1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



283 



Other ami marking the tree does not vest th<' 

 property of the bees in the finder. They do 

 not become priiatc property until they are in 

 the hive. True sportsmen do not think of go- 

 ing to law for adjustment of these matters, but 

 rather depend on that fraternal spirit by 

 wliich all questions relating to ownership are 

 settled amicably." 



So this matter must be settled amicably. As 

 a rule, the owner of the land will not care for 

 a share of the bees, and probably a share of 

 the honey found would be acceptable. Some- 

 times there is little honey, and the bees are 

 the only valuable property in the tree, outside 

 of the wood. 



2. White clover generally blooms in the lat- 

 ter part of the season in which it has been 

 sown. Its full lilooin uccurs only the second 

 year. 



•3. Dr. C. C. Miller succeeded well with S- 

 frame hives, by using two hive-bodies for 

 breeding until the crop was on, when he re- 

 moved one of them, leaving the best brood- 

 combs in the one hive and adding a sufficient 

 number of supers. But this requires many 

 manipulations. Better have 10- frame hives. 



ODDS AND ENDS 



Distance Bees Fly 



How far will a bee go to gather honey? 1 

 live in town and there are SO acres of sweet 

 clover north of town. Just a mile west is an- 

 other large tield. but it is o miles, and south 

 another 40 acres a mile and a half away. Is 

 this too far away for my bees? 



NEBRASKA. 



• answer. — There is a disagreement among 

 leading beekeepers as to how far bees will go 

 to gather honey. Doolittle and one or two oth- 

 ers claimed that bees would readily go 7 or 8 

 miles, while many others, as well as ourselves, 

 believe that 2 or 3 miles is the extent of their 

 flight for honey, e.xcept in extraordinary cir- 

 cumstances. It is probable that, if bees are 

 baited to a spot by finding flowers along the 

 way, they may be drawn quite a distance. 



We would suggest that j our bees would go' 

 to the two fields that are the closest. If you 

 find them at the farthest field, we would like 

 to hear about it. They certainly fly farther 

 when they follow a valley than when they have 

 to go over hills, especially if the hills are cov- 

 ered with timber. 



Two Queens in One Hive 



Here is my experience in finding two queens 

 in one 10-frame hive: This colony was one of 

 the strongest in the apiary, a good laying queen 

 present; later, on examining, I cut cells. In 

 next examination I found two queens and could 

 not tell if one was an old queen or not; one 

 on each side of hive, on comb of eggs. I took 

 out one queen and frame of bees and put a 

 full sheet of foundation near the center. On 

 later examination I found the foundation had 

 not been drawn out; the hive was fairly filled 

 with eggs and brood in all stages, with a fine 

 queen on each side. The first queen which I 

 took from this hive did not lay any eggs, al- 

 though she would go through the act of back- 

 ing into a cell. 



I believe that the flow of nectar stopped, so 

 the bees did not draw out the foundation, and 

 this acted as a division-board, causing the bees 

 to rear a third queen, or else there were three 

 queen present and I found only two What 

 do you think of it? i have two queens left 

 of this hive yet. ILLINOIS. 



.\nswer. — -The probability is that you had 

 taken out the old queen and that there had 

 been two queens reared to take her place. 

 Your surmise that the sheet of foundation acted 

 as a division-board is probably correct. 



New Things That Are Old 



For want of reading the ancients, 

 one often gives as a novelty some- 

 thing that was already the town talk 

 in the days of Aristotle. — -Huber, 

 February, 1805. 



New Sweet Clover Bulletin 



A bulletin entitled "Annual White 

 Sweet Clover and Strains of the Bi- 

 ennial Form," has recently been is- 

 sued from the press of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. It is writ- 

 ten by A. J. Pieters and L. ^^ . Kep- 

 hart. This bulletin gives some inter- 

 esting information about the annual 

 white sweet clover, which has at- 

 tracted such wide attention during re- 

 cent months, and also regarding the 

 early blooming variety of the biennial 

 form called "Grundy County Sweet 

 Clover." This last is the same which 

 the American Bee Journal has dis- 

 tributed free samples of so widely. 

 We have also sent out numerous sam- 

 ples of the annual as well. 



We would suggest that any of our 

 readers interested in these new sweet 

 clovers write at once the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture and ask for 

 Department Circular 169. 



