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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



July 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



^ Ettabllshed by Samuel Wagner in 1 861 C= 



The oldest Bee journal in the English language. 

 Published monthly at Hamilton, Illinois. 



Entered as second-cl ss matter at the postoffice at Hamilton. Illinois. 



Subscription Rates — In the United States and THE STAFF 



Mexico, $1 per year; three years, $2.50; five r t, r» tj-* 



years, t4. Canadian postage 16 cents, and " "- ^- ^Jadant tditor 



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



. C. C. Miller Questions Department 



All subscriptions are stopped at expiration. Date ^ t^ t^ - ,, 



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



(Copyright 1920 by C. P. Dadant.; 



THE EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT 



C!assification of Honey 

 For Freight Shipment 



Beekeepers will be charged higher 

 rates for shipments of honey by 

 freight in many localities, according 

 to the new Supplement to Freight 

 Classification No. 1, which becomes 

 entirely effective July IS, 1920. Argu- 

 ments presented at hearings on these 

 proposed rate increases were only 

 partially successful. The beekeepers 

 were represented by the G. B. Lewis 

 Company, Dadant & Sons, and the 

 A. I. Root Company. The authorities 

 made it plain that the increases were 

 necessary because of improperly 

 packed shipments of honey by care- 

 less beekeepers, with consequently in- 

 creased presentation of freight dam- 

 age claims. 



Southern district comb honey rate 

 on carlots is given fourth class. No 

 previous rate was given this item, 

 which may indicate greater freight 

 movements of comb honey in the 

 south. 



'Extracted honey rates were also 

 largely increased as follows : 



1 — In metal cans, completely jack- 

 eted, L. C. L. western, first class; pre- 

 viously fourth. 



2 — Similar honey, except in boxes, 

 L. C. L. western, third class; previ- 

 ously fourth. 



3 — Bulk in tight hardwood barrels 

 with eight metal hoops, L. C. L. 

 southern and western, now third 

 class ; previously fourth. 



4— Same in metal cans, completely 

 jacketed, carlots, southern, fourth 

 class; first classification ever given. 



Reductions were secured only on 

 honey in glass or earthenware packed 

 in barrels and boxes; carlots, south- 

 ern, first to third class, and on granu- 

 lated honey, carlots, in boxes over 

 metal, southern, now fourth, previ- 

 ously third. 



Good Samaritan Fund 



We are still getting subscriptions 

 to the Franco-Belgian relief fund. The 

 following remittances have been re- 

 ceived since the last statement : 



L. W. Derrin, Cushman, Ore., $2.50. 



Montgomery Co., Pa., Beekeepers, 

 $S.OO. 



Twenty of the queens were ordered 

 to France and Belgium. But trans- 



portation is so irregular yet, that both 

 Dr. Phillips and Dr. Miller advise 

 against sending queens now. They 

 write in a similar strain from Europe. 

 So the balance of the queens sub- 

 scribed will probably be sold in this 

 country and the proceeds sent over in 

 cash. There is still a big margin of 

 exchange. All the news indicates 

 that the people living in the devas- 

 tated regions are still sheltered in 

 iron-covered shacks or cabins of the 

 most temporary description. 



The Bee World 



After what appeared to us as dis- 

 couraging delays, the Bee World, of 

 the Apis Club, of Benson, Oxon, Eng- 

 land, finally reached us, 3 numbers — 

 March, April and May — in one. But 

 this number is worth while, 68 pages, 

 replete with information. 



We have never seen a bee magazine 

 with so much "meat in the cocoanut." 

 We are not in the habit of doing any 

 advertising for anybody, not even for 

 ourselves, in^ the reading columns. 

 But we believe this magazine should 

 be sustained. To secure it. you must 

 be a member of the "Apis Club." and 

 this will cost you 7s 6d. Some years 

 ago it would have cost you $1.87, but 

 at the present date English values 

 are low and you can probably get a 

 draft for the above amount for about 

 $1.50. 



The last number gives a splendid re- 

 view of beekeeping periodicals in all 

 countries. Why not make it a quar- 

 terly review? 



Georgia State Beekeepers 



Our esteemed friend, J. J. Wilder, 

 editor of the "Dixie Beekeeper," is 

 announcing a Georgia State Bee- 

 keepers' Association. We wish we 

 had heard of it sooner, so as to help 

 advertise it. We hopj there will be a 

 good attendance. No better man 

 than J. J. Wilder can organize a thing 

 of this kind. 



Obituary — Paul Scheuring 



Mr. Paul Scheuring, of De Perc, 

 Wisconsin, who died lately at the age 

 of 74, was one of the extensive bee- 

 keepers of that State. He came from 

 Europe with his parents in 1849, at the 

 age of 3, and lived in De Fere the en- 



tire 71 years. He had as many as 6 

 apiaries. Of late years he had re- 

 duced his interest to a single apiary. 

 He wintered 135 colonies in the cellar 

 the past winter. But because of his 

 bad health, he was unable to attend 

 to them properly, and came out of 

 winter with only 45. Mr. Scheuring 

 was an 8-frame hive man and har- 

 vested some excellent crops. He filled 

 several public offices and, at his death, 

 the flags of the city building were 

 put at half-mast. We are told one of 

 his sons will continue his beekeeping. 



Tunis Beekeeping 



Slowly, Imt steadily, the bee maga- 

 zines that were compelled to suspend 

 circulation by the World War, are 

 coming back to life. Wc are in re- 

 ceipt of the revived "Bulletin de La 

 Societe d' Apiculture de Tunisie," its 

 56th number, published in Tunis. 



Tunis, a French colony, in northern 

 Africa, is quite a bee country. A 

 large bulletin, entitled "La Tunisie 

 Apicole," was published in 1912 and 

 mentioned in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal in October of that year, with 

 photos of a Tunis school of beekeep- 

 ing. The writer and teacher, J. 

 Georges, is still the manager of their 

 editorial activity. Success to them. 



U. S. Publications on Bees 



To be had from the Division of 

 Publications, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington. D. C, as long as 

 the supply lasts. 



Control of American Foulbrood. E. 

 F. Phillips. Free. 



American Foulbrood. G. F. White. 

 15 cents. Technical paper. 



A study of the behavior of bees in 

 colonies affected by European foul- 

 brood. Arnold P. Sturtevant. 5 cents. 

 Technical paper. 



Michigan Meetings 



The beekeepers of Michigan are to 

 have their summer meeting at Boyne 

 City. July 28 and 29, and I have prom- 

 ised to do my best to be there. And 

 now comes the Huron County Asso- 

 ciation with a meeting, July 16, of the 

 3 counties of Huron, Sanilac and Tus- 

 cola, at the home apiary of David 

 Running, one of the most expert bee- 

 keepers in Michigan. It is a great 

 temptation, and I am going to try to 

 make the two meetings, though they 

 are 12 days apart. I will surely find 

 something to do between dates. — C. P. 

 D. 



Chenango County, New York 



The beekeepers of Chenango Coun- 

 ty are announcing a summer meeting 

 and basket picnic at the apiary of 

 George S. Hard, Norwich, N. Y., July 

 22. Their program is fine, but we re- 

 ceived it too late to give it here. They 

 are to have Dr. Geo. H. Rhea, of Cor- 

 nell, and are to give several demon- 

 strations and essays, with question 

 box, discussions, and two lunches. 

 That is the way to go at it. Many 

 more such meetings should be organ- 

 ized, and the Journal will be glad to 

 give them a notice. 



