November, 1914. 



American l^ee Journal 



Bee Shop, Honey House and'Bee Cellar 18x30. Mr. Abbott of Palms, Mich., 

 Winters 200 Colonies of Bees in the Cellar. 



Bees are Protected from North Winds by a Big Board Wind-Break. 

 OF M. M. Hale in Mississippi 



-Apiary 



Out-Apiary Bee Cellar With Bee House 

 Over It 



I am building another out-apiary bee cellar 

 with bee house over it. 1 can no longer 

 afford to be without the cellar during the 

 summer as well as in winter. It saves me 

 hired help. lime, and honey pump. I have 

 only gotten fjs to 75 pounds of honey per col- 

 ony so far. but many hives now have 20 Lang- 

 stroth combs almost full of honey to remove 

 from above queen-excluders 



Warm weather with plenty of rain. Clover 

 prospects for igis «■«<•. N. E. France. 



.VA/Zt- Inspector of Apiaries. 



Platteville, Wis., Oct. 3. 



Sickness of M. E. Darby The con- 

 genial Missouri State Inspector, M. E. 

 Darby, has been sick with typhoid fever 

 for upwards of two months and is just 

 recovering. The good wishes of both 

 Editor and subscribers go to him for a 

 prompt convalescence. 



was an extra large one and in fine condition 

 at the beginning of the season. About the 

 last of June 1 noticed one day that the bees 

 did not seem to be Hying very much, so one 

 afternoon about sundown I went out in the 

 yard to see what the trouble was, and 1 

 found a large toad seated near the entrance 

 of the hive, and he was snapping in every 

 bee that came from the hive. I tore up the 

 entrance board and underneath it 1 found 

 two more toads, which were as fat as could 

 be 



I am taking the beekeeping course here at 

 the college. Homer B. White 



Amherst. Mass.. Sept. 2;. 



got so depleted that during the cool June 

 nights, which we often have here, much of 

 the brood chilled, which was a second loss. 

 I'wo more of my neighbor beekeepers 

 shared the same fate, Of course, we did 

 not get much good of the first, and generally 

 the best honey flow, for we hadno field bees. 

 P'erron. Utah. John Zvvahi.en. 



Hail Caught Bees in Field 



1 have been a beekeeper since 1887. but 

 thii summer I had an experience that I 

 never had before, nor have I read of such a 

 One On June 18, my colonies '114) were 

 booming with bees. I never had more prom- 

 iSing colonies than I had this spring. On 

 that day at about J o'clock there came a 

 hail and rain storm so very sudden and so 

 hard that ilkept and killed the working bees 

 right in the field among the yellow clover. 

 The next day when 1 looked over my bees 

 there were only a very few flying, and they 



Tw^elve Pounds Per Colony 

 We had another dry and extremely hot 

 season; no rain from the opening of spring 

 un'.il luly; no white clover. I secured about 

 12 pounds of honey per colony from buck- 

 brush and fall flowers. 1. R. Marve. 

 Bunceton, Mo.. Oct. 3. 



Fair Crop in Montana 



We have had a fair crop of honey here 

 this season I have taken off 150 cases from 

 21 colonies, spring count, and increased to 

 4i>, besides 10 cases of sections that the bees 

 didn't cap over. This is a good bee country, 

 no disease as yet 'I'he bees are still gath- 

 ering nectar from alfalfa and sweet clover. 

 A, P. Sherman. 



Forsyth. Mont.. Sept, 28. 



Chicago - Northwestern Beekeepers' 

 Convention. — The 18th annual meeting 

 of the Chicago-Northwestern Beekeep- 

 ers' Aassociation will be held at the 

 Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, Thurs- 

 day and Friday, Dec. 17 and 18. An ex- 

 tensive program has been arranged, 

 and as several large beekeepers, such 

 as N. E. France, E. S. Miller and others 

 have signified their intention of being 

 present, a good meeting is assured. 

 The program follows : 



Thursday Dec. 17. 



q:oo A.M.— Social hour. 



10:00 a. M —President's Address— C, F. Kan- 

 nenberg. 



10:^0 A.M.— Reading of minutes and report 

 of Secretary-Treasurer. 



11:00 AM.— American Beekeeping— Past and 

 Future— L. A. Aspinwall. 



Crop reports. 



Afternoon Session. 



1:00 P.M.— Shipping Bees North and South— 

 H. C. Ahlers. 



2:00 P.M.— Country Wide Advertising to In- 

 crease the Sale of Honev— G. E Bacon. 



3.00 P. M —Report of Delegate to National 

 Convention — E. J. Baxter. 



4:00 P.M. — Bee Cellar — E. S. Miller. 



Question Box. 



Thursday Evening Session. 



Sweet Clover— Prof. J. G. Mosier— Univer- 

 sity of Illinois. 



Friday, Dec, 18. 



0:00 A.M. — Social hour. 



10:00 A.M.— The Price of Sugar and the 

 Honey Market-F. C. Pellett. 



11:00 A M— The Foulbiood Problem— N. E, 

 France. 



Afternoon Session. 



i;oo P.M.— Relation of Bees to Horticulture 

 —Prof. F. E. Millen. Assistant Professor of 

 Agriculture. 



2:30 P.M. — Brood-Rearing for Crop Results 

 — E. L. Hofnian. 



r.2o p.M— Comb Honey— Preparing for the 

 Crop— A. L, Kildow. 



4:00 p M. — Beekeeping as a Business — E. H. 

 Bruner. 



Bulk Conhi Honey for Sai.e-Wc have 

 some very excellent horsemint honey, light 

 amber in color, put up in attractive styles. 

 If you have never tried bulk comb either 

 yourself or to sell, send for a trial shipment. 

 You will be well pleased. Our prices arc as 

 follows, f. o. b. Goliad: 



(1 lb. cans no to a case^ 10 cents a pound 



10 lb cans i 6 to a case'; 10 "^ '\ 



60 lb. cans I 2 to a case) 



Freight rate to Illinois and common points 

 in the same general territory, i.o! per hun- 

 dred pounds. We also handle pecans. 



Goliad Bee & Honey Co . Goliad. Tex. 



