JANUARY 15, 1913 



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violation of the pure-food act. Let us eon- 

 duct our business in such a manner that 

 every consumer will be thoroughly convinc- 

 ed the honey he eats is pure, whether pur- 

 chased from a dealer or beekeeper. In the 

 long run, honesty is always tlie best policy. 

 Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 8. 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 



BY P. C. CHADWICK 



, Continued from page 42. 



memory of prominent beekeepers and mem- 

 bers of the association whom death has 

 claimed during the past year. 



Mr. W. H. Allen, of Ventura, asked that 

 the report that Mr. Corey brought the tirst 

 bees to California be corrected, as Mr. 

 Corey never claimed that honor. Mi'. Har- 

 bison shipped the tirst bees to the Slate 

 that we have record of, but said he found 

 others here when lie arrived. Mr. K. M. 

 Henneken, of Monterey, said that the Span- 

 ish fathers had a record of bees having 

 been brought here some time during 1700. 



The annual election of officers resulted in 

 President Farrer and Secretary' Shaffner 

 being re-elected to their resjiective offices. 

 J. G. Gilstrap, of Ceres, succeeds Ralph 

 Benton on the executive committee. 



Action was taken looking to the establish- 

 ment of a bee journal for the association. 



NOTES FROM THE CONVENTION. 



J. D. Bixby condemned old combs as 

 being detrimental to beekeepers when fight- 

 ing black brood. This position was also 

 taken by W. G. Hoore. 



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Owing to sickness, Geo. L. Emerson was 

 not seen after the first day's session. Mr. 

 Emerson is one of our old war horses, and 

 that he was missed goes witliout saying. 



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Mr. C. Hauser, of Sacramento, had some 

 honey from carpet grass {Lippia nodi flora) 

 at the convention. It is a beautiful white 

 in color, and has about the mildest ilavor 

 of any I have ever tasted. 



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Mr. K. M. Henneken, of Monterey Coun- 

 ty, told of a colony of bees that produced 

 honej' to the value of $38.00 in a single sea- 

 son. This gentleman was inviting beekeep- 

 ers to come to his county with bees to help 

 save the wasting nectar. It really seemed 

 strange to have a man asking beekeepei-s to 

 come with him instead of sending them 

 word that there Avas a foul-brood fence up 

 to keep them from sending bees in from 



any locality within twenty-five miles of 

 some other place. 



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Spraying black-brood combs with strong 

 brine and allowing the salt to crust thereon 

 until ready to use to protect from moth 

 and kill disease germs was a plan spoken 

 of by Mr. Bixby. Although he lays no 

 claim to having originated the idea, it is 

 said to work successfully. The combs are 

 dipped into the water in order to remove 

 the salt before being used again. 



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A word of praise to the deserving is 

 never amiss, so I say that, when President 

 J. W. Farrer and Secretaiy A. B. Shaffner 

 were unanimously re-elected to their re- 

 spective offices, their efforts of the past year 

 were recognized. 



Sec. Shaffner during the past j-ear has 

 written more than 600 letters, and has ad- 

 dressed thousands of reports and bulletins, 

 for which he would not even accept the 

 meager .$23.00 which was his by virtue of 



his office. 



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I'olorado claims to have 27,000 colonies 

 of bees. Los Angeles County, Cal., is said 

 to have 60,000; Imperial County, 12,000, 

 and from the best information at hand I 

 feel safe in saying that there are 250,000 

 colonies south of the Te hatehapi. No won- 

 der beekeepers complain of being a little 

 crowded in places. I have no figures on 

 the number in the San Joaquin and Sacra- 

 mento valleys or the upper coast country ; 

 but that California has " some bees " is a 

 foregone conclusion, and there are thou- 

 sands of colonies in the State that never 

 figured in the last census. 



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As a matter of information to the Cali- 

 fornia beekeepers I ^vish to say that our 

 exhibit at both the San Diego and San 

 Francisco faii-s in 1915 will be under the 

 supervision of Mr. M. H. Mendleson, of 

 Ventura. The writer will be Mr. Mendle- 

 son 's secretary, with H. J. Warr, of Perris, 

 in close touch. I wish I could impress upon 

 the California beekeepers the necessity of 

 beginning now for this exhibit. We have 

 an opportunity before us to astound the 

 world with the grandest exhibit of our 

 products ever seen. We must have money, 

 honey, and nice wax in just as liberal quan- 

 tities as we can afford. We want as many 

 kinds as California produces of as near 

 pure honey of its kind as can be secured. 

 Brother beekeepers, this will doubtless be 

 the last time in the lifetime of at least the 

 older of us to see our indu>trv crowned 



