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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Mar. 15 



Michigan Bee-keepers Again Urged to Write 

 Their Senators and Representatiyes. 



A telegram from E. M. Hunt came in too late for 

 notice in our editorial column regarding the foul- 

 brood bin. This Is expected to be reported out of 

 committee about the 25th of March: and all who 

 have not already done so should write their Sena- 

 tors and Representatives at once, urging them to 

 vote for this proposed law. This is a matter that 

 requires the help of all the bee-keepers In the State. 



SHORT COURSE FOR APIARY INSTRUCTORS. 



The following is the program for the short course 

 for apiary instructors, May 1 — 6, 1911, at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College. Guelph, Canada. 



The following arrangement of subjects will be ad- 

 hered to as closely as possible. No changes in ad- 

 vertised speakers or subjects will be made unless 

 absolutely necessary. 



Lectures will, as far as possible, be illustrated with 

 lantern slides and the actual objects under discus- 

 sion. 



MONDAY, MAY 1. 



9.0O— 10.00. The Business of Bee-keeping; Its Ad- 

 vantages and DlfHculties — Morley Pettit. 

 10.00—11.00. Bacteria of Disease— 



S. F. EDWARDS, M. S. 



11.00 — 12.00. Brood Diseases of Bees; their Nature. 

 Cause, and Method of Spread — 



E. F. Phillips, Ph. D. 

 1.30 — 6.00. Practical apiary work. 



TUESDAY, MAY 2. 



8.30 — 9.00. Review of practical work. 

 9.00—10.00. '■ In Union is Strength "—How to Pre- 

 vent Swarming — Morley Pettit. 

 10.00—11.00. Brood Diseases of Bees; their Symp- 

 toms and Treatment— E. F. Phillips, Ph. D. 

 11.00—12.00. Chemical Properties of Honey and 

 Beeswax— R. Harcourt, B. S. A. 

 1.30— 6.00. Practical apiary work. 

 7.30 — Illustrated Lecture: "The Behavior of the 

 Bee"— E. F. Phillips, Ph. D. 

 Chairman— C. J. S. Bethune, M. A., D. C. L. 



WEDNESDAY, MAY 1. 



8.30— 9.00. Review of practical work. 

 9.00—10.00. The Production of Honey— 



MORLEY Pettit. 

 10.00—11.00. Additional Factors in Disease Con- 

 trol; Educational— E. F. Phillips. Ph. D. 

 11.00— 12.00.— The Experimental Union, and what 

 it can do for bee-keeping in Ontario— 



C. A. ZAViTZ, B. S. a. 

 1.30— 6.00. Practical apiary work. 



FOUL-BROOD CONFERENCE. 

 THURSDAY, MAY 4. 



8.fK) — 12.00. Practical apiary work. 

 1.30— 2.30. Diseases of Bees and Their Treat- 

 ment— E, F. Phillips, Ph. D. 

 2.30— 3.30. The Disease Situation in Ontario— 



Morley Pettit. 

 3.30— 4.30. Inspection Methods and Policies — 



E. F. PHILLIPS, Ph. D. 

 4.30 — 5.30. General discussion. 

 7.30. Distribution of Bee Diseases in United 

 States— E. F. Phillips, Ph. D. 



Chairman— P. W. Hodgetts. 



FRIDAY, MAY 5. 



8.30 — 9.00. Review of practical work. 

 9.00—10.00. The Production of Beeswax— 



IVfORLEY PETTXT 



10.00—11.00. The Anatomy of the Honey-bee— 



E. F. Phillips, Ph. D. 

 11.00—12.00. Co-operative Methods and How Bee- 

 keepers can Use them— II. H. LeDrew, B. S. A. 

 1.30— 6.00. Practical apiary work. 

 7.30. Illustrated Lecture: "The Hawaiian Islands 

 and their Bee-keeping Industry." 



E. F. Phillips. Ph. D. 

 G. C. Creelman. B. S. A,. LL.D., in Chair. 



SATURDAY, MAY 6. 



