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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



January 



at swarming time, by driving most of the bees 

 and the queen out of the box hive and hiving 

 them just like a new swarm. The old hive is 

 th*,'n jut a short distance back of the new one 

 and in 21 days the hatched bees are united to 

 the *ransfcrrfd hive. The better way, how- 

 ever is to tranj-fer all the brood combs during 

 fruit bloom. You will find directions given at 

 length for this in the "Langstroth Revised." 

 paragraphs 574 to 581, or in "First Lessons," 

 paragraphs 94 and 95. 



2. It would be a mistake to transfer your 



bees so early that you would be compelled to 

 feed them either pollen or honey in quantity. 

 But to answer your question as to what would 

 take the place of pollen; I have supplied flour 

 to bees, in open boxes, at times when they 

 could fly, before there was any pollen. The 

 bees are attracted there by placing some old 

 combs on the flour. Some of our modern 

 scientists assert that flour is useless as pollen. 

 But I am sure they took it in large amounts 

 and used it. 



New Jersey Convention 



The New Jersey beekeepers will 

 meet at Trenton on January 13 and 

 16. Space will not permit inserting 

 the complete program. Secretary E. 

 G. Carr, of New Egypt, has made 

 every effort to provide something of 

 interest for every minute, and a live 

 meeting may be expected. 



Error Corrected 



In our December issue we gave the 

 name of the secretary of the Wash- 

 ington State Beekeepers' Association 

 as H. Christensen. This is an error. 

 Mr. George W. B. Saxton, of Har- 

 wood, is secretary. That portion of 

 the Journal was already printed be- 

 fore we discovered the mistake. The 

 convention will be held at Seattle on 

 January 22 to 24. Frank C. Pellett, 

 of this office, and Kenneth Hawkins, 

 of Watertown, Wis., expect to be 

 present, if possible. The completed 

 program has not reached this office 

 at the time this is written. 



Short Course at Iowa 



We have received an announce- 

 ment to the effect that a short course 

 for beekeepers will be held at the 

 Iowa Agricultural College at Ames, 

 beginning February 8. This is to be 

 the same course that has been so 

 successfully conducted in the West- 

 ern States by the Government staff 

 of beekeepers in co-operation with 

 State officials. 



Nebraska Meeting at Lincoln 



The annual convention of the Ne- 

 braska Honey Producers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at Lincoln on Jan- 

 uary 19 and 20. The Nebraska bee- 

 keepers choose to meet at the agri- 

 cultural college in connection with 

 the annual round-up of organized ag- 

 riculture. Kenneth Hawkins, of 

 Wisconsin, and Frank C. Pellett, of 

 the American Bee Journal, expect to 

 be present. 



Kansas Short Course 



An extension short course for com- 

 mercial beekeepers, similar to those 

 held in California and other West- 

 ern States, will be held at Manhat- 

 tan, Kans., at the Agricultural Col- 

 lege, from February 2 to 7, 1920. Doc- 

 tor Phillips and G. S. Demuth, of 

 Washington, will be present. Prof. 



E. D. Ball and C. P. Dadant will also 

 take part in the program. Doctor 

 Merrill has been actively engaged in 

 developing the beekeeping work in 

 Kansas for some time, and a good at- 

 tendance is expected. 



Ontario Short Course 



Professor Millen advises us that 

 the short course in beekeeping at the 

 Ontario Agricultural College will be 

 held at Guelph from January 13 to 

 24. A number of prominent Cana- 

 dian bee-men will be present to as- 

 sist Professor Millen. Professor 

 George H. Rea, of New York Agricul- 

 tural College, will also be present. All 

 interested in beekeeping are invited 

 to be present. 



A Live County Association 



The Randolph County, Arkansas, 

 Association held their regular ses- 

 sion on November 12, with 22 mem- 

 bers present. J. V. Ormond and J. E. 

