GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Septejibek, 1917 



transit. Tt is expected that the express 

 company will be willing to co-operate in 

 any way possible. 



The problems of the commercial cjueen- 

 breeder were set forth in a very interesting 

 mann-er. People are always ready to cen- 

 sure the queen-breeder in any way possible ; 

 but this topic brought out the fact that the 

 queen-breeder has his troubles in trying to 

 meet all the deinands made upon him. 



The accomplishments of the Texas Honey 

 Producers' Association were discussed in a 

 brief way. When the extremely adverse 

 .conditions are taken into consideration it is 

 wonderful what has been dore since the 

 association was oi-ganized. This associa- 

 tion is destined to a grEat future, which can 

 be hastened only by the united support of 

 all the beekeepers of the state. 

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Mr. Kennith Hawkins, of AVashington, 

 D. C, was at College Station to assist in the 

 Farmers' Short Course and attend the 

 State Beekeepers' Association meeting. 

 While here Mr. Hawkins addressed the state 

 meeting of the county demonstration agents, 

 in which he urged them to give beekeeping 

 in their county due consideration as a pos- 

 sible source of profit to the farmer. He 

 called attention to the work which has al- 

 ready been accomplished in the two counties 

 where the agent is co-operating with the 

 inspector to improve the industry in tlio 



county. Befnie the beekeepers Mr. Haw- 

 kins sjDoke on the marketing of honey. This 

 talk was very instructive to all, and en- 

 joyed by each one in attendance. Previous 

 to his arrival at College Station, Mr. Haw- 

 kins made visits to beekeepers in sections of 

 the state that he was unable to reach in his 

 visit to this state last spring. 



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W. H. Laws, of Beeville, Texas, has 

 shipped a carload of bees to Wyoming, 

 where he hopes to make a honey crop this 

 year. Mr. Laws will return to this state in 

 October. The .same plan is being tried by 

 B. M. Caraway, of Mathis, Texas, who has 

 shipped a carload to Wyoming, and also by 

 William Atchley, of Mathis, Texas, Avho has 

 shipped a carload to Idaho. 



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It is stated upon good authority that 

 Texas consumes % of the honey piroducvd 

 in the state. With the constant heavy de- 

 mand for honey from outside of the state 

 it is hard to see how there will be an over- 

 production of honey in Texas for some time 

 to come. Low prices is usually given to 

 prove that more bees are not needed. Poor 

 marketing methods and unorganized etfort 

 has been responsible for low prices in the 

 past. One large producer last year sold 

 his entire crop of 23,000 pounds in 45 days 

 without leaving home. Even at that the 

 ] rice raised after the supply was exhausted. 



PROP. BALD- 

 WIN'S 

 c h e e r y ad- 

 monition to 

 "keep the dish right side up," page 547, re- 

 calls the interesting experience of Mr. J. C. 

 Parks, of Scottsboro, Alabama, last season. 

 About the middle of July he extracted, got 

 a very short crop, returned the supers, and 

 went about his other work, much discour- 

 aged about the bees, but too busy Avith gen- 

 eral farm duties to watch them. Imagine 

 his surprise in October to find the supers 

 "chock full" of sealed honey, with queens 

 crowded down to a small patch of brood in 

 brood-chambers! Truly while there's life, 

 and storing room, there's hope. 

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 We spent the latter part of July in Beer- 

 sheba up in the mountains of Grundy Coun- 

 ty. You may be sure that, in addition to 

 pieknicking on overhanging cliffs, exploring 

 wild gorges and dark hollows, daring the 

 spray waterfalls, and following cool, allur- 



THE DIXIE BEE 



Grace Allen, Nashville, Tenn. 



ing ijaths thru 

 dense woo-^s, we 

 also visited a 

 few beekeej)ors. 

 There were three right in Beersheba, on 

 the mountain — Mrs. Arnold Hunerwadel, 

 Mr. Morris Dykes, and Mr. Wm. Tate. 

 The first two had their bees in modern 

 hives, while Mr. Tate, who had a chance 

 to purchase some old gums, and has had 

 them only two years, has not yet made the 

 change. However, he plans to invest in lunv 

 hives this winter and transfer in the s]iring. 

 Mrs. Hunerwadel's apiary is an out- 

 growth of the soutltern mountain yajd 

 established at that place in 1886 by" Mr. 

 Henry Funk, of Bloomington, Illinois. Mr. 

 Funk instructed her in modern beek-eping, 

 so that she could look after things in his 

 absence, according to his dircc'iors. Then 

 in 1888, it being no longer convenient for 

 Mr. Funk to continue, he sold outright to 

 Mrs. Hunerwadel. wlio, with her husband, 

 has operated tlie business successfully ever 



