April. 1914. 



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American Hee Jfoarnal 



mon enough usage so that the hyphen 

 may be omitted. We have omitted it 

 in our cohinins for some time past. 

 There is a tendency at present to omit 

 the hyphen either by making separate 

 words of the parts or by making all 

 one word. Hereafter foul brood will 

 be written as one word by us. 



Calilbrnia Beekeeping 



The American I'ee Journal has re- 

 cently made arrangements for a monthly 

 contribution from the " Golden State." 

 If the articles prove as " pleasant " as 

 the name of our correspondent, every- 

 body will be pleased. The first con- 

 tribution is in the present issue. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Percentage of Germination in Sweet 

 Clover Seed. — Our attention has been 

 called to the fact that many people 

 when ordering sweet clover seed of 

 seed houses and elsewhere, will insist 

 in their letter that the germination of 

 the seed should be at least 80 percent. 



It is interesting to note in this con- 

 nection just what actual tests will prove 

 with the average run of seed. Prof. J. 

 G. Mosier, in the Prairie Farmer for 

 Feb. l.j, says : 



" ."^s a general rule sweet clover seed 

 does not give a high percentage of 

 germination because of the dense seed 

 coat through which the moisture can- 

 not penetrate readily. These are what 

 is known as hard seeds. Nearly all 

 seed contains considerable quantity of 

 these hard seeds that do not germinate 

 the first year. 



"At the Ohio Experiment Station 

 the average percent of germination of 

 37 samples tested by the botanical de- 

 partment was 29.14. This poor germi- 

 nation may be largely overcome by 

 treating the seed with concentrated 

 sulphuric acid for half an hour." 



Favorable Prospects — Small Losses 



Late winter reports coming in after 

 most bees have had at least one good 

 flight, indicate that losses in bees have 

 been extra light so far, and that the 

 bees should be in good condition for 

 spring. Floods have done consider- 

 able damage in California, but pros- 

 pects never were better for a good 

 honey crop, and some of the older bee- 

 keepers are predicting a banner yield. 



Texas floods have also subsided, and 

 a season at least good enough to offset 

 the failure of last year is expected. 



The West reports few losses and ex- 

 cellent prospects, while in the central 

 and eastern States, although bees are 

 coming through in good shape, it is 

 doubtful if the crop will be as good as 

 1913. 



In our own locality clover seems 

 scarce. Bees have wintered finely. Out 

 of three apiaries totaling over 200 col- 

 onies, so far inspected, there is not a 



single colony lost, and the most of 

 them are fairly well supplied with 

 stores. 



Connecticut Meeting The 23d annual 



meeting of the Connecticut Beekeepers' 

 Association will be held at Hartford, 

 Saturday, April 18, 1914. Sessions 10:30 

 a.m. and 1 :30 p.m. 



Dr. Herbert E. Stockwell, of Stock- 

 bridge, Mass., ex-president of the 

 Berkshire County Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation, will address us upon the sub- 

 ject of "The Theory and Significance 

 of Immunity; / e., of Resistance to 

 Disease as Applied to Bees." 



Other features of the program are: 

 " How to save money in buying hives 

 and fixtures ;" " Every man his own in- 

 spector;" latest methods of treatment," 

 with demonstrations by Inspector 

 Yates. Inspector Coley will open dis- 

 cussion upon the subject. "Manage- 

 ment of a comb-honey apiary to pre- 

 vent swarming," by L. C. LeMay. 



Discussion — "Smoke introduction of 

 queens." " Advantages of a let-alone 

 hive and how to manage." Demonstra- 

 tion by Allen Latham "Comparative 

 merits of 8-frame and 10-frame hives for 

 comb honey in localities of Connecti- 

 cut," A. W. Coley. 



Please bring for display and demon- 

 stration any invention, implement or 



method you may have. Space and 

 tables will be provided. 



A special invitation is extended to 

 fruit growers to attend. 



L. Wayne Adams, Sec. 



Amendments to New Zealand Act. — 



In 1908 and l!i09 Mr. Isaac Hopkins. 

 Government Apiarist for New Zealand, 

 recommended amendments to the foul- 

 brood law in order that the good work 

 which had been accomplished might 

 not be nullified. These recommenda- 

 tions have but lately been adopted and 

 made a part of the law. Some of the 

 more important of the new features 

 are: compulsory annual registration of 

 all apiaries, strict supervision over im- 

 ported bees and appliances, periodical 

 inspection of queen-rearing apiaries, 

 and prohibition of selling queens from 

 apiaries in which foulbrood exists. 



The inspectors of the province are 

 supplied with motor cycles so as to 

 facilitate their work. 



Death of Alexander Schroeder We 



regret to report the death of Mr. Alex- 

 ander Schroeder, which occurred in 

 Trieste, Austria, during the early part 

 of February. Mr. Schroeder was an 

 expert linguist and an extensive trav- 

 eler. Some of our older readers will 

 probably recall contributions from 

 him which appeared in the American 

 Bee Journal from time to time. 



Our Front Cover. — On our cover page 

 we give a photograph of the apiary of 

 H. Adams, of New Mexico. This api- 

 ary consists of 160 colonies, the hives 

 being arranged in clusters of 9, 3 fac- 

 ing in each direction. Mr. Adams 

 states that this arrangement allows 

 him to work with 9 hives without much 



ApIARV of J. B. HOI.LOPETEK, AT PENTZ' PA. 



