1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



265 



Translations of Huber 



Most of our beekeepers know what 

 an immortal observer Francis Huber 

 was and how much his writings en- 

 riched the bee literature of a hundred 

 years ago. I have his work, "New 

 Observations," in the original French. 

 Lately I secured the translation which 

 was published in England in 1821. 

 Wishing to ascertain how correct this 

 translation is, I compared the two and 

 found, to my great astonishment, that 

 the 1821 edition of the translation, 

 by an anonymous translator, does not 

 contain more than two-thirds of the 

 contents of the original 1814 edition. 

 It also contains gross errors. 



Since then, I secured, for perusal, 

 another English translation, that of 

 1841, which advertises itself as fol- 

 lows: "The text has been carefully 

 revised and rendered more agreeable 

 to the English idiom than that of for- 

 mer translations." In reality it is a 

 servile copy of the 1821 edition, with 

 the same errors, even including an er- 

 ror by the printer, who had put the 

 words "strange hive" when "strong- 

 hive" was meant. The English edi- 

 tions give but plates, while the 

 Swiss edition contains 12 plates. 



So, after all, the English and 

 American readers of Huber have had 

 but truncated editions of the admir- 

 able work.— C. P. D. 



Utah Honey Producers 



Utah has fallen into line and is 

 keeping step with other wide-awake 

 honey-producing States in the march 

 of progress for better methods of 

 marketing honey and buying supplies. 

 A meeting called by the Utah Bee- 

 keepers' Association was recently 

 held at Price, and an organization 

 perfected to Be known as the Utah 

 Honey Producers' Association. It is 

 a non-profit, co-operative organiza- 

 tion for the purpose of marketing the 

 products of the beekeeper and buying 

 supplies collectively. Bids on cans 

 were submitted and an order has al- 

 ready been placed for 24,000 five- 

 gallon cans, one carload of five and 

 ten-pound friction top pails and two 

 carloads of cases, at a considerable 

 saving to the beekeepers of the State. 

 The order for five-gallon or 60-pound 

 cans will, in all probability, be in- 

 creased to 40,000 before extracting 

 time. It is the intention to do some- 

 thing in the way of marketing honey 

 collectively this fall. 



The board of directors elected to 

 serve until the first regular meeting 

 are Thos. Chantry, of Wellington, 

 who represents the beekeepers' inter- 

 ests on the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture; M. J. Stewart and C. T. Beggs, 

 of Myton; Wm. McKenzie, of Ferron; 

 Andrew Vernon, of Vernal; Wilford 

 Belliston, of Nephi, and R. T. Rhees, 

 of Ogden. The office and storehouse 

 of the new association will be at Salt 

 Lake City, and C. T. Beggs will at- 

 tend to the business and act as secre- 

 tary until the first regular meeting. 

 A constitution was adopted similar to 

 that of the California Exchange. 



The outlook at the present time is 

 very good for a big crop of honey for 

 1921. 



Dan H. Hillman, SUte Inspector. 



A Live County Organization 



Vigo County beekeepers are peo- 

 ple who believe in upholding the 

 reputation of the State of Indiana 

 and, besides, doing a work which is a 

 benefit and monument to themselves 

 and furnishes the example for better 

 beekeepers. 



They have recently finished a five- 

 day field trip which took in all of 

 their county and parts of Park, Clay 

 and Sullivan Counties besides. Stops 

 were made at the apiaries of seventy 

 beekeepers, little and big, during the 

 five days. 



Nor have their past and present 

 efforts been in vain, for the county 

 is now practically free of foulbrood 

 and has scarcely any box-hive bee- 

 keepers left. The persuasive effect 

 of a group of up-to-date beekeepers 

 meeting in the yard of a more lenient 

 member of the profession more often 

 than not has the desired effect. He 

 is likely changed to the ranks of the 

 progressives. 



W. A. Hunter, the efficient Presi- 

 dent of the association, had the trip 

 in charge. 



Truth in Honey — Truth in Wool 



Congress is now considering the 

 French-Capper "Truth in Wool" bill, 

 making it imperative that the manu- 

 facturers of fabrics label all materi- 

 als made as to the ingredients, 

 whether all wool, what per cent shod- 

 dy, etc. 



