GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



as using it as a bluff, I will say that, out 

 of four carloads of bees that were shipped 

 into the county, not one case of foul brood 

 was found. 



I have the highest respect for the in- 

 spectors of apiaries of Riverside, Los An- 

 geles, Oi'ange. and San Diego counties; 

 and this ordinance was not directed against 

 them as regards the 2000 colonies kept out. 

 I am satisfied they were not able to get 

 a clean bill of health from the above in- 

 spectors. 



I do not care to take up any more of 

 your space; but as to Mr. Ross' accusation 

 it was merely a local affair, and I am sat- 

 isfied to leave the ciuestion to the beekeep- 

 ers of this county. 



El Centro, Cal.' 



REPORT OF THE MISSOURI STATE CONVEN- 

 TION 



BY J. F. DIEMER, SEC. 



The tenth annual convention of the Mis- 

 souri State Beekeepers' Association was 

 called to order at 4 o'clock p. ii., August 

 1, by President J. W. Rouse, at his home 

 in Mexico, Mo. 



After prayer by the president, the usual 

 formalities incident to such meetings were 

 proceeded with, after wliich the remainder 

 of tills session was occupied with a general 

 discussion of ways and means of increas- 

 ing the membership and securing the co- 

 operation and interest of the beekeepers of 

 the State in the Avork of the association. 

 Excellent and heljiful remarks were made 

 by J. W. Rouse; T. C. Wilson, Sec, State 

 Board of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo.; C. 

 P. Dadant, Pres. Illinois State Associa- 

 tion, Hamilton. 111.; R. A. Holekamp, St. 

 Louis; M. E. Darby, Springfield, Mo.; W. 

 L. Kent, and E. C. S. Miller, Mexico; E. 

 B. Gladish, Higginsville; Irving F. Long, 

 Marceline, Mo.; J. F. Sandker, Wood- 

 landville. Mo., and others. 



The evening session was called to order 

 at 8 at the same ]:)lace; and on motion 

 it was ordered that articles 4 and 5 of 

 the constitution be changed so that fifty 

 cents should hereafter l)e the annual dues 

 to the association instead of one dollar. 



The matter of offering premiums at fairs 

 for apiarian products was taken up and 

 discussed ; and it being shown by the presi- 

 dent of the Illinois State Association that 

 the following States offer the following 

 amounts viz., Minnesota, $1062; Wiscon- 

 sin, .$500; Oklahoma, $311; Illinois, $453; 

 Kansas, $290; Indiana, $248, and Mis- 

 souri $148, the secretary was instructed to 

 investigate and find out what could be 



done toward increasing the amount of 

 premiums offered in Missouri. 



On motion the secretary was instructed 

 to take up the matter of the advisability 

 and cost of incorporating the State Asso- 

 ciation. 



On motion the secretary was instructed 

 to cast the entire vote for the following 

 as officers of the Association for the ensu- 

 ing year : President, J. W. Rouse ; Yice- 

 liresideiat, R. A. Holekamji ; Secretary- 

 Treasurer, J. F. Diemer. 



The third session was called to order at 

 9 o'clock on the morning of August 2, and 

 many matters of interest were discussed, 

 chief of which was the ciuestion as to 

 whether our association should adopt the 

 constitution and by-laws of the National 

 Beekeepers' Association. A'ery little en- 

 thusiasm was shown for it by the mem- 

 bers, and considerable doubt existed as to 

 the advisability; but on final vote it was 

 adopted. 



M. E. Darby, State Inspector of Api- 

 aries, made a report of his work. He made 

 very emphatic the possibilities and im- 

 possibilities under the present foul-brood 

 law, with the present limited facilities and 

 means at his command, and convinced his 

 hearers that it would be impossible for one 

 man to do the work recprired to be done 

 to stamp out foul brood, which exists in 

 nearly every one of the 114 counties of 

 the State. 



At noon the convention adjoui-ned. 



How to Transfer and When 



In my small apiary I have four old-time sums 

 which I wish to replace with modern hives. What 

 is the best way to ' move the bees from the old 

 hive into the new one? As all of my bees are 

 hvbrids, I wish to get Italian queens. 

 " Tivoli, Tex., June 26. W. C. WiESE. 



[The very best time of year to transfer is in the 

 spring during fruit bloom, for at that time enough 

 honey will be coming in to prevent robbing, and 

 the bees will have a chance to build up again for 

 their main honey-flow. Colonies can be transferred 

 at any time of the year, although it is, of course, 

 -well to do the work early. But if a time is selected 

 when the honey is coming in so that there will be 

 no tendency to rob, it would be entirely feasible 

 to do the work almost any day during the season, 

 providing it is not cold enough to chill the brood, 

 while the work is in progres ;. 



We always advise the Heddon short method of 

 transferring bees, described in our ABC and XYZ 

 of Bee Culture. 



It is pretty late to transfer this year ; but still if 

 you are careful to select a time just before the main 

 honey-flow is over, we believe you can transfer all 

 right and get the bees built ujp in good shape for 

 winter. The fact that your winters are not as se- 

 vere as ours up here makes it possible for you to 

 transfer almost any time during the summer. You 

 can requeen at the same time you transfer by de- 

 stroying the old queen as she runs with the rest 

 of the bees into the new hive, which you can do very 

 easily, as it is not at all ditiicult to find her as she 

 runs in, especially if you spread a sheet in front of 

 the hive on which to shake the bees, allowing them 

 to run up into the new hive. After destroying the 

 old queen you can introduce the new one by the reg- 

 ular cage plan described on the covers of the mail- 

 ing-cages. — Ed. ] 



