1904 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



14^ 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. Co. 



PROPRIETORS. 

 H. E. HILL, - EDITOR, 



FORT PIERCE, FLA 



most disastrous year we have ever 

 had, for tlie bees in the honey locali- 

 ties are not securing enough honey to 

 live on." On the other hand, a "hon- 

 ey-man" from Los Angeles, who called 

 upon a large Eastern dealer, June 

 11th, assured him that no less than 75 

 car loads of honey— 1904 crop— yet re- 

 mained unsold in Southern California, 

 upon that date. It's hard to believe 

 that such a thing exists among "hon- 

 ey-men," but it looks mightily as if 

 there was a liar abroad in tiie laud 

 somewhere. 



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Mr. George J. VandeVoi-d, Daytona, 

 Fla., writes that he has had a most 

 disastrous season. Has had over 300 

 nuclei in operation and, since April 

 15th, not five per cent, of his young 

 queens have mated and begun to lay. 

 He has had to decline numerous or- 

 ders, and is returning money sent for 

 queens. He states that his ad in our 

 Directory has proved "a profitable or- 

 der getter" for him. and asks that it 

 be discontinued until he can locate 

 more favorably. Like Mr. Vande 

 Vord, we believe Florida to be one ot 

 the most unfavorable countries in the 

 United States for the rearing of 

 queens. No better queens, of course, 

 can be reared anywhere than in Flor- 

 ida, but so many conditions conspire 

 to render the work difficult that only 

 those exceptionally well located can 

 make a success of it. We have simi- 

 lar complaints from other Florida 

 breeders this season. 



There have been numerous reports 

 of the sea.son's failure in Southern 

 California, but the darkest picture of 

 all comes from Secretary Brodbeck, of 

 the National Association, to the 

 American Bee .Journal, in which he 

 says: "There will be no honey to 

 speak of produced in Southem Cali- 

 fornia this season, and, furthermore, 

 now looks as if it will prove the 



The annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Associa.tion will 

 be held in St. Louis, Mo., September 

 27, 28, 29 and 30. The 27th and 28th 

 will be "International Days," all foi-- 

 eign bee-keepers to take part. The 

 29th will be "National Association 

 Day," and the 30th. "Inspectors' Day," 

 the latter to be devoted to tlie dis- 

 cussion of diseases of bees. General 

 Manager France, writes that he is pre- 

 paring a large map of the United 

 States and Europe, and upon each 

 State will be affixed one-pound glass 

 bottles of the various kinds of honey 

 produced in the respective States. A 

 stenographic report of the convention 

 will be taken and furnished in full to 

 all members. Programme of the meet- 

 ing will be Issued later. 



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Saw palmetto, one of the chief 

 sources of honey supply in South 



