1911 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



35 



The Wisconsin State Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold Its next convention Feb. 23, 24, In Madison. 

 Ten dollars in cash prizes given for three best-writ- 

 ten papers of practical value to Wisconsin bee- 

 keepers. Prizes, fS.OO, S3.00, .«2.00, each writer to 

 Choose his topic. The State Inspector will exhibit 

 a steam-heated uncapping-knile that, lor 2 cts. a 

 day, did the work of two men; also a self-measur- 

 ing honey-faucet that weighs any amount without 

 running the can over; also a practical double brush 

 that, in single stroke, brushes all the bees from a 

 comb. An easily made device that will attach to 

 any beam scale and tell when the amount wanted 

 Is on scales. Premiums at fairs — how to win. Sales 

 of honey, fall of 1911. Prominent bee-keepers from 

 abroad will attend. 



Augusta, Wis. Gus Dittmer, Sec. 



The Northern Michigan 15ee-keepers' Association 

 will hold its annual meeting at Traverse City, 

 Michigan, March 15, 16, 1911. A live program is in 

 course of preparation, and liberal premiums will 

 be offered for the products of the hive. Northern 

 Michigan, the home of Michigan's most extensive 

 bee-keepers, assures a most prosperous and svccess- 

 ful meeting. The season of the year is most favor- 

 able, and the management look forward for the best- 

 attended meeting in years. Many prominent bee- 

 keepers from this and other Slates are being invit- 

 ed. You are especially Invited. Ask the secretary, 

 Ira D. Hartlett, East Jordifn, Micb., for a program, 

 which will give place of meeting and other infor- 

 mation. 



Remus. Mich. E. D. Townsend. 



PENNSYLVANIA BEE-KEEPERS, LISTEN. 



At the last annual convention, held in Philadel- 

 phia last fall, a committee was appointed to draft a 

 foul-brood bill and present it to the legislature. 

 The bill was drawn up and presented to both the 

 State Horticultural Society and the State Board of 

 Agriculture which were in session in llarrisburg at 

 the time. They sent the bill to their respective leg- 

 islative committees, which reported it back 

 favorably, after which it was endorsed by each 

 body. 



The bill was then placed in the hands of Represen- 

 tative Hibshman, who introduced it in the House. 

 Mr. Hibshman is the chairman of the Committee 

 on Agriculture in the House. The bill was careful- 

 ly drawn, and every thing possible, so far, has been 

 done to facilitate its passage. 



We want every bee-keeper to write to his Repre- 

 sentative and Senator who are now at llarrisburg. 

 and urge them to vote for this bill. If you do this, 

 every member in the legislature will receive a num- 

 ber of letters, and will see the importance of this 

 legislation. We attempted to have a law passed 

 twice before, and failed for some reason or other. 

 Let us win out this time. 



Dr. Phillips, of the Bureau of Entomology, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, reports that samples of American 

 foul brood have been sent to him from 18 counties, 

 and European foul brood from 29 counties out of 

 the 67 in the State. A number of counties have not 

 been heard from. This is sufficient evidence for 

 alarm. If we fail to have State inspection, the dis- 

 ease is bound to wipe out our industry. Now is 

 the time to get busy. As soon as you have read 

 this, write a letter to your reprentatives in each 

 house and tell them to support the bill. 



Liverpool, Pa. H. C. Klinger, Sec. 



COLORADO BEE-KEEPERS. WRITE YOUR LEGISLA- 

 TORS. 



The Colorado State Bee-keepers' Association has 

 a bin before the legislature, now in session, to es- 

 tablish a division of apiary investigation and in- 

 spection under the supervision of the State Ento- 

 mologist. The bill provides for investigations in 

 bee culture, such as the introduction of nectar-se- 

 creting plants, better-bred bees, and improvement 

 In the methods of bee culture. This is a work that 

 will prove of great value to the State — work that 

 has never been done here, but should have been 

 started years ago. Impress these points on the 

 minds of your legislators, and write them at once. 



1. Centralizes the work of Inspection, utilizing the 

 machinery of the State Entomologist's office and 



that of the Agricultural College, placing this equip- 

 ment at the disposal of this division. 



2. It will greatly Increase the wealth of the State 

 by increasing the production of honey through the 

 introduction of honey-plants, better-bred bee.s, and 

 better methods. 



3. Hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of 

 honey is shipped from the State every year, besides 

 the great amounts sold in the home markets. 



4. Bee diseases are prevalent throughout the 

 State, and means must at once be taken for their 

 eradication. 



5. This bill is recommended by the Department of 

 Agriculture at Washington, by the Agricultural 

 College at Kt. Collins, and by every intelligent bee- 

 keeper in the State. 



6. Tell your legislators to support the " Bee-keep- 

 ers' Bill," placing the division of apiary inspection 

 and Investigation under the State Entomologist. 



The Colorado State Bee-keepers' Association Is 

 the originator of this bill, and it embraces the de- 

 mands of the bee-keepers of the State. 



Urging you to lose no time in writing your sena- 

 tors and representatives on this question, I am 

 yours for better bee-keeping. 



Wesley Fo-ster, 

 Secretary Colorado State Bee-keepers' Ass'n. 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



alsike-clover seed. 

 We have secured some chol<e seed of alslke clo- 

 ver which we offer for sale at 30 ets. per lb. by mail, 

 postpaid: not prepaid, bag included. 22 cts. per lb.: 

 82.75 per peck: 85.25 for ^ bushel; 810.00 per bushel. 

 Seed should be sown early in the spring, four to 

 eight or ten pounds to the acre. It pays well to en- 

 cotirage the growing of alslke within a mile or two 

 of your apiary. 



sweet-clover seed. 

 We still have an abundant supply of yellow sweet 

 clover seed, both annual and biennial; but our 

 stock of the white is limited, and will be exhausted 

 long before the new crop is ready this season. We 

 shall be pleased to hear from those who have a sup- 

 ply of white .sweet-clover seed fcr sale, whether 

 hulled or unhulled. Mail sample, and state price 

 at which you will sell, and how many pounds you 

 can furnish. 



LARGE CAPPING-MELTER. 



Those who would use a capping-melter in taking 

 their crop of extracted honey, and who have found 

 the melter listed in our catalog too small, will be 

 interested in a larger size which we are preparing 

 to furnish. We have supplied se\eral of them al- 

 ready, one to E. 1). Townsend, ai:d should like to 

 put out others this season. We want to have them 

 thoroughly proved out before we put them in our 

 catalog. To any who are interested we shall be 

 pleased to mail a circular, describing and giving 

 price at which we will furnish the outfit. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



to the good friends who would like my advice 



about FLORIDA OR OTHER MATTERS. 



Will you please excuse me If I ask you (as I did a 

 year ago) to send me an addressed postal card when 

 you write me a letter? I don't want stamps. I have 

 stuck them on letters all my life, and I don't want 

 to "address" any thing to anybody any more if I 

 can help it. If I can just answer your questions 

 without bothering to see whether it is from Jones, 

 Brown, or Smith, it doesn't wear very much on the 

 " worn-out spots" of my nerves, and. of course, you 

 can't expect a long story on a postal. Notwith- 

 standing the above, I am still your 



" Long-time friend," A. I. R. 



