1918 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



133 



June 1— VI. Comb-honey produc- 

 tion. 



June 15 — VII. Extracted honey pro- 

 duction. 



j u ly 1— VIII. Preparation and 

 marketing of honey. 



August 1— IX. Fall management of 



September 1— X. Wintering of 

 bees. 



F. ERIC MILLEN, 

 Ames, Iowa. 



Nebraska Meetings.— At the Janu- 

 ary meeting, held at the University 

 State Farm in conjunction with the 

 Organized Agriculture meetings, the 

 following officers were elected: 

 President, F. J. Harris, of Lincoln; 

 Vice President, Geo. O. Olson, of 

 Wahoo, Secretary and Treasurer, O. 

 E. Timm, of Bennington. Also a 

 committee of four was elected for 

 the purpose of getting new members 

 and stirring up a greater interest in 

 the association. 



It was decided to hold a meeting 

 on Thursday, at 9 a. m. during the 

 State Fair. At this meeting will be 

 given several instructive talks on the 

 needs of co-operation in beekeeping, 

 etc. Also it is expected to hear a 

 report of the committee on their 

 work done. 



On February 2 the officers held 

 their meeting at Omaha and certain 

 changes concerning the State Fair 

 exhibit were recommended before 

 the Board of Agriculture. 



Also it was decided by the Asso- 

 ciation that they will care for all ex- 

 hibits sent in to the State Fair by 

 members who cannot personally be 

 there to care for their exhibit. This 

 was made especially for beginner ex- 

 hibitors who can have only a few en- 

 tries. 



Any exhibitor who wants to take 

 advantage of this offer must write 

 the Secretary at least six weeks be- 

 fore the Fair. 



O. E. TIMM, Sec'y. 



The National Meeting at Burling- 

 ton. — The meeting of 1918 was one of 

 the smallest in attendance and one 

 of the most harmonious and inter- 

 esting in discussions that the Na- 

 tional ever had. The small attend- 

 ance was due to lack of early infor- 

 mation as to the date of meeting and 

 program, some members stating that 

 they had received a copy of the pro- 

 gram only a day ahead of the date 

 of the meeting. 



President Jager was present only 

 on the first day, being called back to 

 St. Paul by a telegram, for urgent 

 business. He asked the editor of 

 the American Bee Journal to preside 

 at the meeting until after the elec- 

 tion of new officers. The Vice Presi- 

 dent elected in 1917, Mr. Polhemus, 

 died within a week after his election, 

 so that the absence of President Ja- 

 ger left the meeting without a pre- 

 siding officer. 



The Secretary, John C. Bull, was 

 also absent and Hamlin B. Miller, of 

 Marshalltown, Secretary of the Iowa 

 State Association, was appointed as 

 secretary pro tern. Before leaving, 

 President Jager called the attention 

 of the members to the fact that one 



of the most weighty actions the Na- 

 tional Association was ever called 

 upon to perform was perpetrated in 

 1917, when he and several others ap- 

 peared before the officials of the Na- 

 tional Agricultural Department to so- 

 licit the establishment of extension 

 work. By the influence brought to 

 bear, fourteen extension workers 

 were appointed to visit the different 

 States, and Dr. Phillips stated that 

 they were holding not less than nine 

 meetings of local organizations daily 

 in different parts of the country, so 

 that the education of uninformed 

 beekeepers is now going on at a rate 

 which will increase greatly the 

 knowledge concerning bees and will 

 check diseases while increasing pro- 

 duction. 



Very interesting information was 

 supplied by Dr. Phillips concerning 

 the number of circulars sent to bee- 

 keepers by the Bureau of Entomol- 

 ogy and the replies received showing 

 increased interest There are over 

 800.000 beekeepers in the United 

 States and nevertheless it is proven 

 that much more honey wastes unhar- 

 vested than the total amount of 

 sweets of different kinds produced. 



Steps have been taken by the Food 

 Administration to supply sugar for 

 feeding bees wherever it is necessary. 

 Also help is extended in getting the 

 delivery of both lumber and coal for 

 the making of apiary implements. 



Resolutions were passed commend- 

 ing the work of the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology and asking for its continu- 

 ance and extension. 



A resolution was also passed ask- 

 ing that the Postoffice Department 

 take means to enable the shipping of 

 bees in combless packages through 

 the parcel post. 



