1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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man will pass over without reading 

 will be of great interest to another. 



It usually happens that we send 

 more matter to our printer every 

 month than can go in. Some articles 

 now in type have been standing for 

 several months with the e.xpectation 

 of using them at once. When the 

 forms are made up, the type matter 

 must fit the space, and one article 

 may be held over because it is too 

 short and another because it is too 

 long. The article that is just the 

 right length to fit the space is the 

 one that goes in at the last moment. 



The principal articles are planned 

 some time in advance of the appear- 

 ance of the magazine. Our reading- 

 pages go to press on the tenth of the 

 month previous to date of issue. All 

 type must be set, proof be read and 

 engravings made, before that time. 



While it sometimes happens that 

 we take out something already in type 

 to make room for something of imme- 

 diate importance, as a general rule 

 articles are at hand several weeks 

 before they a'ppear in print. This 

 does not apply to brief notices of 

 conventions and news items that are 

 included in the last forms, which go 

 to press on the 20th of the month. 



The last advertisements and news 

 items go to the printer at least ten 

 days before the Journal is mailed 



The work of making a publication 

 like ours must be distributed over the 

 entire month, otherwise our help 

 would be idle part of the time, and 

 that would greatly increase the cost 

 of publication. 



Henry C. Wallace as 

 Secretary of Agriculture 



The announcement of the selection 

 of Henry C. Wallace as Secretary of 

 Agriculture in the new cabinet, meets 

 with very general commendation. 

 Mr. Wallace is well equipped for the 

 work, having lived for a number of 

 years on a farm, where he specialized 

 in pure-bred stock. He is a graduate 

 of the Iowa College of Agriculture 

 and has been for a number of years 

 the editor of Wallace's Farmer. He 

 has the confidence and support of a 

 large circle of admirers among both 

 farmers and business men. 



A Dangerous Bill 



Xew York beekeepers should be 

 awake to the dangers of a bill now 

 under consideration in the State Sen- 

 ate which proposes "To regulate and 

 prohibit the keeping of bees within 

 village limits.' Such a law, while 

 probably unconstitutional, would 

 cause no end of annoyance to bee- 

 keepers of the Empire State and 

 should be vigorously opposed both by 

 the various organizations and bj- indi- 

 vidual beekeepers. Let the lawma'K- 

 ers know that such a measure will be 

 very popular. 



A Missouri Bee School 



A three-day bee school will be held 

 at Benton, i-.f o , from April 4 to 7 A 

 good attendance of beemen f ro n 

 Southeastern Missouri is expected and 

 an interesting program is being ar- 



ranged. L. A. Schott, of Benton, is 

 the Secretary of the local associati'Mi 

 and will furnish further information 

 on request. 



C, C. Miller Memorial 



Regarding the subscriptions of bee- 

 keepers to the C. C. Miller Memorial 

 Fund, it is desired by the Committee 

 to secure at least $5,000 to establish a 

 scholarship bearing this name, using 

 only the interest of the money gath- 

 ered, annually through a trustee 

 committee, for a scholarship in bee- 

 keeping and allied sciences. 



Although it was first suggested by 

 Gleanings that the subscription be lim- 

 ited to $1, it has been decided not to 

 put any limit upon the amounts to be 

 accepted, but as small a sum as 25 

 cents will be welcome. 



The members of the Committee, 

 named below, will receive the funds. 

 All the amounts will be acknowledged 

 in the American Bee Journal or 

 Gleanings, or both. 



It is desirable that the greater num- 

 ber of subscriptions be forwarded by 

 the subscribers before June 10, at 

 which date Dr. Miller would have 

 been 90 years of age. It behooves the 

 beekeepers of America to thus cele- 

 brate the anniversary of this great 

 man, who is acknowledged by the 

 beekeepers of the entire world as one 

 of the most deserving members of the 

 craft. 



