JULV, 1922 



G I. K A N I N G S IN H V. V. C U I, T U R K 



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FROM NORTH. EAST, WEST AND SOUTH 



glucose also very low — who wants to feed 

 their families on these to take tlie place of 

 honey V We buy an orange for the flavor, 

 not for the little sweet it contains, and so 

 we buy lioney for its superior flavor and 

 hcaltlifulness. It's up to the beekeepers. 

 Let 's be wise enough to prove value in 

 honey and ask a fair price for it. 



At this time many do not super the bees 

 sufliciently. Our honey flow la^s well into 

 July, and the bees must have plenty of 

 room to do their best; but, as the flow 

 wanes, eomb-hpney producers should manip- 

 ulate supers to get them finished. 



Heavy supering at the near close of the 

 flow will be as disastrous as insufficient su- 

 jH^ring at its height. Northern Michigan 

 counties are quarantined against moving 

 bees in or out of the counties — for the con- 

 trol and eradication of brood diseases. 



Co-operation of the beekeepers will liasten 

 results. Let 's do our part or it will even- 

 tually be our funeral. A fine and quick 

 way to clean thoroughly and disinfect a 

 hive-body is to paint the inside and edges 

 with a solution of half kerosene and half 

 gasoline and quickly touch a match to it, 

 and then apply paint to the outside. 



East Jordan, Mich. Ira D. Bartlett. 



In Pennsylvania. 



The honey crop 

 prospects for the 

 state are good. Abundant rain and warm 

 weather recently have put plant life in 

 prime condition. White, alsike and red clo- 

 vers are in bloom in most of the state at 

 the time this article is being written (June 

 5). As usual, many colonies are not ready 

 for the honey flow because of bad winter- 

 ing among the farmer beekeepers especially, 

 and swarming is in progress, which will cut 

 down the yield. The usual amount of buck- 

 wheat will be sown. Ground is being pre- 

 pared now for sowing late in June. Wild 

 plants, like huckleberry, raspberry, black- 

 berry and sumac, generally escaped the 

 May frosts and are in the best of condi- 

 tion. 



The coal strike and general depression in 

 industry are bound to have a depressing in- 

 fluence on the markets unless there is a 

 rapid recovery in late summer. Pennsyl- 

 vania depends more upon industry than ag- 

 riculture, and this condition at present is 

 not good. Beekeepers sliould plan to ob- 

 tain the best honey crop possible, and then 

 plan as well to market every ounce of it in 

 their home town to the best advantage that 

 they can. To dump it on the wholesale 

 markets tliis year will be worse folly than 

 ever. 



The extension work is resulting in more 

 county associations, and here is an oppor- 

 [ tunity for beekeepers to get together on 

 their marketing problems. Geo. H. Rea. 



State College, Pa. 



Jl^ New York "^^^^ condition of tlie 



bees is exceedingly 

 good. This section has just experienced the 

 best honey flow from fruit blossoms and 

 dandelions that has ever been known and 

 early swarming has been very prevalent. 

 Natural swarming during May probably 

 more than made good all winter losses in 

 this state. 



Clover is beginning to yield a little, but 

 there is very little of it in most localities 

 in this region. We expect that the small 

 apiaries will have the advantage over lar- 

 ger £)nes on account of the limited amount 

 of clover. 



Vetch is becoming an important honey 

 plant in our locality, tnany acres being 

 raised for cover-crops and seed. That grown 

 for a cover-crop is generally worked under 

 before yielding much nectar, but that 

 grown for seed furnislies a good supply of 

 light amber honey. 



The Western New York Honey Producers' 

 Association will hold its midsummer meet- 

 ing at the apiary of J. B. Howe, Delevan, 

 Cattaraugus County, on Tuesday, August 1. 

 A good time is assured. H. M. Myers. 



Ransomville, N. Y. 



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In Louisiana. - t'»ii^'^)-i"y- the fine weath- 

 er ot the early spring, the 

 conditions here are not as good as were 

 first expected. This is caused by the con- 

 tinued rains in some parts of our state. 



During the willow bloom, the bees stored 

 more honey this year than for the past 

 three years. In a very strong colony here 

 at the University the actual amount of 

 lioney stored from willow for a period of 

 14 days was 140 pounds, merging into the 

 white clover flow which for seven days 

 more continued to bring in ten pounds per 

 day, making a total in 21 days of 210 

 pounds. Since this time the Aveather con- 

 ditions have been unfavorable. 



The willow is very abundant along the 

 streams in the central-southern portion of 

 the state, and it is a very easy matter to 

 produce 100 pounds per colony if your bees 

 are in reach of same. The willow blooms 

 early; therefore to get this large amount of 

 honey, your bees must be in the best of 

 condition and strong in numbers. 



There is not a more delicious honey tlian 

 that made from the willow. The color is 

 white with a slight greenish tinge. In fact, 

 it looks like rain water, and the flavor is 

 so mild that it may easily be used for 

 sweetening tea or coffee without imparting 

 any strong taste, as is usually the ease with 

 most honeys. For comb-honey production it 

 makes a very bL-autiful section, with cap- 

 jiings feathery white. 



Tlie white clover is constantly at work 

 now manufacturing the delicious nectar for 

 the bees. This honev flow ceases about July 



