JrLv. 1920 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



work should acquaint himself with the pro- 

 visions of the law. If inspection is consid- 

 ered necessary an application should be 

 made for an ''Inspection Request Blank," 

 which will be furnished by the State Apiar- 

 ist. A copy of the law is contained in the 

 State Apiarist's report, which can be secur- 

 ed upon request. 



At its last meeting, the State Beekeepers' 

 Association named a State Fair committee 

 of which Bert A. Brown of S. W. 1st and 

 Indianola Ave., Des Moines, is chairman. 

 This committee will provide for the inter- 

 ests of the beekeepers of the State at the 

 fair this year. Those who are interested 

 in the rules for exhibitors and the premium 

 list should write to Mr. Brown. It is ex- 

 pected that more beekeepers than ever be- 

 fore will avail themselves of the oppor- 

 tunity to compete for these prizes. Plans 

 should be made now to enter prize honey. 



The premium list of the Mid-West Horti- 

 cultural Exposition this year will contain, 

 for the first time, prizes for honey. This 

 show has grown rapidly and now attracts 

 horticultural exhibitors from many States, 

 and it is expected that the same will be 

 true of honey-exhibitors. The prizes are 

 exceedingly liberal and will certainly at- 

 tract entries from many sections of this 

 and other States. The committee in charge 

 has been named as follows: F. B. Paddock, 

 Ames; Geo. D. Nelson, Osage; J. H. Paar 

 mann, Davenport; E. M. Brown, Iowa Citv; 

 J. H. Allison, Council Bluffs. The Expo- 

 sition will be held at Council Bluffs during 

 November. 



The Fair-price committee, named at the 

 last meeting of the State Association has 

 started its work. Letters have been writ- 

 ten to the larger producers, and the com- 

 piled opinion on June 1 was that the honey 

 price would open for the 1920 crop but 

 little if any higher than the prevailing 

 jirice for the 1919 crop. This committee 

 will continue to solicit the opinion of repre- 

 sentative beekeejiers in all sections of the 

 State and will try to become familiar with 

 the general honey situation of the United 

 States. Reports will be issued by the secre- 

 tary in the Beekeepers' Bulletin. This ef- 

 fort is aimed to reduce the needless amount 

 of underselling, which is far too common. 



In spite of the seemingly late season, 

 white clover came into bloom in this lo- 

 cality about June 5. The bees immediately 

 began to work on this plant heavily, and by 

 June m the effect of this bloom was being 

 felt in the hives. Two or three days later 

 yellow sweet clover came into bloom, and 

 the bees began working on it immediately. 

 Prospects seem to indicate a very good 

 honey flow from the clovers. White clover 

 is well distributed, as is the sweet clover. 

 There will also be a fairly good flow from 

 basswood in this locality. F. B. Paddock. 

 Ames, la. 



In North Carolina. Generally speak- 

 in g the North 

 Carolina beekeepers are experiencing one of 

 the best seasons in a number of years, but 

 at the same time the yield is not' nearly so 

 abundant as indications gave promise of 

 early in the season. Two distinct "spells" 

 of cold cloudy weather, that kept the bees 

 off the pasturage much of each day, had 

 the effect of considerably curtailing what 

 would otherwise have been a really bumper 

 crop of honey. The quality of the honey 

 this season is ranging much higher than the 

 average, the gums, gallberry, and the like 

 giving especially large yields of beautiful 

 clear honey, in eastern Carolina sections 

 where there are especially dependable 

 sources of honey. Reports as to the west- 

 tern sourwood flow have not come in yet, 

 but it is believed that this also will be a 

 good crop this year. In fact. Federal and 



Section of KeJly Beeyard, Lower Cape Pear Api- 

 aries, Wilmington, N. C, illustrating heavy honey 

 yield. Tliese bees were transferred from '' gum.s '' 

 to standard hives only two weeks before this pic- 

 ture was taken, the colonies then having only three 

 or four frames of brood and foundation. The top 

 liive body supers were all full of new honey and the 

 work of filling the lower supers far advanced, with 

 some completed sections already removed from num- 

 bers of the hives. 



State Apieulturalist C. L. Sams, who has 

 traveled lately into every section of the 

 State and mingled with the beekeepers, ex- 

 pressed the opinion that this has been a 

 good season for beekeepers all thru the 

 State. 



Some indication of the rapidity with 

 which bees gathered honey in the early 

 stages of the gum, holly, and gallberry flow 

 in southeastern Carolina is given in a 

 ' ' snapshot " of a section of the Kelly bee- 

 yard of the Lower Cape Fear apiaries, tak- 

 en just two weeks after the bees were trans- 

 ferred from gum.s to standard hives when 

 tliey were given just three or four frames 

 of best brood from the gums and the rest 

 of the frames containing only foundation. 