We shall be glaid' to have the other 

 bee magazines lend a hand in' this 

 and publish such lists of subscriptions 

 as they may be able to secure. If all 

 pull together, we should secure a 

 worth-while sum. Send subscriptions 

 to: 



B. F. Kindig, East Lansing, Mich. 

 E. G. LeStourgeon, San Antonio, 



Texas. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, Washington, D. C. 



E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



Injurious Insects 



I wrote some time ago of some in- 

 teresting works in entomology. At 

 that time I had not yet read Professor 

 Conradi's book entitled "Farm Spies." 

 It is written for the South, with the 

 collaboration of Prof. W. A. Thomas. 

 It treats of injurious insects, such as 

 boll-weevil, the grasshopper, the chinch 

 bug, and ought to be read by every 

 farm boy in the Southern States. It 

 is well illustrated and ought to be 

 worth five times its cost to any cot- 

 ton or corn producer in Dixie. As our 

 readers know, A. F. Conradi is Pro- 

 fessor and Entomologist at Clemson 

 College, South Carolina. He also 

 teaches beekeeping. 



Damages From Germany 

 and Good Samaritan Fund 



Our correspondents inform us that 

 there is at last a likelihood of ob- 

 taining reparation of some of the 

 damages inflicted by Germany, in the 

 apiarian line, as follows: 



Belgium: 1,000 honey extractors, 

 1,000 wax rendering kettles, 500 

 Rietsche w.ax foundation moulds, 2,000 

 bee smokers. 



France, 60,000 straw skeps, with 

 bees, to average 35 to 40 pounds each. 

 All of this is to be supplied the coming 

 fall, 3 years after the armistice. 



We were asked at what price the 

 U. S. beekeepers could furnish colo- 

 nies in straw skeps? Do our sub- 

 scribers know of any? We don't 



Very few of us realize how much 

 suffering there is yet in the devas- 

 tated regions. 



By the way, we have a small 

 amount to add to the Good Samaritan 

 fund: 



February list $12.00 



John Desmond, Milwaukee 2.00 



L. C. Hartman, Lassen', Calif 1.00 



J. E. Keys, Frankfort, Ind 2.00 



Total $17.00 



Flora of France, Belgium 

 and Switzerland 



One of the finest works, or perhaps 

 the finest, ever issued on botany is 

 the "Flore Complete" of Gaston Bon- 

 nier, the publication of which was 

 delayed by the World War. Three 

 volumes have been issued. The 

 fourth will be out this month, and the 

 .printing on the matter of the fifth 

 has begun. 



In the three volumes which have 

 reached us, 950 different plants have 

 been described, with color cuts. In 

 some cases, as many as 16 different 

 varieties are reproduced in colors. 



As an instance of the completeness 

 of this work, we will say that Melilo- 

 tus is described under genus 175. Ten 

 varieties of it are described, with 15 

 color cuts. Four sub-varieties are 

 shown. 



Should any of our readers wish to 

 secure this immense work, which will 

 probably not be complete in less than 

 10 volumes, we will gladly send them 

 information. The cost, at present ex- 

 change rates, is about $8 per volume. 

 The text is in the French language. 



Who Should Keep Bees 



In the same mail with the article by 

 Mr. Skow, given on page 136, we re- 

 ceived another advising every farmer 

 to keep a few colonies of bees. We 

 believe this would be a great mistake. 

 No one should keep bees who does 

 not actually enjoy working with them. 

 The greatest hindrance to success by 

 the average beekeeper comes from 

 the man who owns bees but does not 

 care for *hem. It is exactly as in or- 

 chard growing. The man who has 

 only a few apple trees or peach trees 

 and lets them go haphazard is produc- 

 ing injurious insects for the careful 

 orchardist to fight. If you are not go- 

 ing to take care of your bees, sell 

 them to some one who will, and buy 

 your supply of honey from him. 



California Meeting 



Mr. Cary W. Hartman, President of 

 the California State Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation, reports that the March 

 meeting at Oakland was the best, in 

 every way, in the history of the 

 State Association. May they have 

 many more meetings as good as this 

 one. 



