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G r. K A N I X G S IN BEE C U I. T V H E 



FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



lina Bcekt'ei>fis ■ Association for the current 

 year, including particularly an exchange for 

 the benefit of the membership. The mem- 

 bers of this exchange may list with the 

 secretar\' the honey and colonies of bees 

 which tliey have for sale. Any members 

 wishing to buy honey for their local trade 

 or bees to increase their apinries cnn nlso 

 register with the secretin y. 



A folder setting out the system for the 

 Kxchange, as worked out by I'lesident An- 

 derson and the executive committee, is now 

 issued. The secretary-tre:isnrership of the 

 Association has just been sliifted from the 

 slioulders of J. E. Echert to W. J. Martin. 

 Wilmington, N. C, who has agreed to un- 

 dertake tlie duties for the present. 



Tliere is a str(uig sentiment among the 

 Association membershii) for a state-wide 

 cam])aigii to impress upon the housekeejiers 

 the gri'jit and jiractically indispensable 

 value of honey as a food — one that should 

 ■be on every dining table every day of the 

 year. If this is worked out as is being 

 recommended, the State Association will ar- 

 range for special articles and advertise- 

 ments in the State press and the local bee- 

 keepers will follow up with advertisements 

 of their special products in their local pa- 

 pers. 



There is a movement on foot now, the ex- 

 ecutive committee having authority tti act, 

 to make the next annual session a three- 

 day affair, with some sort of special course 

 for the benefit of the membership; so that 

 there will be not only the "get-together" 

 iiis])irational features for the meeting, V)ut 

 also considerable material benefit in in- 

 struction along lines that may especially 

 iippeal to North Carolina apiarists. 



State Bee Specialist C. L. Sams has been 

 making the rounds of the different sections 

 of the State. Wherever it is possible to ar- 

 range for them there will be demonstraions 

 in transferring bees from the gum and box 

 hives to the standard hives, and lectures 

 find demonstrations in beeyards will be ar- 

 rjinged practically everywhere he goes. In 

 this way the much-to-be-desired passing of 

 the old gum and box hives is being mate- 

 rially hastened. 



It is of interest in this connection to note 

 that the excellent picture on the front page 

 of the !March Gleanings, "Passing of the Log 

 Gum in the South," is a photograph taken 

 by Editor E. R. Root, at the Kelly beeyard 

 of the Lower Cape Fear Apiaries, operated 

 by W. J. Martin, Wilmington. It showed 

 D. G. Kelly, whose 150 big gum hives form- 

 ed the nucleus for this apiary, in which 

 standard hives were put a year ago. Mr. 

 Kelly has been much interested in improved 

 methods of beekeeping, observing every fea- 

 ture of the advanced methods closely and 

 ' ' catching on ' ' with much aptness. His 

 hand rests on a "gum" in which he first 



liived a swiirni when he was 14 years old. 

 Now he is fio. 



In the locality of this oki Kellv Mpiary 

 the many gum-hive beeJieepers are coming 

 to realize in a very marked degree the ad- 

 \;intages of the improved hives, and a num- 

 ber are taking steps or laying plans to mod- 

 ernize their apiaries. Another season will 

 scarcely pass without very many colonies 

 ot' liees, heretofore handicapped in these old 

 gums, hnding themselves transferred into 

 st;indard hives and receiving far more in- 

 telligent nttention than bees in these old 

 apiaries have ever received before. In all 

 these im]ii'ovements the "guiding star" is 

 Bee Specialist C. L. Sams, who readily gives 

 jiersonal assistance to any and all beekeep- 

 ers who can possibly be reached. 



Wilmington, N. C. W. .1. Martin. 



In Ontario. 



At this date (June 10) 

 prospects for clover honey 

 are not so good as they were a month ago. 

 Not that the condition of clover has changed 

 much during the past month, but rather be- 

 cause bees .-ire not generallj' as well off as 

 they were eiuly in May. Very little honey 

 was gatheieij from dandelions, willows, etc., 

 this s])i-ing liere in York County, and we 

 have luid ;i long jieriod with no honey com- 

 ing in at ;il!. Whc'-e colonies had an abund- 

 ance of old stores ; liey have not held up so 

 badly, but those tli;it were short of stores 

 have not come along so well. All of our 

 bees, with exception of about 2()0 colonies 

 move<l !;cre lately, have required i.o feed- 

 ing. Lut these 200 have been out of old 

 stores for three weeks, and feeding has been 

 going on all that time. While we at no 

 time let brood suffer, yet these colonies fed 

 every other day are not in as good condi- 

 tion as those that had abundance of old 

 stores and have not been fed. The longer I 

 keep bees, tlie more I am inclined to get 

 away from feeding at all times of the year 

 except in the fall, and then I want to do the 

 feeding properlj-. 



Alsike is open here in York County at 

 least 10 days earlier than usual. But altho 

 the ground is full of moisture and the days 

 warm, yet the fields of alsike, pink every- 

 where, are yielding no nectar, and we nre 

 feeding, with acres of clover in l)loom. I 

 cannot even guess the reason, but am sorry 

 to say that we are quite sure that no nectar 

 is coming in. Sweet clover is just showing 

 a few buds opening, and it is much earlier 

 than usual, too. Only a small acreage of 

 the latter clover was left for seed, but we 

 are hoping it acts as it did last year. 



•Judging by what I have learned thru in- 

 quiries, I believe the bulk of the old honey 

 is pretty well off the market at this writing. 

 Dealers still quote prices of a month ago, 

 but these prices may be named for the pur- 

 ]iose of working off their supplies, as it is 



