1919 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



11 



everyone is elated at the prospect of 

 a return to normal conditions in that 

 great bee state. 



Those California 

 Short Course Meetings 



Our associate, Mr. Frank C. Pel- 

 lett, lias spent the whole of the 

 month of December in attendance at 

 the California short courses, where 

 he was on the program for a series 

 of lectures on Bee Inspection and 

 Bee Laws. 



All reports coming from him are 

 that this series of lectures is the best 

 he has ever attended, both in point 

 of numbers in attendance and in 

 scope of work outlined. 



We hope to be able to give more 

 general information in our February 

 and March numbers. 



An Italian Acknowledgement 

 of Services Rendered 



The following resolution by an 

 Italian Beekeepers' and Silk Grow- 

 ers' Museum organization, sent to 

 Washington, was forwarded to us 

 from the Bureau of Entomology, for 

 publication. It gives another illus- 

 tration of the present feeling in Al- 

 lied countries, towards the help re- 

 ceived, on the battlefields of France 

 and Italy, from the United States: 



The Directing Council of the Inter- 

 national Museum of Apiculture and 

 Sericulture in Turin, in its solemn 

 session of October 30, 1918, expresses 

 to the great Wilson and to his col- 

 laborators, as well as to all the api- 

 culturists of the United States, its 

 sentiments of high esteem, admira- 

 tion and recognition of the noble 

 deeds which they have performed in 

 Europe for the cause of justice and 

 the peace of the nations. 



Minnesota Inspection 



The Minnesota Inspector of Api- 

 aries has published his fourth annual 

 report. It contains a summary of the 

 season's work, a description of foul- 

 brood with cuts, the treatment of 

 both forms of the disease and the 

 Minnesota foulbrood law. It also 

 contains an interesting article from 

 Mr. Carl B. Stravs on the honey ex- 

 hibit at the State Fair, with recom- 

 mendations of more extensive ex- 

 hibits. Beekeepers who expect to 

 thrive in the business should secure 

 this report. Address Chas. D. Blaker, 

 State Apiarist, 4420 Grimes Avenue, 

 Minneapolis. 



den Island Honey Company, near 

 Honolulu. The pamphlet is well il- 

 lustrated and contains some inter- 

 esting information on honey produc- 

 tion in the Islands. It reports the 

 annual output of the apiaries of the 

 Islands at about one thousand tons 

 of honey and twenty-five tons of 

 wax from approximately 20,000 colo- 

 nies. The honey is, for the greater 

 portion, of dark color and of a mo- 

 lasses-like taste. Insects, especially 

 moths, ants and cockroaches, are the 

 greatest hindrances to profitable 

 beekeeping. 



English Notes 



The "Journal of the Board of Agri- 

 culture," published in London, con- 

 tains, in its October 1918 number, 5 

 pages devoted to bees — feeding for 

 winter, uniting weak nuclei, making 

 syrup, etc. — all practical hints and 

 advice. But the most interesting part 

 of this interesting journal is, to us, 

 the 58 pages devoted to "Women in 

 Agriculture." Indeed, women have 

 shown their ability, during the stren- 

 uous days, not only in beekeeping, 

 but in nearly all pursuits in which 

 men succeed. Although it is true 

 that each sex has a more special 

 sphere of work, we cannot deny that 

 women have demonstrated their abil- 

 ity in many lines where they were 

 formerly considered of little worth. 

 The discernment with which they 

 used the "school vote" in Illinois, 

 some years since, has had a great 

 deal to do with the success of equal 

 rights. Welcome to the women, not 

 behind the men, but at their side, 

 hereafter ! 



Hawaian Beekeeping 



"The Hive Bee," is the title of a 

 neat pamphlet of 36 pages published 

 by E. C. Smith, Manager of the Gar- 



Bees on Shares 



The excellent bee magazine, "The 

 Australasian Beekeeper," published 

 at West Maitland, New South Wales, 

 contains in its September number a 

 prize article which we reproduce in 

 this issue. It is very judicious. 

 In truth, "much depends on the api- 

 arist." An efficient man is worth 

 more than half the crop and a neg- 

 lectful man is of little or no value. 



I remember taking care of bees on 

 shares for half of the crop, in my 

 young days, when less than 25 years 

 of age. I had overestimated my abil- 

 ity, in an attempt to care for a num- 

 ber of apiaries many miles apart. It 

 was before the time of automobiles, 

 with bad roads. I came to the 

 apiary in question on a fine June day, 

 when the bees, crowded for room, 

 were swarming strenuously. The 

 owner, a hard-working old farmer, 



told me plainly that I was not earn- 

 ing my share of the crop. I readily 

 acknowledged my shortcomings, ex- 

 plained the situation and offered to 

 change the conditions of the con- 

 tract so as to give him entire satis- 

 faction. He was so well pleased with 

 my explanation and my willingness 

 to do the fair thing that he replied 

 immediately: 



"Bah ! Do the best you can after 

 this and I'll call it square. You're 

 the right kind. You're all right." 



The work went on, the bees were 

 supplied with needed supers, the 

 crop was good and we both had 

 cause to be pleased with the results. 

 That old farmer was one of my best 

 friends afterwards, as long as he 

 lived.— C. P. D. 



Bee Physiology 



We translate the following from 

 the "Apicoltore Moderno," of Turin, 

 Italy, in its May, 1918, number : 



"Abbott Collin ascertained that 

 when queenless colonies are deprived 

 of worker larvae less than 3 days old, 

 they build queen-cells around drone 

 larvae instead of worker larvae. This 

 is because, at this age, the worker 

 larvae no longer receive the milky 

 food which is given during the first 

 3 days ; while the drones, being slow- 

 er in development, are still fed with 

 it. 



"The size of the pollen pellets car- 

 ried by the workers of a colony, at 

 any time of the year, but especially 

 in spring, is a valuable sign to recog- 

 nize the condition of the colony. 

 The bees that do not have any brood 

 to feed, or have but little, do not 

 carry heavy loads of either pollen or 

 honey. So a colony whose bees are 

 seen with their pollen baskets heav- 

 ily loaded with pollen certainly has 

 a vigorous queen." 



We all know that a colony whose 

 bees do not carry pollen in spring, or 

 carry very little of it, is likely to be 

 queenless. 



Avoyelles Parish 

 Beekeepers' Association 



On Saturday, December 7, a num- 

 ber of beekeepers met at Marksville 

 Parish seat and organized a bee- 

 keepers' asociation under direction of 

 Mr. E. C. Davis, Bee Extension 

 Agent for Louisiana. J. F. Archde- 

 kin was elected President and Mr. 

 L. C. Mayeux, Hamburg, La., Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer. The purpose of the 

 association is to sell honey and wax 

 and buy supplies for the members. 

 J. F. ARCHDEKIN, 

 Big Bend, La. 



