April, 1921 



IT is now pro- 

 posed to 

 change the 

 n a 111 c of the' 

 "aiimial sweet 

 clover" to tliat 

 of Hubani, this 

 word being sug- 

 g e s t i V e of 

 Hughes and Ala- 

 bama, thus bringing to mind at once the 

 name of Prof. Hughes, who discovered this 

 wonderful new plant and traced it to its 



native home in Alabama. 



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Latest reports by wire state that recent 

 copious rains in southern California make 

 a good crop from sage almost certain; and, 

 just as we go to press, a telegram from 

 Texas reports fine prospects from mesquite 



and horsemint. 



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Prof. Wilnion Newell has been appointed 

 Dean and Director of the College of Agri- 

 culture, University of Florida at Gaines- 

 ville, Fla. This means much, not only for 

 beekeeping in Florida but for beekeeping 

 in general, as Prof. Newell is at heart, first 

 of all, a beekeeper. He will continue in 

 close touch with Florida beekeeping, and 

 ])robably continue in charge of the inspec- 

 tion 'service of that State. 



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Gary W. Hartman, the enterprising presi- 

 dent of the Alameda County (California) 

 Beekeepers' Association, was unanimously 

 elected president of the California State 

 Beekeepers' Association at the final session 

 of the State convention on March 5. Mr. 

 Hartman succeeds J. E. Pleasants of Orange 

 County. M. H. Mendleson of Ventura was 

 elected vice-president, and L. W. Lassell of 

 Oakland, secretary-treasurer. 

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Beekeepers who need help should inquire 

 regarding the Federal Board for Vocational 

 Training and its activities. This board has 

 charge of re-educating for new duties men 

 who have been partially disabled in the 

 World War. Many men have been studying 

 beekeeping in the various colleges and 

 schools. These men are ready for "place- 

 ment", or field training with commercial 

 beekeepers during the season of 1921. The 

 obligation the beekeeper takes in exchange 

 for the help given by these men is to see 

 that an opportunity is given to learn meth- 

 ods of honey production, queen-rearing, etc., 

 in actual practice. The board pays them a 

 living salary. Beekeepers who wish to use 

 tliese men and thus give them a lift over 

 tlieir difficulties in re-establishing them- 

 selves shoulil investigate this oppni-tunity 

 at once. 



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According to an Associated Press dis- 

 patch from- Berlin, the number of colonies 

 of bees which the Entente demanded from 

 Germany in reparation is 25,000. It aiii)ears 

 that tlie German representatives have made 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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(•(iinitiT propo- 

 sals to the rep- 

 aration commis- 

 sion as to the 

 number of bees, 

 Belgian hares, 

 and dogs to be 

 delivered, a n d 

 that a decision 

 as to the exact 

 number has been postponed for a month. 

 The ship carrying the miscellaneous assoit- 

 ment of animals, which are being demanded 

 from Germany, will have almost as great an 

 assortment as Noah's ark. 



The following proclamation was issued bv 

 Governor Stephens of California on Fel). 

 26, 1921: 



"Whereas, California leads all otlier 

 States in tlie production of bees and honey, 

 and boasts in this activity a,n industry 

 bringing in a revenue of .$3,000,000 annually 

 to this commonwealth, and 



"Whereas, The California State Beekeep- 

 ers ' Association, which is responsible for 

 the upbuilding of this valuable and product- 

 ive industry in the State of California, will 

 hold its thirty-second annual meeting in the 

 city of Oakland, March 2, ,3, 4, and 5. 



"Now, therefore, I, William D. Stephens, 

 Governor of the State of California, having 

 the welfare of all California industries at 

 heart, and believing the honey industry to 

 be one which should receive the co-opera- 

 tion of our citizens, do hereby designate 

 March 1 to 7 as California Honey Week, 

 and appeal to all citizens of the common- 

 wealth to patronize products of the bee- 

 keepers of the State during that period. 

 "William D. Stephens, Governor. 



"Dated: Sacramento, Feb. 26, 1921." 



The committee having charge of the Dr. 

 C. C. Miller Memorial submits the follow- 

 ing: 



Regarding the .subscriptions of beekeepers to llio 

 C. C. Miller Memorial fund, it is desired by the 

 committee to secure at least $5,000 to establish a 

 scholarship bearing this name; using only the in 

 terest of the money gathered, annually through a 

 trustee committee, for a scholarship in beekeeping 

 and allied sciences. Altho it was first suggested by 

 Gleanings that the subscriptions be limited to $1. 

 it has been decided not to put any limit upon the 

 amounts to be accepted, but as small a sum a.s 2.") 

 cents will be welcome. The members of the commit- 

 tee, named below, will receive 'the funds. All the 

 amounts will be acknowledged in the American Bee 

 ■Tournal or Gleanings, or both. It is desirable that 

 the greater number of subscriptions lie forwarded 

 by subscribers before .June 10, at which date Dr. 

 Miller would have been 90 years of age. It be- 

 hooves the beckeejiers of America to thus celebrate 

 the anniversary of this great man. wlio is acknowl- 

 i^dged by the beekeepers of the entire world as onr 

 (if the most deserving menihers of Ihei craft. AVc 

 shall be glad to have the other bee magazines lend 

 a hand in tlii.s and i)ublish such lists of sulis<'i'i|i 

 tions as they max- be able to secure. If all pull to 

 gether, we should secure a worth-while sum. Send 

 subscriptions to: C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111.: B. 

 F. Kindig, East Lansing, Mich.: E. G. LeStourgeon, 

 San .\nt<ini(), Tex.; Dr. E. F. Phillips, Washing- 

 ton, D. 0. ; E. R. Hoot, Medina, O. 



