern California. ' ' The first number 



appeared Apr. 1. 



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W. J. Shepard of Nelson, B. C, has just 

 been appointed Provincial Apiarist and 

 Chief Inspector of Apiaries for British Co- 

 lumbia. He will have six inspectors working 



under his direction. 



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The Western New York Honey Producers ' 

 Association will hold a spring meeting and 

 basket picnic on Saturday, May 31, at the 

 apiary of Emil W. Gutekunst at Col den, N. 

 Y. One of the objects of this spring meet- 

 ing is a full discussion of crop and market 

 prospects. All beekeepers, whether members 

 of the Association or not, are requested to 

 attend this meeting and take part in the 

 discussion. John N. Demuth, secretary and 

 manager of the New York Honey Producers ' 

 Association, Inc., will be present and give 

 an outline of the work undertaken by that 

 Association. Howard M. Myers of Ransoni- 

 ville, N. Y., is secretary of the W. N. Y. H. 

 P. A., of whom further particulars may be 



gleaned. 



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B. F. Kindig, president of the National 

 Beekeepers' Association, sends out the fol- 

 lowing appeal to the beekeepers of the coun- 

 try, asking for their hearty and immediate 

 co-operation, as follows: "During the past 

 year the Division of Aj^iculture of the Fed- 

 eral Bureau of Entomologv, Washington, D. 

 C, of which Dr. E. F. Phillips is chief, has 

 received its regular appropriation of $35,000 

 and in addition has received an allowance of 

 $15,000 from the Food Production Act, a 

 war measure. During the session of Con- 

 gress just closed, the committee having in 

 charge the appropriation for the next year 

 cut the appropriation to $20,000 from all 

 sources and for all purposes. T&e bill, how- 

 ever, failed to pass. The situation now de- 

 veloped is as follows: Congress will again 



meet in special 

 session during 

 May and the 

 matter of the ap- 

 propriation will 

 come up again. 

 Pressure by bee- 

 keepers must be 

 brought upon all 

 of the U. S. Rep- 

 resentatives and also upon every U. S. 

 Senator, inasmuch as it was in the Senate 

 that the cut in the appropriation was made. 

 This is a matter that vitally concerns every 

 beekeeper. If you do not inform your Rep- 

 resentative or Senator as to your desires, 

 how can you expect them to favor a $35,000 

 appropriation? This is a matter which you 

 must take a part in. Write your Congress- 

 man and Senators AT ONCE and tell them 

 that as one of their constituents you demand 

 that the appropriation be left as it has been. 

 If this is not done it will be necessary for 

 Dr. Phillips to give up the work that the 16 

 Extension agents are doing in the various 

 States of the Union. Possibly one of the 

 Extension agents has visited your State or 

 you know of the good work they are doing. 

 If so, tell your Representative and Senators 

 about the good work that is being done 

 among the beekeepers. Tell them of the 

 diseases of bees and that the educational 

 work of the Extension agents is absolutely 

 necessary to bring about the control of the 

 diseases. Speak of the thousands of bee- 

 keepers in your State and the value of the 

 products of the apiary; the value of pollina- 

 tion of the fruits; the value to the country 

 in the establishing of the industry of bee- 

 keeping on a firm basis; the saving of the 

 tons and tons of otherwise wasted nectar; 

 the possibilities of the industry if properly 

 fostered by the Government; the need of 

 Extension agents for bringing the possibili- 

 ties of beekeeping before the beginners that 

 they may develop into producers of conse- 

 quence. There are a thousand things that 

 could be said to show your Representatives 

 and Senators that the cutting of the ap- 

 jsropriation would be a calamity to the in- 

 dustry. THIS IS YOUR PROBLEM. The 

 securing of this appropriation IS UP TO 

 YOU. If you fail in your duty, the appro- 

 priation is lost. If you are not interested, 

 why should your Congressman be? Write 

 what vou feel. Say it as forcibly as you 

 can, BUT DO IT NOW. If possible, "see 

 your Congressman personally. He is at home 

 now. Your postmaster can tell you where 

 he lives. After you have seen him, or when 

 he has answered your letter, I would like to 

 hear from you and know what they have to 

 say. This information will be of value to 

 our legislative committee which will visit 

 Washington in your behalf. In closing, let 

 me again urge you not to delay this matter. 

 All other industries are receiving their rec- 

 ognition, and let us now begin an aggressive 

 campaign to place our industry in the posi- 

 tion it deserves. " 