Practical work in apiary. 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



basswood-trees. 

 We have in our nursery a number of basswood- 

 trees from one to five feet high, which we offer, 

 while they last, at 10 cts. each; 75 cts. for 10. They 

 will run well up toward five feet, but are not very 

 straight or shapely. These are the last we shall be 

 able to furnish unless we make some new arrange- 

 ment which we do not now anticipate. 



MAPLE syrup and SUGAR. 



The sea.son to date has not been very favorable for 

 producing maple syrup or sugar; and, as a result, 

 the supply is rather limited. What we have se- 

 cured to date Isjvery fine, and we quote as follows: 



1 one-gallon can, $1.25 per gallon. 



1 case of 6 one gallon cans. §1.15 per gallon. 



2 or more cases at gl.lO per gallon. 



Sugar, 1 lb.. 16 cts.; 10 to 25 lbs. at 15 cts.; 26 to 50 

 lbs. at 13 cts.; 51 to 100 lbs. at 12 J4 cts.; lOl to 500 lb.s. 

 at 12 cts. 



BUCKWHEAT SEED. 



Some months ago it was reported in the columns 

 of Gleanings that silverhull or gray buckwheat 

 was better for honey than the Japanese. We can 

 not say from personal observation. We are now 

 prepared to supply either Japanese or silverhull at 

 the following prices, bags included; Japanese buck- 

 wheat, 12 cts. ,jer lb., postpaid; not prepaid, peck, 35 

 cts.; Vi bushel. 65 cts.; bushel, 81.20; two bushels for 

 82.25. Silverhull buckwheat. 13 cents per lb., post- 

 paid; not prepaid, peck, 42 cts.; % bushel, 75 cts.; 

 bushel, §1.40; *2.50 for two bushels. We furnish 50 

 pounds for a bushel. 



BEESWAX. 



From this date till further notice we will pay for 

 average beeswax delivered here 29 cts. per lb. cash, 

 or 31 in trade. For choice quality. 1 to 2 cents ex- 

 tra. Ship in strong bags, double, or in boxes or 

 barrels securely nailed, being sure to put your 

 name and address in or on the package so that we 

 can identify it when it reaches us. Write us, send- 

 ing bill of lading, and stating weight you ship, 

 gross and net, so that we may know if any has been 

 lost out on the way. Shippers are often careless in 

 attending to these little details, and we take occa- 

 sion again to call your attention to them. 



SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



It is remarkable, the keen interest which is being 

 manifested in this clover, which, in years past, has 

 been regarded as a noxious weed, and included un- 

 der the ban of the law In some States. We are still 

 able to furnish the different varieties as indicated 

 in another column. Our supply of MelUotus alba, 

 or white sweet clover, both hulled and unhulled, is 

 rather limited. We have a good stock of both kinds 

 of hulled yellow. With reference to the annual va- 

 riety, of which we have a large stock, the man of 

 whom we bought the seed wrote us last September 

 as follows: 



"As regards the habits of this clover in this part 

 of the country, I will state that with us it is an an- 

 nual, and could not be otherwise in our long dry 

 summers. Along the river in damp sandy soil, 

 where ttie roots go down to moisture, it remains 

 alive and continues to bloom up to the present 

 time, as I saw some in bloom only a day or two 

 ago; but this will die also as soon as the rainy sea- 

 son sets in — about the latter part of October. In its 

 growth it reaches a height of from 6 in. on strong 

 alkali land to 6 ft. on sandy land. The plant from 

 which I gathered the seed shipped you grew to an 

 average height of 3 ft., and this land is slightly al- 

 kaline; but 3 ft. is as high as I should care to have 

 it grow. I have seen it this season grow so thick 

 and high that sheep could not go through it. Yes, 

 it is an annual here. What its habits are in the 

 East or Middle West I can not say. 



"The Nebraska Experiment Station reports that 

 MelUotus Inclica and MelUotus offldnalis, for all 



