January, 1914. 



American "Bee Journal 



very strenuous fight when other colo- 

 nies joined for a share in the spoils. 

 There is no end to the instances of 

 very positive odor and scent, enabling 

 bees to recognize each other, however 

 much they may be induced to accept 

 of strangers under certain circum- 

 stances. 



Dr. Miller, to whom the above re- 

 marks were referred for comments, 

 writes : 



" Arthur C. M'Uer says when combs 

 of bees are leaned against trees, etc., 

 10 minutes or more, and then returned, 

 a violent fight takes place. From this 

 it will be understood by the novice 

 that there is always danger of fighting, 

 if combs are so exposedj even to the 

 destruction of one-fourth of the col- 

 ony. This is entirely new to me. I 

 have thus exposed combs hundreds of 

 times — sometimes for an hour — have 

 had them troubled by robbers, but if 

 there was ever a case of fighting on 

 return to the colony, I did not know it." 



Price Cutting ou Honey 



Nine persons out of ten believe in 

 fostering conditions to continue com- 

 petition and cut prices on every article 

 of produce and manufacture, at all 

 times. This view is not right, although 

 competition should e.xist between simi- 

 lar articles from different sources. 

 Quality is a very strong competitive 

 point. 



J. L. Byer, in this magazine for Oc- 

 tober, page 339, mentions some price 

 cutting on Canadian honey, despite the 

 instructions of the Canadian associa- 

 tion and agreement of the members to 

 hold all their honey at the fixed price. 

 Mr. Byer does not emphasize strongly 

 enough that no price cutting should 

 exist on the honey of a certain quality 

 produced by that group of beekeepers. 

 Their product is in competition with 

 honey of other localities, and that is 

 enough. 



What harm is there in price cutting ? 

 It eventually eliminates the weaker 

 ones from the business. This throws 

 the article in the hands of fewer indi- 

 viduals, and thus control of product 

 and abnormal prices have come about 

 on many things of necessity. 



Various magazines recently gave 

 prominence to an article on this sub- 

 ject by Louis D. Brandeis, the noted 

 foe to monopoly. He brings out this 

 point strongly with reference to manu- 

 factured articles. Price maintenance 

 of a certain article of individuality is- 

 upheld. Price cutting quickly elimi- 

 nates the ones of limited capital, con- 

 trol comes, and monopoly follows with 

 its evil of higher prices than ever ex- 



isted before. We yrge you to get and 

 read Mr. Brandeis' article, and regret 

 that our columns cannot include it 

 here. It may be found in "Country 

 Life" for August, Ii113. 



Do not cut prices, but hold together 

 at a fair living remunerative price. 

 With proper distribution prices can 

 be maintained on honey of quality. 



H. c. D. 



in the Evening Star, by an author of 

 books : 



Propolis is that with which bees 

 "seal up the cracks and crevices of the 

 hive before beginning to build cells." 



"The queen is usually able to deposit 

 a royal egg in the cell prepared for it. 

 If for any reason there should be a 

 shortage of royal eggs a worker egg is 

 transferred into a roval cell." 



Dr. Miller and Family Ketiirued 



Doctor and Mrs. Miller and Miss 

 Wilson returned home Dec. 18, from a 

 five weeks' visit to Dr. Miller's son, 

 Charles Miller, who is living in Wash- 

 ington, D. C. They report an enjoy- 

 able trip. 



Amu.siug' Errors 



Seldom can a writer other than a 

 beekeeper write anything about bees 

 without getting oflf something that 

 might go in the funny column. Here 

 are two samples from a column article 



Meeting- of the Iowa lieekeepers 



The Iowa beekeepers met at Des 

 Moines, Dec. 10, 11, and 12. The con- 

 vention was enthusiastic and numer- 

 ously attended, about 120 beekeepers 

 being present. A photograph of the 

 meeting will be published in our next 

 number, accompanied with an abridged 

 report of the proceedings. The editor 

 of the American Bee Journal was there 

 and enjoyed it immensely. The asso- 

 ciation has very efficient ofl!icers and 

 a number of members who are very 

 large producers. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Minnesota Inspector's Report. — We 



received some time ago a very excel- 

 lent little pamphlet issued under the 

 direction of Mr. J. Alf. Holmberg, in- 

 spector of apiaries for the State of 

 Minnesota. Mr. Holmberg, goes very 

 thoroughly into the manner of discov- 

 ering and treating foul brood. He also 

 gives report of inspection done which 

 is briefly as follows ; 



Number of apiaries inspected 411 



of hives 7.731 



of apiaries found diseased. 75 



of colonies found diseased 451 



of apiaries given treatment 74 



of apiaries reinspecled — 51 

 of colonies found incurable 



and destroyed 47 



Number of empty hives disinfected 103 



ment of humanity "poppy culture also 

 has a bad effect on apiculture, the pro- 

 ductiveness of the hive falling off 75 

 percent." 



Here, then, is an added reason for 

 the aboliti'on of the culture of this 

 plant, a very insignificant reason, how- 

 ever, as compared with the main one 

 stated above. 



A Big Crop. — The beekeepers of this 

 section are now busy preparing their 

 crop for market. The Rocky Mountain 

 Bee Company, of Forsyth, Mont., has a 

 force of eight helpers grading and cas- 

 ing its crop for this season, consisting 

 of about 1500 cases of comb honey and 

 90,000 pounds of extracted. They have 

 already shipped several hundred cases, 

 and are receiving many letters from 

 pleased customers, commending the 

 quality and delicious flavor of the 

 honey. - /■'orsyl/i Times-Jouiinil. 



Poppy Culture Hinders Beekeeping in 



Siberia.— Consul John I'". Jewell, located 

 at Vladivostok, states in a recent re- 

 port on opium culture in Siberia, that 

 besides being contrary to the better- 



Bee Meetings. — Following is a list of 

 the bee meetings to occur within the 

 next few months, with date and place 

 of meeting. Other meetings will be 

 added as the dates reach us : 



Washington State Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation, North Yakima, Wash., Jan. 7 

 and 8, 1914. 



Joint meeting Western New York, 

 Ontario and Seneca County Beekeep- 

 ers' Societies, Canandaigua. N. Y., 

 Jan. 13. 



Ohio State Beekeepers' Association, 

 Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 14 and 15. 



New Jersey Beekeepers' Association, 

 New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 22 and 23. 



Tennessee Beekeepers' Association, 

 Nashville, Tenn., Jan 30. 



Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation, Madison, Wis., Feb. 3 and 4. 



Arizona Honey Kxchange, Tempe, 

 Ariz., Feb. 7. 



North Texas Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion, Greenville, Tex., April 1 and 2. 



Wisconsin Meeting.— The Wisconsin 



State Beekeepers' Association will 

 meet in annual convention at the Capi- 



