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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 



(Juincy Wright, of Ch^.msford. 



The Presidents of each local Bee- 

 keepers' Association being present, 

 announced three delegates to the Fed- 

 erated Association, whose terms of 

 office were, respecth elv, one, two 

 and three years, and in the order 

 enumerated below: 



Berkshire Countj Beekeepers' So- 

 ciety—Mr. C. M.Musgrove, Pittsfield; 

 Mr. H. E. Hume, Dalton; Mr. L. D. 

 ( ase, Pittsfield. 



Eastern Masachusetts Society of 

 Beekeepers— Mr. W. Schweitzer, Bos- 

 ton ; Mrs. R. Goodenough, W. Rox- 

 bury; Mr. S. L. Davenport, Hathorne. 



Hampshire, Hampden Franklin Bee- 

 keepers' Association— Mr. A. .C. An- 

 drews, West Springfield ; Dr. D. D. 

 Gorton, West Springfield; Mr. O. M. 

 Smith, Florence. 



Massachusetts Society of Beekeep- 

 ers—Mr. H. C. Britton, Middleboro; 

 Miss Dorothy Quincy Wright, 

 Chelmsford; Mr. F. W. Frisbee, 

 North Andover. 



Worcester County Beekeepers' So- 

 ciety—Mr. W. E. Parker, West Boyl- 

 stoii; Mr. O. F. Fuller, Blackstone; 

 Mr. 11. E. Bradish, West Boylston. 



The By-Laws provide for a Board 

 of Directors consisting of the follow- 

 ing: 



Provision is made for the Secretary 

 of the State Board of Agriculture to 

 act as Chairman, with the State In- 

 spector of Apiaries; the President, 

 Vice President and Secretary as the 

 other members. 



Members— The Secretary of the 

 State Board of Agriculture and the 

 State Inspector of Apiaries shall be 

 ex-officio members. 



Voting members shall consist of 

 three delegates from each of the 

 regularly organized beekeepers' so- 

 cieties of the State. Their dues shall 

 be $2 annually. 



As an associate member, any person 

 who keeps at least one colony of 

 bees is eligible, but associate mem- 

 bers have no vote. Their dues shall 

 be 50 cents annually, with an applica- 

 tion fee of fifty cents. 



After a thorough business session 

 the meeting adjourned, subject to the 

 call of the directors. 



BURTON N. GATES, 



Acting Sec. 



County Inspectors Alive in Texas — 



One of the most interesting and in- 

 structive meetings held recently in 

 Texas was the conference of County 

 Apiary Inspectors at College Station, 

 February 11 and 12. More than 25 

 county Inspectors were present and 

 many valuable papers were read. 

 Among them was a scientific and 



scholarly treatise on foulbr 1 by Dr. 



N. G. LeGear, of Waco. With a high 

 microscope and a number of 

 slides he exhibited the bacillus of 

 American foulbrood in all its forms 

 and traced its life history. 



i day, Feb. 11, 1918 — Forenoon 



Session — 



9:00 — The Inspection Service, F. B. 

 > t a t c K n 1 1 



9:30— The College. Dr. \\ B B12 

 zell, Presidenl Texas \ 8 M. College. 

 10:00— The Experimenl Station, B. 

 Youngblood, Director Experiment 

 Station. 



In .ill — The Extension Service, T. O. 

 Walton, Assistant Director of Exten- 

 sion service. 



11 :00 — Apicultural Instruction, Prof. 

 S. W. Bilsing, Professor of Entomol- 

 ogy Texas A. & M. College. 



11:30 — Foulbrood Eradication, W 

 E. Jackson, Assistant Entomologist. 

 Afternoon Session — ■ 



1:30 to 5:30 — Fifteen-minute report 

 from each Inspector present of the 

 local work. 



Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1918 — Forenoon Ses- 

 sion — 



9:00 — Letters of Authorization and 

 Vouchers, F. B. Paddock. 



9:30 — Reports, W. E. Jackson. 



1D:00 — Laws and Regulations, F. B. 

 Paddock. 



10:30— Proposed Work, W. E. Jack- 

 son. 



11 :00— Instruction Book, F. B. Pad- 

 dock. 

 Afternoon Session — 



1 :00 — Inspection of College and Ex- 

 periment Station. 



2:30 — Foulbrood, N. G. LeGear. 



3:00— Sacbrood, T. W. Burleson. 



3:30 inspectors as Advisors, I. B. 

 King. 



4:00 — County Educational Work. T. 

 A. Bowden. 



E \ ruing Session — 



Smoker. 



It is to the energy of Mr. F. B. 

 Paddock, State Entomologist, that 

 the success of the meeting is largely 

 due. He has prepared to wage an ef- 

 fective battle of eradication this sea- 

 son against our common enemy. 



This meeting was held to educate 

 the inspectors as to their duties and 

 powers and to more fully co-relate 

 their work. Strict regulations are to 

 be enforced covering the shipment of 

 honey out of infected areas. Cer- 

 tificates of inspection, showing free- 

 dom from disease must accompany 

 bills of lading covering the tender of 

 honey to railway agents for ship- 

 ment. Texas is fortunate in having a 

 foulbrood law "with teeth in it," and 

 great progress is looked forward to 

 this season. Active work is being 

 done in 28 counties. 



E. G. LeSTOURGEON. 



Send Questions either to the office of the American Bee Journal or direct to 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, Il\. 



He does not answer bee-lteeDine Questions by mail. 



Queens 



I What i- a laying queen? 



2. Can i use a virgin queen in a hive with 

 success and will the bees swarm, and also 

 work good the first summer by using a virgin 

 i 



8. What is an untested queen, and how do 

 you know when you buy a queen whether it 

 is a virgin, tested or untested? 



■1. Would I have as good a chance to in- 

 troduce a virgin or an untested queen to a 

 colony ot , v $2 for a tested 



.". Will a virgin queen lay? 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



Answers. 1. As soon as a queen bej 

 lay eggs she is called a laying queen for the 

 rest of her life, even though she may stop lay- 

 ing for weeks or months. 



2. You would make a failure with a virgin. 



if she should remain a virgin. But after mat- 

 ing she might do excellent work, and would 

 be very unlikely to swarm in her first sum- 



3. An untested queen is a laying queen that 

 has been laying so short a time that none of 

 her progeny has yet emerged, and she becomes 

 a tested queen after the markings of her 

 progeny show that she has purely mated, 

 umcient experience you can tell 

 with more or less certainty by her looks 

 whether a queen is a virgin or a laying 

 queen; but I wouldn't undertake to tell a be- 

 how to do it. No one can tell by the 

 looks of a laying queen whether she is tested 

 or untested. 