A Good Record 



L. A. Coblentz and wife, of Rigby, 

 Idaho, have sold directly to the 

 consumer more than 100,000 pounds 

 of honey since August, 1920, at good 

 prices. They have not been content 

 with the low wholesale prices now of- 

 fered, neither have they been willing 

 to sell their honey at retail for less 

 than the prevailing retail prices. By 

 going directly to the consumer with 

 their product they have increased 

 their income in proportion by adding 

 the profit of selling to the profit of 

 production. 



Linen From Sweet Clover 



A newspaper clipping reaching this 

 office refers to the sweet clover plant 

 as a possible source of fibre suitable 

 for a substitute for linen. The fibre 

 is described as long and silky as well 

 as strong enough to insure good 

 wearing qualities in the finished cloth. 

 Once despised, sweet clover is prov- 

 ing its value as a forage crop and 

 soil builder to such an extent as to 

 insure its permanent place in Ameri- 

 can agriculture. Should it prove to 

 be valuable for fibre as well, its cul- 

 tivation would be further extended. 



A New Inspector for Utah 



Because of ill health, Frank B. 

 Terriberry asked to be relieved of 

 the duties as State Inspector of Api- 

 aries in Utah, and Dan H. Hillman 

 has been appointed in his stead. Mr. 

 Hillman is already at work. 



Apis Fasciata 



The October-April number of the 

 Bee World contains an article upon 

 the Egyptian bee (Apis fasciata) 

 which is worth the price of the year's 

 subscription to anyone who desires 

 to study foreign races. I doubt that 

 so exhaustive an article concerning 

 that bee was ever published. It was 

 translated from "Der Deutsche Im- 

 ker" by Miss Annie D. Betts. 



The descriptions and explanations 

 given concerning this bee show con- 



clusively that it is not fitted for our 

 climate, for "the habit of not collect- 

 ing stores has become a plainly hered- 

 itai-y quality." The reason is that, in 

 Egypt, the bees do not need it. 



The Joy of Beekeeping 



"The joy of beekeeping is not in 

 pounds, shillings and pennies. One 

 loves the little insects for what they 

 are and what they do. They love 

 flowers, so should we; they love or- 

 der, so should we; they love cleanli- 

 ness, so should we ; and since all this 

 is so, may we never use the delicate 

 winged creatures merely as an excuse 

 for advertising, and may the "Bee 

 World" and its sister periodicals ever 

 open their pages to all the joys that 

 soulful beekeeping brings in its 

 train." (Rev. E. F. Hemming in 

 "Bee World," page 9.) 



Wisconsin Grading Law 



Some months ago we made mention 

 of the fact that Wisconsin requires 

 all honey sold in the State to be 

 graded and stamped with the grade, 

 or labelled "ungraded." Newspaper 

 clippings received at this office con- 

 vey the news that two retail grocers 

 have recently been fined for selling 

 honey without such label and that the 

 beekeepers who sold the honey to the 

 grocers are also in line for similar 

 treatment. 



A Valuable Publication 



The first annual report of the Divis- 

 ion of Apiculture of the State of 

 Washington has recently come to the 

 editor's desk. A. L. Melander, State 

 Entomologist, has the beekeeping 

 work in charge and in this his first 

 official report has brought together a 

 large amount of information of value 

 to the beekeeper. The report con- 

 tains 119 pages and gives a splendid 

 outline of Washington beekeeping 

 conditions. Almost every question 

 presenting itself relating to that 

 State is answered somewhere in the 

 book. An extended list of the honey 

 flora in the various districts is a 

 valuable feature. 



This publication is distributed free 

 to residents of Washington and sold 

 at 40 cents per copy to others. It can 

 be t)btained from Dr. A. L. Melander. 

 State Entomologist, Pullman Wash. 



An Interesting Report 



Through the kindness of A. H. E. 

 Wood, we have recently received a 

 copy of the report of the Aberdeen- 

 shire and Kincardinshire Beekeepers' 

 Association, of Scotland. It shows a 

 wonderful growth from 95 members 

 in 1910, to 1,646 in 1920. With the 

 exception of one year during the war, 

 there has been an increase in mem- 

 bership with every report, and a great 

 advance since the close of the con- 

 flict. Eigthy-seven branch organiza- 

 tions are listed with the list of mem- 

 bers of each. 



When the small area represented is 

 considered, the showing is remark- 

 able and much beyond that of any 

 similar organization in America. The 

 Association conducts numerous edu- 

 cational projects, holding exhibitions, 

 maintaining a library for the use of 



