1918 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



167 



preferred to those :':\t are self- 

 spacing. Yet "in this locality," where 

 frames of both kinds have been used 

 by the thousands, self-spacers are de- 

 cidedly preferred. They have the im- 

 portant advantage when placing 

 frames in the hive that not only is 

 the spacing done exactly, but almost 

 instantaneously. With self-spacing 

 frames, even if one had such marvel- 

 ous eyes that a small fraction of an 

 inch could be measured, each sep- 

 arate frame must be slowly adjusted 

 into place, the whole operation tak- 

 ing many times as long as with self- 

 spacers. And this difference in time 

 occurs every time the frames are 

 handled, so that those who go 

 through their hives many times in 

 summer — and with many good bee- 

 keepers it occurs every ten days — will 

 lose very much more time in summer 

 with loose-hanging frames than they 

 can gain in the one operation in ques- 

 tion, which occurs only once a year, 

 if it occurs at all. 



Even in that one operation, there 

 must be something wrong if there be 

 any real gain with loose-hanging 

 frames. If the self-spacing combs fill 

 the hive quite full, and there is no 

 dummy, then the difficulty of getting 

 out the first frame is so great that 

 one may well prefer loose frames. 

 But there should never be such 

 crowding. There should be a dummy 

 easily withdrawn, after the with- 

 drawal of which the loose hangers 

 have nothing on the self-spacers. 



Another item in the case is that 

 with self-spacers the frames are al- 

 ways held square, bottom-bars as 

 well as top-bars being properly 

 spaced. With frames hanging loose, 

 no matter how exactly the top-bars 

 be spaced, there is always a chance 

 for the frames to get out of square, 

 so that occasionally bottom-bars 

 swing so close that the bees glue 

 them together. 



What We Eat, and What Happens 

 to It 



Under the above title a series of 

 articles is being published in The 

 Ladies' Home Journal, in explanation 

 of which that periodical says : 



"Up to now nearly all that we have 

 known of what we eat when the food 

 reaches the human stomach has been 

 learned through the use of the stom- 

 ach pump, X-ray examinations, or 

 from experiments made on the stom- 

 achs of dogs. A direct method, how- 

 ever, has recently been developed in 

 the Department of Physiological 

 Chemistry of the Jefferson Medical 

 College, of Philadelphia, devised by 

 Dr. Martin E. Rehfuss. of Professor 

 Hawk's staff, whereby it is now made 

 possible to follow the transforma- 

 tions of the food that we eat, as it 

 is actually digested by the human 

 stomach, at every stage of the di- 

 gestion." 



The paragraph below is taken from 

 the article in the February Ladies' 

 Home Journal. It contains nothing 

 strikingly new, yet appearing where 

 it does, and meeting the eyes of so 

 many thousands of women who never 

 see a bee journal, it cannot fail of 

 having an important influence. Let 

 us hope that the statement that "Our 



children would be bett '" off if we 

 had them eat more honey and less 

 candy" may arrest the attention of 

 many an interested mother: 



What Does the Stomach Say 

 to Honey? 



"Honey is about 75 per cent sugar, 

 the principal 'sweeteners' present be- 

 ing glucose, fruit sugar and cane 

 sugar, the latter being present in 

 very small amount. The flavor of the 

 honey is due to certain volatile sub- 

 stances which the bee extracts from 



the flower. Bread an_ honey is a 

 combination which looms large in the 

 average juvenile eye. It has good 

 food value and is well digested, pro- 

 vided the child can curb his desire to 

 use more honey than bread. If we 

 take milk along with the bread and 

 honey we have a very satisfactory 

 luncheon. Our children would be bet- 

 ter off if we had them eat more 

 honey and less candy. The same is 

 true of the syrups and of molasses ; 

 and the more old-fashioned they are 

 in their making, the better." 



Short Course at Ames, Iowa — The 



second annual beekeeping short 

 course will be held on May 13 to 18, 

 1918, at the Iowa State College, Ames. 



