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January, 1914. 



American Hee Jonrnal 



tions, making a much larger book, we 

 now offer, side by side with it, this re- 

 print of the original work, as a glori- 

 fication of its author and an evidence 

 of the material progress which over <J<) 

 years of time and his original teach- 

 ings have brought. C. P. Dadant. 

 Hamilton, 111. 



Bees in Oklahoma '' Beekeeping is 



a coming industry for Oklahoma." So 

 says Mr. A. W. Lee, of the Washita 

 County Beekeepers' Association, in a 

 recent letter to this office. He also en- 

 closed a copy of a large poster gotten 

 out by his association, to induce more 

 of the farmers in that section to keep a 

 few colonies of bees wherever sufficient 

 alfalfa was raised. 



Following are a few of the reports 

 copied from the bulletin which was cir- 

 culated throughout the section : 



I. A. BEWLEY, 2 MILES EAST OF CORDELL. Igi2, 



Increased from 7 to 15 colonies. 8 gain.. $80.00 



ISO pounds of honey at I5c 22 50 



Total Bain 102.50 



Less supplies 24.00 



Net gain 78.50 



112 percent. 



1013 

 Increased from 12 to 24. 12 gain, at $10. .5120.00 



200 pounds of honey taken, at 15c 30.00 



Total gain 150.00 



Less supplies 36.00 



Net gain 114.00 



05 percent. 



L. L. BACHELOR. ROCKY, 1013. 



Increased fromio to 14 colonies, 4 gain. J 40.00 



450 pounds of honey taken, at 15c 67 50 



Total gain 107.SO 



Less supplies 12.00 



Net gain «$ 5o 



ij6 percent. 



MRS. ROBERT STEELE. CORDELL. IQI3. 



Colony purchased ,]une 10, and by Aug. 

 22 had produced 82 lbs. honey, at I5C.$ 12.30 



Less supplies 30 



Net gain 12,00 



120 percent. 



JOHN BOHLEN, EAST OF CORDELL. IIJI2. 



Increased from i to 4 colonies, at Jio...$ 30.00 



Less supplies iJ.oo 



Net gain 21.00 



210 percent, 



I5I3. 



Increased from 6 to 7, i gain, at Jio t 10.00 



350 pounds of honey taken, at 15c 52.50 



Total gain 62,50 



Less supplies 3 00 



Net gain So.so 



00 percent. 



The reader will notice that no deduc- 

 tion was made in these reports for labor 

 expended on the bees, but even with 

 such labor counted in, the reports 

 would make good material for a bee- 

 keeping "boom." These reports, too, 

 following on the excellent report given 

 by Miss Wilson in the November num- 

 ber, would lead one to believe that the 

 country is not yet overstocked to such 

 an extent that beginners in beekeeping 

 should be discouraged rather than en- 

 couraged. 



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Colorado Meeting The 33d annual 



convention of the Colorado State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held at 

 the Auditorium Hotel, Denver, Colo., 

 Jan. 20 and 21. The usual reduced 

 rates, half fare, will be in effect for the 



Live Stock Show, which will be open 

 all the week. 



Come and attend the convention, 

 and also take in the Stock Show. We 

 will have some exhibits of interest. 

 Wesley Foster, St-c. 



Honey by Parcel Post " I had wished 



for parcel post privileges ever since I 

 was big enough to read, and now I am 

 wishing that we may have the 1.50-mile 

 rate e.xtended from coast to coast," 

 wiites Mr. Walter S. Pouder, of In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., in a letter to us under 

 date of Nov. 26. 



In the mail a few days before, we had 

 received our first honey by parcel post, 

 a package from Mr. Pouder. It con- 

 sisted of a half-pint of granulated 

 honey put up in a parafifine paper pack- 

 age such as is used extensively in re- 

 tailing milk, as per cut attached. The 

 paper jar was enclosed in a cardboard 

 box, and came through in excellent 

 shape. 



We immediately wrote to Mr. Pouder 

 to get details of his system, asking him 

 if he sent larger packages. He very 



kindly sent us a tj-pound can of liquid 

 honey which also arrived in very good 

 shape. It was a square can with screw 

 top similar to the standard 60-pound 

 cans, and was securely wrapped in cor- 

 rugated paper and cardboard, 



Mr. Pouder stated that he was send- 

 ing 3 pound, 6 pound, and 12 pound 

 cans safely by parcel post, and was 

 also sending out granulated honey in 

 half pint and pint packages. He gets 

 2.5 cents for the half-pint packages, 60 

 cents for the 3 pound, and $1 20 for the 

 6 pound within the 150-mile zone. 



His success in the establishing of 

 such a business can be in part attri- 

 buted to the careful packing of these 

 different size cans. We want to warn 

 our readers that a single can of honey, 

 spilled in a mail pouch, will go a long 

 ways towards retarding the extension 

 along these lines. The decrease in 

 rates and the increase in weight limit 

 will help a great deal by allowing a 

 very strong and secure outer wrapping 

 without increasing materially the ex- 

 pense of mailing. 



The Paraffine Paper Jars Mr. Pouder Uses for Honey by Parcel Post. 



Bee-Keeping ^ For Women 



Conducted bv Miss Emma M. Wilson, Marengo, 111. 



Honey and Rheumatism — How to Eat 

 Honey 



A reader saw it stated how much 

 honey we had eaten, and kindly wrote 

 us a few words of caution. He said he 

 had been in the habit of eating abou 

 two pounds of extracted honey pe 



week, with the result that he had 

 brought on rheumatism. A doctor told 

 him eating so much honey was the 

 cause. Well, doctors and other people 

 can say almost anything. But what 

 are the facts ? No matter has been 

 more thoroughly settled of late by care- 

 ful experiments than that rheumatism 



