1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



195 



thews. Mrs. Ella Stockman, J. Put- 

 nam Stevens, Frank H. Dudley, State 

 Horticulturist, together with the 

 President and Secretary, ex-officio, 

 form the Board of Directors. 



The immediate object of the Asso- 

 ciation is that there may be an organ- 

 ized effort in sujiport of a foulbrood 

 law which is fortunate to have the 

 support of State Horticulturist Frank 

 H. Dudley, and it will be under his de- 

 partment that the inspection work will 

 be carried on. 



January Exports of Honey 



The United States exported 207,654 

 pounds of honey valued at $29,641 

 during January, 1921, as compared 

 with 282,016 pounds valued at $27,829 

 during December, 1920. Belgium was 

 the chief purchaser, taking 142,413 

 pounds, or 69 per cent of the total 

 amount exported. Germany furnished 

 the next most important market, tak- 

 ing 31,743 pounds, while England and 

 Canada took slightly more than 14,000 

 pounds each. 



low?. Census 



According to the census there were 

 160,025 colonies of bees in Iowa in 1909 

 and only 138,319 colonies in 1919. The 

 honey crop for the latter year was 

 2,840,025, or 21 pounds per colony. 



Maryland Beemen Meet 



The second monthly meeting of the 

 Maryland Slate Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion was held in the Hotel Rennert on 

 the night of February 26, with an at- 

 tenidance of approximately 75. The 



Secretary-Treasurer, Prof. E. N. Cory, 

 delivered a lecture on the relation of 

 the structure of the bee to its several 

 functions, particularly emphasizing 

 honey, pollen collection and wax se- 

 cretion. The next meeting, which will 

 take place on the 18th of March at the 

 Motel Rennert, at 7:45 p. m., will be 

 addressed by Dr. E. F. Phillips, on 

 '"Spring Management." 



Tongue anci Sting Lengths 



"I know little, and care less, about 

 the tongue-reach of my bees, but I 

 care a lot about their sting-reach. . . 

 One of them stung me on the turned- 

 up tip of my poor nose, for, not ex- 

 pecting such activities, I had omitted 

 to don even an old lace curtain. I 

 didn't measure that bee's tongue- 

 reach, nor even her sting-reach, but 

 I calculate the latter an inch and a 

 half! I don't want to buy queens 

 guaranteed to produce workers with 

 a 27-100 of an inch tongue-reach; I 

 want to buy queens that will produce 

 shorter stingers. That would be be- 

 ginning at the right end, indeed!" — 

 (R. Stanistreet, in Irish Bee Journal.) 



Tara Gifu-ken, Japan, Feb. 26, 1921. 

 Dear Mr. Editor. 



Reading January issue in which 

 "the Seastream Plan" to build up 

 weak colonies is stated, I like to vmte 

 you about my opinion. If "they are 

 tiered up in pairs, with a queen ex- 

 cluder between," or "three colonies 

 are placed on top of one another, bees 

 will gather into one cluster by and by, 

 especially to the lowest hive from the 



top or tops. Of course, so doing most 

 part of brood should be deserted very 

 poorly, because decrease of guarding 

 power. On your side of the "sea- 

 stream" it must be truth; but on this 

 side of the "sea-stream" it is rather 

 questionable that plan will pay or not. 

 I remain, yours faithfully, 



Yasuo Hiratsuka. 



Blue Melilot 



Bonnier, in his "Flore Complete," 

 describes a blue-flowered Melilot 

 (Melilotus csrulea Pers), growing 6 

 to 24 inches in height, and sometimes 

 cultivated, in Europe, as an ornamen- 

 tal plant. We have never seen it in 

 this country. Can any of our foreign 

 readers supply us with seed of this 

 Melilot? We are willing to pay for it. 

 He does not mention it as a honey 

 producer, but it might yield some 

 honey. 



The Henry County Honey Producers' 

 Association 



The beekeepers of Henry County, 

 Illinois, believe in organization for 

 mutual benefit. There are about 135 

 people in Henry County who maintain 

 an apiary of one size or another. So 

 far, 30 have joined the association 

 and new members are being added 

 from time to time. 



On March 11 they met and ar- 

 ranged for a field meeting to be held 

 in Galva, 111., about the middle of 

 June, date of which will be announced 

 later. Hives will be opened at that 

 time and evidences of disease or other 

 apiary troubles will be discussed by 





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