November, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



877 



maica on Sept. 23, lasting half a da}^, and 

 caused vei-y great damage to the crops and 

 destroyed much of the winter pasturage for 

 bees. Mr. MeComack says that in his lo- 

 cality the wind blew so low and swift that 

 it took off the covers of many hives and 

 blew many off their stands, the driving rain 

 also killing many bees. He adds that very 

 many })eekeepers will likely have to do 

 hea\^ feeding to keep their bees alive and 

 in good shape for spring. 



M. B. Talley, bee inspector for Victoria 

 County, Tex., writes under dale of Sept. 30 

 that he had just lost everything except his 

 bees and carpenier tools by fire. He adds 

 that his part of Texas is still very dry and 

 the bees doing littla; that some have a very 

 good supply of stores, and others are on the 

 point of starvation. Mr. Talley does not 

 state whether his unfortunate fire was the 

 result of the extreme drouth and dryness or 

 otherwise. 



The IsTew Jersey Beekeepers' Association, 

 believing that considerable benefit to the bee 

 industry might be secured by presenting the 

 industry practically to the people attending 

 the New Jersey Statie Fair at Trenton, on 

 Sept. 21-28, rolled up its sleeves, and by 

 much hard work and some self-sacrifice put 

 up a very instructive and interesting exhib- 

 it. Several observation hives, including 

 queens, were shown, as was also an old .box- 

 hive abomination. Modern frame hives and 

 all the appliances of up-to-date beekeeping 

 were displayed. Foul brood and the results 

 of wax-worms were shown and explained to 

 Juuidreds of inquirers. But a colony of 

 live bees wliich had built a nest of combs on 

 Die limb of a tree attracted gTeat attention. 

 C. H. Root brought this by hand from one 

 of liis yards near R-ed Bank. The exhibit 

 was in charge of E. G. Carr, State Bee In- 

 spector. JSTo little credit is due Mr. Carr 

 and President Barclay for considerable hard 

 work in making the exjjeriment a success. 

 Various members of the association assisted 

 on different daysu A large amount of 

 honey was sold under an association label. 

 A curious fact was the small demand for 

 comb honey. The association is aiming to 

 become more closely affiliated with the State 

 Agricultural Department, and will hold its 

 annual winter meeting at the same time as 

 does the State Department, in January, at 



Trenton. 



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The Miimesota Beekeepers' Association 

 holds its annual meeting December 4 and 5. 

 at Minneapolis. An exceptionally good 

 meeting is expected, with many Minnesota 

 beekeepers and outsiders taking pi'ominent 

 parts on the program. The editor of 

 Glean'INGS will be present. The program 

 is in the final process of preparation and 

 will be printed for distribution before 

 Nov. 1. Eveiy Minnesota beekeeper should 

 plan to attend, and stay the two f()llowing 

 days for the last two days of the 1917 ses- 

 sion of the Minnesota Horticultural Society. 

 Send to the Secretary, L. V. France, Uni- 

 versity Farm, St. Paul, Minn., for a pro- 

 gram, if you do not receive one by Nov. 10. 



The annual meeting of the Western New 

 York Honey Producers' Association will be 

 held at the Genesee Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 13 and 

 14, 1917. All beekeepers are welcome and 

 invited to be present. An interesting pro- 

 gram has been prepared as follows: Tues- 

 day', 10 :30 A. M. — Call to order by presi- 

 dent; secretary-treasurer's reports; "Wax- 

 rendering," 0. L. Hersbiser, of Kenmore. 

 1 P. M. — Appointment of committees. 

 " Beekeeping as a Business," J. L. Byer, of 

 Markham, Out.; "Producing Fancy Comb 

 Honey," S. D. House, of Camillus; discus- 

 sion ; " Did it Pay to Recommend a Mini- 

 mum Selling Price for the 1917 Honev 

 Crop." Wednesday, 10:30 a. m.—" Rear- 

 ing Good Queens," Chas. Stewart, of Johns- 

 town; "Which Shall We Do— Keep More 

 Bees, Keep Better Bees, or Keep Bees Bet- 

 ter?" E. R. Root, Medina, 0.; discussions 

 and questions. 1 P. M. Election of officers ; 

 reports of committees, new business ; " Pre- 

 paring for a Crop of Honey," J. L. Bj-er; 

 " Bee Diseases," by State Inspector ; ques- 

 tion-box; adjournment. William F. VoU- 

 mer, of Akron, N. Y., is secretary of this 



association. 



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Honey is not included in the list of com- 

 modities falling Avithin the classification 

 of government - license - controlled exports. 

 Honey may be shipped abroad as freely 

 now as before the war exports law was 

 passed on June 15 last. 



The M. C. Silsbee Co., whose bee-supply 

 manufactory at Haskinville, N. Y., was 

 burned out Sept. 1, has started a new plant 

 at Avoca, N. Y. 



Prof. E. R. King, Cornell University, 

 now enlisted in the United States aviation 

 service writes that only one man connect- 

 ed with the collegMi has been exempted 

 from the draft on industrial gi'ounds, 

 and he is the acting farm superintendent. 

 The war has taken several- professors and 



