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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



=3 Established by Samuel Wagner In 1861 



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

 National Bee Journal in 1874. 



' Published monthly at Hamilton, Illinois. 



Entered as second-class matter at the postoflBce at Hamilton. Illinois. 



SnascaiPTioN Rates— In the United States and THE STAFF 



Mexico »1 per yejr; three years, »a.60; five ^ p d^„^„., Edi,„ 



years, $4. Canadian postage 16 cents, and 



other foreign countries 26 cents extra, per Frank C. Pellett Associate Editor 



y^ar. C. C. Miller Questions Department 



All subscriptions are stopped at expiration. Date ,., r- n ti • »* 



of «piVation is printed on wrapper label. Maurice G Dapant Business Manager 



(Copyright 1920 by C. P. Dadant.j 



THE EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT 



The Bee World 



The October number of the Bee 

 World, published at Benson, Oxon, 

 England reached us in December. 

 Its publishers complain of want of 

 support. This should not be. The 

 Bee World is trying to become an 

 international magazine on bees, and 

 we need such a magazine. It is an 

 excellent publication and should not 

 go a-begging. The fault with it, as 

 with many other European periodi- 

 cals, is the lack of advertising pages. 

 No magazine can live and thrive if 

 it is not supported by advertisers. 

 That is probably why our American 

 magazines succeed. Our cousins in 

 Europe are short on this point. 



Good Samaritan 

 Franco-Belgian Fund 



Fifth List. 



Total of four former lists $554.35 



Harry Lathrop, Bridgeport, 



Wis. 1.00 



S. D. McAuley, Waterloo, la — .25 



D. E. Robbins, Payson, III 5.00 



Chas. F. Baile, Sj-'kesville, Md,. 2.00 



Irving E. Long, Marceline, Mo. 2.00 



Chas. E. Hooper, Rome, N. Y.— 1.00 



J. D. Yancey, Bay City, Texas— 1.00 

 W. S. Pangburn, Center Junction, 



Iowa 5.00 



A. Mottaz, Utica, 111. 5.00 



L. P. Zimmerman, Louisville, 



Ky. 2.00 



New Jersey Beekeepers' Ass'n, 



by E. G. Carr 25.00 



E. G. Brown, Sergeant Bluff, la. 5.00 

 A. M. Nelson, Inwood, la. 10.00 



Total to Feb. 8, 1920 $618.60 



Other subscriptions arc: 



The A. I. Root Co., $300 of supplies 

 at wholesale. 



B. J. Cole, Santa Monica, Calif., 12 

 to 20 queens. 



The Apis Club, Benson, Oxon, Eng- 

 land, 5 guineas. 



The last named subscription was 

 accompanied with a very kind and 

 complimentary letter from our Eng- 

 lish beekeeping brothers. 



The perplexing question is whether 

 to exchange the cash now for Euro- 

 pean exchange, or hold it till it is 

 needed for use. We thought we were 

 doing a wise thing by placing our 

 first subscription of 500 francs in 

 French funds at once. This was worth 

 at the time $55.85. At present the 

 same sum in francs could be pur- 

 purchased for $35. The total cash 

 subscription would now bring 8,539 

 francs. As francs are depreciating, 

 it may be best to hold the funds in 

 American dollars till the purchase of 

 bees is made. 



Our subscribers to this fund must 

 bear in mind that their money is more 

 and more welcome to the French and 

 Belgians, since their funds are de- 

 preciating. A one dollar subscription 

 now represents between 14 and 15 

 francs. 



We are in receipt of a letter from 

 the beekeeper who was in charge of 

 the rehabilitation of apiaries in the 

 devastated countries and we give a 



Apiary from wbich colonies were produced for 

 the work of the Mission des Ames in 1919. 

 The wind screen is made of camouflage net- 

 ting. 



quotation from it. Mr. Graham- 

 Burtt's work has been highly praised 

 by a number of French beekeepers : 



"I am very glad to hear of the sub- 

 scription you are getting up and wish 

 it every success. The need is so 

 great that any amount of money and 

 sup])lies could be sent ; however, you 

 are fully as well informtd as. myself. 



"As regards the work which has 

 been done by the 'Mission des Amis' 

 in this matter; I am at present pre- 

 paring a report, of which I will send 

 j'ou a copy. The area covered has 

 been, roughly, the northwest part 

 of the Meuse, and the southeast part 

 of Ardennes, and for this area I 

 I have produced and distributed about 

 170 colonies in frame hives, mostly 

 IDadant-Blatt, and have purchased and 

 distributed about 600 colonies in straw 

 skeps, so that all the beekeepers who 

 have returned have been able to pur- 

 chase bees to restart their apiaries at 

 from one-third to one-half of their 

 current market value. I have also es- 

 tablished a 'Rucher de Reserve,' which 

 I have left in the hands of the 'So- 

 ciete d'Apiculture,' to enable thern to 

 carry on the work of reconstruction; 

 these matters, however, will be given 

 more fully in my report." 



GRAHAM-BURTT, 

 Stroud Road, Gloucester, England. 



It will be seen by this letter that 

 only a small area of the devastated 

 regions has been restocked. The So- 

 ciety of Friends will have another 

 man there. We have also secured the 

 services of the noted beekeeper and 

 writer, Mr. J. Crepieux-Jamin, of 

 Rouen, as an additional member of 

 the committee. He is near the west- 

 ern part of the devastated regions 

 and his help will be valuable. Mr. 

 Crepieux-Jamin is' a very devoted 

 man, who will give his time without 

 stint to the cause. 



We need more cash subscriptions, 

 to buy swarms in the Netherlands 

 and in Southern France. The need is 

 very great. 



Take note of the fact that the So- 

 ciety of Friends is not giving away 

 the bees and supplies, but selling 

 them at from one-third to one-half 

 of their actual value. In this way 

 they can help more people, since the 

 funds reach a greater scope. Besides 

 there is no fear of donating bees to 

 people who would not care for them, 

 since a man who buys bees at half 

 price must be a beekeeper. The thing 

 is evidently well-managed and we 

 are very proud of our people. Europe 

 needs help still, and the best proof 

 of it is in the depreciation of their 

 currency. We cannot do too much. 

 In fact, we will never be able to do 

 enough to help make up for the 

 fearful losses inflicted on those prov- 

 inces. 



