1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



239 



Queen Rearing Yard and explained 

 the new policy of the foulbrood in- 

 spection. 



The Guadalupe Valley Association 

 has held regular meetings for fivo 

 years and has been one of the fore- 

 most associations in making displays 

 at County and District Fairs. 



League Notes 



The announcement that the Leu<?uo 

 will have a trade mark or seal oas 

 met with approval of a large number 

 of the prominent honey producers of 

 the United States and many sugges- 

 tions are being received relative to 

 the design. Mr. C. W. Aeppler, of 

 Oconomowoc, Wis., who has had ex- 

 perience in the designing and regis- 

 tering of trade marks, has offered his 

 services to the League in designing a 

 trade mark. Mr. Aeppler desires, 

 if beekeepers have ideas which they 

 consider worthy of consid -latioii, 

 that they will communicate the sug- 

 gestions either to the Secretary of 

 the League or to himself. Mr. Aep- 

 pler is well qualified to do th;s work 

 as, in addition to being a designer 

 and teacher, he operates a large api- 

 ary. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, Chairman of the 

 Bureau of Research, has named Dr. 

 J. H. Merrill, of Manhattan, Kans., 

 and Prof. H. F. Wilson, of Madison, 

 Wis., as his committeemen. Dr. 

 Phillips is to be congratulated on his 

 choice of associates, as the beekeep- 

 ing public has come to recognize Dr. 

 Merrill and Prof. Wilson as being 

 foremost among those engaged in the 

 investigation of apiary problems. 



Clifford Muth has named the fol- 

 lowing as his committeemen: A. L. 

 Boyden, Medina, Ohio; Wesley Fos- 

 ter, Boulder. Colo.; C. H. W. Weber, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ernest Kohn, 

 Grover Hill, Ohio. Mr. Muth has se- 

 lected these gentlemen, as in each 

 case the man named is not only a 

 large beekeeper, but also is engaged 

 in the selling of honey and of bee fix- 

 tures; so knows both sides of the 

 game. They bring to the Committee 

 the strength of years of experience 

 in advertising, aiid should give the 

 beekeepers of America the very best 

 service which can be rendered. 



Reports coming to the Secretary 

 show that the money pledged for ad- 

 vertising purposes at the Indi.inai-olis 

 meeting is now largely available. In 

 cases where the money had to lie col- 

 lected by the Secretary of the State 

 Association, the money has largely 

 been collected and considerab'e of it 

 has been turned in. The appeal inade 

 through the Bulletin for individual 

 beekeepers to tax themselves has met 

 with approval of many of our large 

 beekeepei-s and the Secretary has re- 

 ceived quite a number of cjutribu- 

 tions from this source. 



The League movement is gaining 

 headway in almost every section of 

 the country and the Secretary has 

 been informed by H. A. Scullen, 

 of the Oregon State Beekeepei-.s' As- 

 sociation, that that Association has 

 taken definite steps to jo'n ♦^he 

 League. 



Again the Legal Aid Bureau and 

 the officers of the League have been 



called upon to assist the beekeepers 

 in obtaining justice in legislation. 

 Pennsylvania is attempting to pass 

 a law, which will necessitate Jie in- 

 spection of new bee fixtures betore 

 they can be delivered into that. State. 

 This provision seems foolish to tVie 

 beekeepers, and a very vigorous pro- 

 test is being made against the nassage 

 of this portion of the bill. 



H. B. Parks, Secretary. 



Introducing Virgins 



I have read, in February Joui'nal, 

 by Allan Latham, "A System One 

 Hundred Per Cent Successful." Like 

 most good things, it takes care and 

 patience. I practice making swarms, 

 small, about one pound. I buy pack- 

 age bees in the South and some I 

 shake, from home colonies, onto two 

 combs, with a little brood, if I can 

 furnish it, but very often none; I 

 give them a virgin queen, also from 

 the South, by hanging the cage be- 

 tween the combs, candy end down 

 (directions with cage), only I put the 

 queen in first. Some writer has said 

 that "It is possible to introduce a vir- 

 gin, but not practical. I am getting 

 some vigorous bees by thus crossing 

 pure bred virgins with hybrids. 



