American Hee Journalj 



November, 1909. 



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Noii-Swariniiig' in Scotlaiirt 



Speaking of this matter in the British 

 Bee Journal, D. M. Macdonald says : 



Take the three points Mr, Dadaiit empha- 

 sizes—large hives, production of extracted 

 honey, and liouSL'-apiaries. None of tliese 

 are in use here.j'et swarming does not ex- 

 ceed 2 to 5 percent. 



And then, like the exasperating 

 Scotchman that he is, he stops short, 

 without a word of explanation as to 

 how it is that with small hiv'es, and 



liXHlHlT "K GK()kc;E H. COUI.SON, 



At the Oklahoma Statt Fair, where he won 

 1st Premium on Golden Italians. 



working for comb honey, he gets along 

 with as little swarming as the Dadants 

 with their large hives and extracted 

 honey. Please tell us, Mr. Macdonald. 

 is it the strain of bees, the manage- 

 ment, or what? 



Bees au<l Alcohol 



Replying to a question, tlie British 

 Bee Journal says : 



" Bees are very sensible to disagreeable 

 odors, and that of alcohol is particularly ob- 

 noxious to them, consequently those taking 

 it are more liable to be severely stung than 

 abstainers?" 



It is true that bees are "very sensi- 

 ble," not only to " disagreeable odors," 

 but as to many other things. So far as 

 strong drink concerns bees, they are 

 pretty good prohibitionists. And doubt- 

 less the great majority of their keepers 

 are like minded, particularly as to their 

 personal habit, if not always so politi- 

 cally. The little bee teaches many a 

 valuable lesson besides that of industrv. 



Death ol J. Q. Smith 



Mr. John Q. Smith, for many years 

 president of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, passed away Oct. 

 9, 1909. Death was due to heart trouble 

 and complications which had continued 

 for some years. A month or more since, 

 Mr. Smith was compelled to give up 

 the active life of merchant tailoring, 

 bee-keeping, etc. 



Mr. Smith was born April 14. 1846, in 

 Berlin, Mahoning Co., Ohio. When 6 

 years old his parents moved overland 

 in a covered wagon, and located on a 

 farm in Darke Co., Ohio. Here he at- 

 tended the district school for several 

 years, and at the age of 15 learned tail- 

 oring in Greenville, Ohio, where he 

 worked at his trade in 1864. He then 

 enlisted in the 152d Ohio Volunteer In- 

 fantry. When the war closed in I860, 

 he went to Springfield, 111. October 

 21. 1866, he married Miss Martha C. 

 Busher of that city. They then went 



Itaiiaiuzed m ist^-l. 1 hiring that year 

 he found to his dismay that over 80 

 colonies were affected with foul brood, 

 leaving only 17 living. He traced the 

 trouble through queens he had pur- 

 chased from a queen-breeder in South- 

 ern Illinois. 



In 188.5 he organized the Central Illi- 

 nois Bee-Keepers' Association, under 

 the charter of which he was president 

 until 1892, when it united with the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association, of 

 which he was president at the time of 

 his death. 



Mr. Smith was a member of the 

 Methodist church, also identified with 

 a number of fraternal societies, and 

 held many responsible offices therein. 

 He had three children — Oliver C, 

 Claudie May, and Walter E. The first 

 named, with his wife, lives in St. 

 Charles, La. The only daughter died 

 a number of years ago, and Walter E., 

 with his wife, now lives in St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



The Late J. Q. Smith, of Lincoln, Ii.i,.. 

 President of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



to Lincoln, 111., where he resided until 

 his death. 



In 1874 he became interested in bees, 

 trading a double-barreled shot-gun for 

 3 colonies, and procured a copy of 

 " Langstroth on the Honey-Bee," and 

 other bee-literature, in order to under- 

 stand apiculture thoroughly. He soon 

 had an apiary of 102 colonies, wdiich he 



About two years a,go Mr. Smith was 

 again married, his first wife having 

 died some years before. 



As noted before, Mr. Smith was in- 

 terested in bees and bee-keeping for 

 about 35 years, during which time he 

 was also active in Association work 

 among bee-keepers. He was also, dur- 

 ing the past few years, bee-inspector_for 



