August, 1922 



GLEANINGS IN BEK CULTURE 



lOLLOWING 

 is a portion 



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of the tabu- 

 lated figures on 

 the honey crop, 

 based upon re- 

 turns from thou- 

 sands of bee- 

 keepers in all 

 parts of the 



country to the Bureau of Markets and 

 Crop Estimates, II. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. These figures, which have already 

 been released by the Department, will be 

 published in the July (1922) issue of Weath- 

 er, Crops and Markets, issued by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. The figures indicating 

 the condition of the colonies and the honey 

 plants for the various states are omitted here 

 for lack of room. For the United States the 

 condition of the colonies to July was 93.2% 

 this year as against 89.8% last year, and a 

 six-year average of 89.3%. The condition 

 of the honey plants to July 1 this year was 

 83.8% as against 78.6% last year and a six- 

 year average of 83. .5%. 



Proper. 



Yield of surplus lion- of crop 



ey per col. to July 1. usually 



Av. 1916- produced 



States. 1922. 



Lhs. 



Maine 17 



New Hampshire . . 20 



Vermont 17 



Massaelmsetts ... 18 



Rhode Island ... 15 



Connecticut 15 



New York 20 



New Jersey 32 



Pennsylvania .... 33 



Delaware 15 



Maryland 35 



Virginia 25 



West Virginia .... 20 



North Carolina. . . 22 



South Carolina. . . 21 



Georgia 20 



Florida 45 



Ohio 50 



Indiana 60 



Illinois 45 



Michigan 42 



Wisconsin 34 



Minnesota 24 



Iowa 40 



Missouri 35 



North Dakota. ... 30 



South Dakota .... 20 



Nebraska 20 



Kansas 24 



Kentucky 28 



Tennessee 17 



Alabama 20 



Mississippi 18 



Louisiana 45 



Texas 25 



Oklahoma 30 



Arkansas 30 



Montana 5 



Wyoming 10 



Colorado 7 



New Mexico 22 



Arizona 30 



Utah 3 



Nevada 25 



Idaho 5 



Washington 17 



Washington 17 



Oregon 21 



California 44 



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The Georgia 

 Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation 

 will hold its reg- 

 ular annual 

 meeting at Hop- 

 kins, Ga., Aug- 

 ust 24, 25 and 

 26. This is one 

 of the meetings 

 arranged by the schedule committee of the 

 American Honey Producers' League. Infor- 

 mation concerning the progran. for this 

 meeting may be had by writing to J. J. 

 Wilder, Waycross, Ga., president, or to L. C. 

 Walker, Alma, Ga. 



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Colin P. Campbell, attorney-at-law. Grand 

 Eapids, Mich., who is preparing a booklet 

 for the American Honey Producers' League 

 on laws pertaining to beekeeping, reports 

 that he expects to have the manuscript fin- 

 islied in July. This booklet is to contain 

 the various court decisions that have beer 

 lianded down from time to time where bees 

 were involved in a law suit. It is also to 

 contain a tabulation of the inspection laws 

 in the various states. Mr. Campbell is not 

 making any charge for his services in pre- 

 paring the manuscript for this booklet. The 

 American Honey Producers' League has ap- 

 propriated $100 to pay for the mechanical 

 work in its preparation. The booklet will 

 be sold at a low price by the American Hon- 

 ey Producers' League when published. 



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Tlie Empire State Federation of Beekeep- 

 ers' Co-operative Association, Inc., formerly 

 the New York State Association of Beekeep- 

 ers ' Societies, Avill hold an annual picnic- 

 and summer meeting at the home apiary 

 of N. L. Stevens, Venice Center, Cavuga 

 County, N. Y., Friday, August 4, 1922. 'Bee- 

 keepers of New York State have declared 

 this a holiday and the Federation has used 

 every effort to make this the best and big- 

 gest summer meeting ever held within the 

 state. 



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The Wisconsin Beekeepers' Field Meet 

 and Conference will be held at Green Bay, 

 Wis., Aug. 7-11. This is the fourth annual 

 meeting of this kind held under the auspices 

 of the College of Agriculture and the State 

 Beekeepers' Association. Among the speak- 

 ers from outside the state are C. P. Dadant, 

 Dr. E. F. Phillips, E. E. Eoot and Geo. S. 

 Demuth. 



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The Eastern Massachusetts Society of 

 Beekeepers will hold their annual field day 

 at Boston, Mass., on Saturdaj'', August 19. 

 Dr. E. F. Phillips is to be the principal 

 speaker at this meeting. 

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The Pennsylvania State Beekeepers' Asso- 

 sociation, together with the Northern Penn- 

 sylvania Beekeepers' Association, will hold 

 a joint field meeting at the apiary of Harry 

 Beaver, Troy, Pa., on August 3. 