The bill has the backing of all 

 wool growers, of all the large tailor- 

 ing establishments and associations, 

 as well as of many independent or- 

 ganizations. Truly, is there any rea- 

 son why we should not know the 

 makeup of our clothing as well as the 

 content of our jelly glass or honey 

 bucket. The bill should go through. 



Many Scrubs Are Ousted 



According to the latest report, the 

 project leader, sixteen Missouri coun- 

 ties have replaced a total of 156 

 scrub bulls with purebred sires since 

 January 1. A good hint for every 

 good beekeeper to pinch off the head 

 of that worthless queen today and re- 

 place her with something which will 

 at least earn its way. 



Unscrupulous Beekeepers? 



Unscrupulous Newspapers 



In its issue of Tuesday, May 24, 

 the Philadelphia Evening Ledger criti- 

 cises a bulletin sent out by the State 

 Department at HaiTisburg advising 

 farmers to feed their bees on account 

 of the lack of bloom caused by frost. 



The Ledger comments in a semi- 

 humorous vein, coupled with the us- 

 ual number of mis-statements, among 

 which is the one that beekeepers are 

 sometimes unscrupulous and feed to 

 their bees a syrup made of half glu- 

 cose and half honey. They suggest, 

 also, corn meal and sweet puddings. 



We have protested to the editors of 

 the Ledger, who are located in Phila- 

 delphia. 



of Mr. P. Mohr, the happy father of 

 13 children shown on page 139 of 

 our April number. An open air din- 

 ner was enjoyed by some 30 bee- 

 keepers, with discussions and apiary 

 visits. In the afternoon the meeting 

 was held some 3 miles iMrther, at the 

 apiai-y of W. W. Myers, an old bee- 

 keeper who once lost all his bees by 

 foulbrood, but who picked up courage 

 and now has some 60 healthy colonies 

 and good prospects. Later the editor 

 and Ml-. Atkins enjoyed a visit at the 

 Academy of Sciences, of which Mr. 

 Paarman is Curator. It would take 

 pages to describe this. Mr. Paarman, 

 who is an enthusiast, had also ar- 

 ranged a banquet for the beekeepers 

 for the same evening. So the day was 

 well filled. 



On the 3rd, an afternoon meeting 

 was held at Muscatine, on the porch 

 of Mr. H. C. Klaffenbach. The editor 

 must acknowledge the charming hos- 

 pitality of this gentleman's pretty 

 wife, who served an excellent dinner 

 in honor of the two guests from 

 away, Mr. Atkins and himself. At 

 this meeting a vei-y interesting and 

 unusual display was made by Mr. H. 

 W. Clark, of the Fairport fisheries. 

 It consisted of about an ounce of pol- 

 len, gathered by hand, upon the cat- 

 tail blossoms (Typha) of the fish 

 ponds managed by the Government. 



We owe thanks to the County 

 Agents of both these places for ar- 

 ranging the meetings and helping to 

 make them successful. 



The C. C. Miller Fund 



It is still time for subscriptions to 

 the Miller fund, for we will have to 

 put off the publication of the list till 

 we get everything together. So we 

 trust the other American magazines 

 who have taken the matter in hand 

 will send us their list at once. There 

 is one list, at least, in Europe, but it 

 may be added later. We will expect 

 the "big guns" of the business to 

 help round up the sum. It will not 

 be too large, at best, but Dr. Miller 

 would be pleased, anyhow, if he could 

 see the effort made. 



Blue Melilot 



In our May number, page 195, we 

 spoke of "Melilotus caerulea Pers" 

 (blue melilot), described by Bonnier 

 as gi-own in Europe as an ornamental 

 plant, and asked our foreign read- 

 ers for seed of it. We acknowledge 

 with thanks the receipt of a little 

 package of this seed from Mr. A. 

 Zeier, of Lyons, Fx-ance. We will try 

 it next spring and report, in these 

 columns, in regard to it. 



Field Meets in Iowa 



The editor attended field meets in 

 Iowa, June 2 and 3. On June 2 there 

 was a forenoon meeting at the apiary 



Dr. C. C. Miller 



On June 12th, the Presbyterian 

 Sunday school of Marengo unveiled 

 a large picture of Dr. Miller, with 

 very beautiful exercises. A former 

 scholar of Dr. Miller, Judge E. D. 

 Shurtleff, gave the principal address. 

 I should like to give you a copy of 

 his speech, but he did "not have it 

 written. Mrs. C. C. Miller. 



June 13. Marengo, 111. 



