.Tani-ary. 1920 G L K A N I N O S IN B K E C U L T U R E 



FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



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ities oil boeki'i'jiiiig froin without the St.ati' 

 as well as nnnibeis of tho loading North 

 Carolina hoekeop(<rs. 



The association was organized in Winston- 

 Salem in January, 1917, when Dr. E. F. 

 Philli])s of Wash'ington, D. C, and P]. K. 

 I\uot of ^rediiia, Oliio, had prominent places 

 on the program and greatly quickened in- 

 terest in inijiroved methods of beekeeping. 

 The North Carolina beekeeiters are hoping 

 to see and hear these distinguished autliori- 

 ties on bee culture again this year, along 

 with other apiculturists from without the 

 State that the oflicers of the State associa 

 -tion may induce to attend and take part in 

 the jtrogram. 



The membership is extending into every 



county and locality in the State, and the 



good results in better beekeeping are evident 



on everv hand. W. J. Martin. 



Raleigh. N. C. 



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In Ontario. ^^'"^ Ontario Convention 



was lield, as per sched- 

 ule, in Toronto on Nov. 11, 12, and 18. Ow- 

 ing to a smallpox scare in the city at that 

 time, the attendance was not up to the usual 

 standard. However, a good crowd was at 

 every session, the last session being just as 

 well attended as the first — and that speaks 

 well for a three days' convention. As xisual 

 a lot of time was spent in discussing the dis- 

 ease situation, and it was apparent from the 

 reports from all over the Province that foul 

 brood was never a greater menace to the in- 

 dustry than at the present time, even if we 

 know more about the disease than was for- 

 merly the case. Modern methods of trans- 

 |)ortation that so greatly facilitate the mov- 

 ing of bees from one place to another, are 

 not without disadvantages, as there is no 

 question but that disease is often carried 

 from diseased sections to clean localities by 

 bees being shipped in. It was generally 

 felt by the members of the convention that 

 the grant from the Government for inspec- 

 tion work was altogether too small to co])e 

 with ]>resent conditions, and a committee 

 was named to wait upon the Minister of 

 Agriculture and present reasons for a large- 

 ly increased sum for that purpose. With the 

 sum granted for the past few years, all the 

 money would be spent in the first rounds 

 of the inspectors and then they would be 

 called off the road before the beekeepers 

 who liad disease in their yards could be 

 visited again to see if instructions had been 

 carried out. Foul-brood legislation is a dif- 

 ficult matter to consider and put into ])ra('- 

 tice, so far as being just sure as to what 

 methods to follow for best results; and I 

 confess that the longer T consider the ques- 

 tion the more perpl('.\e<l I am in many cases 

 as to what is the best thing to do or have 

 done. One thing sure, jiresent and past 

 methods have not and are uot giving the re- 

 sults that manv of us fondly expected some 



years ago. Facts are facts, and even if 

 they are mighty unpleasant to swallow 

 sometimes, there is no use playing the os- 

 trich act and trying to imagine that all is 

 well when such is not the case. As stated 

 more than once in these columns, I have 

 nothing personal in view and blame no one 

 in particular; yet the fact remains that foul 

 brood has been checked but little, taking 

 the Province as a whole, during the time we 

 iiave been fighting it in the way we thought 

 best. Whether increased grants will make a 

 big difference or not is a question, but it 

 will at least give us a chance to put forth 

 greater efforts anyway. 



I was gratified in view of what was said 

 in this department in the November issue, 

 to find that our president in his annual ad- 

 dress strongly advocated a queen-rearing 

 apiary under the management of the Pro- 

 vincial Apiarist, queens of a strain of Ital- 

 ians strongly resistant to European foul 

 brood to be raised and sold to Ontario bee- 

 keepers, especially to those living in dis- 

 tricts where black brood around them made 

 pure mating impossible. More than that, it 

 was a pleasure to find Prof. Millen, the Pro- 

 vincial Apiarist, anxious to help advance the 

 scheme by all means in his power. We con- 

 fidently look forward to a start being made 

 next spring in this work — a start be it un- 

 derstood, as Prof. Millen rightly pointed 

 out that it would be some time before 

 queens could be reared in sufficient numbers 

 to care for all orders that would be sure to 

 come in. Now if the Dominion Apiarist at 

 Ottawa will just fall in line, real help will 

 be given to many beekeepers of a nature 

 that will surely be appreciated. 



Sugar has again advanced and today is 

 (Uioted in Toronto wholesale houses at $12.21 

 for granulated. There seems to be a de- 

 termined effort on the part of some dealers 

 in honey to try to bear the market in this 

 product, even if sugar and some other com- 

 modities are getting higher all the time. A 

 few days ago I noticed w^here a reporter w^as 

 ",etting loaded up on market conditions for 

 honey, and I fully expected to see quota- 

 tions in the daily press soon follow in line, 

 as that is always part of the game in such 

 cases. Sure enough, two daj's after this 

 interview was published, the market quota: 

 tions in the city press stated that dealers 

 were paying from 21 to 22 cents for clover 

 lutnev at "country points." Now I am not 

 saying but that honey may have been 

 bought for that, but being in the market 

 for a limited quantity myself a short time 

 ago. I certainly could not find any offered 

 at that figure. More than that, a canvass 

 of the wholesale houses on the "street" 

 failed to find any dealers willing to sell 

 any honey to me at a figure that would al- 

 low them anything less than a big profit if 

 they bouglit at 21. Twent}--six cents was 

 the lowest quotation given me; and five 



