Junk, 1921 



G L E A N I N U S IN BE K C U 1. T I' R K 



A BEEKEEP- 

 ERS' Chau- 

 tauqua and 

 rield Meet is 

 announce'l f o r 

 August lo 1(1 Llii 

 at (' li i ji i> e \v a 

 Falls, Wiscon- 

 sin. The Wiscon- 

 sin State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will lioltl ji itieetiny in 

 conjunction with the Chautaucjua on August 

 11). This will be the third annual Chautau- 

 qua hehl in Wisconsin, tlie two previous 

 meetings being held on the grounds of the 

 TTniversity of Wisconsin at Madison. These 

 summer nuH'tings have been well attended 

 and greatly enjoyed by Wisconsin beekeep- 

 ers, their success being largely a result of 

 the energetic work of Professor H. F. Wil- 

 son and his associates. 



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It is reported that the appropriation for 

 the control of bee disease in Florida has 

 been reduced to one-fourth the amount whicli 

 was formerly available for this purpose. If 

 this is true, it will be a serious handicap for 

 this work in that State. 



A fund of .$-1,000 has recently been appro- 

 j)riat(Ml by the legislature of Ontario for es- 

 t;il)lishing a (|ueen-rearing ajtiary. and addi- 

 tional funds are exi)ected for its mainten- 

 ance. The nmin purpose of the Ontario Gov- 

 ernmcMit in establishing this queen-rearing 

 ai)iary is to furnish Ontario beekeepers an 

 improved stock of bees for the control of 

 European foul brood. 



A. E. Lusher of i^omona, Calif oinia, re- 

 ports thnt some of the orange growers in 

 ]>arts of Southern California sprayed the 

 orange trees wliile in full Idooni this season, 

 which has resulted in whole apiaries being 

 rendered unfit for honey production by the 

 loss of their field bees. This jiractice, if 

 continued, will be a severe blow to the bee- 

 keeping interests of this region. 



The annual short course in beekeeping at 

 the Ontario Agricultural College will be 

 held June l.'J to 17. This course deals with 

 tlie practical phases of beekeeping and is 

 offered to all those desiring to gain experi- 

 ence along this line. It is expected that 

 (ieo. H. Rea of New York and Prof. Kindig 

 of Michigan will assist in giving this 

 course. 



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A bill was introduced in the Territorial 

 Legislature of Hawaii for the purpose of 

 jireventing all persons from kee])ing bees 

 who do not control the surrounding country 

 from which the bees secure the nectar. Ap- 

 jiarently the bill was intended to give to 

 certain persons the exclusive use of the bee 

 pasture in territory under their control. A 

 later report states that the bill was de- 

 fe.nted in the legislature. 



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Dr. E. F. Phil- 

 lips, chairnuui of 

 the Bureau of 

 Research of the 

 American Honey 

 Producers' 

 L e a g u e, h a s 

 named Dr, J. H. 

 Merrill, Manliat- 

 tan, Kan., and 

 Piof. 11. F. Wilson of Madison, Wis., as his 

 committeemen: Clifford Muth, chairman of 

 advertising committee, has named A. L. 

 Boyden, Medina, O., Wesley Foster, Boul- 

 der, Colo., C. H. W. Weber," Cincinnati, O., 

 Dr. Ernest Kohn, Grover Hill, O., as his 

 committeemen. 



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The early honey crop is reported to be 

 almost a complete failure in portions of 

 North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. 

 Cold weather and continued rains occurred 

 in this region just after the beginning of 

 the honey flow. 



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The Yazoo Delta Beekeepers' Association 

 will hold a field meeting at the apiary of 

 W. W. Worthington, Wayside, Mississippi, 

 on June 15. This new association is a live 

 one, having been fornuMl purely for business 

 reasons, their main projects being the mar- 

 keting of honey and the eradication of bee 

 diseases. 



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The sjiring rejjort of beekeeping in On- 

 tario arranged by Prof. F. Eric Millen, Pro- 

 vincial Ajnarist, is made up of ;j75 reports 

 from 49 counties and represents 19,473 colo- 

 nies spi-ing count. The report shows the 

 crop prospects from fair to extra good. A 

 winter loss of 2.'.'} jier cent as compared witli 

 21 per cent for last year and 50,367 pounds 

 of honey still in the hands of the 375 pro- 

 ducers reporting. 



The Bee World, i)ublislied by the Apis 

 Club, Port Hill House, Benson, Oxon, Eng- 

 land, has combined its numbers for October 

 to April in a single journal, thus giving in 

 one issue a \'ast amount of excellent mate- 

 rial. The Apis Club has recently made a 

 wonderful growth, now having 32 affiliated 

 societies representing altogether an aggre- 

 gate of more than 11,000 beekeepers. A. Z. 

 Abushady is secretary of the Apis Club as 

 well as editor of the Bee World. 

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The new Department of Agriculture 

 which lias been formed by a recent act of 

 the State Legislature of Michigan will as- 

 sunn^ control of aj)iary inspection in that 

 State on July 1. Of the 14 departments 

 which have to do with inspection of various 

 foods, animals, ami plants of the State, four 

 bureaus are to be formed. The work of 

 apiary inspection will go under the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. This bureau will include, 

 along with apiary inspection, the inspection 

 of nurseries and two other minor projects. 



