1918 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



205 



included, as formerly. The National 

 is not financially interested in any 

 bee journal, but National members 

 can secure, through the Secretary- 

 Treasurer, any or all of the bee jour- 

 nals at 75c each per year. This offer 

 is good for the rest of this year only. 

 If you wish the Market News Service 

 on honey, issued by the Bureau of 

 Markets, direct from Washington, 

 mention it when you send in your 

 dues. FLOYD MARKHAM. 



Beenien to Encourage Increased 

 Production. — Beekeepers are quietly 

 insuring to Wisconsin a source of 

 sugar other than that secured from 

 beets and sorghum cane by their en- 

 couragement of the beekeeping move- 

 ment in many of the towns of Wis- 

 consin. To further the development 

 of the industry the following bee 

 meetings are scheduled for June: 



Wausau, June 1; Stevens Point, 

 June 3; Grand Rapids, June 4; Marsh- 

 town, June S; Owen, June 6; Lady- 

 smith, June 7; Baron, June 8; Chip- 

 pewa Falls, June 10; Eau Claire, 

 June 11; Menomonie, June 12; Bald- 

 win, June 13; Ellsworth, June 14. 



G. H. Cale, a beekeeping extension 

 agent from the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, will attend 

 each meeting, and will speak to Wis- 

 consin beekeepers on the patriotic 

 value of the industry and the latest 

 methods of furthering the production 

 of honey. 



H. F. Wilson, of the Department of 

 Economic Entomology of the College 

 of Agriculture, will attend many of 

 the meetings to lead the discussion 

 Oil experiments in beekeeping out at 

 the experiment station. 



Fermenting Honey-A Practical Result 



In our number for April, 1917, page 

 121, the editor told of a visit at the 

 apiary of Mr. Irving Kenyon, of 

 Camillus, X. V., and of the peculiar 

 trouble experienced by this practical 

 and wideawake beekeeper. Mr. Ken- 



yon's honey crops were subjected to 

 a peculiar trouble. The honey fer- 

 mented in the cells and often burst 

 the cappings, being decidedly sour. 

 We suggested that it might be due 

 to some peculiar blossom. But Mr. 

 Kenyon thought it due to a microbe 

 within the hives, perpetuating itself 

 from year to year. The trouble was 

 so annoying that our friend resorted 

 to the extreme remedy of transferr- 

 ing all his bees to sheets of founda- 

 tion, in the spring, and melting all 

 the old combs into wax. He now 

 writes : 



"You will remember our talk about 

 honey souring. Well, I promised to 

 report my success this season with 

 the shake plan as used to cure 

 American foulbrood. I don't pretend 

 to know the cause of this trouble, 

 but after 15 years' experience with it 

 I am well satisfied that it is con- 

 tagious and is spread by robbing. Not 

 having a single colony that did not 

 not show it in 1916, this year (1917), 

 after shaking, I saw it in less than 

 one-fourth of one per cent of the 

 honey. I expect to shake again this 

 season, and think that will clean it 

 out entirely. I believe more of this 

 trouble is getting a foothold than 

 beekeepers are aware of. 



"IRVING KENYON, 



"Camillus, X. Y." 



Preserving with Honey Instead of 

 Sugar. — A lecture-demonstration to 

 be delivered in various cities of Mas- 

 sachusetts during May and June. (If 

 the demand for further lectures is 

 warranted, it may be possible to en- 

 gage Mrs. Hutchinson after July 1. 

 Requests should be made to the un- 

 dersigned. ) 



Mrs. Mary E. Hutchinson, of 

 Wakefield, Mass., has been engaged 

 to speak in various cities of Massa- 

 chusetts on Saturday afternoons, on 

 methods of preserving with honey; 

 even 100 per cent honey can be used. 

 It is generally believed that honey 



will not serve in jellies, but Mrs. 

 Hutchinson demonstrates that 100 

 per cent in these is practical. 



The first lecture was given in Wor- 

 cester on May 18, at Horticultural 

 Hall, at 2:30 p. m. At this time, also, 

 there was a regular monthly meeting 

 of the Worcester County Beekeep- 

 ers' Association, and the regularly 

 announced meeting of the Federated 

 Massachusetts Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion, Inc., as guest. 



In Springfield, Mass., it is arranged 

 for Mrs. Hutchinson to speak on 

 June 15, in the Mahogany room of 

 the Municipal Auditorium. This 

 meeting will be under the auspices of 

 the Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin 

 Beekeepers' Association, which will 

 convene at 2 p. m. 



Mrs. Hutchinson's future engage- 

 ments are subject to arrangement. 

 Inquiry concerning them should be 

 made to the undersigned. 



Mrs. Hutchinson is not only a bee- 

 keeper, but a most practical user of 

 honey, in preserves and in many 

 other ways. Her suggestions, which 

 are plain, every-day and practical, 

 are very helpful. Since sugar is not 

 plentiful, nor is it immediately ex- 

 pected to be, honey can well be sub- 

 stituted in preserves. It is anticipat- 

 ed that Mrs. Hutchinson will be 

 found most beneficial to her audi- 

 ences. These lectures are entirely 

 free and held by arrangement of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College. 

 All interested are urged to attend 

 B. N. GATES, 

 Amherst, Mass. 



Class of short 



Students at the University of Mi: 

 in handling bees 



Bee Literature in Our Local Libra- 

 ries.— Many of the public libraries of 



our State and nation are fully 

 aroused to the seriousness of the 

 food situation, and with this in mind 

 they are making every effort possible 

 to provide literature on all phases of 

 the subject of Food Conservation and 

 Food Production. 



One of the food articles we are 

 urged most earnestly by the Federal 

 Food Administration to conserve is 

 sugar. The best way to save sugar is 

 to increase both the production and 

 the consumption of honey as a sub- 

 stitute for sugar. 



The librarians of our State have 

 been provided with a very excellent 

 list of the best books and pamphlets 

 on the subject of Bees and Honey, 

 and they have been urged to secure 

 all of the literature included in this 

 list. In this effort the librarians 

 would be greatly aided and encour- 

 aged if every keeper of bees would 

 get in touch with his local library 

 and would aid the librarian to select 

 and secure the best literature suit- 

 able to the community, and would 

 then take steps to advertise the bee 

 literature which is in the library. 



A practical illustration of the ex- 

 cellent co-operation that can be 

 given by beekeepers was shown at a 

 recent Food and Garden Show in the 

 Public Library at Dixon. At this 

 Food Show, Mr. C. O. Engel gave a 

 talk on the subject of sugar and 

 honeybees. He also contributed some 

 excellent oamphluts which he had 



