October, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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of honey is unlakLMi. The reason for this 

 Iremendons wasto in Miinnesota lis ihat 

 there is a big shortage of beekeepers — there 

 are not enougii of them to harvest the pos- 

 sible lioney crop." Mr. Jager suggests tliat 

 the United States government provide its 

 unfortunate soldiers, who become invalided 

 in war service, a course of study in bee 

 culture. He concludes his views by saying: 

 " The Government should also give them the 

 financial aid needed to start; an apiary. 

 Once started, they will be able to take care 

 of themselves, as tlie profits are large." 



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The Ohio field meet, under the auspices 

 of the Ohio State Beekeepers' Association, 

 was held at Wilmino-ton, Sept. 6 and 7. in 

 the Walker memorial building. Whil^ 

 some of the out-of-state speakers failed to 

 appeal', the attendance was fair and the in- 

 terest excellent. On the morning of Sept. 

 7 the members were caii'ied in automobiles 

 around the surrounding country inspecting 

 beeyards, stopping particularly at the yard 

 of J. E. Vernard. Addresses were given 

 before the meet by Mellville Hayes, A. C. 

 Ames, of the Ohio Inspection Department, 

 D. H. Morris, and E. R. Root.' In the after- 

 noon a talk by E. R. Root was given before 

 citizens and pupils of the Wilmington 

 schools on bees, making special reference to 

 the important work they do in pollinating 

 flowers. President Mellville Hayes, of Wil- 

 mington and Secretary Ernest Kohn, of 

 (Iroverhill, are making large plans for the 

 winter meet. The next field meet is to be 

 held at Medina, where it was thought that 

 exceptional opportunities can be given to 

 beekeepers to learn the latest methods of 



management. 



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Mr. Morley Pettit, of the Ontario Agri- 

 cultural College. Guelph, has resigned as 

 Provincial Apiarist, and after Nov. 1, 1917, 

 will devote his attention to the Pettit api- 

 aries, with headquarters at Georgetown, 

 Ont. Communications having to do with 

 this office should be addressed to the Pro- 

 vincial Apiarist after the above date, so 

 tbey may i^eceive the attention of Mir. 

 Pettit's successor, whoever he may be. Mr. 

 Pettit says that it is with considerable re- 

 gret that he retires from office, as the duties 

 have been congenial and the relations witli 

 the beekeeping public most cordial; but 

 he now feels that the production of honey 

 offers a greater future, and is less exacting 

 than the life of a civil seivant. 



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The Food Administration at Washing- 

 ton has sent out an appeal to the house- 

 wives of the nation to save sugar, saving 



that Americans use twice as much sugar as 

 any other people, and that this country's 

 allies in Europe face a shoi'tage for their 

 real needs. The authorities ask people to 

 use less candy, less sugar in tea and coffee, 

 not to frost cakes, and — what is important 

 to the beekeeping business — substitute 

 honey wherever possible. A practical turn 

 is given to this advice by giving a recipe for 

 honey-dnop cakes. 



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A postponed regular field meeting of the 

 New Jersey Beekeepers' Association was 

 held on Aug. 30 at the home of State Bee 

 Inspector E. G. Carr, at New Egypt. 

 There was an excellent attendance and lively 

 interest. The features of the day's pro- 

 gram were demonstrations given by Mr. 

 Carr, both in inspection work and wax- 

 rendering. It was voted to accept the in- 

 vitation of the New Jersey State Agricul- 

 tural Department to hold the annual meet- 

 ing at the same time the State Department 

 holds its annual at Trenton, in January. 



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A report is being circulated in some 

 quartei-s that the United States Governm.ent 

 is buying honey and paying 15 cts. a pound 

 for the same. Dr. E. F. Phillips, Apicul- 

 turist, at Washington, D. C, informs 

 Gleanings that he does not know of any 

 branch of the United States Government 

 that is buying honey. Nobody else does, 



either. 



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Mr. H. C. Cook, of the Keystone Apiary, 

 Omaha, Neb., made an exhibit at the State 

 Fair which achieved remarkable success. 

 There were four fine exhibits made, but 

 Mr. Cook succeeded in taking 14 first 

 awards and 9 seconds, amounting to $170 

 in cash, and three silver trophy cups — one 

 of them the grand championshii:) cup with 



a $50 bill in ]t. 



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The annual meeting of the Northern Illi- 

 nois and Southern Wisconsin Beekeepere' 

 Association will be held in the court-house 

 at Freeport, 111., on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1917. 

 The secretary of this association is Mr. B. 

 Kennedy, 2507 West State St., Rockford, 

 111., of whom i^artieulars may be learned by 

 interested members. 



A letter from M. C. Silsbee, dated Sept. 

 1, Cohoeton, N. Y., says that their bee- 

 house, mill, and total contents, were destroy- 

 ed by fire the ])revious night with a loss of 

 $5000, partly insured, and that all orders 

 w^ere burned, and they were left with no 

 recoi'd of parties who had ordered supplies. 



