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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



=3 Established by Samuel Wagner In 1861 C= 



our contributors, on behalf of our suf- 

 fering friends across the sea. 

 March 10, 1920. 



The oldest Bee Journal in the English language. 

 Publiahed monthly at Hamilton, Illinoi*. 



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



SuBscsiPTioN Ratbs — In the United Sutes and THE STAFF 



Mexico »1 per yeir; three years, »2^60; five ^ p p j.^; 



years, $4. Canadian postage 15 cents, and 



other foreign countries 25 cents extra, per Frank C. Pellett Associate Editor 



y^^^- C. C. Miller Questions Department 



All subscriptions arc stopped at expiration. Date . ,- t^ ti • »* 



of expiration is printed on wrapper label. Maurice G Dadant Business Manager 



(Copyright 1920 by C. P. Dadant.^ 



THE EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT 



Caucasian Views 



Some of our new subscribers ask 

 how we manage to secure, under 

 present conditions, views of apiaries 

 and bee transportation in the Cauca- 

 sus, such as were shown -on our 

 cover page in March. 



In 1917, just before the United 

 States entered the world war, we re- 

 ceived, as a compliment, from the 

 Caucasian Beekeepers' Association, 

 with headquarters at Tiflis, an album 

 of some SO views of apiaries of old 

 and new style. The professor who 

 sent them to us, C. A. GorbatchefT, 

 stated that they wished to show us, 

 not only the progress being achieved, 

 but also the different styles of hives 

 which would soon be abandoned and 

 would then have only an ethno- 

 graphic interest for the modern bee- 

 keeper. We have already given a 

 number of these views, but still have 

 a number to give, thanks to the cour- 

 tesy of the Caucasian Beekeepers' 

 Association. 



These views cover beekeeping in 

 the provinces of Daghestan, Eliza- 

 bethpohl, Baku, Kutais, Chernomos- 

 kaya, Tersk, Batum, Lenkoran, Eri- 

 van and especially Tiflis, all in the 

 Caucasus. 



The war has sadly upset communi- 

 cations. Copies of the American Bee 

 Journal, mailed to Professor Gorbat- 

 cheflf in 1918, and since that time, 

 have been returned to us on account 

 of the impossibility of delivery. It is 

 time that commercial and literary ex- 

 changes be again resumed, with the 

 entire world. 



Selling Honey 



Our readers will find in this number 

 the account of a remarkable selling 

 campaign, in which 158,000 pounds of 

 honey was sold, through the New 

 York Globe. This was extracted 



honey, granulated. We dfd not in- 

 sert this for the purpose of urging 

 beekeepers to follow this method, for 

 if iit were followed the jobbers would 

 stop handling honey and we would 

 be forced to sell all our honey in that 

 way, which is out of the question. We 

 need the jobber and the retailer. But 

 the account of this remarkable sale 

 gives clear evidence that there is am- 

 ple room in America for all the honey 

 we can produce, granulated honey at 

 that, and that the only requirement is 

 proper distribution. 



Good Samaritan Fund 

 For Franco-Belgian Help 



Total of previous lists $618.60 



Wm. Sandoz, Peters, Neb 2.50 



J. B. Holsinger, Johnstown, Pa. 1.00 



Harold Current, Dunkirk, Ind. 1.50 



A Beekeeper, Minnesota 2.00 



Mrs. C. 0. Bruno, Rockford, 111. 1.00 



Harry J. Nelson, Ames, la 5.00 



Total $631.60 



Received later — W. M. Mallory, Ba- 

 tavia, N. Y., $10. 



Henry C. Nichol, St. Paul 1.00 



H. L. Hant, Yakima, Wash 5.00 



A. Etienne, Ottawa, 111 1.50 



Shortly before the issue of our 

 March number, a request came for 

 the sending of the funds at current 

 exchange rates, so the exchange was 

 made and the money sent. It brought, 

 all told, 8,548.37 francs. It was for- 

 warded at once. 



At a similar rate of exchange, the 

 goods subscribed and the queens 

 would figure up about 13,500 francs, 

 making a grand total of near 22,000 

 francs. 



We will expect to make some state- 

 ments as to the use of the goods and 

 money, when the European commit- 

 tee can give them to us. We thank 



In Australia 



The December number of the 

 "Australian Beekeeper" is very in- 

 teresting. Those "Anzacs" are pro- 

 gressive. They read our books and 

 our magazines, while we barely think 

 of them as existing at all. So it 

 seems they would get ahead of us 

 some time. Those of our readers who 

 have followed the articlts on "Bee- 

 keeping in Australia," by Tarlton 

 Rayment, in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, have found out that country, in 

 some parts at least, is a bees' para- 

 dise. 



It is quite interesting to read of 

 bees swarming in December and go- 

 ing into winter quarters in June, for 

 they have their winter when we have 

 summer, and vice versa. We wish our 

 Australian cousins good crops. 



Good Samaritan 

 and Other Funds 



At the Buffalo mee^ting, a letter 

 was read from C. W. Aeppler, of Wis- 

 consin, enclos'ing another from the 

 editor of "Des Bienenvater," of Vi- 

 enna, Austria, stating that they were 

 on the verge of starvation and beg- 

 ging for food orders, to be sent from 

 America. It is now possible, through 

 the management of Hoover, to send 

 orders for a number of different arti- 

 cles of food, to starving Vienna. The 

 appeal stirred the generous feelings 

 of the members present at the meet- 

 ing, not only towards our late ene- 

 mies, the Austrians, but also towards 

 the Franco-Belgian. The writer was 

 appointed a committee of one to re- 

 ceive the subscriptions, and a fairly 

 long list was made on the spot. 



We will not give the detail of the 

 remittances this month, for lack of 

 room. Suffice it to say that the 

 amounts subscribed there and re- 

 ceived also through other channels 

 have enabled us to send a draft to 

 the Franco-Belgians for an additional 

 sum of 1,525 francs. Four $10 food or- 

 ders have been secured for the Vien- 

 nese editors, Messrs. Alois Alphonsus 

 and Franz Richter, of the "Bienen- 

 vater." 



A subscription of $52 was received 

 by Dr. Phillips, from the Riverside 

 County Beekeepers' Club for the 

 Good Samaritan Fund, and more is 

 promised. More is also coming from 

 different sources. Let the good work 

 go on. 



