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VOL. XL 



DECEMBER 15, 1912 



NO. 24 



Editorial 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



We are pleased to note the evident prog- 

 ress in the growth of the Amefican Bee 

 Journal; it is also a pleasure to see an oc- 

 casional article from the pen of our old 

 friend Geo. W. York, now of Sandpoint, 

 Idaho. Ml". York was editor of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, it will be remembered, for 

 twenty years. While he has since gone into 

 other business, he still retains his interest 

 in bees, and is starting an apiary in a land 

 that gives promise of being a great bee 

 country in the near future. 



the OHIO STATE BEEKEEPERS' CONVENTION. 



We would call attention again to the 

 Ohio State Beekeepers' convention that is to 

 be held in Columbus on the 14th and 15th 

 of January next. Secretary Shaw submits 

 a tentative program which we are pleased 

 to insert right here. 



PROGRAM 



TUESDAY, 2 P.M. 



President's Address. 

 Report of Treasurer. 

 Report of Secretary. 

 Result of Apiary Inspection in Hamilton County 



Fred W. Muth 



Witli the Apiary Exhibit at County Fairs 



Gleuwood Beard 

 TUESDAY', 7 :30 p. M. 



Apiculture at the University 



Prof. J. S. Hine, Ohio State University 



Address — Organization E. B. Tyrrell, 



Secretary National Beekeepers' Association 

 Address — C. P. Dadant, Editor i±merican Bee 

 ■ Journal 



Live-bee Demonstration E. R. Root, 



Editor Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



WEDNESDAY, 9:30 A.M. 



Florida Beekeeping J. E. Marchant 



Queen-rearing J. 0. Mosgrove 



Mv Experience with European Foul Brood 



B. J. Holden 

 Ohio Apiculture — Impressions of a Farmers' In- 

 stitute Lecturer Prof. W. A. Matheny, 



Ohio State University 



WEDNESDAY', 1 P. M. 



A Woman's Way with Bees... Mrs. Jessie Goodrich 



Wax Rendering H. H. Root 



Prodiiction of Comb Honey A. A. Doenges 



Production of Extracted Honey H. G. Quirin 



Topics for General Discusison 



So far as we know, all the speakers as- 

 signed have promised to be present or send 

 in papers. The convention will be held at 

 Townsend Hall at the State University. It 

 is expected that there will be from one to 

 two hundred short-course agricultural stu- 



dents present at the meetings. This will 

 ensure the largest bee convention the good 

 old Buckeye State has ever had. 



A SURE CURE FOR SPRING DWINDLING; HOW 

 THE SCHEME OF POUND AND HALF- 

 POUND PACKAGES OF BEES CAN 

 SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE 

 NORTHERN BEEKEEPER. 



In our last issue, on page 752, we men- 

 tioned the success we were having in ship- 

 ping bees by the pound all over the United 

 States with practically no loss. If others 

 can be as successful as we have been (and 

 we see no reason why they can not be after 

 we show them how) it will be possible for 

 one beekeeper in a locality in the South to 

 sui^ply a brother beekeeper in the North 

 with 2-lb., 1-lb., or V2-lb. packages of bees 

 for his weak or dwindling colonies, that he 

 may have on hand, in the spring. Some 

 colonies might need 2 lbs. of bees, others 

 only 1 lb. or ^2 lb. The problem has been, 

 however, to find some one who could supply 

 bees in pound packages early enough to meet 

 this kind of demand. We have been having 

 considerable correspondence with Mr. A. B. 

 Marchant, of Sumatra, Fla., now tempora- 

 rily at Appalachicola, covering the question 

 of whether he could supply bees in this way 

 during February, March, and April to those 

 in the North who have spring dwindling. 

 Mr. Marchant thinks he can take care of 

 all who may desire bees in this form as 

 he has an immense stock lo draw from. 

 Prices and particulars will be announced 

 later. 



If this scheme of sending pound pack- 

 ages of bees from the South to the North 

 can be made a success it will enable the 

 Northern man to save hundreds of valu- 

 able queens, and put neAV strength and vig- 

 or into nuclei that would otherwise struggle 

 along all summer without furnishing any 

 surplus. We see no reason why pound 

 packages of black bees could not be sent 

 northward at a reduced price. They would 

 be just as good boosters as the more expen- 

 sive bees. 



