December, 1914. 



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American Me Journal 



You say sourwood never fails. You 

 are surely fortunate to have at least 

 one source that never fails, and doubly 



so as it is your finest honey. With us 

 white clover too often fails, and that 

 spells failure of the honey crop. 



Paonia; Treasurer, R. 

 Read. 



W. Ensley, of 



Conducted by Wesley Foster. Boulder. Colo. 



Delta Co., Colo. Beemen Organize 



The Delta County Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation was organized at Hotchkiss, 

 Colo., Saturday, Oct. 31, with about 20 

 members. The Cedaredge district was 

 especially well represented, nearly all 

 the beemen from there being present. 



The spraying and foulbrood troubles 

 were discussed, and committees ap- 

 pointed to work on these problems 

 and if possible recommend some defi- 

 nite action at the next meeting which 

 will be held in Hotchkiss. Mr. Cole, 

 from Cedaredge, had on exhibition at 

 the meeting a dovetailed hive, which 

 he had made in his mill in Cedaredge. 

 ■ It was made from native clear lumber 

 and was certainly well made. Its ad- 

 vantages are that native lumber is not 

 so subject to warp, and there is a sav- 

 ing in cost. Mr. Cole will also make 

 shipping cases another season, if the 

 demand warrants it. 



The e.xpressed opinion was that 

 spraying cover crops in orchards while 

 the cover crops are in bloom should 

 be prohibited by law. 



The association members each fur- 

 nished the secretary the number of 

 colonies each has and also the names 

 of his neighbors and their number of 

 colonies. This information will be of 

 great service t > the inspector. 



The committee on foulbrood will 

 also advise with the inspector, and a 

 plan of operation for control of the 

 foulbrood situation is being formu- 

 lated. 



The assessment of one cent per col- 

 ony for protective purposes is provided 

 for as well as a 50 cent yearly member- 

 ship fee. 



The officers for the coming year are : 

 President, Frank H. Drexel, of Craw- 

 ford; Vice-President, Geo. F.Lester, 

 of Delta; Secretary, Chas. V. Alton, of 



The Foulbrood Situation 



Mr. H. E. Harrington gives some of 

 his ideas on foul brood inspection on 

 page 351 of the October number of the 

 American Bee Journal. He says that 

 before foulbrood may be suppressed 

 or eradicated every beekeeper must be 

 his own inspector. He also recom- 

 mends the licensing of beemen as fish- 

 ermen and hunters are licensed. 



Every beekeeper should be his own 

 inspector, but I do not agree with him 

 that he must be, if any control over 

 foulbrood is to be had. The inspectors 

 are a great help in limiting and con- 

 trolling American foulbrood, and 

 American foulbrood has been markedly 

 reduced in percentage in all Colorado 

 counties where thorough inspection 

 has been carried on for two years or 

 more, without regard to the abilities 

 of the average beekeeper to detect the 

 disease. 



If some method could be devised 

 such as licensing beemen it might help, 

 but it would be rather inconvenient for 

 a man to rush off to the Court House 

 for a bee license before he could hive 

 a swarm of bees that may have clus- 

 tered on the limb of a tree in his or- 

 chard. Practically it might work out 

 as well as do fishing and hunting 

 licenses. But shall we from now on 

 consider beekeeping as a sport ? 



Mr. Harrington says that there is 



GLEN FREEBORN IX HIS APIARY AT ELMDALE. KAN. 



