January, 1914. 



17 



American Vae Journal 



pictures were for the beekeeper who 

 was in the least inclined to build air 

 castles. Migratory beekeeping was es- 

 pecially mentioned in his talk. 



The association was especially fortu- 

 nate in having with them Mr. J. P. 

 Munson, of the Michigan Horticultural 

 Society. Mr. Munson, in his talk, 

 showed plainly the difficulties that be- 

 set the fruit grower when spraying his 

 trees, and in return asked that the bee- 

 keepers teach why the fruit grower 

 should have consideration for bees. 

 There was no room left for doubt that 

 the bees cannot puncture fruit, and 

 that they were necessary for the pol- 

 lenation of fruit flowers. 



Michigan is especially fortunate in 



just starting on this subject, the ad- 

 dress was listened to with great inter- 

 est. The Ontario Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation has nearly 1500 members, and 

 the audience was told how these mem- 

 bers were secured, and what the work 

 at the Ontario Agricultural College 

 was doing for the students in college. 



It was very much regretted by the 

 beekeepers present that Mr. Ira D. 

 Bartlett could not be at the convention, 

 but a short paper by him was read on 

 "Wintering Bees Out-of-Doors." The 

 subject assigned to Mr. Bartlett was 

 "Wintering Bees on Summer Stands." 

 but Mr. Bartlett's experience has been 

 wholly with wintering bees in clusters 

 of four, and not simply on the original 

 summer stands. 



Mr. D. Running, of Filion, Mich., 

 gave a very interesting talk on his 

 method of wintering bees in cellars, 

 and also gave a description of a cellar 

 he has built for the express purpose of 

 wintering all his colonies. There is 

 no doubt that in his location cellar 

 wintering is the best method of carry- 

 ing bees through the winter. 



The editor of the Beekeepers' Review, 

 Mr. Townsend. talked on " The Pro- 

 duction of Extracted Honey." As 

 stated in the Review a few months ago, 

 Mr. Townsend and his sons practice 

 wintering their bees with a shallow 

 super full of honey just above the 

 brood-chamber. This extra supef is 

 for the purpose of ensuring plentiful 

 stores up until apple bloom, and even 

 until white clover yields in the spring. 



The meeting of the association will 

 be held at the Michigan Agricultural 

 College in Lansing, Mich., next year. 



A. H. Guernsey, of Ionia, Mich.. 

 With a runaway swarm. The swarm was 

 found on a limb lii inches through. 40 feet 

 from the ground. It had combs 2 feet long 

 and 13 inches deep. The bees were safely- 

 captured and taken to a photograph gal- 

 lery and afterward exhibited on the streets 

 for several hours. 



having secured the sevices of Mr. F. E. 

 Millen as State Inspector of Apiaries. 

 His address to the convention on the 

 subject of " Cause, Treatment and 

 Eradication of Foul Brood " was ex- 

 cellent. Mr. Millen has had consider- 

 able experience with foul brood, and 

 we are sure that if the beekeepers give 

 him the required assistance the war on 

 foul brood in Michigan will succeed. 



Mr. A. G. Woodman, of Grand Rap- 

 ids, in showing various beekeepers' 

 appliances, gave a description of his 

 new combined section folder and foun- 

 dation fastener. This little machine 

 gives promise of being a winner among 

 beekeepers who produce comb honey. 

 Mr. Woodman showed how top and 

 bottom starters could be put in a sec- 

 tion all at one operation. Most foun- 

 dation fasteners put the foundation on 

 one side of the section only, but this 

 machine places it on two sides, top and 

 bottom, with exactness. 



Beekeeping in the colleges was the 

 subject of the address by Prof. Morley 

 Pettit, of Guelph, Ont. As Michigan is 



The Missouri Meeting at Excelsior 

 Springs 



The meeting of the Missouri bee- 

 keepers at this famous resort, on Dec. 

 Ill and 17, 1913, proved very efficient. 

 Important steps were taken. The mem- 

 bership fee has thus far been only -jO 



cents, but it was decided that more 

 funds were needed both for paying ex- 

 penses and with a view to incorporate 

 so as to form a permanent organiza- 

 tion simibr to the Agricultural and 

 Horticultural associations. The fee 

 was raised to $1.00. A committee was 

 appointed to consider incorporation 

 and securing an appropriation from the 

 State Legislature, for the purpose of 

 publishing the proceedings and all im- 

 portant information in the fight against 

 diseases, also for co-operation in secur- 

 ing better prices for honey. A revision 

 of the constitution was also contem- 

 plated. 



Interesting papers were read by E. E. 

 Lawrence, Clay Foley, H. C. Gadberry, 

 Dr. A. D. Wolfe. W. T. Gary, and C. C. 

 Clemons. The latter gentleman ter- 

 rified his audience by facetiously pro- 

 ducing an enormous roll, which pur- 

 ported to be an address, but turned out 

 to be blank paper. His address, which 

 was excellent, treated of the experi- 

 ences of the commission merchant and 

 of the best methods of grading honey 

 for the market. 



The editor of the American Bee 

 Journal gave a half hour talk on bee- 

 keeping in Europe. 



The president, J. W. Rouse, gave con- 

 siderable information concerning foul 

 brood and the failure to secure a law 

 by only one vote of minority. He 

 urged the beekeepers to do as was done 

 in Illinois in a similar circumstance, 

 write to their representatives individ- 

 ually and demand their support of the 

 measure. The attitude of the conven- 

 tion indicated that very strenuous ef- 

 forts will be made in this direction at 

 the next session of the Missouri Legis- 

 lature. 



A resolution was passed granting to 

 the secretary 2b percent of the member- 

 ship dues as an indemnity of his labors. 

 The association nominated the city of 

 Columbia as the next place of meeting, 

 subject to the decision of the executive 

 committee. Resolutions were passed 

 in favor of a course in beekeeping at 



This apiary produced 2000 pounds of comb honey for its owner in 1913. 



Johnson, of Postville. Iowa. 



It belongs to Ed. J. 



