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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



November, 1919 



Mich.; Menominee River Sugar Co., Me- 

 nominee, Midi. ; Mount Clemens Sugar Co., 

 Mount Clemens, Mich. ; Owosso Sugar Co., 

 Owosso, Mich. ; Michigan Sugar Co., Sagi- 

 naw, Mich. ; Columbia Sugar Co., Bay City, 

 Mich.; West Bay City Sugar Co., Bay 

 City, Mich.; Michigan Sugar Co., Cros- 

 well, Mich. ; Ohio Sugar Co., Ottawa, Ohio ; 

 Toledo Sugar Co., Rossfield, Ohio; Conti- 

 nental Sugar Co., Toledo, Ohio; Charles 

 Pope, 332 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ills. ; 

 Chippewa Sugar Co., 428 Grand St., Mil- 

 waukee, Wis.; U. S. Refining Co., 428 

 Grand Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.; Wisconsin 

 Sugar Co., 428 Grand Ave., Milwaukee, 

 Wis. ; Minnesota Sugar Co., Chaska, 

 Minn. ; Garden City Sugar and Land Co., 

 Garden City, Kans. ; Sheridan Sugar Co., 

 Sheridan, Wyo. ; Garden City Sugar and 

 Land Co., Colorado Springs, Colo. ; Holly 

 Sugar Co., Boston Bldg., Denver, Colo. ; 

 Amalgamated Sugar Co., Ogden, Utah; 

 People's Sugar Co., Salt Lake City, Utah; 

 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., Salt Lake City, 

 Utah; Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., Grants Pass, 

 Ore.; Alameda Sugar Co., 310 Sansome 

 St., San Francisco, Calif. ; Spreckels Sugar 

 Co., 60 California St., San Francisco, 

 Calif.; Santa Ana Sugar Co., Santa Ana, 

 Calif. 



To each sugar company in the above list, 

 appeal has been made by B. F. Kindig, 

 president of the National Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation, in the following letter sent Oct. 

 18: 



Gentlemen. — A crisis threatens thousands 

 of beekeepers in the Northern Central States 

 because of the present sugar shortage. Ow- 

 ing to a small honey crop, very many bees 

 must be fed sugar before being placed in 

 winter quarters, or starvation will result. 



Not only is a large property value at 

 stake, but the chief source of livelihood for 

 a large number of people is endangered. 



The Sugar Equalization Board has in- 

 formed The Apicultural Division of the U. 

 S. Dept. of Agriculture that beekeepers west 

 of a line thru Buffalo and Pittsburg must 

 seek to relieve their needs for sugar by di- 

 rect appeal to the beet sugar manufacturers. 

 The beekeepers now in urgent need of 

 sugar make such appeal to you thru their 

 national organization. 



I should appreciate a reply as to whether 

 you can meet the beekeepers ' needs, and, if 

 so, whether you can supply individual bee- 

 keepers in less than ear lots or must ship- 

 ment be in car lots only. 



It is understood that sugar asked for by 

 beekeepers shall be used only for feeding 

 bees. 



Yours very truly, 



B. F. KINDIG, 

 President National Beekeepers' Ass'n. 



About half of these companies Gleanings 



has telegraphed, urging that they make 

 every ettort to supply the present needs of 

 the beekeepers. The replies received to 

 date show an earnest desire to help the bee- 

 keepers. ]\Ioreover, in this gxeat crisis of 

 the beekeepers. Gleanings in Bee Culture 

 will undertake to act as agent for securing 

 sugar for all beekeepers of Ohio who are 

 unable to secure sufficient sugar thru their 

 county agents. (We are not sure that we 

 can distribute outside of Ohio.) 



The beekeepers of Ohio should try their 

 count}^ agents first, by all means, but, fail- 

 ing to get action in this way, they may wire 

 us at Medina, 0., at once, how much sugar 

 they actually need for bees, and whether 

 the shipment should be made by freight or 

 express, it being distinctly understood that 

 the sugar will be used only for feeding the 

 bees. Unless promises now made us for a 

 supply of sugar for this purpose should 

 fail, we shall be able to supply the sugar 

 at once at actual cost to us. Let no time be 

 lost — first come, first served. 



We feel certain that the state apiarists 

 or state inspectors of other states will be 

 glad to undertake to do for the beekee])- 

 ers of their states what we are attempting 

 to do for those of Ohio, namely, to secure 

 sugar for those who cannot get sugar in 

 any other way. 



The list of county agents is obviously 

 too long to give but the addresses of the 

 state apiarists or state inspectors for the 

 states west of Bui^alo and Pittsburg in the 

 greatest need are as follows: Indiana — 

 Frank N. Wallace, State Entomologist, 

 State House, Indianapolis, Ind.; Michi- 

 gan — B. F. Kindig, East Lansing, Mich : ; 

 Minnesota— Chas. D. Blaker, 4420 Grimes 

 Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.; Iowa — Ft B. 

 Paddock, State Apiarist, Ames, la.; Wis- 

 consin — H. L. McMurry, Chief Deputy, 

 State Capitol, Madison, Wis. 



Let the beekeeper remember that his bees 

 should be saved at any price, for the prom- 

 ise was never brighter than now for a 

 good honey market next year. Those hav- 

 ing honey known to be free from American 

 foul-brood germs will find it the part of 

 wisdom to use this for feeding their bees, 

 no matter how high a price honey may now 

 bring. 



If unable to obtain enough sugar or hon- 

 ey for winter stores, pack the bees unusu- 

 ally well and take the chance on allowing 

 them to go into winter quarters with even 

 as little as 10 pounds; for, since well- 

 packed colonies use only from one to two 

 pounds per month during the winter, they 

 will likely be safe for several months, and 

 in all probability sugar will be available 



