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VOL. XXXIX 



FEBRUARY 1, 1911 



NO. 



Editorial 



Ohio bee-keepers are reminded of the 

 State convention to be held in Cincinnati, 

 at the Grand Hotel, Feb. 16 and 17. Fuller 

 particulars given in editorial notice Jan. 15. 



SHIPPING CARLOADS OF BEES TO A WARM 

 CLIMATE TO PASS THE WINTER. 



We take the following from the I^os An- 

 geles Examiner, which will explain itself: 



THREE CARS OF BEES AKRIVE; UTAH HONEY-GATH- 



KRER3 SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA TO ESCAPE 



COLD WINTERS. 



San Bernardino, Dec. 15. — Three carloads of 

 honey-bees arrived in this city yesterday from 

 Utah. They are the property of M. E. Miller, John 

 Chantry, and George Hale, Utah bee-men. and they 

 will winter in the vicinity of Colton and llighgrove. 

 The bees are unable to survive the cold Utah win- 

 ters. Next spring they will be taken north. 



"We shall be pleased to have a full report 

 of the success of this experiment from either 

 of the interested parties. 



AN EFFORT IN MICHIGAN TO GET A NEW 

 FOUL- BROOD LAW PASSED. 



We received the following notice from E. 

 D. Townsend, President of the Michigan 

 Bee-keepers' Association, regarding the ef- 

 fort that will be made toward getting new 

 foul-brood legislation in that State. We 

 hope that no bee-keeper who lives in Michi- 

 gan will put off writing these letters, for the 

 expressions of the people have great influ- 

 ence, as every one knows, with the legisla- 

 tors. Let no one imagine that, because his 

 bees have never had the disease, they never 

 will have it. Foul brood is spreading at an 

 alarming rate, and very stringent measures 

 are necessary to stamiD it out. 



ATTENTION, MICHIGAN BEE-KEEPERS! 



At Grand Rapids, last November, at our State 

 meeting, a legislative committee was appointed to 

 draft a new bill pertaining to bee-diseases in Mich- 

 igan, and introduce it to the Legislature now in 

 session. At this date, Jan. 9. the proposed law is 

 nearly ready to introduce, it being along the line of 

 the one proposed by Dr. E. F. Phillips, of the Apia- 

 rian Department at Wa-shington. We are asking 

 for considerably more money in the shape of an ap- 

 propriation and the privilege to appoint several in- 

 spectors instead of one. as our present law provides. 

 There are but two or three months in the year suit- 

 able for inspecting bees, and one inspector can do 

 but little in this limited time. We should have ten 

 men ready to start out next spring, and ive ivill have 

 them provided we can get this law passed. 



Hon. Geo. E. Hilton, who represents the bee-keep- 

 ers, will go to Lansing this month (January), and 

 introduce the bill. Now. the object of this notice is 

 to ask every Michigan bee-keeper to write both his 

 Representative and Senator, now at Lansing, to 



lend their support to the bill. If this is not done, 

 we might as well do nothing, for Gov. Osborn has 

 already sent a mes.sage to the Legislature advising 

 economy in all branches, and it will be a hard pull, 

 at best, to get this bill through. 



Remember, brother bee-keepers of Michigan, we 

 are depending upon you. and you alone, to get this 

 measure through, for our task will be a hopeless 

 one unless we all lend a helping hand and keep 

 *■ digging '■ at our legislators until they simply have 

 to vote for this bill to get rid of us. Let us all re- 

 member our duty. Fraternally yours, 



E. D. Townsend. 



APICULTURE AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY. 



We understand that the Zoological De- 

 l^artment of Syracuse I'niversity, under the 

 direction of Prof. W. M. Smallwood, plans 

 to give a short course in apiculture early in 

 May. The University is now adding 

 courses in agriculture, and the course above 

 mentioned will be one of the first of the 

 special courses open to students. 



The plan for the first year includes about 

 four lectures, to be given by some of the 

 leading bee-keepers of the region. These 

 lectures will be followed by demonstrations 

 of the actual manipulations of bees, dis- 

 eases of bees, etc. The University is fortu- 

 nate in having, within a few miles radius, 

 some of the best bee-keepers in the State, 

 and we feel sure that these men will be de- 

 lighted to assist in any way possible. 



While a few of the State agricultural 

 courses have had courses in bee-keeping, 

 this is probably the first time that any other 

 educational institution has given such a 

 course. Bee-keepers have not been aw^ake 

 to the desirability of such courses, but there 

 can be no doubt that, if well-trained zoolo- 

 gists have their attention called to the prob- 

 lems of bee-keeping, it will result in inves- 

 tigations of great interest and value to the 

 practical bee-keeper. We are pleased to ex- 

 press our approval of this movement, and 

 we congratulate especially the bee-keepers 

 of New York State on this advance. We 

 feel sure that the interest in the course will 

 warrant its continuance. 



BEE-KEEPING IN NEW ZEALAND. 



Bee-keepers of this country are apt to 

 pay little attention to the industry as car- 

 ried on in other parts of the world, espe- 

 cially in those countries that we do not 

 hear so much about. Bee-keeping in New 

 Zealand, however, is in a very healthy 

 state, and an able apiarian department is 

 conducted in the New Zealand farmer. 

 Stock, and Station Journal, which, by the 

 way, is larger and better illustrated than 

 any other farm paper that we have ever 



