July. 1914. 



American Vae Journal 



You will understand, of course, that 

 this work does not come from the 

 Bureau of Kntomology, but we are 

 helping in every way p ssible to make 

 this a success. E. F. Phillips, 



fn i'harii^c, Ht'f Culture Ini'fsligalions, 



We have received the report in ques- 

 tion. It is the first step in a direction 

 which may bring steady and needed 

 information, regarding honey crops. 

 We hope our readers will heed the re- 

 quest made. 



The report is a part of Farmers 

 Bulletin No. 598. The bee statistics .nre 

 on page 17. The number of colonies 

 in the United States is reported at 

 about 2 percent above normal, and 

 their condition as about 98 percent of 

 normal. The prospect is best in the 

 western and southwestern States. The 

 total average prospect is good. 



luterstate Kesulations ou Houey 

 Braudiug 



The following letter, from the well- 

 known secretary of the Colorado 

 Honey-Producers' Association, is of 

 importance to all honey producers : 



We have for some time past corres- 

 ponded with the authorities at Wash- 

 ington regarding the marketing of 

 honey, comb as well as extracted, for 

 Interstate Commerce. We have just 

 received a telegram fromC. L. .Alsberg, 

 in charge of this department. He states 

 that it is necessary to mark each indi- 

 vidual section of honey, as the same is 

 considered a unit, with the net weight 

 of the eatable portion. We understand 

 this to mean that the section coming 

 up to our grading rules as No. 1, 

 weighing l:5>^ ounces, will have to be 

 marked " minimum weight 12^ ounces," 

 as the wood of the section practically 

 weighs an ounce. This will cause a 

 great deal of e.xtra labor to all comb- 

 honey producers, and some expendi- 

 ture for the proper rubber stamps, 

 pads, etc. 



It is necessary that the attention of 

 all beekeepers should be called to this 

 matter at the earliest po sible moment, 

 so they can prepare th mselves for it 

 and see that none of their honev goes 

 out unless properly marked. Where a 

 number of beekeepers are marketing 

 t leir honey through a common chan- 

 nel, as through an association, it of 

 course becomes necessary that each 

 individual section should have an iden- 

 tification on it either in the shape of 

 initials or a number. We will take 

 steps so that our members will mark all 

 their honey in this way. 



If you will bring the contents of this 

 tel-gram before your readers in the 

 next issue of the Bee Journal, you will 

 greatly oblige. 



Colo. Honev-Producers' Ass'n. 



F. Rauchfuss, Mgr. 



TELEGRAM. 



Washington, D. C, May 25, 1914. 

 Frank Rauchfuss, 



1440 Market St.. Denver, Colo. 

 Regarding the branding of honey in 

 frames or cartons, weight of actual 



contents should Ire marked upon frames 

 of individual units or upon the outside 

 of the cartons when used. Regulations 

 paragraph H, minimum weight "blank" 

 ounces is suggested as convenient 

 form. Letter follows. 



C. L. Alsberg. 

 Letter above referred to just re- 

 ceived ; quote the following from it : 



" We note the custom of your associa- 

 tion, and in that connection your at- 

 tion is particularly called to paragraph 

 H, as suggesting a convenient method 

 of branding wMch will meet your con- 

 ditions. The statement of weight, how- 

 ever, should be that of the contents, 

 exctusii'e of the luooden /rame." 



F. Rauchfuss. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Oh o Field-Days at Medina On July 



9 and lU, there are to be two field days 

 at Medina, Ohio. This has been ar- 

 ranged by the Ohio St ite Beekeepers' 

 Association. 



As Medina is the home of the A. I. 

 Root Company and of our progressive 

 contemporary. Gleanings in Bee Cul- 

 ture, there will no doubt be a large at- 

 tendance. One of the Dadants will be 

 present if possible. 



pendence Honey-Producers' Club," pat- 

 terned somewhat after the Colorado 

 Honey-Producers' Association. Their 

 main object is to get fair and reason- 

 able prices for their honey. Wm. Muth- 

 Rasmussen, of Independence, is the 

 manager. 



Canadian Bee Paper. — The Canadian 

 Horticulturist and Beekeeper is a very 

 pretty magazine, and contains a lot of 

 interesting maiter. We commend it to 

 our friends on both sides of the line. 

 It is published monthly at Peterboio, 

 Out., and is the organ of the Ontario 

 Beekeepers' Association. 



Association Formed in California 



Beekeepers of Independence, Calif., 

 and vicinity have formed the "Inde- 



An Ontario Field Meet. — An invitation 

 from the Ontario beekeepers to meet 

 with them May 25, Victoria Day, at the 

 Forks of Credit, situated in a very ro- 

 mantic spot, was accepted by me, and 

 gave me an opportunity of testing the 

 hospitality of Ontario beekeepers. 



In spite of a rainy morning and e.x- 

 ceedingly cool weather, some 80 per- 

 sons gathered at 10 a.m. at the place of 

 meeting, one of the apiaries of the 

 well-known, active Mr. Sibbald, whom 

 I had met before at the Ontario con- 

 vention. 



The overcast skies cleared as the 

 crowd reached the place of meeting, 

 and opportunity was furnished to visit 

 the neighboring hills which are very 

 picturesque. The dandelions, wild and 

 domestic apple trees and numerous 



A Part of the Crowd in Attendance at the Toronto Field Day. 



