GLEANINGS IN B i". E CULTURE 



Mav. 1921 



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PE N N S YL 

 V A N I A 

 has just 

 I'll act 0(1 a new 

 foul 1)100(1 law, 

 wliifh makes it 

 unlawful to ship 

 bees, hives, or 

 appliances into 

 the State unless 

 aceompatiied hy a ceititieatt 

 signed by a certificate of 

 countv from which they are 



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of inspection 

 the state or 

 shipped. 



The United States Civil Service Comniis- 

 sion announces an open competitive examin 

 aion for apieultural assistant, applications 

 to be rated as received until June 30, 1921. 



A swarm of bees is reported to have is- 

 sued from a two-storj^ hive having brood 

 in both stories at Elwood, Ind., on March 

 15. This report has been verified by J. H. 

 Rigor of that city On March 25 a colony 

 of bees belonging to Geo. W. Fetzer, Allen- 

 town. Pa., cast a swarm, the brood-chamber 

 being almost completely filled with brood. 

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The Oregon State Beekeepers ' Associa- 

 tion, which first met last fall in Salem, Ore., 

 and effected temporary organization, met 

 on March 16 and 17 in Portland, Ore., and 

 became a live permanent organization. Own- 

 ers of more than 4,000 colonies were jiresent, 

 and yet none of the really large producers 

 were there to report. Over 150 joined the 

 association, and many live topics were dis 

 cussed. County organizations are being or 

 gauized, Linn-Benton, Clackamas, and Mul- 

 tomah counties already having perfected 

 county organizations, which are to become 

 a part of the state organization. H. A 

 Scullen, Corvallis, Ore., is the enterprising 

 secretarv of the State association. 



P. Dunn, 

 treasuier 



(ireeuNiil 

 if this association. 



nisli a system 

 where b y tho 

 beekeepers c a n 

 co-operate in ed- 

 ucational work, 

 marketing hon- 

 ey and apiary 

 products, and 

 the purchasing 

 of supplies. R. 

 Miss., is secretaiv- 



The Cook County Beekeepers' Association 

 was organized at a meeting of 150 local bee 

 keepers on March 21, at the Great Northern 

 Hotel, Chicago. It is expected that month 

 ly meetings of an inspirational and educa- 

 tional character may be held during the 

 winter and spring, with field meetings for 

 demonstration at members ' apiaries during 

 tlie summer months. The purpose is stated 

 to be that of making better beekeepers of 

 all its members and of protecting the in 

 dustry in this section against the menace 

 of disease. A. 0. Gill, 230 West Huron St., 

 was elected secretary-treasurer. 

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The tree planting committee selected by 

 the American Honey Producers ' League is 

 planning to co-operate with the state high- 

 way commissions of the various states in 

 regard to planting nectar-bearing trees 

 along state highways. It also plans to 

 work thru the various rural planting com- 

 mittees, national and state foresters, con- 

 servation commissions, lumber and forestry 

 associations, state horticultural societies, 

 and other agencies and individuals inter- 

 ested. It is the plan of this committee that 

 each state association shall appoint a state 

 tree planting committee and that these state 

 committees shall arrange for ;i tree y>lanting 

 committee in each countv. 



The heaviest damage to fruit from freez 

 ing occurred in the south central sections 

 of the country from the lower Great Plains 

 eastward. The damage was probably not 

 very great in the northern border States 

 except the injury to cherries and peaches in 

 New York and to apples in Ohio. Much 

 fruit was killed as far south as parts of 

 North Carolina, northern Georgia, and 

 northern Alabama. Additional injury is re- 

 ported from Colorado, Utah, and portions of 

 New Mexico and Arizona. Considerable 

 damage is reported from California and 

 Oregon There was some damage to alfalfa 

 and clover in the Northwestern and the Cen 

 tral States. 



The Mississippi and- Yuzoo Delta Bee- 

 keepers ' Association has recently completed 

 their organization and adopted plans to 

 push the sale of honey by organized effort 

 and putting up honey in attractive pack- 

 ages. The organization' is ])hinned to fnr- 



Advance census figures, received to <late, 



show the number of beekepers and colonies 

 of bees as follows: 



Bpiekeepers Colonies 



1910 1920 1910 1920 



Alabama . . . 23,911 25,266 135,140 153,766 



Delaware . . 1.119 446 6,410 2,976 



Dist. of Col. 13 4 151 19 



Idaho 2,368 3,416 21,903 35,900 



Maine 1,371 2,009 7,592 12,639 



Maryland . . . 4,186 2,720 23,156 16,117 



Ohio 23,203 17,250 98,242 105,675 



Rhode Ishand 285 168 1,267 686 



Tennessee . . 27,706 30,961 144,481 191,898 



Utah 1,873 1,453 26,185 25,061 



Vermont . . . 1,124 1,038 10,215 10,024 



\Va.shington . 5,886 8,068 33,884 56,806 



W. Virginia. 24,035 18,620 110,673 89,873 



117,080 111,419 619,299 701,440 

 It will be noted that the number of per- 

 sons reported as keeping bees in 1920 is less 

 than the number reported in 1910, but the 

 number of colonies is greater. These fig- 

 ures are for bees on farms only, the holdings 

 of those living in cities and villages not 

 being included. 



