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FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



HONEY PRODUCERS' LEAGUE 



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A Message from the New President of the A 

 can Honey Producers' League 



Never was there a time in the history of 

 American beekeeping when organization 

 among beekeepers is more necessary than 

 at the present time. The beekeeping indus- 

 try is sufficiently large in the United States 

 to warrant a national organization of great 

 strength. However, eacli individual bee- 

 keeper seems to feel that his business is not 

 sufficient to warrant his taking an active 

 part in such an organization. There also 

 seems to be a feeling among beekeepers 

 tliat the allied iiidustries aiid the bee jour- 

 nails are not working for the best interest 

 of tlie beekeeper. In a few cases this may 

 be true, but in general the supply dealers, 

 the honey bottlers, can-manufacturers and 

 other trades are much more interested in the 

 success of the beekeeper than is the bee- 

 keeper himself. In fact the allied trades 

 have done more to make the beekeeping in- 

 dustry a success than have the beekeepers. 



Low prices for honey, in most cases, can 

 be traced to price-cutting by individuals 

 who have no conception of the effect of 

 their acts upon the whole market condition. 

 Local organizations for marketing honey 

 have been formed at one time or another in 

 the main honey regions of America. How- 

 ever, these for the most part have failed to 

 succeed because the beekeepers themselves 

 do not support the organizations w'itli which 

 they are connected. In a number of cases 

 where these organizations have w^orked sat- 

 isfactorily, individuals and even groups of 

 beekeepers have worked against them with 

 a very demoralizing effect. 



The executive committee of the American 

 Honey Producers' League requests each and 

 every individual and agency, including sup- 

 ply dealers and bee journals, to support the 

 League both morally and financially. In the 

 near future we hope to be able to devise 

 some means of contact with every individual 

 member of the League through circulars or 

 bulletins. While this movement is getting 

 under way, it is necessary that we have the 

 support of every bee journal and otlier bee 

 IHiblieations to further our cause. I am there- 

 fore re(|uesting at this time that each of 

 tliese jmblications give us space for discus- 

 sion of the League and getting information 

 before the beekeepers of everv state. 

 H. F. WILSON, 



President, American llouoy Proiliu-cis ' 

 League. 



I While tbe bee journals can and should de- 

 vote some space to the League, the amount 

 of space available in this way is necessarily 

 quite limited and entireh'^ inadequate. In 

 order to hold its membership, the Tjeague 

 must have better contact with its individual 



lueiubers. if the League caJi arrange to put 

 out an annual report, as was done by the 

 National Beekeepers' Association, publish- 

 ing the papers submitted at the annual meet- 

 ings, the small beekeeper would feel thiit 

 he is getting value received for liis mem- 

 bersliip fee in this annual report alone. Tlie 

 papers sent to Salt Lake City at the last 

 meeting of the League should be publislied. 

 The bee journals can not publish these pa- 

 pers because of lack of room. They would 

 fill a good-sized annual report. — Editor.] 

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WINTER PACKING IN KOREA 



A Winter Packing Case Made of Brick and Packed 

 with Rice Chaff 



One of my friends in Chosen (Korea), 

 whose name is S. Mori, practices a conven- 

 ient and economical method of packing for 

 wintering of bees. Chosen is a very cold 

 part of the earth, with a bad climate. The 

 ground freezes about three or more feet deep 

 in winter, and there are about four warm 

 days after about three cold days in turn, 

 as a rule. Hence, the bees are likely to win- 

 ter verv badlv. 



Winter packing ease made of brick in far-away 

 Korea. 



Mr. Mori's plan is this: Tlie outer case is 

 built from common bricks, no cement ma- 

 terial being used. The case, if it may be so 

 called, is easily built up, and taken down in 

 the spring. In the spring he makes a plain 

 platform for hive-stands from the bricks 

 taken down, so that no grass will grow, and 

 lie does not feel the need of a storage place 

 for winter cases. Those bricks are to be used 

 year after year. 



The illustration shows the manner of 

 building up the winter case. Mr. Mori uses 

 rice chaff' for packing. He makes the roof 

 of rice-straw mat, which is used for the sack 

 of rice in Japan. But he states that he Avill 

 make the roofing from sheeted tin next year, 

 because he found that the rice-straw mat 

 will not stand so well against rain and melt- 

 ed snoAV in the spring months. He inserts 

 pieces of used newspaper in the entrances to 

 prevent the bees from coming out on warm 

 days to be stricken down by the chill wind. 



