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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 



keeping. If only the personal pro- 

 noun of the successful beekeeper on 



the convention floor wire all.. But 



HIS honey, HIS business, and the 

 way HE works the bees, are only 

 symptoms. The disease itself is 

 prevalent among beekeepers and 

 common to other pursuits as well. 



A woman is eager to help. A man 

 takes that help as a matter of course, 

 tolerantly if somewhat inefficient, 

 and with hostility if she should be 

 indiscreet enough to show too much 

 intelligence, or if, perchance on some 

 occasion she neglect to ask HIS ad- 

 vice on some minor point. 



If she works too slow, she is lazy; 

 if too rapidly, then she is trying to 



drive HIM ; if she does her work with 

 exquisite care, she is old-maidish, 

 and if she puts it through in a hurry, 

 she automatically acquires the title 

 of a "slouch." 



But woe to the woman who dis- 

 covers anything whatsoever, either 

 right or wrong, with HIS bees. Also 

 woe i" the bees. Whole colonies can 



perish (by starvation or disease) 

 while waiting For HIM to make the 

 discovery. Similarly the woman may 

 Close ill'' ' m i allies to weak Cl doilies, 

 only the next day to find them 



robbed out, because HE thought the 

 bees needed more air. and that 

 women were something of a nuisance 



monkeying around HIS bees 



Why sin mid women work either 

 for love or praise from their hus- 

 bands? Why not work for the wage 

 that is justly theirs? Or, better yet, 

 the rich relative failing to depart this 

 life at the psychological moment, 

 why not appropriate a portion ol the 

 capital which (theoretically onlj I be- 

 longs to her by virtue of having 

 helped HIM in its accumulation, and 

 be an apiarist in her own right ? 



Perhaps (?) he would lend a help- 

 ing hand occasionally, and perhaps 

 she would be kind and well-bred, or, 

 to sum it up in one word, JUST, and 

 say "< )UR bees." 



A HELPER. 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 * NEWS ITEMS f 



The Northeast Kansas Beekeepers' 

 Association held a very profitable 



field meet at the apiary of O. A. 

 Keene, Topeka, on the afternoon of 

 April 18, 1918. Mr. E. W. Atkins, of 

 the Entomological Department of 

 the Extension Department, Wash- 

 ington. D. C, was present and gave 

 demonstrations in handling bees, 

 transferring, etc., and gave an inter- 

 esting talk on general management 

 of bees. A large and enthusiastic 

 crowd attended the meeting, showing 

 increased interest in beekeeping. 



A. R. HOCKEXSMITH, Pres. 



an army of men and women with sci- 

 entific training in beekeeping dis- 

 tributed over the State to co-operate 

 with this Department, the Missouri 

 Apicultural Society and State and 

 Federal Extension workers, the solu- 

 tion of many of Missouri's bee prob- 

 lems will be simplified. Every Mis- 

 sourian who keeps bees must be 

 reached with fundamental informa- 

 tion on up-to-date beekeeping. 



The National. — The National Bee- 

 keepers' Association has in the past 

 done much for the beekeeping fra- 

 ternity. In the opinion of some H 



has made some mistakes. Because it 

 stands for education and extension 

 work in beekeeping, some will not 

 support it -selfish motives. This re- 

 tards tin- growth of tin- National Ut- 

 ile compared to the indifference of 

 the majority of the rank and file of 

 beekeepeers who overlook what 

 might be accomplished by a strong 

 organization. 



In these times it is not necessary 

 to mention the benefits of organiza- 

 tion; we see it on every hand, trade, 

 industrial, fraternal. Even the bee- 

 keepers are waking up, owing to 

 Government extension work, and are 

 forming County and State associa- 

 tions better than before. This seems 

 the best way to make a solid founda- 

 tion for a National organization 

 and I expect in time to see all these 

 affiliated with the National Associa- 

 tion. 



The National has no publicity de- 

 partment, it is only through the cour- 

 tesyof the bee journals that it is 

 possible to reach the beekeepers. To 

 each of you thai reads this, I say- 

 Why throw the expense and respon- 

 sibility of the National work on a 

 few when your support would make 

 an organization that would be able to 

 do what even the most optimistic 

 have thought possible? Forget the 

 past, think of the future if you wish, 

 but remember nothing is certain but 

 the present and the present need of 

 I lir National is members. Officers of 

 local and State associations, you 

 could help greatly. Some State Sec- 

 retaries are sending in lists of new 

 members each week, why not you? 

 The annual dues to the Xational Bee- 

 keepers' Association are $1.50 per 

 year. To become a member it is only 

 necessary to send this amount to the 

 Secretary-Treasurer or pay it to your 

 local or State Secretary, who will 

 send it on. You will get a receipt by 

 return mail. You will NOT get a 



year's subscription to the "Domestic 

 Beekeeper, or any other magazine, 



Beekeeping at the University of 

 Missouri. — 1 he Department of Ento- 

 mology of the University of Missouri 

 has been offering courses in beekeep- 

 ing for the regular University stu- 

 dents for the past five years; and dur- 

 ing the past two years special courses 

 have been offered for agricultural 

 students in the short winter course. 

 file courses have been well attended 

 and have attracted many men and 

 women who have had years of prac- 

 tical experience in handling bees. 

 Women, as well as men, select the 

 course in beekeeping and a number 



oi tudent mpleting their uni- 



COUrse have been pushing 

 beekeeping in their respective com- 

 miinit les. 



Missouri was one of the first Si;iir- 

 of the middle west to recognize the 

 possibilities in beekeeping and tin 

 impoi i ante i 'f i ill ering fundamental 



instruction in beekeeping along with 

 Other agricultural course Missouri, 

 ■. n li mi ire bees than an \ othet Stati 

 111 the Union except Texas, offers 

 some unusual opportunities ill bee- 

 keeping. However, the big bee prob- 

 lems, wintering, pasturage, etc have 

 bei n scarcely touched. With 



of agricultural shi 

 insoi.iM of the Department 



ing hives and hive equip- 



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