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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



December 



lor, at Springfield, II!., on December 

 14 and 15, 1920. Rates $2.00 to $2.50 

 without bath; $3.00 and up with bath. 

 Program will be announced later. 

 Try to be with us and enjoy your- 

 self; if this is not possible and you 

 have a question you want discussed, 

 send it in. 



G. M. WITHROW, Secretary. 



Kansas Meeting 



Kansas will have a "Farm and 

 Home Week" February 7 to 12, 1921. 

 The beekeepers will meet and ex- 

 pect the presence of a number of 

 leading men at the meeting. For 

 particulars and program address Dr. 

 J. H. Merrill, State Apiarist, at Man- 

 hattan. 



Domestic Beekeeper Sold 



We are advised that Arthur Rat- 

 tray has sold the Domestic Beekeeper 

 to E. A. Little, of Lansing, Mich. 

 This magazine was established by the 

 late W. Z. Hutchinson, under the 

 name of Beekeeper's Review. Since 

 the death of its founder it has 

 changed hands several times. E. B. 

 Tyrrell published it for a time, then 

 sold it to the National Beekeepers' 

 Association. E. D. Townsend pub- 

 lished it for several years after the 

 National decided against the publica- 

 tion of an official organ. Townsend 

 sold it to Rattray. 



Want Cuban Honey Excluded 



The Manatee beekeepers, at their 

 meeting at Sarasota, Fla., on Octo- 

 ber 28, passed a resolution favoring 

 the exclusion of Cuban and West In- 

 dian honey, on account of danger of 

 bee-disease infection. 



Since foulbrood is now so generally 

 scattered over the United States, we 

 doubt whether it will be possible to 

 secure such a quarantine as this. 



Von Ronzelen to Texas 



A. G. Von Ronzelen, formerly of St. 

 Louis, Mo., has removed to San An- 

 tonio, Texas. He contemplates going 

 into the bee business in Texas, and 

 will possibly establish a queen-rear- 

 ing yard. 



Home From San Domingo 



Henry Brenner, who has been for 

 some years a large beekeeper in 

 Porto Rico and San Domingo, and 

 whose observations on West Indian 

 apiculture have often appeared in the 

 American Bee Journal, has returned 

 to his old home in Seguin, Texas, 

 where he intends to resume the busi- 

 ness of honey production. 



Rich or Poor 



When asked about the returns 

 from bees, J. C. Davis, of Corydon, 

 Iowa, said that judging irom the best 

 years one could soon get rich at the 

 business, while judging from poor 

 years, one would soon go bankrupt. 

 On the average, the 1 ces insure a 

 good living and a little to lay aside, 

 if properly cared for. 



be appointed to take up the question 

 of having an import duty levied on 

 honey coming int this country. 

 There is practically no honey being 

 now exported, and the great quantity 

 coming in from the Indies and Latin 

 America has given impetus to this 

 project. 



Aluminum Honey Comb Company 



Mention has already been made in 

 these pages of the fact that the 

 Aluminum Honey Comb Company is 

 bankrupt. The affairs of the company 

 are now in the hands of a receiver. 

 George F. Bush is receiver. Any bee- 

 keepers who have claims against this 

 company which are unsettled, should 

 write at once to the receiver and 

 state the amount, as the assets of the 

 company will be sold and divided 

 among the creditors. Creditors should 

 act promptly in order to protect their 

 rights. 



Newell Edits Bee Department 



The Florida Grower has an attrac- 

 tive bee department edited by Wil- 

 mon Newell. The Florida Grower is 

 an interesting periodical, and no bet- 

 ter man could have been found to 

 conduct the bee department. More 

 and more interest is being mani- 

 fested in beekeeping by the various 

 farm and poultry publications. 



Short Course at Columbia 



A short course in beekeeping at 

 the University of Columbia, Mis- 

 souri, is announced for five days dur- 

 ing Farmers Week. A more extended 

 course is offered the two-year stu- 

 dents at the college. 