The matter of purchase of comb- 

 less packages of bees was discussed 

 at length and indiscriminate pur- 

 chase censured. It was the consen- 

 sus of opinion among the different 

 members that this business of buy- 

 ing and shipping bees from the South 

 in combless packages be confined to 

 supplying only hives full of combs at 

 the proper time. Otherwise more 

 loss than profit would be derived 

 from this business. 



Numerous papers were read and 

 much information elicited. 



The officers elected for the ensu- 

 ing year are : 



President — David Running, Filion, 

 Mich. 



Vice-President — Hamlin B. Miller, 

 Marshalltown. Iowa. 



Secretary — Floyd Markham. Ypsi- 

 lanti, Mich. 



Directors — David Running, Floyd 

 Markham, John C. Bull, of Valpa- 

 raiso, Ind., and Professor Francis Ja- 

 ger, of St. Paul. Minn. 



The marketing of honey, the mak- 

 ing of honey a staple, were dis- 

 cussed at length. The following 

 resolution was passed 



"Resolved, That we view with sat- 

 isfaction the progress already being 

 made and the wonderful efficiency al- 

 ready attained by the teaching of 

 economic uses of honey by our State 

 colleges and high schools. The Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Association en- 

 dorses this work and desires in this 



manner to encourage its continu- 

 ance.'." 



All the sessions were held in the 

 banquet room of the Hotel Burling- 

 ton, a very convenient place in the 

 extremely cold weather prevailing at 

 the time 



Although no place of meeting was 

 selected for 1919, the election of both 

 President and Secretary in the State 

 of Michigan indicates a tendency to 

 hold the next meeting in some cen- 

 tral spot of the Middle Vest. 



In spite of the small income, the 

 treasury was shown to have a bal- 

 ance of $133.10 after paying expenses. 



Professor F. E. Millen, in charge of 

 apiculture at Ames, made the state- 

 ment that about 30 of our agricul- 

 tural colleges are now having courses 

 in beekeeping regularlv. 



Ontario Short Course. — The short 

 course in beekeeping was a great 

 success and our program was carried 

 nut without a mishap of any kind. 

 Sixteen attended the lectures" on the 

 opening day of the course and the 

 class gradually increased in numbers 

 until one day forty-nine people were 

 present. In arranging the program 

 the more elementary work was dealt 

 with at the first of the course, to 

 form a foundation for the more ad- 

 vanced work to follow. The last half 

 of the course was of particular inter- 

 est to the more advanced and ex- 

 perienced beekeepers, although everv 

 detail was explained as clearly as 

 possible for the benefit of the begin- 

 ners. Special subjects were assigned 

 to special days so that those unable 

 to attend all lectures could spend 

 their time here to the greatest ad- 

 vantage. Mr. John A. McKinnon, 

 St. Eugene, Ont„ handled the subject 

 of queen rearing. Mr. D. Anguish, 

 of Lambeth, at one time a promi- 

 nent exhibitor of honey at the Cana- 

 dian exhibitions, delivered the lec- 

 tures on Comb-Honey Production, 

 Grading and Marketing. Principles 

 were mentioned rather than methods, 

 but in every case a method was 

 described, to more firmly fix the 

 principles in the minds of the class. 

 G. B. Gooderham, B. S. A., Central 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa, spoke 

 about American foulbrood. Mr. Sla- 

 den. Apiarist, Dominion Experi- 

 mental Farms, was here for the first 

 week of the course. 



I very much regretted the unavoid- 

 able absence of Mr. Jas. Armstrong, 

 President of the Ontario Beekeep- 

 ers' Association. He has assisted 

 with his practical talks at many of 

 our courses, but illness prevented 

 him attending. Mr. J. F. Dunn, Ridge- 

 way, assisted me for the greater part 

 of the time and proved a valuable 

 utility man. Mr. Hershiser was also 

 present and gave two very practical 

 lectures. 



The teaching of this course will 

 spread over a large area, some mem- 

 bers of the class coming from New 

 Brunswick, Pennsylvania, and one 

 from Saskatchewan. They were all 

 enthused with the urgent need for 

 the production of'more honey to help 

 relieve the sugar shortage. 



Generally speaking, the prospects 

 of a crop are fairly good in Ontario, 



