a T. K A N T X (i S T N H K E (' IT L T TT R K 



AnflHST, 19'J(I 



TH K Western 

 Honey Bee 

 for July 

 said: "No doubt 

 there are many 

 beekeepers i n 

 California who 

 will dispute that 

 it's a good hon- 

 ey year, but tak- 

 ing the State all over, and the honey pro- 

 ducers, by and large, it is true. There are 

 spots in the State to which this would not 

 apply; but they are but spots compared with 

 the vast area wherein the honey crop is 

 good." 



A summer meeting of the New Hampshire 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held at Dur- 

 ham on Aug. 18, at the same time as a meet- 

 ing of the State Horticultural Society. Edi- 

 tor E. E. Boot of Gleanings in Bee Culture, 

 and J. E. Crane of Middlebury, Vt., are on 

 the speakers ' list, and a largely attended 

 meeting is expected. 



An organization meeting of stockholders 

 of the Michigan Honey Producers ' Exchange 

 was held on June 29. The purpose of this 

 exchange is to buy and sell honey, wax, bee- 

 keeping supplies, and other things pertain- 

 ing to the bee industry. The capital has been 

 placed at $10,000, divided into 1,000 shares 

 of par value of $10.00 each. As soon as 

 $5,000 worth of shares is subscribed for, 

 the articles of incorporation will be filed, 

 iuture plans and purposes of the organiza- 

 tion were to be fully discussed at the sum- 

 mer meeting of the Michigan State Bee- 

 keepers' Association to be held at Boyne 

 City on July 28. 



Eules for grading honey have been estab- 

 lished in Wisconsin and will go into effect 

 on Aug. 12. According to these rules every 

 section of comb honey and every can or 

 other container of extracted honey sold must 

 be stamped or labeled with the grade, color 

 of the honey, and a number showing the pro- 

 ducer or packer, or else marked "ungrad- 

 ed. ' ' The exact rules may be obtained by 

 writing directly to the Wisconsin Division 

 of Markets at Madison. 



The fifth annual meeting and basket pic- 

 nic of the Eastern New York Beekeepers' 

 Association will be held at the home apiary 

 of Augustus Sweet near West Berne, Albany 

 County, N. Y., on Saturday, Aug. 7, at 10 a. 

 m. For particulars address S. Davenport, 

 secretary and treasurer, Indian Fields, N. Y. 



The Aluminum Honeycomb Co., with fac- 

 tory and otKce at Pasadena, Calif., has been 

 in the hands of a receiver since June 3, and 

 the plant has been shut down. The promo- 

 tors, Messrs. Andrews and Ratliffe, are out 

 of the plant, which has been disposed of by 

 the receiver for $2,500 to two young men 

 Ironi the East, J. H. Duffy and C. W. Diehl, 

 who have incor{)orated and will continue the 

 manufacture of the combs at Pasadena. Mr. 

 McDonald, the inventor of aluminum comb, 



li as taken an 

 a c t i V e interest 

 in the business 

 under the new 

 ]>roprieto rship. 

 The liabilities of 

 the old company 

 will greatl}'' ex- 

 ceed the assets. 

 The receiver ex- 

 presses the opinion that the old company 

 will not pay more than 25 cents on the dol- 

 lar. A'petition in bankruptcy has been filed. 



The Georgia Beekeeping Association was 

 organized on July 3 at a meeting held at 

 Waycross, at which 75 Georgian beekeepers 

 were present. The otiicers chosen were: J. 

 J. Wilder of Waycross, president; vice-jjresi- 

 dents, John W. Cash of Bogart; W. C. Bar- 

 nard of Glenville, A. B. Crenshaw of Pavo, 

 W. H. Young of Bainbridge, and W. L. Wil- 

 der of Macon, each being chosen from a dif- 

 ferent part of the State to facilitate state- 

 wide organization; the secretarj- is Mrs. 

 Madge Merritt of Brunswick, and the treas- 

 urer is C. H. Herndon of Waycross. Hon. N. 

 L. Stapletou of Colquitt and J. J. Wilder 

 were chosen to present the claims of the 

 association to the legislature and ask for a 

 foul-brood law and an appropriation for its 

 regulation. American foul brood has made 

 its appearance in serious infections in north- 

 ern Georgia near the South Carolina line 

 among some of the best apiaries of the State, 

 where it is believed to have been introduced 

 thru shipments of nuclei made to Georgia 

 from States north. The organization was 

 effected with much enthusiasm on the part 

 of beekeepers present who represented 50,- 

 000 colonies. J. J. Wilder entertained the 

 visitors in his factory, where dinner was 

 served to the delegates attending. 



The 28th annual session of the Texas 

 Honey Producers ' Association will be held 

 at College Station, Texas, Aug. 9 to 11. E. 

 G. LeStourgeon is president and Alma M. 

 Hasselbauer of San Antonio is secretary and 

 treasurer. An excellent program has been 

 j)repared. On Wednesday afternoon a field 

 n.eet will be held at the Experiment Station 

 ajiiary under the direction of H. B. Parks, 

 State Apiculturist, with practical demon- 

 trations of colony manij)ulation by C. S. 

 Rude, State Inspector of Apiaries. 



The Quarterly Bulletin of the State Plant 

 Board of Florida for April gives the report 

 on inspection and eradication work of bee- 

 disease from June 1, 1919, to March 31, 1920. 

 The number of apiaries inspected was 195; 

 number of apiaries infected with American 

 foul brood, 23; number of colonies inspected, 

 8,951; number of colonies infected with 

 American foul brood, 78; number of colonies 

 destroyed, 78; nunilier of colonies infected 

 with European foul brood, 3. 



One of the most enthusiastic beekeej^ers ' 

 nu'etings recently held in Ohio was that of 

 the Licking (!ounty Beekeepers' Association 



(C'Hitiiiiifd (in ji<i</f aoo.) 



