July, 1914. 



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the bottom of the hive, where supers 

 and hive-bodies are left on over wrin- 

 ter, giving her a super or hive-body of 

 combs just above her quarters at each 

 visit. The result is a wonderful pro- 

 duction of bees, and by the time the 

 main honey (low comes on the bees 

 are ready for it. 



Thegieat trouble witli the average 

 beekeeper is he hasn't supers enough. 

 One super for each colony is not more 

 than one-third enough. Of course, in 

 your case the (|ueenwill soon be forced 

 out of the super to give storing room. 

 The honey in these combs will be dark 

 and spoil the appearance of your comb 

 honey, but you can strain or extract it 

 and you will have a better article. 



Hurrah for the South ! 



"I wish I could go South and enter 

 the beekeeping industry.for I am much 

 interested in bees and have been all 

 my life. In fact, 1 have always had 

 them, and have considerable experi- 

 ence in modern beekeeping. I am 

 truly an enthusiast. If I had southern 

 bee e.xperience, I would publish a bee 

 paper and call it 'Dixie Bee.' Every 

 other section of the United States has 

 a representative bee paper. Why not 

 the 'Sunny South?' If it had a bee 

 paper I would surely be a subscriber, 

 because I believe in the South as the 

 best section for beekeeping, especially 

 for the queen-rearing business. 'Hur- 

 rah for Jthe South !' Where would we 

 be for early queens?" J. F. Coyle. 



Penfield, 111. 



In some respects beekeeping in the 

 South has advantages over the North, 

 and beekeepers who have made a suc- 

 cesss in the North have come South 

 and succeeded. They have to have 

 southern experience before they can 

 succeed. Many have been the failures 

 before this experience was obtained by 

 the people who came down from the 

 North and settled with us with bee- 

 keeping in view. 



Now about the bee paper. There 

 can be no doubt that the time is not far 

 distant when a good bee paper could 

 be published here successfully. We are 

 greatly in need of one even at the 



Mr. Ruffy Examining for a Freshly Introduced Queen. 



present time, but there is some doubt 

 as to whether one would be sufficiently 

 supported by those interested in our 

 industry at present. There have been 

 a number of attempts at this and all 

 failed. Then, too, it is surprising to 

 note how much the editors of the bee 

 papers printed in the North are inter- 

 ested in our southland, and how much 

 space is given for general topics along 

 the lines of our industry here. Just 

 now we should do all we can to help 

 raise their subscription list. 



Do Bees Have the Hook Worm ? 



Mr. Perry, a beekeeper in south 

 Florida, who came there from the 

 North and brought his bees with him, 

 stated that while in the North his bees 

 seemed to be very vigorous, but as 

 soon as they reached the southland 

 this good feature left them and had not 

 returned, though he had been there for 



several seasons. He said they were in- 

 active and sluggish, and had never at 

 any time stored surplus honey. I sug- 

 gested that they had contracted the 

 " Florida fever," and he added they had 

 the "hook worm." It is strange and 

 quite noticeable that bees in portions 

 of south Florida are more dormant or 

 stupid than elsewhere in the South, 

 and this applies equally to the queens. 

 I have seen strong colonies, seemingly, 

 without enough energy to remove the 

 eggs and larvae of the wax moth from 

 the comb, and as a result the bee and 

 its worst foe live in large numbers in 

 the same hive. Of course their foes, 

 sooner or later, get the best of them, 

 but occasionally for a long period one 

 does not seem to gain much ground 

 over the other, although both are found 

 in considerable quantities in the same 

 hive. It is a little puzzling to know 

 why such conditions e.xist. 



The Dadants at the Mahon apiary. 



The Labor Problem 



Mr. Wilder: — I am much interested 

 in your manner and methods of bee- 

 keeping, but I don't fully understand 

 how you prevent the various persons 

 in charge of your apiaries from "soak- 

 ing you down." How do you overcome 

 the usual laziness inherent in man, and 

 get him to work satisfactorily? After 

 your helpers have become proficient, 

 why don't they get out in business for 

 themselves? How do you manage to 

 retain the services of a good man as 

 general manager in your employment ? 

 I am a very extensive beekeeper my- 

 self, and I am confronted with these 

 problems. 



Two of my sons will leave for the 

 United States soon in search of expe- 

 rience, and will most likely call on you. 

 Major Shallard. 



New South Wales, Australia. 



In the May number of the .American 

 Bee Journal, page 157, you will see 

 the kind of help I employ, industrious, 

 trustworthy men, who have obtained 