In view of the necessity of in- 

 creased honey production this year, 

 the course will be made very practi- 

 cal and will include phases of man- 

 agement and practice in two apiaries. 



Several successful commercial api- 

 arists will assist us. If you are really 

 anxious to make a success with bees 

 and want to learn more about them, 

 attend this course. 



Opportunities for commercial bee- 

 keeping were never better and honey 

 is now regarded as a food, not a lux- 

 ury. The demand far exceeds the 

 supply. 



Many ladies have signified their in- 

 tention of meeting with us and all 

 are welcome. There are no fees and 

 rooms and meals can be obtained at 

 reasonable rates. The course is open 

 to all interested in beekeeping. Pro- 

 grams can be obtained from F. Eric 

 Milieu, Ames, Iowa. 



Corrugated Paper — Get large boxes 

 of the heavy mill board, corrugated 

 paper second choice ; cut down the 

 corners, lay out flat, paint one side 

 with coal tar; then lay it, tar side 

 down, in front of the hive to kill 

 grass. It is surprising how long it 

 will last. 



DR. BONNEY, 

 King Bee. 



Honey by the Ton Going to Waste 



— One eastern North Carolina county 

 produced 35 tons of honey in 1917, re- 

 ports Mr. Franklin Sherman. The 

 beekeepers in this county assert that 

 with proper distribution of bee-yards 

 three times as many bees could be 

 kept in the county with equally good 

 results. Even allowing that 1917 was 

 an unusually good honey year, the 

 county could produce 100 tons of 

 honey in average years if it were 

 fully stocked with bees which were 

 managed by good beekeepers. Yet 

 this county does not include 10 per 

 cent of the honey-producing plants of 

 the eastern section — in other words, 

 over 1,000 tons of honey are 

 produced by the native plants of 

 eastern North Carolina in average 



years, of which scarcely one-tenth is 

 gathered for the uses of man. Think 

 of what this means when honey is 

 selling for around 15 cents per pound. 

 —Extension Farm News, North Caro- 

 lina. 



The Northern Pennsylvania Bee- 

 keepers' Association met in Annual 

 session at Towanda, Feb. 28. The 

 meeting was well attended. The 

 membership now numbers 35. Among 

 the good things on the program was 

 Prof. J. G. Saunders with his movie 

 bee film. Also Chief Apiary Adviser 

 Geo. H. Rea, besides local speakers. 

 The next meeting will be in the na- 

 ture of a field meeting and picnic 

 combined, to be held in June at the 

 home of the Secretary. All beekeep- 

 ers welcome. 



HARRY W. BEAVER, 



Troy, Pa. Secretary. 



Massachusetts Federation of Bee- 

 keepers' Societies — The following re- 

 port is interesting from its federation 

 features, aside from the fact that it 

 shows activity on the part of Massa- 

 chusetts beekeepers. In union there 

 is strength and the example should 

 be followed in every direction : 



Each year there is an advance in 

 beekeeping, which now requires the 

 co-ordinate working of beekeepers. 

 To this end, at Worcester, Saturday, 

 March 23, an important gathering of 

 the beekeepers of Massachusetts was 

 held. There was a wide and repre- 

 sentative attendance. Among those 

 present were the Presidents of each 

 of the five local beekeepeers' socie- 

 ties of the State, together with Sec- 

 retaries and delegates from these 

 societies. Absolute unity, enthusiasm 

 and earnestness prevailed with but 

 one aim in view, the formation of a 

 "Federated Massachusetts Beekeep- 

 ers' Association." By-laws were 

 formulated and adopted. It was voted 

 to incorporate. As the business of 

 the meeting was rapidly transacted, 

 the following officers were soon 

 elected : 



President — Mr. O. M. Smith, of 

 Florence. 



Vice President— Mr. O. F. Fuller, of 

 Blackstone. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Miss Dorothy 



