November, 1921 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



701 



^j FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



In Southern California.— J^e demand 



tor honey 

 shows some activity, with the prospect of 

 growing stronger as the winter comes on. 

 Especially is this true of the orange honey. 

 About ten cents seems to be the selling price 

 in carlots. Only a few cars of the orange 

 honey are still in the hands of the produc- 

 ers. 



Now that the season is practically over, 

 I see no reason for changing my early es- 

 timate of 25 per cent of a crop for the State 

 as a whole. This seems small indeed, and is 

 perhaps one of the lowest records since the 

 industry has been of importance. The great 

 variety of climate and the different sources 

 of nectar found in our State make a failure 

 almost impossible. 



Inquiries have been sent out by a large 

 California company desiring to buy bees in 

 any number up to 1000 or more colonies. 

 This shows interest and confidence in the 

 industry, and, while we may not always de- 

 sire to sell, it is ever a satisfaction to know 

 that one could sell if he wanted to do so. 



A meeting of the Riverside County Bee- 

 keepers' Club was held in Riverside on Oct. 

 1. Plans for the club exhibit were dis- 

 cussed, and arrangements were made to 

 place a creditable display of those things 

 pertaining to beekeeping at the Southern 

 California Fair to be held from Oct. 11 to 

 Oct. 18. A letter was read from the in- 

 spector of San Diego County, in which he 

 expressed his regrets at his inability to 

 place an exhibit at this fair. He also told 

 of his efforts to get the beekeepers of his 

 county to exhibit at the fair recently held 

 at Balboa Park, San Diego and their indif- 

 ference in regard to the matter. Unfortun- 

 ately, this is too often the case. 



Reports were received that Riverside 

 County had obtained the second prize on the 

 feature exhibit at the State fair this year. 

 The honey exhibit, in connection with the 

 wonderful date tree laden with a thousand 

 pounds of dates, was the great attraction 

 and interested many thousands of people. 

 All of these exhibits help, and there is no 

 doubt but that many tons of honey are sold 

 because of the publicity given it by these 

 displays. 



Reports were also made of the destruction 

 of several apiaries recently by mountain 

 fires. L. L. Andrews. 



Corona, Calif. 



In Pacific Northwest, i^^ports from 



many clustricts 

 in the Northwest indicate that the honey 

 crop this past summer has been very light. 

 The contributing causes have been various. 

 In those sections where the main crop is 

 taken from clover in June a light surplus 

 was secured, due to continued cold with lit- 



tle rain during that month. In the moun- 

 tain sections fireweed has been reported as 

 almost a failure in most sections, altho some 

 report a fair surplus. In the Malheur Coun- 

 ty sections the alfalfa and sweet clover crop 

 was very light, with little promise for the 

 future, due to the rapid spread of the al- 

 falfa weevil which is becoming extremely 

 serious. In this district it is probable that 

 another year nearly 60 per cent, if not more, 

 of the alfalfa fields will be entirely wiped 

 out by this insect. The Umatilla district is 

 about the only section reporting an average 

 crop. Yakima Valley has again suffered a 

 hea-<'y loss from spray poison. All other 

 factors were favorable for a good surplus in 

 this valley. 



Favorable weather during September has 

 prevented the bees from drawing on theii 

 winter stores for fall brood-rearing, as was 

 the case last year. However, it will be nec- 

 essary for many beekeepers to feed for win- 

 ter during the month of October and early 

 November. We can not urge too strongly 

 the necessity of every beekeeper's checking 

 carefully upon winter stores, due to the 

 shortage of nectar this season. An unusual 

 amount of feeding is already being done by 

 the more progressive beekeepers. 



European foul brood has been very seri- 

 ous in the Willamette Valley, especially in 

 the Portland districts. Over 50 per cent of 

 the bees have been reported killed in some 

 sections of the valley. Some American foul 

 brood has also been reported. No European 

 disease has been reported in the irrigated, 

 alfalfa-sweet clover sections, but American 

 is very bad in the Malheur district. 



The new crop is moving well and the 

 market is stronger. Many of the smaller 

 beekeepers have already sold their entire 

 crop. 



The Oregon Beekeepers' Association is 

 planning on a beekeepers' round-up, Jan. 26 

 and 27, at the famons Round-Up City of 

 Pendleton. The prospects are that we will 

 have a large attendance and a most helpful 

 program. 



During the past season eight new county 

 associations have been formed, many of 

 which are taking definite steps toward the 

 appointment of county bee inspectors. Some 

 have already had the appointment made. 



Corvallis. Ore. H. A. Scullen. 



Tj, TJtah "^ think I have read in Glean- 

 ings that there is no one who 

 has as much time as the busy man, and for 

 the past month I have been trying to prove 

 it, but up to the present I have failed. We 

 have just finished extracting 20 tons of hon- 

 ey and casing 260 cases of comb honey. 



The honey season here has been above 

 normal in the northern tier of counties, but 

 not so good farther south in the State on 



