November, 1914. 



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American Tiee 'Journal 



the wintering work was carried on at 

 the University of Pennsylvania, Phila- 

 delphia, because of a lack of facilities 

 in Washington. Furthermore, the lab- 

 oratories in Washington were not all 

 in the same building, but were sepa- 

 rated about a mile. All of this caused 

 a considerable loss of time and useless 

 expenditure of money, and the placing 

 of all of this work in one place has in- 

 creased the efficiency of the work in- 

 calculably. The wintering work will 

 be carried on in the basement and also 



on colonies out-of-doors. The instru- 

 ments adapted to and devised for this 

 work have been removed from Phila- 

 delphia, and are now in place in the 

 new laboratory. 



Having at last obtained creditable 

 quarters suited to our needs, it will be 

 an exceptional pleasure to have our 

 beekeeping friends come to see us. 

 We can also be reached by telephone 

 on the Washington Exchange (Cleve- 

 land 098). E. F Phillips. 

 /« Charife, Bee Culture Ini'csligalions. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



The Iowa Meeting The third annual 



convention of the Iowa Beekeeper's 

 Association will be held at the Agri- 

 cultural College at Ames, Iowa, Nov. 

 17, 18 and 19, 1914. In connection with 

 Short Course in Apiculture and Fine 

 Products' Show, there will be a cash 

 premium offered. 



The Domestic Science Department 

 of the college will entertain the ladies 

 present on Wednesday of the conven- 

 tion. 



The following program will be given : 



PROGRAM. 

 Tuesday. Nov. i-— io;oo a.m. 



Welcome and Response. 



Address of President— Frank C. Pellett. of 

 Atlantic. 



Report of Secretary— S. W. Snyder, of 

 Center Point. 



Report of Treasurer— C. H. True, of Edge- 

 wood. 



Appointment of Committees. 



1:30 p M— Short Course Demonstrations in 

 charge of C. E Bartholomew. Professor of 

 Apiculture. Iowa College of Agriculture. 



7:w H M — ■' History of Beekee ping"- C. P. 

 Dadant. Editor American Bee Journal. 



'■ Honey Flora of Iowa and Nectar Secre- 

 tion"— Dr. L. H. Pammel. of Ames. 



" Beekeeping in the Inter-Mountain Re- 

 gion" (illustrated —Wesley Foster. Boulder. 

 Colo. 



Wednesday. Nov. 18— oioo a m. 



"Fifty Years of Beekeeping in Iowa "—E. 

 Kretchmer. of Council Bluffs 



" Temperature and Moisture of the Hive 

 in Winter"— Dr. E. F. Phillips. Washington. 



D. C. 



" Wintering Bees in Iowa"— W. S Pang- 

 burn. Center Junction. 



" Experience with European Foulbrood" 

 —J. I WiUsie. Arlington. 



Discussion led by L. W. Elmore. Fairfield, 



"Experience with American Foulbrood" 

 — D. E. Lhommedit^u. of Colo 



Discussion led by J. W. Siine. of Stockport. 



1:30 p M. — Short Course Demonstrations. 



7:30 p M. — " Individual and Cooperative 

 Methods of Marketing Honey " — Wesley 

 Foster, of Boulder. Colo. 



Discussion led by J. P. Doll, of Minneapo- 

 lis. Minn. „ ,.,.», 



"Modern Short Cuts in Beekeeping — N. 



E. France, of Platteville. Wis. 



Subject to be Announced — Dr. L. D. Leon- 

 ard of Minneapolis. Minn. 

 Moving pictures of the honey bee. 



Thursday. Nov. 10—9:00 a.m. 



"Wild Bees of Iowa in their Relation to 



Plant Pollenation" — L. A. Kenoyer. Toledo. 



" What the Agricultural College Can Do 

 for the Beekeeper -Prof. Francis Jager 

 University of Minnesota. 



Report of Committees. 



Election of Officers. 



1 :30 p. M— Short Course Demonstrations. 



Every beekeeper is urged to bring 

 some samples of his product, for exhi- 

 bition. No premium list can be offered 



in advance, but the committee on 

 awards will make such a disposition of 

 the funds available as seems equitable. 

 A small cash fund is available this year, 

 and we hope for such a creditable ex- 

 hibit as will enable the association to 

 arrange a liberal premium list in con- 

 nection with next year's convention. 



