66 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



For a long time I have suspected that we would be surprised 

 if we knew how the printed grading rules were interpreted. In 

 Cider to find out just how the matter does stand I am in hopes that 

 I will get many letters regarding those pictures. I really expected 

 when I put them at the head of the honey quotations, that they 

 would stir up a discussion, and I hope I was not wrong. \\'hen 

 I get the matter pretty well presented by both buyer and seller, I 

 will give you a sum-up in the Review. If those pictures are not 

 a fair representation we want to know it, and if they are they will 

 help wonderfullv the bee-keeper who wants to grade correctly. I 

 will confess that it was sometimes a puzzler to me to know how to 

 grade by reading the i)rinted rules we have had. 



Buying Bees South to Move North in the Spring. 



There is a field that up to this time is practically unexplored. 

 That field is in buying bees in the south in the spring, and shipping 

 them north for the honey flow. Already there is a slight move in 

 that direction, as I have learned recently of two or three bee-keepers 

 who will try it out this year. Besides some have already tried it 

 in previous years, and while there are no doubt many things con- 

 ducive to failure, yet it seems to me that the principle is good, and 

 I would not be surprised to see it developed into a big industry in 

 a few years. 



In order that something may be known definitely as to what 

 can be done, I would like some of my southern subscribers to 

 write me telling just what bees can be bought for in their locality, 

 where one is willing to take them in any kind of a box or hive. 

 If the plan is ])ractical, let's develop it. 



Association of Apiary Inspectors of the United States and Canada. 



The following from Dr. E. F. Phillips is self explanatory. The 

 Review wishes to commend the movement and stands ready to do 

 anything it can to further the same. The letter is as follows : 



On December 30th, 1911, in Washington, D. C, there was 

 formed a temporary organization of the above name with a view 

 to increasing the efficiency of apiary inspection and to bring about 

 a greater uniformitv in the laws and more active co-operation be- 

 tween the various inspectors. 



A committee on permanent organization was formed to report 

 at a meeting to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in December, 1912, 

 in connection with the meeting of the Association of Economic 

 Entomologists. Prof, ^^'ilmon Howell, College Station, Texas, is 

 chairman of this committee. 



