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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



.Taxiarv. 1922 



FROM NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



ducers. Many beekeepers offered their bees 

 for sale on account of the low price of hon- 

 ey. These offers were taken almost as soon 

 as made. As a whole the beekeepers are op- 

 timistic. H. B. Parks. 

 San AntoniOj Tex. 



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In Wisconsin " ^^^^f ^^^*J,^?A,% ^T 



Cloverland. " That slo- 

 gan ought to sell honey if anything can; 

 and if the beekeepers of northern Minne- 

 sota, the upper peninsula of Michigan and 

 northern Wisconsin ever unite in an effort 

 to spread their propaganda, the rest of the 

 world will need to hustle. We folks from 

 Wisconsin admit that we have one of the 

 finest beekeeping regions in the world, but 

 even in this region there are better locali- 

 ties. Little has been said about northern 

 Wisconsin and upper Michigan; but, if ever 

 there was a paradise for beekeepers, that is 

 the place — a honey flow that lasts from 

 spring to September and in which a surplus 

 from raspberry, clover, basswood and fire- 

 weed can be secured, beside a further sur- 

 plus from fall flowers. 



The first of August showed little surplus 

 in northern Wisconsin this year, but after 

 that date a big surplus came to those who 

 were in the favored regions or else moved 

 their bees into fireweed sections. Beekeep- 

 ers who are planning to make a change 

 should look over this land of opportunities, 

 for not only is it a wonderful bee territory, 

 but also one may hunt and fish to his heart 's 

 content. 



A farthest-north meeting of beekeepers 

 was held at Iron Mountain, Mich., Nov. 17 

 and 18, for the benefit of the beekeepers of 

 upper Michigan and northeast Wisconsin. 

 Mr. Kindig and Mr. Uhlman represented 

 Michigan, while the writer and C. D. Adams 

 helped to spread the gospel from Wisconsin. 

 The most interesting thing of all was the 

 beeyard of a Mrs. Eskil on the outskirts of 

 the city. Mrs. Eskil packs her bees in sin- 

 gle cases with about three inches of pack- 

 ing. She reports the best of success, and 

 we wonder whether bee cellars are really 

 better or beat. 



Among the new lines of marketing at- 

 tempted in Wisconsin this year was a mar- 

 keting exposition, which was held in Mil- 

 waukee Dec. 5 to 10. The exposition was 

 held in the city auditorium where all the 

 agricultural marketing organizations made 

 displays of the products which they offer 

 for sale. The Wisconsin Honey Producers' 

 Co-operative Association had a booth where 

 samples of honey in 8-ounce jars were dis- 

 posed of to prospective buyers. This show 

 will be an annual affair, and it is hoped that 

 the conventions of each organization repre- 

 sented will be held during the same week. 



The State Beekeepers ' Association held 

 their meeting in one of the committee rooms 

 of the exposition auditorium, and, in spite 

 of the fact that this was a new innovation, 

 the meetings were well attended. 



Wisconsin honey is rapidly disappearing 

 from the market, and there should be no old 

 stock on hand when the next harvest begins. 



Fall conditions in Wisconsin have been 

 somewhat similar to those of 1920, and many 

 of our beekeepers left the bees with an 

 abundance of stores in October to find the 

 the bees light again in November. It is 

 difficult to explain the cause; but for some 

 reason the bees haA^e used up an unusually 

 large amount of stores, and several beekeep- 

 ers, who packed their bees early, report that 

 they have had to unpack and feed a second 

 time. Beekeepers thruout the northern 

 states should be prepared to make an early 

 examination of their bees in the spring to 

 see that sufficient stores are present, as it 

 seems quite likely that even the strongest 

 colonies will be in need of stores for spring 

 brood-rearing. H. P. Wilson. 



Madison, Wis. 



Bees in this section of the country had 

 their last flight in October. November 7 

 snow came, and it snowed almost daily 

 for two weeks. It stayed cold, with 

 the snow eight inches deep. The lowest 

 temperature was 12 degrees above zero. Most 

 of the bees to be wintered in the cellar were 

 put in around the 20th, covered with snow. 

 The last few days in November turned warm 

 again with rain, and on Dec. 2 all the snow 

 was gone again. This season the bees could 

 have been placed in the cellars to their ad- 

 vantage the first week in November. 



Honey continues to move rapidly, and 

 local beekeepers will be sold out by Jan. 1. 

 Many stores will be without local honey on 

 their shelves by that time. This would not 

 be necessary if our co-operative marketing 

 association were now in operation. In our 

 opinion this is the only possible solution of 

 the problem. Our local beekeepers cannot 

 and will not buy honey and put it up for the 

 trade. A state bottling plant, with a uni- 

 form blend of honey, all with the same uni- 

 form label, "Association Honey," would be 

 the best means of supplying the established 

 trade of individual beekeepers who have not 

 enough honey to supply the trade the year 

 around. Edward Hassinger, Jr. 



Greenville, Wis. 



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In Indiana '^^^^ season's crop in north 



ern Indiana has proved to 

 be somewhat better than the average. Had it 

 not been for the largo fall flow following 

 heavy rains in August, there would have 

 been a considerable shortage. The honey is 



