Dkckmbkr, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULT U K E 



FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



It is a ii'roat satisfaotion to have one's 

 experience verified by a man like J. E. 

 Crane; that is to say, that sugar syrup fed 

 directly in the combs will granulate much 

 quicker than that which is fed in feeders 

 and is moved to the combs by the bees. 



The Riverside District Fair was the most 

 successful ever staged in our county seat. 

 All lines of agriculture were well represent- 

 ed. The Riverside County Beekeepers ' 

 Club had a splendid exhibit and again took 

 the first {)rize with, the San Bernardino 

 County Club a close second. The Riverside 

 Bee and Honey Company had a fine exhibit 

 of all kinds of hives, fixtures, etc. 



It is now two weeks since we had any 

 rain. The grass has started over most of 

 the lower valleys. The nights are cool, with 

 occasionally a light frost in the more ex- 

 posed places. Resin weed is reported as 

 furnishing considerable honey for winter 

 stores in a few very favored localities, but 

 over the vast majority of ranges nothing 

 at all is coming in. If this proves to be one 

 of the seasons when the willow, manzanita, 

 and eucalyptus yield, some nectar should 

 come in from these sources during Decem- 

 ber, January, and February. Colonies with 

 less than 10 pounds of stores may not sur- 

 vive, should the next two months prove cold 

 and unfavorable. Many colonies are found 

 at this writing (Nov. 5) with little or no 

 brood. Usually our queens begin laying 

 quite lively during December and by the 

 middle of January have from three to five 

 frames of brood. 



The annual meeting of the Orange Belt 

 Honey Producers ' Co-operative Exchange 

 was held in Riverside on Nov. 3. Secretary- 

 Manager E. W. Home reported $65,000 

 worth of honey sold during the year and the 

 Exchange in a most prosperous condition. 

 Considering the fact that this has been one 

 of our very poor honey seasons, it is a most 

 satisfactory report. The election of direct- 

 ors resulted in the re-election of R. Powell 

 of Riverside and L. L. Andrews of Corona 

 for a three years ' term. H. A. Wagner of 

 Redlands, E. W. Home of Riverside, and J. 

 A. Mack of Rialto are the hold-over direct- 

 ors. Chas. B. Justice, manager of the State 

 Exchange, gave a talk covering at length 

 the workings of the Exchange since its in- 

 ception a year ago. L. L. Andrews. 



Corona, Calif. 



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In Michigan ^'^\l' -f^\''"T ""^^.^y 



o jnouth, Mich., has taken 



a position with the office of the State 

 Inspector of Apiaries. Mr. Sharrow will 

 spend the winter traveling with Mr. Ewell 

 in the holding of the two-day beekeepers' 

 schools which are to be held in most of the 

 counties of the lower peninsula. The fol- 

 lowing is the schedule of the Beekeepers ' 

 Schools for the month of December: Dec. 

 2-3, Gladwin County; Dec. 4-5, Ogemaw 



County; Dec. 6-8, Genesee Count v; Dec. 

 15-16, Branch County; Dee. 18-19,' Charle- 

 voix County; Dec. 20-22, Antrim County; 

 Dec. 30-31, Grand Traverse County. The 

 beekeepers of those counties mentioned 

 should keep in touch with their county 

 agents, as they have charge of the schools 

 and make all arrangements for the ]»lace of 

 meeting and for the local advertising. For 

 any information relative to the schools, call 

 en your county agent. 



The Michigan Beekeepers' Association 

 now has 618 members. 



On Oct. 28 a number of colonies were 

 o])ened and it was found that drones were 

 more or less numerous in all the colonies. 

 This was indeed surprising, as drones are 

 rarely seen here in colonies after the middle 

 of September. On Nov. 3, it became neces- 

 sary to open several colonies for a careful 

 examination. In every colony opened brood 

 was found in all stages, and in one colony 

 eggs were found on three frames. All colo- 

 nies were queenright. No feeding had been 

 done for several weeks previous to this ex- 

 amination. This has been a unique experi- 

 ence, which cannot be attributed to the wea- 

 ther conditions as this has been a normal 

 autumn. Any light on this subject would 

 be appreciated. 



The annual Convention of the State Bee- 

 keepers ' Association will be held in the 

 Chamber of Commerce, Lansing, on Dec. 9- 

 10-11. The first session will begin promptly 

 at one o'clock on the afternoon of the ninth. 

 The following is a part of the program: 

 "Experiences with Combless Packages," D. 

 O. David, David Running; "A Season's 

 Work with the Bees," O. H. Schmidt; 

 "Two Queens in One Hive," Arthur Shar- 

 row; "Honey Production," R. F. Holter- 

 mann ; ' ' Getting the Maximum Yield, ' ' 

 Kennith Hawkins. Report of the Committee 

 on Co-operative Buying and Selling. E. R, 

 Root of Gleanings and C. O. Yost, State In- 

 spector of Indiana, will be present but their 

 subjects cannot be announced at this date. 

 There are several other speakers whose 

 names are withheld now but will appear on 

 the printed program. The banquet will be 

 held on the evening of the tenth. The fol- 

 lowing is a list of Lansing Hotels: Porter, 

 Downey, Kerns, Detroit, Fleming, Lennox, 

 Butler, and Reogrand. These hotels are 

 named in the order of the cost for accommo- 

 dations, the most expensive being named 

 first. Try to arrange to have a room reserv- 

 ed by correspondence in order to avoid in- 

 convenience upon arriving. 



East Lansing, Mich. B. F. Kindig. 



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Tjj Texas '^^^ aftermath of the storm 



of September 14 reaches here 

 in reports from the commercial beekeepers of 

 that district. One party, 130 miles from the 

 coast, but in the line of the storm, lost one 

 outyard valued at $2,000 and as yet cannot 



