January, 1921 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



35 



FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



this year. About one case per colony on an 

 average was produced. Mesquite, catclaw, 

 and cotton furnished most of the honey. The 

 cotton seemed to yield espeeia.lly well in 

 those regions. 



An apiary of about 200 colonies near 

 Tempe had become badly infected with 

 American foul brood. It was condemned by 

 the beekeepers and with the consent of the 

 owner was entirely destroyed. Each of the 

 apiarists interested gave his proportion of 

 the colonies destroyed, and thus the entire 

 apiary was replaced with healthy colonies. 

 This is certainly a very charitable and com- 

 mendable way to get rid of a diseased api- 

 ary. 



Much of this year's crop of Arizona honey 

 is still in the hands of the producers. Many 

 of the beekeepers feel that an organization 

 of some kind would be of much benefit. This 

 would at least get the honey to central 

 points and have it graded according to 

 standard grades. The honey could be more 

 readily shown to the buyers, and the prices 

 would naturally be more nearly standard- 

 ized. 



Some cotton honey that I sampled was 

 very white and had granulated until it was 

 very solid. The beekeepers say that it will 

 often granulate in two or three days. It had 

 a flavor distinctly of its own. 



My letter is being written up near the 

 great Eoosevelt Dam, that stores the water 

 during the winter months and holds it in 

 reserve for the long summer months when 

 no rain falls on these desert plains. It is es- 

 timated that this reservoir will hold enough 

 water for a three years' supply for the 205,- 

 000 acres covered by this project. 



Corona, Calif. L. L. Andrews. 



In North Carolina.—^ ^ * ^, ^P\^^7^f 



generally settled 

 for the winter, interest among beekeepers 

 centers about the approaching session of the 

 North Carolina Beekeepers ' Association to 

 convene in Washington on Jan. 11. It will 

 be a one-day session; but it will be chock- 

 full of interest according to President 

 James M. Gibbs and Secretary-Treasurer J. 

 E. Eckert, who for some time have been 

 engaged with the general arrangement of 

 the program. C. P. IDadant and J. J. Wilder 

 are to be especially interesting guests from 

 without the State who will take a promi- 

 nent part in the program- Mr. Dadant is to 

 talk of ' ' The Large Hive, ' ' and touch upon 

 "The Building-up of Commercial Beekeep- 

 ing." Mr. Wilder will talk of "Beekeeping 

 in Dixie." Government Bee Specialist C. L. 

 Sams, who is doing so much for the quicken- 

 ing of interest in better beekeeping in this 

 State, will have a large share in the pro- 

 gram; and the other participants will in- 

 clude C. D. Duvall of Wi.lliamston, O. C. 



Weill of Coolemec, J. A. Eatcliff of Wash- 

 ington, and Prof. E. P. Metcalf of the A. 

 and E. College, who has the direction of a 

 special course in bee culture. 



Thruout this State farmer beekeepers are 

 becoming more and more interested in bet- 

 ter beekeeping and in the advantages of 

 standard equij^ment. E. J. Bryant of Eonda. 

 talking for one of the state daily news- 

 papers, said this week that this was an es- 

 pecially good season for beekeeping in his 

 section, and that after 10 years of careful 

 work among his half hundred or more hives 

 he is convinced that his work with his bees 

 is proving much more profitable than raising 

 tobacco. He produced a splendid crop of 

 sourwood honey this season. 



Wilmington, 'N. C. W. J. Martin. 



In Ontario Bees here in this part of 



Ontario have gone into 

 winter quarters in rather poor condition so 

 far as a late flight is concerned. Following 

 a month of almost summer temperature all 

 thru October, November was cooler than 

 usual and not a day warm enough for a gen- 

 eral flight. Here at home we waited in vain 

 for an opportunity for a cleansing flight for 

 our 60 colonies before going into the cellar. 

 But no day warm enough came along, and on 

 Dec- 6 they were carried in. The same cel- 

 lar is being used that we had last year — 

 the one built entirely underground and cov- 

 ered on top with cement roof and earth 

 over all. We had hoped with thorough dry- 

 ing out for a year that a higher temperature 

 would be recorded; but evidently we have 

 hoped in vain, as the thermometer again 

 stands at from 42 to 43, not varying a de- 

 gree, no matter what it is like outside. This 

 cellar is perfectly dry to all appearances; 

 but, of course, that is too cool a temperature 

 for best results, according to the best au- 

 authorities. 



While at the convention held in Guelph 

 last week, evidence was forthcoming a 

 plenty, that much honey is still in the hands 

 of producers. Wholesale prices, nominally at 

 least, have taken a heavy slump during the 

 last 10 days, and the market is unsettled, 

 to say the least. Importations of New Zea- 

 land honey and low sugar prices are given 

 as the reason; but, above all, as I see it, is 

 the general feeling of waiting to see what 

 will Ijappen. As a result, sales are either, 

 much restricted in volume or not put thru 

 at all. But, as pointed out in the last issue 

 of Gleanings, this state of affairs is only to 

 be expected in the general line of readjust- 

 ment that is taking place along all lines. 



The convention already referred to was 

 very well attended, altho I do not think 

 that as many were present as is usually the 

 case. Every courtesy was shown by the col- 

 lege authorities to make the visitors com- 