A large display of supplies of stand- 

 ard makes will be on exhibition as well 

 as many new specialties, and beekeep- 

 ers will have an opportunity to see for 

 themselves what value there is in the 

 new offerings. 



It is expected that prominent queen- 

 breeders will also exhibit. 



The Rockford Field Neet. — Between 

 two rainy days, the Rockford meeting 

 of beekeepers was held in delightful 

 weather and in a delightful spot, Black 

 Hawk Park, a mile out of the city. 

 Some 40 beekeepers were present, most 

 of them from the vicinity, but a few 

 from away. Dr. Miller was there, as 

 lively as ever, in spite of his 83 years. 



Visiting only was indulged in until 

 after the basket lunch. Then samples 

 of both kinds of foulbrood were ex- 

 hibited by Inspector Kildow and his 

 deputy, Mr. Lee. A discussion fol- 

 lowed, during which it was made evi- 

 dent that when European foulbrood is 

 taken early and is treated by the caging 

 of the queen, it tak ;s but a short time to 

 cure it. The bees clean it out. It is 

 altogether another question with 

 American foulbrood for which there is 

 no other positive cure than removing 

 all the combs and the honey. It is 

 often called the "starvation cure," be- 

 cause the bees are compelled to con- 

 sume all their stores before the cure is 

 complete. 



Dr. Miller gave us at length his sum- 

 mer's experience with European foul- 

 brood. It may be summed into this 

 short paragraph which appeared in 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture: 



" In June, I found five cases of Eu- 

 ropean foulbrood. In one case the 

 queen was caged W days, in another 8 



days, and 6 days in each of the others 

 The treatment was effectual, and I 

 have seen no European foulbrood 

 since." 



The advisability of having summer 

 field meets in Illinois next year as they 

 have had in Iowa was discussed, and it 

 was unanimously decided to support 

 this action. A committee of three, 

 consisting of Geo. A. Woolsey, C. M. 

 Hoover and Arthur Lee, all of Rock- 

 ford, was appointed to prepare another 

 such meeting in Rockford next sum- 

 mer. The State association should or- 

 ganize a number of similar meetings. 



Not only are these field meets pleas- 

 ant, but they are useful in permitting 

 the beekeepers to unite to fight dis- 

 eases as well as to dispose of their 

 crops. 



As Marengo is only 26 miles from 

 Rockford, I accompanied Dr. Miller to 

 his home, where I spent the following 

 day in delightful conversation with 

 himself and ladies. Visiting the bees 

 was out of the question, for it rained 

 in a very disagreeable manner all day. 

 But I had a chance to view the pile of 

 filled sections, which indicate that the 

 Doctor's bees have managed to find 

 honey while ours were starving. With 

 us this has been the poorest season of 

 the 51 which I have seen. 



I said at the beginning of this article 

 that Dr. Miller is as lively as ever. He 

 gave me an exhibition of what he could 

 do in the way of agility. Miss Wilson 

 had met us at the station with a horse 

 and buggy. When we reached the 

 house, I jumped out to shake hands 

 with Mrs. Miller. Then I accompanied 

 the Doctor to the barn. He rode while 

 I walked by the horse. It was after 7 

 p.m., and very dark. Just as we reached 

 the barn, I turned to say something to 

 the Doctor and saw no one, but heard 

 him chuckling behind me. He had 

 jumped out, in the dark, while the horse 

 was walking, to show me how well 

 trained his horse was and how e.xactly 

 he would stop at the proper spot for 

 unhitching. A boy of 13 would have 

 deserved a scolding for this rash act, 

 but what can you say to a boy of 83 ? 



Ontario Beekeepers' Association An- 

 nual Convention. — J'he annual conven- 

 tion of the Ontario Beekeepers' .Asso- 

 ciation will be held in York County 

 Council Chambers, .57 Adelaide Street 

 East, Toronto, Wednesday to Friday, 

 Nov. 11, 12 and 13, 1914. 



All beekeepers in Ontario and those 

 from other provinces who can make it 

 convenient are cordially invited to at- 

 tend The Executive also extends a 

 cordial invitation to beekeepers of ad- 

 joining States of the Union to be pres- 

 ent at this annual gathering. 



It will be seen by the program that 



