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FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



liavi' been normal for all parts of the Stato. 

 The heavy honey flow of June has been pro- 

 longed, and in many parts of the State the 

 cotton honey flow has set in. The beekeep- 

 ers are greatly surprised at the amount 

 of the honey erop. In many sections where 

 this spring disappearing disease almost de- 

 populated apiaries, fair yields of honey have 

 been taken. One well-known beekeeper re- 

 ports that this disease brought down one of 

 his outyards to an average of one frame of 

 brood to the colony in the middle of May, 

 and that lie had given up all hope of any 

 honey crop in this yard. He visited it on 

 the 20th of June and found that the colo- 

 nies had made an average of one super each 

 and were in need of room- The majority of 

 beekeepers report that there is the greatest 

 need for careful attention just at the pres- 

 ent time, as nearly every brood-nest is filled 

 with honey and pollen, and almost immedi- 

 ate attention must be given if the colonies 

 are to go into the winter in good condition. 

 The prospect for a cotton flow seems good. 

 The annual meeting of the State Beekeep- 

 ers' Association was held at College Station 

 in connection with the Farmers ' Short 

 Course, July 26, 27. and 28. This was the 

 28th annual meeting of the beekeepers ' or- 

 ganization and was one of the most inter- 

 esting that has ever been held. The opening 

 address was made by Dr. L. H. Pammell of 

 Ames, Iowa, who recounted very briefly his 

 experiences in Texas and told the beekeepers 

 of the value of bees in aiding in the produc- 

 tion of farm crops. Dr. M. C. Tanquary 

 spoke relative to the Experiment Station 

 and beekeeping and told of the activities of 

 the Station during the past year. State Api- 

 culturist Lloyd Watson briefly reviewed the 

 behavior of bees in swarming and told of 

 original observations made at the State Ex- 

 perimental Apiaries- T. W. Burleson of 

 Waxahachie gave a detailed account of the 

 shipping of bees in combless packages, and 

 a very interesting discussion followed as to 

 the handling of bees by the receiver. 



State Apiary Inspector C. S. Rude gave 

 the results of the inspection work in Texas 

 for this 3'ear, and it was surprising to note 

 that during the past two years the number 

 of cases of foul brood have decreased im- 

 mensely under the new policies of the in- 

 spection service. E. B- Ault told of the 

 system and care necessary to make a suc- 

 cess of handling bees in enormous quanti- 

 ties. Mr. Ault is perhaps the largest bee- 

 keeper and bee-shipper in the South. E. W. 

 Atkins of the G. B. Lewis Company spoke 

 on the importance to the beekeeper of using 

 a standard equipment. W. O. Victor of 

 Uvalde gave an outline of his annual activi- 

 ties in the beeyard, and called the attention 

 of the beekeepers to the order in which 

 these operations should be performed to get 



tilt' best results at the least expenditure of 

 time. R. R. Reppert, Extension Entomolo- 

 gist, called the attention of the beekeepers 

 to the importance of extension work and 

 asked their aid in the establishment of the 

 office of extension apicnlturist. A- H. Alex, 

 queen-breeder of the Experiment Station 

 Queen Yard- gave the results of his year's 

 work in the State Queen Yard and furnished 

 definite instructions for the raising of 

 queens by the small beekeepers. Louis H. 

 SchoU of Texas told of another year's ex- 

 perience in the use of the divisible brood- 

 chamber and stated that he was better 

 pleased with it than ever. H. B. Parks 

 spoke on locality and told of the necessity 

 of the beekeeper's studying his flora and 

 keeping an accurate account of the bloom- 

 ing dates of plants. He also called atten- 

 tion to the fact that the Isle of Wight dis- 

 ease would have been explained years ago, 

 if the beekeeiiers had studied locality in- 

 stead of studying symptoms. He also stated 

 that the organism causing the disease was 

 undoubtedly a parasite on some solitary bee 

 and had later become a parasite of the hon- 

 eybee. The beekeepers were favored again 

 this year by having Hon. W. A. Black of 

 San Antonio present, who spoke to them 

 briefly of their legal relationship to the 

 community and to the State- Seventy dol- 

 lars for the Miller Memorial Fund was sub- 

 scribed as the last act of the meeting. 

 San Antonio, Tex. H. B. Parks. 



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In Ontario. '^^^ season for white honey 



is practically over in On- 

 tario at this date (Aug. 8), and from re- 

 ports from different points it can be said 

 that the crop is good — ^possibly much above 

 the average- Some sections, including the 

 places where over half of our bees liapjien 

 to be, have had a light crop, running around 

 50 pounds per colony, but other localities 

 have had exceptionally heavy yields. 



While prices are on the down grade, as 

 was to be expected, yet from all over comes 

 the report that the local demand for honey 

 is very heavy. This is partly explained by 

 the short fruit crop; but, no doubt, the coni- 

 mon idea that honey is much cheaper this 

 year prompts many to buy who have been 

 purchasing little during years of higher 

 prices. 



Contrary to the expectations of most of 

 those much interested in sugar, that com- 

 modity, a few days ago, tooka rise of over 

 a dollar a hundred at one jump. Whether 

 this is a permanent rise or not is a question, 

 but many, including the writer of these 

 notes, are now wishing they had purchased 

 sugar for winter feeding before the rise- 



A lot has been said in Gleanings and 

 other periodicals about sweet clover, both 

 the biennial and the annual varieties. As 



