FEBRUARY 1, 1916 



THE WINTER CASE ADAPTED TO SOUTHERN UTAH 



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BY M. L. SKOUGARD 



Our bees went into winter quarters in 

 fine -shape. I never saw as fine a fall as 

 we are having this year. My bees flew until 

 Dec. 10, with the exception of a few days. 

 I found them gathering pollen as late as 

 Dec. 8. I pack my bees for winter. I use 

 a winter case with four inches of wheat 

 chaff between two inches on the bottom and 

 a six-inch super on top, full of chaff, with 

 a cloth over the chaff, the super lid, then 

 the cover. I tack burlap on the bottom of 

 the super to keep the chaff off the frames; 

 then I put a piece of narrow blanket be- 

 tween the liive and super to keep out air. 



As nearly as I can learn, I am the only 

 beekeeper in southern Utah that packs bees 



for winter. Beekeepers here say they do 

 not need any protection. But in the spring is 

 the time to tell. Last spring I gathered a 

 nice surplus of dandelion honey. It is as 

 pretty and yellow today as the flower itself. 

 Mine were thi'u with swarming, and my 

 bees were on the job when the other bees 

 were just building up nicely. When some 

 of the beekeepers learned that I was ex- 

 tracting so early in the season they said it 

 was because I kept Italians, and had queens 

 that I gave three dollars apiece for. I. 

 know that my queens have a great deal to 

 do with it, and I know that the packing 

 helps wonderfully. 

 Parowau, Utah. 



THE MISSOURI APICULTURAL SOCIETY 



BY AUSTIN D. WOLFE 



For twelve years those in Missouri inter- 

 ested in the j^romotion of beekeeping met 

 under the name of the Missouri Beekeepers' 

 Association. At the twelfth annual meet- 

 ing, held at St. Joseph, Dec. 7, 8, 1914, it 

 was decided to incorporate and to attempt 

 something of larger significance. 



Having incorporated with Columbia, the 

 seat of Missouri University, as the princi- 

 pal place of business, it became necessary 

 to consider the ways and means of building 

 up a constituency and of enlisting popular 

 interest. In spite of considerations looking 

 toward a meeting in December (notably the 

 invitation to take position in the " circuit " 

 formed by Mr. Pellett and Dr. Phillips) it 

 appeared necessary to hold the first meeting 

 of the incori^orated organization during 

 Farmers' Week at Columbia, January 4-6, 

 1916. 



The result justified the decision of the 

 executive committee. Two large rooms in 

 the Horticultural Building were allotted to 

 the society. One of these was used as an 

 assembly room, with display of literature 

 and honey. The other was a general lab- 

 oratory, with no less than six different mod- 

 els of hives and an almost equal number of 

 suiters, all occupying one long table. On 

 another table were the implements of the 

 craft, many if not most of them being 

 home-made and of practical value, which 

 casts no discredit on a manufactured arti- 

 cle, but merely says that the former variety 

 will answer just as well. Then there was 

 an extractor, a home-made uncapping-can, 

 knives, hive-tools, nailing- frame, wire-im- 

 bedder, etc. 



This being the first meeting since the 

 gi'anting of a charter, a constitution and 

 bylaws were adopted. Then the program 

 contemplated a discussion of beekeeping 

 from the start for the benefit of the novices. 

 Treasurer J. F. Diemer, of Liberty, unable 

 to be present, sent a short spicy paper on 

 " How I Began." E. B. Gladish, of Hig- 

 ginsville, also unable to appear, sent liis 

 bi'other, Mr. Charles Gladish; and the pre- 

 sentation of Mr. Gladish's subject, "What 

 Hive shall I Use?" led to a discussion 

 which soon brought out the fact that bee- 

 men generally are discarding the eight- 

 frame for the ten-frame hive, with the 

 Hoffman-Langstroth frame. 



The society is most fortunate in coming 

 at once into close relations with the De- 

 partment of Horticulture of the State Uni- 

 versitJ^ Dr. Leonard Haseman, associate 

 professor of entomology, aided by an ad- 

 mirable working model of a bee, delivered a 

 plain and very interesting lecture on the 

 anatomy of the bee. It was the kind of 

 lecture that would entertain and instruct a 

 gathering of farmers or of scientists — just 

 the thing for a rural school. 



But all the time there was a stream of 

 visitors who asked to be " shown." On the 

 last day the program was entirely abandon- 

 ed, and Mr. Tyler, Professor Haseman, and 

 Mr. Darby had their hands full as they took 

 class after class — a few individuals in each 

 gTOup — past the tables, explaining the na- 

 ture and purpose of the hive, how and why 

 it is constructed, answering questions on 

 the manipulation and care of bees, elucidat- 

 ing the uses of the extractor and of the 



