October, 1914. 



American Hee Journal 



the following published in the August 

 " Bee," it would seem we are not alone : 



Editor Honey Bee:— At the regular meet- 

 ing of our San Bernardino County Club the 

 members appointed a committee to com- 

 municate with you in regard to the refer- 

 ence to the prices of honey for this year in 

 the editorials of the May Honey Bee. we 

 feel it was uncalled for and should not have 

 appeared; and unite a number have ex- 

 pressed themselves that they would not 

 support the " Bee " if it is continued. 



J. A. Mack, St-rrfl,irv-'rre,isiir,r. 

 vV R. Wiggins. I'lesulcnt. 

 E.G. BURUICK. I'Uel'resideiit. 

 Bloomineton, Calif.. July 4. IQ14. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



In an inspector's rounds among the 

 apiaries, he finds many interesting and 

 some amusing features. A beekeeper 

 whom I visited lately keeps his hive 

 register with bricks. He has his code 

 reduced to a system equal to a card in- 

 dex. A brick on edge means one 

 thing, one lying flat another, two bricks 

 extra good condition, honey to spare, 

 etc. He says he can stand at one end 

 of the apiary and read the entire con- 

 dition of his apiary from that distance. 

 It is certainly a simplified method, if 

 he can keep his bricks in place. 



.\ story, which was told me some 

 time ago by a young man who assisted 

 an irascible old beekeeper in time of 

 stress, will bear repeating. The old 

 man's lameness from rheumatism made 

 it impossible for him to wheel in the 

 honey, but he could manage the work 

 in the extracting house by sitting at 

 the table while uncapping the combs. 

 His wife and the young man who came 

 to help took the honey from the hives, 

 the young man of course doing the 

 heavy work. The old gentleman was 

 somewhat given to using "language " 

 when irritated, a fact which greatly 

 troubled his wife who was a pious 

 woman. The day was hot, and appar- 

 ently the bees were, too, for when the 

 old gentleman reached down for a 

 fresh comb to uncap he got stung on 

 the end of the nose. Suddenly throw- 

 ing up his head he bumped it hard 

 against the table. Well, for a few sec- 



The Boys are Proud of Their Power Extractor 



onds the " air was blue." The old lady 

 and her helper, who, by the way, was a 

 near neighbor's son, were working at 

 the time near the honey house. She 

 turned a shocked and grave face to her 

 assistant and said, "Poor wicked old 

 man, Louie, I am afraid he and your 

 pa will fetch up at the same place." 



As an example of efficiencyin caring 

 for bees, I have not seen surpassed 

 that of a young woman who manages 

 an apiary I inspected last week. She 

 cares for an apiary of 12.5 colonies. 

 She took out this season five tons of 

 extracted honey. The apiary is in 

 reach of both sage and bean bloom. 

 All the colonies except one, which was 

 slightly affected with European foul 

 brood, were in excellent condition. 

 They have ample stores for carrying 

 them through the winter, and there 

 were only two queenless colonies in 



the entire apiary. The young lady has 

 had entire management of this apiary 

 for a year, and has had no help even 

 during extracting time. The bees are 

 in good, well painted hives, and the 

 whole management would be a credit 

 to any man. 



The quaintest beekeeper of my ac- 

 quaintance is little Joseph Holtz, Jr., 

 the 8-year-old son of a neighbor of 

 mine, who, by the way, is one of our 

 representative bee-men. Little Joe has 

 taken a keen interest in all his father 

 does with bees since he has been old 

 enough to hold the smoker, has never 

 seemed to have any fear of bees, and 

 has been father's " helper " for over a 

 year. His father has given him a little 

 apiary of his own, nine colonies I think, 

 some regulars and some nuclei. 



The picture shows Joseph, Jr., with- 

 out mask, holding a frame, and his 



Loading Honey in the Mountains 



Part of a Six Ton Crop 



