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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 



way at from $20 to $25 per hundred 

 pounds." 



What a change in a few years. The 

 poor, despised sweet clover is at last 

 coming into its own. The time should 

 not be far off when beekeepers will 

 begin to notice the effect of the in- 

 creased plantings by additional forage 

 for their bees. This is true already 

 in the South and many parts of the 

 west. Should this clover supplant 

 the red clover, it will become true al- 

 most everywhere. 



West Virginia Meeting.— The Pan 



Handle Beekeepers' Association will 

 hold their spring meeting March 27, 

 Market Auditorium, Wheeling, \\ . 

 Va., and in all probability the West 

 Virginia State Beekeepers will hold 

 their annual meeting at the same 

 place on March 28, which \v\\\ make 

 a two-day meeting. The following 

 persons will be present to address 

 the meetings: Mr. T. K. Massie, 

 President of the West Virginia State 

 Association will have and demon- 

 strate the Massie hive. Mr. Adam J. 

 Vahn will have a Langstroth hive 

 and will demonstrate the proper way 

 of putting the Langstroth together. 

 Mr. Vahn is one of our deputy in- 

 spectors and he tells me that it is 

 surprising how many people do not 

 know how to assemble a Langstroth 

 hive. Mr. W. E. Seaman will give 

 us a talk on sweet clover, the benefit 

 it is to the beekeeper, how the far- 

 mer can get bigger and better crops 

 by growing sweet clover, its quali- 

 ties for rebuilding our already too 

 poor farms. 



W. C. GRIFFITH, Sec'y. 



lati s. Added to this feature its qual- 

 ity for domestic use cannot be ex- 

 celled by any southern honey. 



Tupelo Honey Exchange. — In our 



January number we gave an account 

 of the formation of the Tupelo Honey 

 Exchange in Florida. Since then we 

 have received added information 

 which we give to our readers. 



It takes the form of a stock com- 

 pany, its members owning the ma- 

 jority of stock. 



They have applied for charter un- 

 der the laws of Florida with main 

 office at Wenwahitchka, at which 

 place a majority of the producers 

 live, and a branch office at Cordele, 

 Ga., which is the main shipping point 

 of tupelo honey of the South. 



The object of this organization is 

 to sell its output through one me- 

 dium or seller and at a uniform price. 

 If beekeeping has a great future in 

 the South it is in this tupelo gum 

 section and it is hoped through the 

 efforts of this organization to pro- 

 mote it greatly. 



In the past, beekeepers living re- 

 mote knew but little about the honey 

 market and they sold for what they 

 w^ere offered, all the way from 5c 

 to 10c per pound. This has had its 

 effect on the industry there which 

 was very serious and accounts for 

 the slow progress until a few years 

 ago. But its growth has been won- 

 derful of late and with this help i1 

 is hoped many more locations in this 

 great belt will be stocked with bees, 

 even by those who are already in 

 the field. 



Tupelo gum honey never granu- 



W. M. Whitney Dead.— We failed to 

 chronicle the death of Mr. W. M. 

 Whitney, of Evanston, which oc- 

 curred on November 21, last, at the 

 advanced age of 89 years. 



Mr. Whitney was a familiar figure 

 at the Northwestern Association 

 meetings in Chicago each year, where 



THE LATE \V. M. WHITNEY 



he took prominent part in the discus- 

 sions. 



Always an enthusiastic beekeeper, 

 and to the last a progressive one, he 

 will be missed from the ranks of his 

 profession. He had been a beekeeper 

 for many years. 



Extracted or Comb? — Professor L. 

 V. France, of the University of Min- 

 nesota, sends us the following infor- 

 mation concerning the courses of 

 beekeeping at the Agricultural Col- 

 lege and the opinions expressed by 

 the students concerning the desira- 

 bility of comb versus extracted honey 

 production. Thirty-seven students 

 were given the question, "Shall I pro- 

 duce comb or extracted honey?" The 

 replies were as follows : 



Before 1918 — 



For comb honey 11 



For extracted 26 



For 1918— 



For comb honey 2 



For extracted 35 



Mr. France adds: "These students 

 appreciate not only the advantages 

 of extracted honey production over 

 that of comb honey, but also the spe- 

 cial present war situation requiring 

 the increased production of extracted 

 honey." 



Pushing Extension Work. — The new 



office of State Apiarist in Iowa is get- 

 ting the work well started. The bee- 

 keepers of that State asked for ex- 

 tension work for four years before 

 they could get it. When the new in- 

 spection law was passed it provided 

 for extension work also. Prof. F. E. 

 Millen was appointed State Apiarist 

 and has all such work in charge. He 

 has been holding meetings at numer- 



ous points in the State during the 

 past weeks, including a short course 

 at the college during the Farmers' 

 week roundup. A correspondence 

 course is announced to reach those 

 not in position to take advanntage of 

 the regular courses. Iowa beekeepers 

 are much gratified with the way the 

 new official is taking hold of the 

 work. A series of field meetings and 

 apiary demonstrations are planned 

 for next summer. Any Iowa bee- 

 keeper who wishes an apiary demon- 

 stration held in his neighborhood 

 should communicate with Prof. Mil- 

 len, at Ames, as early as possible, 

 since he will have a busy season. 



A Michigan Meeting. — The beekeep- 

 ers of Branch county gathered at the 

 court house at Coldwater, Mich., on 

 January 10 for a one-day beekeeping 

 school. The speakers were B. F. Kin- 

 dig, State Inspector; Mr. Leffingwell. 

 of Allen, and Mr. Erbaugh, of the ex- 

 tension service. Mr. Kindig spoke on 

 feeding and how to secure sugar for 

 feeding bees: he also talked on foul- 

 brood. Mr. Leffingwell spoke on the 

 production of extracted honey and 

 Mr Erbaugh on wintering and 

 swarming. About fortv were present. 

 CHAS. GALLOP. 



New Man at Ames. — Mr. E. M. At- 

 kins has resigned his position with 

 Prof. Webster at the Iowa Agricul- 

 tural College to enter extension work 

 in the government service. Mr. Wal- 

 lace Park, of Manhattan, Kans., has 

 been appointed to succeed him in 

 charge of experimental work in api- 

 culture and has already started with 

 the work. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE 



Bureau of Markets 



Semi-Monthly Market News Bulletin 



Honey arrivals since last report: 



Medina, Ohio. — 1,789 pounds Michi- 

 gan. 



Keokuk, Iowa. — No fresh arrivals. 



Hamilton, 111. — No fresh arrivals. 

 Markets — Jobbing Prices 



(In many markets in the honey 

 trade the term "jobber" is commonly 

 applied to the original receiver who 

 buys direct from the grower in carlot 

 quantities. However, in these reports 

 we use the term "wholesale carlot re- 

 ceiver" to designate the carlot pur- 

 chaser, while the term "jobber" refers 

 to the dealer who buys in less than 

 carlot quantities from the carlot re- 

 ceiver and who sells direct to retail- 

 ers. The prices quoted in this report 

 represent the prices at which the 

 "wholesale carlot receivers" sell to 

 the "jobbers.") 



Note: Arrivals include receipts 

 during preceding two weeks. Prices 

 represent current quotations. 



St. Louis. — Comb honey: No sup- 

 plies; extracted, supplies light. Cans, 

 bright amber 16-18c per pound; 

 dark amber 15c. Beeswax; no sales 

 reported. 



Denver. — Comb honey: receipts very 

 light. Extracted, approximately 27,- 

 000 pounds arrived. Comb honey : sup 



