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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 



growers. When the time and place 

 of holding the next exhibition is an- 

 nounced, we will endeavor to give 

 the information place in our columns. 

 A splendid opportunity will be open 

 to the beekeepers to advertise their 

 products to the thousands of visitors 

 who will attend and at the same time 

 secure the premiums offered by the 

 management. Secretary Herrick 

 writes that they hope to increase the 

 amount of premiums offered on 

 honey exhibits. 



Census Reports 



Nevada has 11,998 colonies of 

 bees, as compared to 8,401 colonies 

 in 1909. The honey crop for 1919 

 was 577,576 pounds, or a per colony 

 production of 50 pounds. 



Utah has now 25,061 colonies and 

 their production in 1919 was 1,232,- 

 239 pounds, of 50 pounds per colony. 



Masachusetts had 7464 colonies in 

 1909 and only 6573 now. The per 

 colony production is 10 pounds. 



No honey item is included in the 

 Alaska census report. Evidently there 

 are no bees there, although we have 

 subscribers there. 



Kansas had 81,337 colonies of b-x>", 

 in 1920, as against 73,737 in 1909. 

 The per colony production in 1919 

 was a little over 7 pounds, or a total 

 of 597,875 pounds. 



"Eat Mississippi Honey" Week 



The beekeepers of Mississippi in- 

 augurated a special campaign, "Eat 

 Mississippi Honey," which extended 

 over the week April 10 to 16: The 

 object, of course, was to interest the 

 public in honey in general, and Mis- 

 sissippi honey in particular. All ho- 

 tels, cafes, drug stores, mei'chants 

 and especially the buying public, 

 were appealed to to help make the 

 movement a real success. Judging 

 from some newspaper clippings com- 

 ing to this office, much desirable pub- 

 licity through the press was given to 

 the project. 



Beeswax Refuse Now Third Class 



The Consolidated Classifications 

 Committee of the railroads has acted 

 favorably on the change of rate in 

 "Beeswax refuse" from first to third 

 class in the Southern classification, 

 making a uniform rate of third class 

 throughout the country. Refined 

 beeswax takes first-class rates. Any- 

 one shipping slumgum, refuse, etc., 

 should make sure that it is billed out 

 as "Beeswax Refuse." 



Wisconsin Averages 28 Pounds 



According to the census, Wiscon- 

 sin bees averaged 28 pounds of sur- 

 plus honey per colony in 1919. There 

 are 107,646 colonies of bees in Wis- 

 consin, as against 95,638 colonies in 

 1909. The honey crop for 1919 was 

 2,676,683 pounds. 



A Tribute to McCray 



The report of the Montana Board 

 of Entomology, recently issued con- 

 tains a fine tribute to the memory of 

 Dr. A. H. McCray, who died of spot- 

 ted fever June 14, 1919. Doctor 

 McCray will be remembered by the 



beekeepers for his work on bee dis- 

 eases. After leaving the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture he went to Mon- 

 tana, where he was engaged in in- 

 vestigation of spotted fever, a disease 

 which is not yet fully understood. It 

 was while attempting to learn some- 

 thing concerning the disease that he 

 was stricken. His passing was men- 

 tioned in our .\ugust, 1919, issue. 



Accompanying: the article above 

 mentioned is a photo of Doctor ivtc- 

 Cray and extracts from the funeral 

 oration. 



North Dakota Bee Census 



Bees are scarce in North Dakota, 

 according to the census. There are 

 now 708 colonies, as against 495 in 

 1910. The honey production for 

 1919 was 12,514 pounds. 



Oregon Again 



The beekeepers of Clackamas 

 County, Oregon, at a recent meeting 

 formed the Clackamas County Bee- 

 keepers Association, with the follow- 

 ing officers: 



President — W. T. Lee, Canby. 



Vice President — George Dennison, 

 Oregon City. 



Secretary — J. Sickler, Milwaukie, 

 Ore. 



Treasurer — Mrs. E. McFarren, 

 Walluga. 



The beekeepers of Multnomah 

 County, at a recent meeting, organ- 

 ized with the following officers : 



President — E. J. Ladd, Portland. 



