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 report coiii- 

 Tll i t t f ol" 

 the Outnrio licc- 

 kccpcrs' Associ- 

 iitioii iiu't in To- 

 ronto on July -1 

 to decide on tlu' 

 ])rii'es to be rec- 

 () 111 in e nded by 



the iissoeiatioii for this year's honey crop. 

 Tlie committee recommends for best quality 

 extracted honey: Avholesale, loc to ISc per 

 pound; retail, 20c to 25c per ]iound. Comb 

 honey Xo. 1, wholesale, $2.5(t to .+;!..')ii per 

 dozen; No 2, wholesale, $1.75 to ^'2.')U ].or 

 dozen. These prices show a reduction (if Lie 

 per ]iound o\'er those of last y(>ar. 



The Alabama Btate P,eekeepers ' Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual meetinji' at Mont- 

 j.;oniery, Ala., on Sept. 22. This will be held 

 during the farmers' week, when a large 

 number of farmers and beekeepers will be 

 attending the .agricultural meeting. 



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'I' li (• r n hi (I r 

 w li i (• h reai-li('(l 

 1 h i s ottice to 

 lie effect lliat 

 t li e ap]ii'(ipi'ia- 

 tion f o r t li e 

 control of bee 

 diseases in Flor- 

 ida had bei'u re 

 <iuced,.as report- 

 ed on ]iage '.',ij'.), June issui", was false. In- 

 stead of this the amount set aside for bee 

 disease work at the meeting of the State 

 Plant Board, on July 11, ^vas .$10,0()(), this 

 being exactly twice the amount which was 

 a\ailalile last vear and the \'ear before. 



The !?oiitli African I'ee .loiinial ]iublislied 

 at JoliaiUK'sbuig by the South African As- 

 sociation of Rt'ekeepers, now in its tirst year, 

 is a bright and newsy ])ublication. South 

 African ln'okeejiing is now making great 

 strides, and this section of the world prom- 

 ises to become an important li(Hii'y-pi'oduc- 

 ing region. 



Announcement has been made of two 

 short courses in beekeeping in California by 

 the College of Agriculture in co-oi>eratiou 

 with the United States Depart nu'iit of Agri- 

 culture. One of these will be held at some 

 jioint in southern California during the 

 week beginning Dec. 5, and the other at 

 Berkeley during the following week. Dr. E. 

 F. I'hillijis and Geo. S. Deinuth are sched- 

 uled to carry the major portion of the jud- 

 grain. 



(Colorado is to have two short courses in 

 beekeeping comlucted l)y the College of Ag- 

 riculture in co-operation with the Cnited 

 States Department of Agiicultnre. The tirst 

 of these is to be held at Forf (Collins during 

 the week of Nov. 21, and the other at C<rand 

 Junction the following week. The instruc- 

 tors schcdulril for these two schools ai'e Dr. 

 E. V. Phillips, Ceo. S. Deinutli, Kennitli 

 Hawkins, Wesley Foster, and Frank li.aiich- 

 fuss. 



On Se])t. 28, the A. I. Root Company will 

 iiold a field day at one of its apiaries at Bay 

 Minette, Ala., where the comjiaiiy has some 

 700 colonies of bees. Elizabeth Maiden of 

 Auburn, Ala., one of the State extension 

 workers, who is not only for geiieial ag- 

 riculture but beekeeping, will he }ireseiit. 

 It is hoped that Prof. H. I). Hughes of New- 

 bern, Ala., and E. R. Root of Medina, Ohio, 

 will be at this meeting. Moving-picture 

 films illustrating various stages of lieekeep- 

 iiig and bottling honey will be given on this 

 occasion. While this will be a basket pic- 

 nic of beekeepers, the A. T. Root CJomiiany 

 will serve honey ice cream, honey lemonade, 

 and honey jumbles. Free automobile servic;' 

 from the station at Bay Minette to the A. I. 

 Root Comiiany's apiaries will be furnished. 



The reiKut on bees, hon(>v |ilants, ami 

 honey for the .luly 1 s(dii'dule of the Bureau 

 of Mai-kets .-lud Crop Fstimates, of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 

 shows the average yield of surplus . honey 

 jier colony to July 1 for the United States 

 to be 2;!. 7 poi;nds against 25.5 for 1920, and 

 against a five-year a^■erage (1916-20) of 22.4 

 pounds. This yield to July 1 is estimated to 

 be 4S.7 jier cent (»f the total crop. The fig- 

 ures also show that the average condition 

 of colonies compared \vith normal was S9..S 

 per cent on July 1 as against 88 for 1920, 

 and SO. 2 [ler cei'it average for 1916 to 1920. 

 The .average condition of the honey plants 

 as conij)ared with normal on July 1 for the 

 United States is given .as 78.6 ])er (-ent as 

 against 86. 2 for 192il and S4..") avei'.'ige I'oi' 

 vears 1916 to 1920. 



Following is ;in additional list of impor- 

 tant fairs ofFt'ring prizes for beekeeping ex- 

 hibits, showing the amounts offered this 

 ,\'ear with coniparati\e figures for 1920. 



list is in .addition ti 

 509 August issue. 



Thi^^ 

 tli.-it jiulilished on p.agc 



19-J() 19L>1 

 l»;itp. Prizes. Prizes. 



O.t. ;3-8... $1-2.5. 00 Ipl-^.i. 

 :n4.oo 



181. .")0 isi. 

 43.00 -lil. 



10.00 

 10.00 



Fair. I.iicatinn. 



Ala. .Stato, lliriiiiiiuliiim 

 Colorado State. Pueblo, Kept. 2()-:?0 

 Ga. State, Macon, Oct. -JTNov. ."> . . 

 Ky. State, Ij(mi.sville, Sept. 1 1-17 . . 

 Miss. State, .lackson, Oct. lT-22. . . 

 Miss. -A la.. Meridian, Miss. .Oct. 10- 1 .5 

 Mont. State, Helena. Sept. 12-17.. 

 Mid.Enu>.. Billings, Mont. .Sei)t. 19-2/! 

 N. Y. State. Syracuse, SeiJt 

 N. Oar. State, Kaleiuli. Oct. 17-22 

 Okla. Free State. Muskojree, Oct. 3-8 437.00 

 S. Dak. State, Huron. Sept. 12-17 144.00 

 I'l.Tonn.Dist., I\uoxville.Sep.2(j-Oct.l * 



rtah State. Salt Lake (itv, Oct. 3-8 89.00 

 Vt. State. White Riv..Iclil.. Sep. 13-16 37.00 

 Wash. State, Yakima, Sept. 19-24. 2.50.00 

 W.Va. Stale, \Vlieelin2-, Sept. 5-10 * 



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8t>.oo 

 12-17 394.00 

 1.53.00 



HI. .50 

 18.5.0(1 

 ] 11.00 



:i48.oo 

 12:). 00 



4(32.00 

 147.00 

 171.00 

 140.00 

 37.00 



250.00 

 78.00 



No record. 



Premium list not vet received. 