 McKell, of Little Rock, were present 

 and addressed the Association. Ran- 

 dolph County boasts of the strongest 

 association in the State, with James 

 F. Johnson President, J. D. Levil 

 Vice President and John R. Kizer 

 Secretary. The next meeting will be 

 on March 11, at which time the mem- 

 bers will list such supplies as they 

 expect to buy through the organiza- 

 tion. 



A Good Report From Montana 



Mr. Cyrille Ghekiere is the only 

 beekeeper on the Valier project in 

 Montana. He reports that it is a 

 good location for beekeeping and 

 that he extracts from 100 to 125 

 pounds of white honey per colony 

 per year. He uses the Dadant frame 

 with a large brood chamber holding 

 15 or more of these frames, and ex- 

 tracts only from the super. He is 

 thus always assured of ample reserve 

 stores in the brood chamber. He 

 winters in the cellar and reports that 

 he is able to carry his bees through 

 without loss by maintaing a tem- 

 perature of 40 to 45 degrees in the 

 cellar. 



Beekeepers at Canandaigua 



We will have a l)ee convention in 

 Canandaigua. N. Y., January 13. It 

 will be our 31st annual gathering. 

 F. GREINER. 



Can This Be So? 



With regard to the bees' fondness 

 for blue flowers. This is indisputable. 

 Centuries ago the Hittites, and after 

 them the Amalekites, discovered this 

 partiality, and turned it to evil ac- 

 count by growing flowers blue in 

 color but rich in opiates, and so suc- 

 ceeded in making a drink from the 

 honey which had a doping effect. 

 Kings and peasants ruined them- 

 selves, body and soul, through this 

 fibre-destroying beverage. — E. F. 

 Hemming in British Bee Journal, 

 page 454. 



The Iowa Convention 



The Iowa Beekeepers' Convention 

 recently held at Des Moines was one 

 of the best in the history of the or- 

 ganization. A special feature of the 

 meeting was a banquet served by the 

 association, to which prominent men 

 in other lines were invited as guests. 

 Editors of several farm papers, in- 

 cluding the editor of the American 

 Fruit Grower at Chicago, were pres- 

 ent, as well as members of the faculty 

 of the Agricultural College, State of- 

 ficials, etc. Such occasions do much 

 to arouse interest in beekeeping on 

 the part of those engaged in allied 

 pursuits and lead to harmonious ac- 

 tion when problems of general inter- 

 est are before the public. The asso- 

 ciation voted to affiliate with the 

 State Horticultural Society and thus 

 to work in harmony with the fruit 

 growers of the State. Such action 

 speaks well for the future of the 

 Iowa organization. Dr. Bonney was 

 reelected President; E. G. Brown 

 Vice President, and F. B. Paddock 

 Secretary. F. H. Stacey, M. D. John 

 son and J. C. Donohue were elected 

 Directors. 



Ohio Short Course 



A short course for commer ial bee- 

 keepers will be held in connection 

 with the annual program of the Ohio 

 Beekeepers' Association during Farm- 

 ers' Week at the Ohio State Univer- 

 sity, Columbus, from January 26 to 

 30. In addition to lectures by faculty 

 members of the University, E. F. 

 Phillips and George S. Demuth, spe- 

 cialists in bee culture of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, 

 will also speak (laily and give demon- 

 strations on vital problems in bee- 

 keeping. 



Similar courses have been held in 

 oJher States in co-operation with the 

 Urited States Department of Agri- 

 culture and have attracted over ItX) 

 beekeepers. Deailed informatioii 

 may be secured from Prof. James S. 

 Hine, the Ohio State University, 

 Columbus. 



Wayne County Beemen to Meet 



The Wayne County Beekeepers 

 Society will hold their third annua! 

 meeting in the Grange Building at 

 Newark on January 30, 1920, and all 

 interested are invited to attend. 

 George Rea will be present. For fur- 

 ther information address Deroy Tay- 

 lor, Newark, N. Y., Secretary. 



