Sept. 1, 1911 



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reasons for this are quite evident when one 

 studies a queen in action, particularly in 

 profile view. 



When a queen backs into a cell her wings 

 slip over the surface of the comb and steady 

 her, and they materially assist her to get 

 out of the cell; hence, never clip both jiairs 

 of wings; and of the pair clipped, cut only 

 enough of the large wing to take the tip of 

 the smaller. Such clipping never causes 

 supersedure. In the queen lies the solution 

 of many of the troublesome i^roblems of bee 

 culture. 



Providence, R. I. 



THE BEE-RANGES IN SOUTHERN mAHO. 

 The Territory Already Fully Occupied. 



By the Secretary of the Southern Idaho and 

 Eastern Orec/on Bee-keepers" Association. 



The Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon 

 Bee-keepers' Association, whose members 

 assembled at a midsummer picnic and field- 

 day meet July 21, at Lake Lowell, near Cald- 

 well, passed the following motion in its busi- 

 ness session on that occasion : "That through 

 the association the misstatements made in 

 the letter of .1. E. Miller, of Caldwell, Idaho, 

 which appeared on page 408, July 1, be cor- 

 rected." 



In justice to Mr. Miller, the association 

 must state that it bears him him no ill will, 

 believing that, as he was evidently unin- 

 formed of true conditions in Idaho, he un- 

 intentionally misrepresented. 



As directed by its members (who consist 

 of the bee-keepers of Southern Idaho and 

 Eastern Oregon) the association hereby 

 makes the following corrections in Mr. Mil- 

 ler's letter: 



First, the bee-range of Southern Idaho, in 

 wliich territory the majority of the members 

 of this association are located, is at present 

 fully occupied — a statement contrary to the 

 impression given by the writer of the above- 

 mentioned letter, that there is an abundance 

 of room for more bees here. There is not. 

 On this point the association desires to make 

 itself clearly understood in order that out- 

 side bee-keepers who think of locating in 

 Southern Idaho may gain an uncolored 

 statement of true conditions here at the pres- 

 ent time. In Northern Idaho there may be, 

 for all the Association knows, plenty of 

 acreage for bees; but in this portion of the 

 State the territory for bees is fully stocked, 

 supporting as it does now not only some 

 10,000 colonies owned by native Idaho bee- 

 keepers, but the several carloads shipi)ed in 

 by eastern apiarists within the last year or 

 two. It is true that here and there an ob- 

 scure location can be found; but they are 

 scarce, and able to support but a few bees. 



To be more definite, the bee localities 

 around Boise (which forms the southern 

 border of the bee-range to which the associ- 

 ation refers). Nampa, Meridian, Caldwell, 

 Weiser, Payette, and Parma now supi)ort as 

 many colonies of bees as can reasonably be 

 expected in this western county. 



Every bee-keeper realizes the harmful re- 

 sults, both to himself and the locality in 

 which he lives, of overstocking. This' has 

 been shown again and again, and can not 

 be too strongly emphasized. A conscien- 

 tious bee-keeper also realizes that, while he 

 has a legal right to plant an apiary where- 

 ever he has the same right to plant a potato- 

 patch, he by no means has a moral right to 

 do so when he infringes upon the rights of a 

 fellow bee-keeper. This is precisely the con- 

 clusion reached by the members of the Ida- 

 do association at their annual convention 

 held in January, when a committee of three 

 was ai^iJointed for the purpose of coming in 

 touch with newly arrived bee-keepers, and 

 pointing out to them the unoccupied terri- 

 tory for bees, which is indeed scarce. It is 

 expected, however, that in the near future, 

 new land, devoted principally to the produc- 

 tion of hay, will be opened up in Idaho, in 

 which case the honey-producing capacities 

 of this State will be greatly increased. To 

 any bee-keeper desiring further information 

 concerning Idaho's bee-range, the members 

 of the executive committee of the associa- 

 tion will be glad to furnish it. 



Second, the real facts concerning foul 

 brood in Idaho conflict decidedly with these 

 statements: 



1. "If this bee-range were occupied by 

 competent bee-men it would be only a short 

 time when all foul brood would be wiped 

 out." 



Does the writer of the above consider the 

 fifty or sixty apiarists of Southern Idaho, 

 who keep from 100 to 1000 colonies each, 

 small in number or incompetent in man- 

 ageiBent? They were progressive enough 

 when, over a year ago, unable to obtain a 

 foul-brood appropriation, they raised a fund 

 for that purpose from their own pockets. 



2. " We have a very good foul-brood law, 

 but no ajipropriation with it, so the inspect- 

 ors get no pay, and consequently do but lit- 

 tle work." 



This statement, appearing as it did in the 

 July 1st issue, is hardly true, since in Feb- 

 ruary, 1911, over five months before, at the 

 last session of the Idaho legislature, the bee- 

 keepers obtained a satisfactory ajipropriation 

 of $1000. Since that time some fifteen or 

 twenty comi^etent bee-inspectors, who cover 

 the honey districts thoroughly, have been 

 appointed by the State Horticulturist, to 

 whom any one desiring names or further 

 proof is referred. 



THE REQUIREMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL HON- 

 EY SALESMAN. 



BY M. D. TYLER. 



After reading the experience of so many 

 different men in selling honey and compar- 

 ing their methods, I wonder after all wheth- 

 er the secret of success is not due largely to 

 tact on the part of the one selling it. The 

 way a prospective buyer is approached, and 

 the drift of the conversation, make as great 



