April, 1921 



GLEANINGS IN BEE OULTUKE 



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spondents (whose initials are given) are tabulated 

 as follows : 



Alabama (J. M. 0.) 80 2 135 125 



British Coiumbia (W. .1. S.). 5 100 100 



California (M. H. M.) ? 2 100 75 



California (L. L. A.) 50 5 100 75 



California (F. B. I,.) 50 5 100 75 



Colorado (.T. A. G.) 35 5 95 100 



Florida (W. L.) 10 2 100 100 



Idaho (K. F. A.) 75 5 100 100 



Illinois (A. L. K.) 10 125 50 



Indiana (F. S. M.) 33 ' 100 75 



Iowa {F. C.) 5 105 70 



Kansas (J. A. N.) 5 90 80 



Louisiana (K. C. D.) 10 25 100 105 



Maryland (S. J. C.) 20 5 125 100 



Massachusetts ( O. M. S.) . . . . 10 ? ? 100 



Michiaan (B. F. K.) 5 125 80 



Mississippi (R. B. W.) 50 15 85 125 



Missouri (J. W. R.) 10 75 80 



New York (G. H. R.) 12 5 100 100 



New York (F. W. L.) 3 125 75 



New York (A. & M.) 43 95 25 



Ohio (F. L.) 100 100 



Oklahoma (C. F. S.) 10 100 100 



Ontario (F. E. M.) 5 ? 110 ? 



Ponnsvlvania (H. B.) 0.5 90 100 



Texas' (.1. N. M.) 3 125-75 



Texas (H. B. P.) 1 2 100 90 



Texas (T. A. B.) 10 5 80 100 



Utah (M. A. G.) 10 5 100 100 



Virginia (J. H. M.) 5 3 78 95 



Washington (G. W. B. S.) • • 25 4 110 100 



Wisconsin (H. F. W.) ^. 10_ 5 100 ? 



Special Foreign Quotations. 



LIVERPOOL. — With heavy stocks and no ex- 

 port demand, prices are nominal. Sellers at the 

 moment do not report their sales, which must be 

 quite moderate. The value of extracted honey at 

 today's i-ate of exchange is 6-7c per pound. The 

 beeswax market is still unsatisfactory. The value 

 in American currency is 25-26c per pound. 



I..iverpool, England, Mar. 2. Taylor & Co. 



CUBA. — The price of honey is 60-70c per gal- 

 lon: wax, 22c per pound. A. Marzol. 



Matanzas, Cuba, Mar. 8. 

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REPORT OF THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 



OP THE AMERICAN HONEY 



PRODUCERS' LEAGUE. 



FEB. 15-17. 



The delegates from the regular beekeepers' asso- 

 ciations and from the allied interests gathered in 

 Indianapolis for the first annual meeting of the 

 League. About 50 person.s and some 30 organiza- 

 tions were represented. The president, E. G. Le- 

 Stourgeon of San .\ntonio. Tex., gave a report of 

 the actions of the officers. H. B. Parks, acting secre- 

 tary, reported on the activities of the League up 

 to the present time. B. F. Kindig of East Lansing, 

 Mich., chairman of thei committee on education, 

 gave a very full report on the work done in apicul- 

 ture in the various state schools. The bureau of 

 legislation, represented by C. P. Campbell of Grand 

 Rapids. Mich., gave an account of the activities of 

 this bureau in compiling and presenting a brief to 

 the chairman of the Ways and Means committee 

 of congress, asking that a tariff of not less than 

 48c and not greateir than 60c per gallon be placed 

 on honey. A number of minor activities of this 

 bureau were reported, especially one in which theire 

 is a case between a beekeeper and a smelter co'm- 

 pany in Arizona. The League is planning thru its 

 committees to assist in the fighting of this case. 



The most interesting occurrence of the meeiting 

 occurred on Feb. 16, when Clifford Muth, chairman 

 of the special advertising committee, reported on 

 its activities. Mr. Muth suggested that we pledge 

 the money for the advertisinir campaign at oncei. 

