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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



November, 1921 



FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



account of frost in July in some sections 

 and grasshoppers in other parts. 



At the last session of her legislature Utah 

 passed a law making it unlawful to keep 

 bees in box-hives; also a law that every 

 keeper of bees, whether one colony or more, 

 shall register with the State Board of Agri- 

 culture and secure a license, paying for 

 same one dollar. A license is required for 

 each apiary, so with my four apiaries I must 

 secure four licenses, each costing one dollar. 

 This is done to keep tab on all bees within 

 the State. The State inspector, acting under 

 directions of the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture, notifies all county inspectors and all 

 county assessors, so that all bees are located, 

 inspected, and assessed. The law seems a 

 little cumbersome, yet it appears to be work- 

 ing quite well. 



There is some disease among the bees 

 thruout the State, but to my mind our 

 greatest trouble is among the beekeepers 

 themselves. There was a large amount of 

 honey carried over from last year; and this 

 season, just before the new crop would come 

 on to the market, that honey was thrown 

 on our local markets, without any co-opera- 

 tion between the beekeepers, at from six to 

 twelve cents per pound, according to how 

 badly. the producer was scared. Salesmen 

 were sent out covering every little town, of- 

 fering honey at ruinous prices until the 

 local market is demoralized. No one but the 

 beekeepers themselves is to blame for these 

 conditions. The crying needs among the 

 beekeepers of Utah are organization and co- 

 operation. M. A. Gill. 



Hyrum, Utah. 



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In IVIontaiia Montana has experienced 



a fair honey season, me- 

 dium-sized crops being produced in most 

 places. Bees in most sections of the State 

 are in excellent shape with an abundance 

 of good winter stores. 



A movement is on foot to form a honey- 

 selling organization, the main purpose of 

 which will be to sell Montana honey in Mon- 

 tana. It is the intention to place a special- 

 ty salesman on the road to co-operate with 

 the jobbers. Store demonstrations are 

 planned, as well as the distribution of recipe 

 books. 



The Montana State College of Agriculture 

 has added a department of beekeeping. Pro- 

 fessor O. A. Sippel, who has been acting 

 head of the Apicultural Department of the 

 Ontario Agricultural College of Ontario, Can- 

 ada, will have charge of the work. Spacious 

 quarters are being provided for this depart- 

 ment in the new biology building now under 

 construction. An up-to-date experimental 

 apiary is to be established at the college 

 grounds. To Professor E. A. Cooley, State 

 entomologist, is due a large measure of the 



credit for the establishment of the new de- 

 partment which will undoubtedly be of 

 great value to the bee industry of the State. 



The honey producers of the State were 

 well represented at both the State Fair at 

 Helena, Mont., and the Midland Empire 

 Fair at Billings, Mont. About 10,000 

 pounds of honey was on exhibit as well as 

 large supply displays. State Inspector B. 

 J. Kleinhesselink was on hand with an edu- 

 cational foul brood exhibit, which drew con- 

 siderable attention. E. A. Bray. 



Big Timber, Mont. 



Jj^ Texas This is Fair time in Texas 



and exhibits of bees, honey, 

 and beekeeping appliances are more preva- 

 lent than ever before. Fairs at Kenedy, 

 Manchester, Seguin, Temple, Dallas, and 

 several other towns are offering a nice line 

 of prizes for beekeeping exhibits. 



A number of those living in the live-oak 

 section tell us that there will yet be a flow 

 from the galls on that plant. This is one of 

 the varieties of honey we need a name for. 

 It is not honeydew since it is not the secre- 

 tion or excretion of insects, and it is not 

 honey since it does not come from the nec- 

 taries of plants. It is strictly a plant secre- 

 tion coming from the rapidly growing plant 

 tissues forming the gall. Honeys from the 

 sap of maple, box elder, stubs of wheat, 

 sugar and sorghum cane, and overripe fruit 

 are also in this class. 



The condition of the honey plants has 

 been greatly improved by the rains. If the 

 observations of the old beekeepers are cor- 

 rect, moisture sufficient for a spring bloom- 

 ing of huajilla, agarita, and horsemint is in 

 the ground. A good supply of water in the 

 fall of the year is also in favor of the mes- 

 quite, altho we have no record of two mes- 

 quite years coming so close together. The 

 large per cent of the new nectar used in 

 brood-rearing comes from winter annuals, 

 and this rain has given all such plants a 

 fine start. 



There never was a time before when bees 

 changed hands as they are now. Quite a 

 number of apiaries have changed owners and 

 numerous deals are pending. The purchase 

 price in every case has been good. 



Sometime ago I said Texas was the ' ' too ' ' 

 State. Well, it has "tooed" again. For a 

 month and a half, heat and drouth stopped 

 all honey flow, making it impossible to fin- 

 ish taking the crop of honey. It looked as if 

 there would be no fall flow, and many ex- 

 pected to feed in order to get winter stores. 

 On September 8 and 9 light showers fell 

 over most of the State, and the night of the 

 9th it ' ' tooed. ' ' A rain ranging from four 

 to thirty-two inches of water, according to 

 the United States Weather Station reports, 

 fell over a large part of the central portion 



