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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



October, 1921 



THE total 

 amount of 

 honey im- 

 ported into the 

 United States 

 during the fiscal 

 V c a r ending 

 June 30, 1921, 

 was 452,983 gal- 

 lons, or over 



5,000,000 pounds, according to figures re- 

 cently given out by the Bureau of Markets 

 and Crop Estimates, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. In addition to these imports 

 from foreign countries, large shipments 

 were received from Porto Eico and Hawaii. 



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L. B. Crandall, bee specialist at Connecti- 

 cut Agricultural College, calls the attention 

 of beekeepers of his State to a public act 

 of 1919 which requires all owners of bees 

 to register before October with the town 

 clerk the number of hives owned. Owners 

 of bees who fail to register are liable to a 

 fine of not more than $5.00. The records 

 of bee registration are open to the public, 

 and when complete registration is obtained 

 Connecticut will have annual data on the 

 bee industry as reliable as can be found 



anywhere. 



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The American Honey Producers' League 

 has submitted the following news items: 



The first of the League advertising ap- 

 peared on page 141 in the September num- 

 ber of Good Housekeeping. The advertise- 

 ments will be followed up by circular let- 

 ters by the League to the retail and jobber 

 trade. In addition to these recipe articles 

 other articles of interest on beekeeping will 

 appear in a large number of the home maga- 

 zines. The epidemic of ordinances against 

 beekeeping is still in evidence, and the 

 League secretary aided by men prominent 

 in beekeeping lines has been very success- 

 ful in causing many cities to abandon these 

 ordinances. Prof. H. F. Wilson is securing 

 the promise of the more prominent speakers 

 who attend the State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion meetings that they will attend only 

 those whose dates are on the schedule made 

 by the committee headed by Prof. Wilson. 

 This is a very important move, as it cuts 

 down the travel and expense of the speak- 

 ers, and at the same time makes it possible 

 for States to obtain speakers which they 

 could not have if their meetings were held 

 at another time. In another year the League 

 hopes to put out in full a schedule of dates 

 to all speakers. The Kansas Honey Pro- 

 ducers' League announces that it has com- 

 pleted its aflBdiation with the American 

 Honey Producers' League. This was done 

 under the leadership of Dr. J. H. Merrill. 

 The Bureau of Markets of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture already sees the 

 value of the American Honey Producers ' 

 League. In the August 20th number of the 

 Market Eeporter occurs the following para- 



graph: "The 

 American Honey 

 Producers' 

 League, which is 

 a super organi- 

 zation of the 

 beekeepers' as- 

 sociations of the 

 country, has out- 

 lined plans for 

 an increased advertising program during the 

 fall and winter, and, considering the fruit 

 shortage, honey may move at better prices 

 by winter." The reward notices to be post- 

 ed at apiaries have found favor with the 

 beekeepers. Numbers of them have been 

 sent out. Any beekeeper who is a member 

 of a State Association that is affiliated with 

 the League can secure these notices from 

 the secretary by paying 10 cents each for 

 printing and transportation. 

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The Northern Illinois and Southern Wis- 

 consin Beekeepers' Association will hold a 

 meeting in Memorial Hall in Eockford, 111., 

 on Thursday, Oct. 18, 1921. Beekeepers are 

 requested to bring honey and bee fixtures 

 for a small exhibit. B. Kennedy, 416 East 

 State St., Eockford, 111., is secretary 



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President J. W. Barney, of the Florida 

 State Beekeepers' Association, announces 

 that the second annual meeting of the as- 

 sociation will be held at the University of 

 Florida, Gainesville, on October 6 and 7; 

 last year's meeting was also lield at Gaines- 

 ville and the attendanee amounted to over 

 150 beekeepers. Altho it was the first meet- 

 ing of the new organization, enthusiasm 

 reached such a point that the sessions lasted 

 far into the night, and all declared that the 

 State Association was the one thing needed 

 to put Florida beekeeping on its feet as one 

 of the really worth-while industries of the 

 State. 



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The September (1921) Monthly Crop Ee- 

 porter, Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti- 

 mates, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, reports the average yield per colony 

 to Sept. 1 for the United States as 40.5 

 pounds as against 51.9 for 1920 and against 

 a five-j^ear average of 40.4. The yield to 

 Sept. 1 is estimated to be 87.4% of the total 

 yield for the season. Among the States, 

 Nevada is credited with 85 pounds per col- 

 onj^, Idaho and Wyoming 80 povmds per col- 

 ony, these being the highest yields reported. 

 While the yield for 1921 to Sept. 1 is only 

 78% of that of 1920, the number of colonies 

 is greater, being 107.4%, so that the indi- 

 cated production of honey to Sept. 1 this 

 year is 84% as great as last year's yield. 

 The condition of the colonies is reported 

 90.97c against 97.2% for 1920, and against 

 a five-year average of 90.7%. The condi- 

 tion of the honey plants is reported to be 

 77%, as against 85.8% in 1920 and against 

 a five-year average of 76.5%. 



