September, 1917 



GLEANINGS T N BEE CULTURE 



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REESE. 



A s s i s tant 

 Entomologist in 

 charge of apieul- 

 tnre. Charleston, 

 W. Va., is labor- 

 ing earnestly to 

 rouse the possi- 

 ble beekeei^ers of his state to the oppor- 

 tunities in apiculture. He is sending out 

 circulars appealing to West Virginia bee- 

 keepers to keep more bees and to use mod- 

 ern equipment. There are some Avonderful 

 opportunities in apiculture in AVest Vir- 

 ginia, and Mr. Reese is on the track of the 

 mountaineers, preaching the gospel of good 

 beekeeping. It will be news (if not a sur- 

 prise) to most beekeepers of the country to 

 know that "West Virginia has a larger ap- 

 l^ropriation than any other three states for 

 cari'ying out the provisions of the state bee 

 law. The legislators have not been wanting 

 in their duty to promote the bee industry. 

 Mr. Reese would very much like to promote 

 a West Virginia beekeepers' and honey- 

 producers' association. Such an organiza- 

 tion could be of great use and value to the 

 beekeeping interests of the state, and every 

 West Virginia beekeeper should lend his aid 

 to Mr. Reese's efforts in this direction. 



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The beekeepers of British Columbia held 

 a field day and convention at the Vancouver 

 Exposition on Aug. 24. Special prizes were 

 otSered for exhibits of large quantities of 

 honey as an incentive to greater production. 

 The experimental apiary inaugurated by the 

 Beekeepers' Association of British Colum- 

 bia at Hastings Park was used for demon- 

 stration purposes during the week of the 

 exhibition. The meeting of beekeepers 

 especially discussed the difficulties of bee- 

 keeping in British Coulmbia, which are 

 many, owing to the peculiar climatic condi- 

 tions. Mr. Williams Hugh, of Cloverdale, 

 B. C, is the enthusiastic and hard-working 

 secretai'y-treasurer of the association. His 

 hard and earnest work certainly ought to 

 bear fruit in the gi-eat Rocky Mountain 

 province of Canada. 



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The Queensland Apicultural Journal, 

 published by the Queensland Beekeepers' 

 Association, at Frisbee, is now a year old. 

 The honorary editor, popularly elected, is 

 the president of the association, Mr. H. L. 

 Jones, and the secretary is Mr. E. M. Tarte. 

 The association has a membership of 250, 

 and Queensland has nearly 1500 practical 

 apiarists. Mr. Tarte, the secretary, writes 

 Gleanings that the chief purpose of their 



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jinirnal is to en- 

 courage co-oper- 

 ation and organi- 

 zation. He adds 

 that Queensland 

 has the largest 

 and most ener- 

 cetic association 

 in Australia, and 

 is just about to establish a co-operative 

 honey company on some such lines as those 

 of the Colorado Honey Producers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



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Mr. Francis Danzenbaker, known as the 

 inventor of the Danzenbaker hive, Danzen- 

 baker section, and Danzenbaker smoker, 

 died at Richmond, Va., on July 24, at the 

 age of 80 years. Mr. DanzenlDaker intro- 

 duced to the beekeeping world the lock- 

 cornered principle on hives — ^something 

 that has been adopted by practically every 

 beehive manufacturer in the United States. 

 The Danzenbaker section and super are still 

 used to a large extent. He also invented the 

 smoker bearing his name; but as this was on 

 the cold-blast principle it never had a very 

 large sale. Likewise his hive, on account of 

 the unpopularity of elosed-end frames, is 

 going out of use also. Mr. Danzenbaker 

 was still keeping bees, and was a frequent 

 exhibitor at various state fairs, showing his 

 hives, honey, and bee-smoker. 



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Here is the program of the Ohio State 

 Beekeepers' Association to be held Sept. 6 

 and 7 at Wilmington : Thursday, Sept. 6, 

 10:30 a. m. — Prayer, Rev. J. J. Richards; 

 Minutes of Medina Meeting, Ernest Kohn, 

 Grover Hill; President's Address, Melville 

 Hayes, Wilmington ; "Educational Value of 

 Inspection Work," A. C. Ames, Weston ; 

 Appointment of Committees. 1 :30 p. m. — 

 "Cuban Bee Industry," D. H. Morris, 

 Springfield; "Queen-rearing," J. P. Moore, 

 Morgan, Ky. ; Fred Leininger, Delphos, 0., 

 and Mel Pritehard, Medina; general dis- 

 cussion. Thursday evening session, 7:30 

 p. m. — "Prevention of Swarming," C. P. 

 Dadant, Hamilton, 111.; "What Ohio Uni- 

 versity is Doing for Beekeeping," Jas. S. 

 Hine, Columbus; "Successful Beekeeping," 

 E. R. Root. Friday, Sept. 7, 9:30 a. m.— 

 Meet at Walker Memorial building for auto- 

 mobile ride over Clinton County, under 

 auspices of Wilmington Commercial Club. 

 Afternoon session at opera-house at 1:30. — 

 "Mother Goose's Melodies" (paraphrased), 

 Mrs. G. P. Phillips, Washing-ton, D. C; 

 "Flowers" (pollenization and cross pollen- 

 ization), E. R. Root. Medina. (This meet- 

 ing will be attended by pupils of Wilming- 