 This met with the approval of those present, and, 

 after many spirited speeclies and considerable eix- 

 liorting nn the part of F. W. Muth of Cincinnati, the 



following amounts were subscribed: American Bee 

 Journal, $300: C. H. Weber, $500; G. B. Lewis Co., 

 $400; Texas Honey Prod. Ass'n., $700; F. W. Muth 

 Co., $500; A. I. Root Co., $1000; Wesley Foster, 

 $150; Elyria Enameled Prod. Co., $200; Wisconsin 

 Beekeepers' Ass'n., $200; J. J. Wilder, $50; Georgia 

 Ass'n., $100; Michigan Ass'n., $300; Utah Ass'n., 

 $500; Indiana -A^ss'n., $100; Texas Ass'n., $100; 

 C. H. Wiley, $50. 



Thei secretary and the advertising committee were 

 instructed to obtain further subscriptions to the 

 advertising fund, and it is very probable that be- 

 tween ten and twelve thousand dollars will be 

 raised. The exe-cutive committee was instructed to 

 place a contract with the Proctor and Collier agency 

 for advertising, which will consist of six one-quarter- 

 page ads in Good Housekeeping, tliese ads to be 

 backed up by articles on honey in the body of the 

 magazine; also, articles in farm and county paper.^ 

 published by three of the newspaper syndicates. In 

 addition to this a recipe booklet is to be prepared 

 for general distribution in answer to the advertise- 

 ment. The problem of raising additional funds for 

 advertising was thoroly discus.sed. A. L. Boyden 

 suggested that we ask for two per cent of the value 

 of last year's honey crop, and H. F. Wilson of 

 Wisconsin suggested five cents per colony. It was 

 agi-eed that those soliciting for advertising, ask 

 that the beekeepers tax themselves either one or the 

 other amount. 



The officers were re-elected for 1921, and it was 

 announced that the payment of dues made during 

 1920 would be applied on the present year. The 

 members present expressed a preference that the 

 next meeting be held at Salt Lake City, Utah, and 

 it is probable that the executive committee will sane 

 tion this selection. At the close of the meeting, the 

 executive committee held its annual meeting. It \^ as 

 decided that at the present time no charter is need- 

 ed, as this would necessitate the holding of the annual 

 meetings at some stated place. .\ brief estimate indi- 

 cated that it would require at least $10,000 annually 

 to establish and maintain permanent headquarters 

 for the national secretary. This amount of money 

 can not be raised for thi.3 purpose during the pres- 

 ent ytar, but steps were taken towards making ar- 

 rangements for this important movement. 



H. B. Parks was selected as secretary-treasurer 

 of the League for the ensuing year and was re- 

 quired to give a bond in the sun of $10,000. The 

 committee instructed the secretary to solicit con- 

 tributions to the general expense fund of the 

 League and to issue another number of the League 

 Bulletin as soon as pr.ictieable. 



The following State associations have already 

 voted to become members of the Leagiie: Michigan, 

 Montana, New Yor.c. Indiana, Tennessee, Wiscon- 

 .sin, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Iowa, Nebraska, 

 Texas, Il^tah, and Colorado: also the Chicago North- 

 western Beekeepers' Ass'n., Texas Honey Producers' 

 .Vssociation, and the California Honey Producers' 

 -Association. 



Following is the financial report of Chas. B. Jus- 

 tice while acting as secretary: Receipt.s — Balance 

 N. B. A. acc't., $256.90; received from individuals, 

 $49.50; New York Ass'n., $21.00; Michigan Ass'n., 

 $100; Montana Ass'n., $27: total $454.40. Dis- 

 bursements — Expressage, $3.31; printing, $11.00; 

 postage, $4.65; telegrams, $10.80; stenog. at K. C, 

 $13.75; photos, $10; wire to Medina, 70c: B. F. K. 

 bill, $7.04; stenog. Lamson, $5; L. S. Gillham Co., 

 $25; LeRoy Carman Printing Co., ("League Bul- 

 letin"), $235.25; stenog. services, $50; St. Louis 

 Button Co., $22.70; postage, $5; stationery, $2; 

 total. $406.24; balance on hand, $48.16. 



Following is the financial report of treasurer 

 since Buffalo meeting: Receipts — Fred W. Muth 

 Co., $50; Dadant & Sons, $100; American Bee 

 Journal, $100; G. B. Lewis Co.. $200; Montana 

 Ass'n., $1; Utah Ass'n., $100; Indiana, $100: Wis- 

 consin, $100; Tennessee, $100; Chicago N. W. Bee- 

 keepers' Ass'n., $100; Superior Honev Co., $10: 

 United States Can Co., $10; total $1071. Disburse- 

 ments — Standard Printing Co., $25.50; postage, 

 $20.80; stenographer, $100; postage, $18.80; ste- 

 nographer, $100; Standard Printing Co., $230; rub- 

 ber stamps, 30c; postage, $8.70; stenographer. 

 $100; total. $604.10; balance on hand, general 

 fnnd, $466 90; receipts Adv. Fund, F. -f. Kettig &■ 

 Sons for Indiana .\.ss'n., $100. 



H. B. PARKS, Secretary. 



