April, 1920 



GLKANINGS IN BEE GUI. TURK 



expecti'd of the League and with f'.-iitli in 

 that expectation we indicated our willing- 

 ness to join it. 



As to the old National Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation, the conviction was very apparent 

 that it had outlived its usefulness. Person- 

 ally I regretted to see it go, but no good 

 reason could be advanced for its continua- 

 tion. The coMimittee on nominations for new 

 ofticers for the Association was obliged to 

 re])ort that new officers could not be elected 

 this year on account of constitutional limi- 

 tations. It had lost all its support, and no 

 one could doubt but that it was a thing of 

 the past. As its name had been changed 

 repeatedly there seemed no valid reason for 

 not making the final change, and it was 

 finally voted to merge the National Beekeep- 

 ers' Association into the American Honey 

 I'roducers' League. Orel L. Hershiser. 



As Reported by R. F. Holtermann. 



After having written pages of manuscript 

 to cover the proceedings of the last National 

 Convention and finding it one of the most 

 difficult conventions I ever attempted to 

 rejiort, I decided that in the available space 

 I could not do justice to all the speakers 

 and therefore decided to give the general 

 impression which the convention left upon 

 those who attended. 



For a National Convention the attendance 

 was painfully small. Fifty to seventy-five 

 was the outside number present, and man 

 after man expressed disappointment at the 

 attendance; but the proceedings were of a 

 high order, and it was felt that the interest 

 in the organization could not be measured 

 by the number present. 



Next, I believe those present were abso- 

 lutely unanimously of the opinion that the 

 National could not sell the United States 

 honey crop in a co-operative way. 



On the other hand they appeared to be 

 just as confident that the Union could co- 

 operate in directing the distribution of the 

 honey crop, thus preventing congestion in 

 one city or center and the neglect of mar- 

 kets in other directions. B. F. Kindig, 

 president of the National, and E. G. Le- 

 Stourgeon, president of the League, showed 

 themselves able officers, and in their ad- 

 dresses set forth in a convincing way the 

 feasibility of co-operation. 



The best address given, setting forth the 

 aims of the organization, was probably that 

 of Mr. LeStourgeon. He stated that co- 

 operation could be carried out along such 

 lines as distribution, compelling express 

 companies to make good damage done to 

 goods, railway rates on honey and wax, or- 

 dering bee supplies, etc. 



It was also pretty well settled that as 

 the National was a legally incorporated 

 body it could not extend its activities out- 

 side of the United States. 



C. F. Muth pledged the support of their 

 company as also did the d. B. Lewis Co. thru 

 Kennith Hawkins. C. P. Dadant promised 



tlic supi)ort and sympathy of the American 

 Bee Journal. A. L. Boyden of the A. I. 

 Root Co. stated that their company and 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture could be depended 

 upon to give the help and publicity to the 

 movement that they had always given. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips of Washington stated 

 thnt their department was not in a posi- 

 tion to enter into this movement. The De- 

 partment was not there for that purpose. 

 He doubted if the minimum amount requir- 

 ed, $10,000 per annum, could be raised to 

 carry on the work. It is up to the beekeep- 

 ers to prove or disprove the correctness of 

 this estimate. R. F. Holtermann. 



The 29th annual meeting of the Connecti- 

 cut Beekeepers' Association will be held at 

 room 72, fourth floor. State Capitol, Hart- 

 ford, Conn., on Saturday, April .3, 1920, be- 

 ginning at 10 a. m. One of the papers to be 

 read will be ' * For the Small Apiary, Comb, 

 Extracted Honey, or Both? How to Produce 

 the Most of Each," by Arthur C. Miller of 

 Providence, R. I. Geo. W. Schofield of Ber- 

 lin and J. W. Barker of Waterbury will also 

 read papers. L. Wayne Adams of 15 Warner 

 Street, Hartford, Conn., is secretary. 



A telegram from J. T. Calvert of The A. 

 I. Ropt Co., dated at Los Angeles, March 

 22, gives the following very encouraging 

 news as to the prospects for a good honey 

 crop in California: "Heavy general rains 

 this morning continuing tonight still further 

 assure the honey crop this season from sage. 

 Oranges already in bloom give promise of 

 continuing longer than usual from present 

 conditions. With continued favorable con- 

 ditions this should be much better than last 

 year and above the average for California." 



E. R. Root recently attended two impor- 

 tant conventions in the West. First, at 

 Wichita, Kans., on Feb. 16. On account of 

 the prevalence of influenza, the attendance 

 was not quite as large as was expected, but 

 about 75 beekeepers were present. Mr. 

 Root was given the floor at each of the ses- 

 sions. It developed that the whole Arkan- 

 sas Valley is becoming very enthusiastic 

 over the future of the bee business. The at- 

 tendance at the Salt Lake convention was 

 likewise less than expected, also on account 

 of influenza, but as reported elsewhere the 

 meeting may go down into history as the 

 most important ever held in the Rocky 

 Mountain districts. At one of the sessions 

 it developed that the Ventura method of 

 wiring as described on page 78, February 

 Gleanings, originated in Utah. W. B. Park- 

 er of Emery and Thomas B. Chantry of Wel- 

 lington have used this Tnethod for years. 

 They confirmed all that Mr. Root said to the 

 effect that the brood would go clear to the 

 top-bars when the frames were properly wir- 

 ed, thus increasing the capacity of the hive. 



