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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



January 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



^ Established by Stmuet Wagner In 1861 C= 



The oldest Bee Journal in the English language. Consolidated with The 

 National Bee Journal in 1874. 



Publiahed monthly at Hamilton, Illinoi*. 



Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Hamilton, Illinois. 



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HcJiico, »1 per yejr; three years, $2.60; 6ve p p r,.- „_ Editor 



years, U- Canadian postage 16 cents, and '" ^- "^oant taitor 



other foreign countries S6 cents extra, per Frank C. Pellett Associate Editor 



y^*'* C. C. Miller Questions Department 



All subscriptions are stopped at expiration. Date /- r> t> • »» 



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CCopyright 1920 by C. P. Dadant.) 



THE EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT 



Nectar Secretion 



The feature article in this num- 

 ber, by the eminent botanist. Dr. 

 Trelease, we believe to be worthy of 

 thorough study by every one of our 

 readers. In order to make his de- 

 scription of the anatomical structure 

 of plants more intelligible to those 

 of our readers who have not had a 

 college education — and they are 

 numerous — we have borrowed three 

 figures from a noted European work 

 published 40 years ago, "Les Nec- 

 taires," by Bonnier, which contains 

 130 such cuts. It gives a definite idea 

 of what "cells" and "nectaries" are. 



Are We Good Samaritans? 



The following was received from 

 Mr. Crepieux-Jamin, of Rouen, the 

 former associate editor of the "Re- 

 vue Internationale d' Apiculture": 



"I am greatly moved by your appeal 

 to the American beekeepers in your 

 October number. Never has help 

 been more greatly needed than it is at 

 present in our northern districts. The 

 disaster defies description; one must 

 see to believe. For hundreds and 

 hundreds of kilometers everything is 

 destroyed to such an e.xtent that in 

 some cases it is impossible to find the 

 exact location of a former village 

 without a survey. It is frightful. 

 Wherever things had been left stand- 

 ing after the bombardment, the Ger- 

 mans burned them or l)lcw them up, 

 cutting down the fruit trees and the 

 shrubbery. It is a desert. The people 

 come there with some money, l)ut 

 they go away discouraged. Some, 

 however, begin to rebuild among the 

 ruins. Some beekeepers whom I know 

 would be glad to begin over with a 

 colony or two. The busy hum of the 

 bees would undoubtedly encourage 

 them. What they hope for, is to be 

 helped with a fresh start, the first few 

 colonies. 



"A school teacher whose apiary was 

 destroyed was trying to rebuild it. I 

 sent him 20 francs. He returned the 



money, saying that all he wished for 

 was a few hives of bees. But where 

 could he secure them? 



"However, the only way to rescue 

 them is with financial help, and se- 

 cure bees from away, for a start. Your 

 generous initiative is greatly appre- 

 ciated here. 



J. CREPIEUX-JAMIN." 



October 26. 



Bees may be secured, not far away, 

 in the Netherlands, Central and South- 

 ern France can furnish some; but 

 there, also, the number of colonies 

 is reduced, owing to bad seasons and 

 the shortage of sugar. Were it not 

 for the distance and the ocean tran- 

 sit, it would be advisable to send 

 colonies from here. But there would 

 be too much risk. Cash, queens and 

 supplies, cash especially, is needed. 

 Let us add to the subscription to 

 make a gift worth while. 



A commission is organized com- 

 posed of the following persons: 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, Washington, 

 D. C. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo. 111. 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



Mr. Leon Tombu, Huy, Belgium. 



Mr. Outhelin, Professor at the Col- 

 lege of Nancy, France. 



Mr. E. Perroncito, Turin, Italy. 



The last named gentleman is put 

 upon the commission membership be 

 cause some help is being secured 

 from Italy, also. It will be the duty 

 of these parties to make proper dis- 

 tribution of the funds and the sup- 

 plies, queens, etc., in France and 

 Belgium. 



As we cannot go there ourselves to 

 see about the distribution, I propose 

 that we put the American interests 

 in charge of the Society of Friends, 

 whose representative is on the spot. 

 Dr. Miller agrees to this. 



The list of subscriptions is as fol- 

 lows, up to December 8: 



Previous subscriptions $331.35 



F. L. Goss, Harwood, Mo 1.00 



Edgar L. Hermance, New 



Haven, Conn. 2.00 



James Maxwell, Marshfield, 



Wis. 1.00 



Dr. Bonney, Buck Grove, la. 5.00 



Jas. A. Neilson, O. A. C. Guelph 



Ontario 1.00 



F. C. Pellett, Hamilton, 111 5.00 



Mildred P. Sturdevant, Boul- 

 der, Colo. 2.00 



Morley Pettit, Georgetown, 



Ontario 5.00 



Nels Lauritsen, Clinton, la. 1.00 



H. Lathrop, Bridgeport, Wis 5.00 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111.. 5.00 



C. E. Miller, Clarks, Penn 2.50 



Thos. Clark, Hamilton City, 



Calif. 1.00 



ORANDPR^ (ArttcimeO. - Vnc gcnirjilc, |>ris? Ju Cbji 



Village of Grandprc in 1913, as shown in January. 1914. American Dec Journal, when the 



Dadants visited there. 