Vice President — E. H. Bauer, Port- 

 land. 



Sesretary-Treasurer — Edgar W. 

 Stahl, Portland. 



Another New One 



The beekeepers of Glenn County, 

 California, met at Orland March 18 

 and organized the Glenn County Bee- 

 keepers' Association. Officers elect- 

 ed were: 



President — M. A. Sayler. 



Vice President — A. Eferlein. 



Secretary-Treasurer — H. M. Gillas. 



Directors— H. H. Hill and E. M. 

 Gripe. 



Lehigh Valley Beekeepers Organize 



The beekeepers of the Lehigh Val- 

 ley have recently organized an asso- 

 ciation with an initial membership of 

 34. The oflSccrs are: A. L. Brod- 

 head, President; J. E. Linde, Vice 

 President, and O. H. Urffer, Secre- 

 tary. 



New Jersey Bees 



There were 12,451 colonies of bees 

 in New Jersey in 1919, as compared 

 with 10,484 colonies in 1909. The 

 honey crop for 1919 was 157,717 

 pounds. 



Bees in West Virginia 



West Virginia reports 89,873 colo- 

 nies of bees in 1919, as against 110,- 

 673 colonies in 1909. The honey 

 crop for 1919 was 919,689 pounds, or 

 about 10 pounds per colony. It will 

 be noted that there has been a big 

 decline in the number of bees in ton 

 years. 



LESSONS FROM THE HIVE 



By B. Remain 



Division of Labor — A hive is like a 

 gigantic factory, where every one of 

 its 50,000 workers is at work accord- 

 ing to its capacity — using its talents 

 for the benefit of the community. 

 There are carriers, soldiers, sentinels, 

 detectives, nurses, architects, scouts, 

 scavengers. Even youngsters are 

 turned into use for home duties. 



Our modern manufacturers have 

 copied the bees in allotting each man 

 a part of the work, in which they can 

 attain such a wonderful speed and ac- 

 curacy. 



Economy — Bees in the midst of 

 their stores never use more than 

 needed; no wasteful banquets, no 

 squandering, no scattering. Their 

 New Year's day, that is their swarm- 

 ing day, seems to be the only excep- 

 tion. Then permission is granted to 

 give full scope to their digestive 

 powers. Yet, that liberality is turned 

 to good account, for the production 

 of the material needed for the new 

 home. 



We can only mention the bees' love 

 of order, cleanliness, patriotism, har- 

 mony, entente cordiale, their spirit of 

 democracy, from the queen mother 

 down to the last new-born babe. 



Bees make their nectar from the 

 sweetest juice of flowers, and that 

 little theft they repay by an immense 

 good in helping their fructification. 



Bees go out only to work and come 

 back as soon as possible. They never 

 loiter out of doors. Conmunity life 

 is essential to their existence. What 

 a precious example of family life, 

 which parents and children should en- 

 joy at home for the benefit of all. 



The bees have more honey than 

 venom, so our general disposition 

 should be mildness, with occasionally 

 a point of pungency. 



To recapitulate, we should learn 

 from bees: 



1 — To use our time well, not only 

 for our profit, but for others. 



2 — To save money and economize 

 food — for future needs, so great in 

 war time. 



3 — To lay up for ourselves, while 

 on earth, treasures of good deeds 

 which we will enjoy for life everlast- 

 ing — that we call to make invest- 

 ments for eternity. 



In ending, may I suggest that St. 

 John the Baptist be honored as Pa- 

 ti'on of beekeepers (feast 24th of 

 June) ? He who was depending most- 

 ly on honey — found in trees or in" 

 rocks. The non-Christian may take 

 Samson, the inventor of frame hive 

 (from the lion's ribs). 



China. 



FROM THE OLD FILES 



"I don kno ov enny bissiness on the 

 breast of man so lazy and useless 

 without actually killing him, az hun- 

 tin' wild bees in the wilderness." — J. 

 Billings. (American Bee Journal, 

 November, 1871, page 119.) 



"Where did Noah preserve the bees 

 during the flood? In the archives." — 

 (American Bee Journal, 1872.) 



