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Death of Lady Beekeeper 



Mrs. Beulah Reed, wife of Earl C. 

 Reed, of Ranchester, Wyoming, died 

 on November 3. at the age of 34 vears, 

 leaving four children and her husband. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Reed had recently taken 

 up beekeeping as an exclusive busi- 

 ness. Mrs. Reed was keenly inter- 

 ested in the bees and will be greatly 

 missed, both in the home and in the 

 apiary. 



Inspector's Report 



A copy of the si.xth annual report 

 of the Minnesota Inspector of Api- 

 aries recently came to the editor's 

 desk. It contains the usual statis- 

 tical information regarding the activi- 

 ties of the inspectors for the past 

 year and in addition discusses brood 

 diseases of bees, transferring, etc It 

 contains 18 pages and can jirobably 

 be secured by addressing Charles D. 

 Blaker, Minneapolis, Minn. 



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Illinois is asking $10,000 for bee in- 

 spection work for 1921. The State 

 Association has also recommended 

 the establishment of a complete de- 

 partment of Beekeeping at the Uni- 

 versity for education and extension. 

 The budget for the University^ in- 

 cludes recommendations fior a* de- 

 partment of beekeeping. Favorable 

 action on the part of the Illinois Leg- 

 islature will assure a fair start to- 



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wards better work on beekeeping in 

 the State. 



Exhibit Sells Honey 



I am the first beekeeper in this 

 part of the country that got the mov- 

 able-frame hives. 



I had an observation liive with 

 golden Italian bees and queen at our 

 township fair this last fall, and it 

 sure was a treat to everybody. Lots 

 of old men had never seen a queen; 

 it kept me busy pointing out the 

 queen. 



I sold all my honey that I had to 

 sell, at 40 cent a pounid, and could 

 have siold a thousand pounds more, 

 if I had had it. Geo. W. Jones. 



Keota, Okla. 



(Compliments for your good man- 

 agement. You can surely sell honey 

 if you only let people know that you 

 have it. Your example shiould be 

 followed by others. — Editor.) 



Illinois Joins Honey Producers' 

 League 



At its recent meeting the Illinois 

 State Beekeepers' .'\ssociation voted 

 to join the American Honey Produc- 

 ers' League. 



Census Reports 



Advance census reports give the 

 1920 bee population of Ohio as 105,- 

 675 colonies, as against 98,242 colonies 

 in 1910. 



February 



The honey production for the State 

 in 1920 is given -as 835,894 pounds, or 

 less than 8 pounds per colony. 



On the other hand, data, carefully 

 collected by Paddock, of Iowa, shows 

 that Woodbury County, Iowa, pro- 

 duced one and one half million 

 pounds of honey in 1920. 



All of which leads us to wonder 

 how valuable the census will be, espe- 

 cially in view of the fact that no 

 statistics for bees or honey were col- 

 lected in cities. 



Iowa Association 



Secretary Paddock reports a total 

 of 365 paid-up members for the Iowa 

 Beekeepers' Association, with 162 

 who are in arrears for dues, making 

 a total of 527 members It would be 

 interesting to know what the total* 

 membership of all American bee- 

 keepers' organizations would number. 



Good Queens 



Professor Paddock, of Iowa, has 

 made very interesting observations 

 on purchases of three-pound pack- 

 ages with queens and three-frame 

 nuclei with queens. His conclusions 

 show that by closer selection of 

 queens the per colony production 

 could be increased and even doubled. 

 Some queens showed such poor pro- 

 duction as to have lost their owner 

 $18 each. 



We hope to have more on these 

 experiments later. 



We have obtained a large amount of 1 pound glass jars that we can offer at $6.85 per gross, F. O. B., Newark, N. Y 



Friction Top Pails ail ready for delivery at Newarit, New York 



2% pound cans, f. o. b $ 6.50 per hundred 



3 pound cans, f. o. b 7.00 per hundred 



5 pound pails, f. o. b 10.70 per hundred 



10 pound pails, f. o. b 16.00 per hundred 



The above prices are f. o. b. Newark, of $1 per hundred less f. o. b. Baltimore, Md. 



Now is a fine time to gather up your old combs and ship them in for rendering. Write for our terms and shipping 

 tags. Highest cash prices paid for beeswax, or we will change your wax for foundation. 



We have in reserve a complete line of bee supplies which we can quote you attractive prices on. We also have some special offers 

 to make on S-frame hives, bottom-boards and covers. 



Send in your list of requirements and let us quote you on same. 



Address THE DEROY TAYLOR CO., Newark (Wayne Co.), N. Y. 



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