L. H. Snyder, Altoona, Pa. 



A Note From California 



We have had a short rainfall in this 

 section of California, while north 

 they have had an abundance. Re- 

 cently we have had an unusual killing 

 frost, which will cause the shortest 

 fruit crop that we have had for years. 

 In many places the bees are using 

 stores much faster than they are 

 coming in, except among the orange 

 blossoms. It is now too late to ex- 

 pect any more heavy rains, but with- 

 out hot east winds to take the sur- 

 face moisture, we expect some honey. 

 Southern California will produce a 

 short crop this season, unless condi- 

 tions change. 

 M. H. Mendleson, Ventura Calif. 



Do It in Time 



The beekeeping axiom is "Learn 

 what is to be done, and do it in time." 

 The importance of the last five words 

 cannot be overestimated 



Ontario to Rear Queens 



The recent Legislature gave us a 

 grant of $4,000 for the establishing 

 of a queen-rearing apiary in Ontai-io 

 and we expect an annual grant of 

 $2,000 for maintenance. This should 

 enable us to establish an apiary in 

 the southern part of the Province 

 with two objects in view; the supply- 

 ing of pedigreed and resistant stock. 

 While it would undoubtedly take us a 

 few years to achieve our first object 

 of sending out a very much improved 

 stock of queens, we hope to be able 

 to make a continual improvement 

 along these lines. European foul- 

 brood is still very prevalent in parts 

 of the Province, and by sending out 

 goodly numbers of resistant stock, we 

 should be able to overcome this dis- 

 ease to a large extent. 



Our Annual Summer Short Course 

 in beekeeping runs from June 13 to 

 17, and we hope to have with us at 



that time Prof. Rea, of Cornell, and 

 Prof. Kindig of Michigan. This 

 course is largely practical and free to 

 those desiring to gain experience in 

 beekeeping. 



F. Eric Millen,, 

 Provincial Apiarist. 



Sugar Statistics 



The annual report of the American 

 Sugar Refining Company for the year 

 1920 is out. Its President, in his 

 message to stockholders gives a very 

 thorough and comprehensive explana- 

 tion for the extreme fluctuation in 

 sugar prices during 1920. 



During governmental control of 

 sugar, prices remained fairly con- 

 stant. France was the first to de- 

 control sugar, and the result was a 

 mad scramble on the part of French 

 interests to get all the sugar possible. 

 This, coupled with the fact that our 

 government refused to make an-ange- 

 ments for buying the sugar crop, 

 made a steady outflow of sugar from 

 here to Europe. 



Then, suddenly, without warning, 

 control was abandoned in the United 

 States. Sugar was scarce and a still 

 wilder scramble ensued. Naturally 

 sugar began to be diverted from Eu- 

 rope back to this country, some sugar 

 exported being returned on the same 

 ship, to take advantage of our higher 

 prices. 



There could be but one result. The 

 influx of sugar was so great from 

 everywhere (some even coming from 

 the interior of China) that a break in 

 the prices was inevitable. 



During the year, the extreme vari- 

 ation in prices was 19% cents, a 

 much higher variation than ever ex- 

 perienced in the history of the 

 United States. 



The report is very interesting and, 

 we believe, can be obtained by ad- 

 dressing a postal to the American 

 Sugar Refining Company at 117 Wall 

 street. New York City. 



The Queen, According to Butler 



If by her voice she bid them go, 

 they swarm; if being abroad she dis- 

 like the weather or lighting place, 

 they quickly return home again. 

 While she cheereth them to battle 

 they fight; while she is well they are 

 cheerful about their work; if she 

 di-oop and die they will never again 

 enjoy their home, but either languish 

 till they be dead too, or yielding to 

 the robbers, fly away with them.^ — ■ 

 Chas. Butler. The Feminine Monar- 

 chic. 1623.- 



The Mid-West Horticultural Show 



The Iowa Legislature, in its clos- 

 ing day, provided an appropriation of 

 $16,000 for the Mid-We.st Horticul- 

 tural Show for the coming two years. 

 While this show is held in Iowa, it is 

 open to exhibitors of the whole mid- 

 dle west, and attracts exhibits from 

 Wisconsin to Arkansas, and from 

 Colorado to Ohio. Beekeeping is 

 made a special feature of this expo- 

 sition, and we hope that the exhibits 

 of apiary products at the next show 

 will be more nearly equal to those 

 presented by the fruit and vegetable 