A County Agent Gets Some Honey 



L. F. Childers, County Agent at 

 Fayette, Mo., secured about 100 

 pounds of surplus honey from each of 

 his 25 colonies the past season, ac- 

 cording to press reports. County 

 Agents are highly busy fellows, but 

 $800 from a few bees in the back 

 yard is not a bad showing, even for 

 a County Agent. 



Short Courses at Ames 



Plans are now being developed for 

 the beekeepers' short course, which 

 will be held at Ames during the 

 Farm and Home Week. The date 

 for this annual meeting is January 3 

 to 8, 1921. Many beekeepers were 

 disappointed last year when the Bee- 

 keepers' School was abandoned on 

 account of the influenza epidemic. It 

 will be their aim this year to have a 

 program which will be of exceptional 

 value to every person interested in 

 beekeeping. We have ?lready heard 

 many express their intention to at- 

 tend this short course. Make your 

 plans now. 



Some Want a Tariff on Honey 



The suggestion has been made that 

 a committee of prominent beekeepers 



New Course at Iowa College 



A new course is to be offered this 

 year by the Iowa State College, 

 called the Course for Poultrymcn, 

 Beekeepers and Horticulturists. The 

 course begins January 10 and closes 

 March 23, 1921. This is a specialized 

 course for those who may have had 



practical experience in their lines, but 

 desire more definite information re- 

 garding their industry, and for those 

 who are expecting to do work along 

 these lines. The work is largely of a 

 practical nature. 



The course is of 12 weeks duration, 

 divided into two six weeks periods. 

 The work may be taken continuously 

 or may be taken six weeks one year 

 and completed in six weeks another 

 year. 



In addition to the special line, elec- 

 tives may be chosen from any non- 

 collegiate subject offered by the col- 

 lege. 



Upon completion of the course and 

 one year of practical experience, a 

 certificate will be granted. 



A special booklet describing in de- 

 tail the work of this course will be 

 offered for distribution in the near 

 future. A copy can be secured from 

 the State Apiarist. 



Suggestion s 



H. Long, of Wooster, Ohio, sug- 

 gests that for making large tops for 

 summer or winter use, two-ply felt 

 roofing with a coat of roof paint pro- 

 vides a light, dry and cheap roof. He 

 also suggests bending down the tines 

 of a four-tine table fork and filing 

 them sharp to scrape off the heads 

 of drone-brood when he has the hive 

 open. 



Finding the Queenless Hive 



W. H. Bacus, of Pleasant Hill, III., 

 writes that in removing the comb- 

 honey supers from five hives, he 

 found one in which the old queen 

 with some bees had remained. He 

 caged the queen and took her to the 

 house, but was at a loss to know in 

 which hive she belonged. It looked 

 like quite a task to examine the five 

 colonies and locate the queens in 

 four of them to determine where she 

 should go. The next morning he took 

 five cells from nursery cages and 

 placed one at the entrance of each 

 of the five hives. In the evening four 

 of them had been destroyed and the 

 fifth was carefuly guarded. He was 

 thus able to tell where the queen be- 

 longed and to release her in her own 

 colony. 



Bees Buy Bonds 



Chris Jessen, of EUlridge, Iowa, 

 bought $400 of Liberty Bonds and 

 supplied the family table with honey 

 from the product of seven hives in 

 1918. In 1919 his bees had increased 

 to 13 colonies, and that year lie 

 bought $250 of bonds and supplied 

 the table with their product. In 1920 

 his returns were very much smaller. 

 There is a great seasonable variation 

 in the returns from the bees, but for 

 a series of ten years they pay as well 

 or better than other lines of outdoor 

 effort. 



Minnesota Bulletins 



Two bulletins of intere.>t to beekeep- 

 ers are published by the State Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota. "Care of Bees 

 in Spring," by Francis Jager, Chief 

 of the Division of Bee Culture, is 



