1919 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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is by far the largest yield any three 

 queens have given me in one season. 

 JOHN HENDRICKS, 

 Powell, Wyoming. 



New Jersey Beekeepers* Association 



The annual meeting of the New 

 Jersey Beekeepeers' Association will 

 be held in Trenton, X. J., January 

 16-17, 1919. The program follows: 

 Thursday Morning, Jan. 11 



10:00 — Report of Secretary-Treas- 

 urer. 



10:30 — Address by President Bar- 

 clay. 



11 :00 — Economical Extracted Honey 

 Production, Allen Latham, Norwich- 

 town, Conn. 



Thursday Afternoon 



1 :30 — "An Economical and Efficient 

 Hive Paint." E. D. VVarde, Arlington, 

 N. J. 



2:00 — "Survey of Beekeeping in 

 Morris and Somerset Counties." E. 

 G. Carr, Deputy Bee Inspector for 

 New Jersey. 



2:30 — "Honey Production as a 

 Business." Morley Pettit, George- 

 town, Ont. 



3:15 — "Queen-Rearing for the Honey 

 Producer." Allen Latham, Norwich- 

 town, Conn. 



3:45 — "Outdoor Wintering of Bees." 

 E. G. Carr, Deputy Bee Inspector for 

 New Jersey. 



4:13 — "Boy Power in the Apiary." 

 R. D. Barclay, President New Jersey 

 Beekeepers' Association, Riverton, N. 



4:30— "The Value of Agricultural 

 Fairs to the Honey Producer." C. N. 

 Greene, Apiary Adviser, Harrisburg, 

 Pa. 



Thursday Evening 



7:15 — "Honey Cookery." Mrs. 



Frank App, State Leader in Home 

 Economics, New Brunswick, N. J. 



7:45 — "Beekeeping." Morley Pettit, 

 Georgetown, Ont. A popular lecture, 

 illustrated by three reels of motion 

 pictures. 



Friday Morning, January 17 



9:00 — Unfinished business and elec- 

 tion of officers. 



9:30 — "Extracted Honey Produc- 

 tion." Morley Pettit, Georgetown, 

 Ont. 



10:15— "The Two-Hive-Body Sys- 

 tem of Beekeeping." Allen Latham, 

 Norwichtown, Conn. 



11:00— "The Outlook for the Honey 

 Producer in the East." C. N. Green, 

 Apiary Adviser for Pennsylvania. 

 E. G. CARR, Sec.-Treas., 

 New Egypt, N. J. 

 RICHARD D. BARCLAY, Pres., 



Riverton, N. J. 



Michigan Meeting 



The annual convention of the State 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 in Lansing on January 21-23. The 

 place of meeting and other particu- 

 lars will be announced upon the pro- 

 gram, which will be in the mail by 

 January 1. Anyone desiring a pro- 

 gram should write to the Secretary, 

 East Lansing, Mich. The headquar- 

 ters will be the Detroit and Kerns 

 (Wentworth) Hotels. A banquet will 

 be held on the evening of January 

 22. Everyone should be on hand for 

 the President's address, which will 



be delivered at 1 p. m. on the 21st. 

 This will lie followed by the follow- 

 ing subjects and others to be an- 

 nounced in the program: 



"Large Hives." C. P. Dadant, E. R. 

 Root, J. N. Harris and others. 



"Co-operative Marketing," J. N. 

 MxBride, State Director of Markets. 



Address — Hon. Geo. A. Prescott, 

 Federal Food Administrator. 



"Tin- Countv Association." Mi^s A. 

 Sly. 



"Two Queens in One Hive." Arthur 

 Sharrow. 



"Combless Packages," E. A. Lef- 

 fingwell. 



"Honey Resources of the Upper 

 Peninsula," B. F. Kindig. 



Other subjects and general infor- 

 mation on printed program. 



B. F. KIXDIG, Sec, 

 East Lansing, Mich. 



Friday and Saturday, January 10 and 

 11, 1919. Program on request. 

 HOWARD M. MYERS. Sec, 



Ransomville, X. Y. 



Minnesota Meeting 



Because of influenza, the annual 

 meeting of the Minnesota Beekeep- 

 ers' Association w r as postponed from 

 December to January 2 and 3, Room 

 4, Plant Pathology Building, Univer- 

 sity Farm, St. Paul, Minn. 



L. V. FRANCE, Sec. 



National Beekeepers' Association 



The annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Association will 

 be held at the Hotel La Salle, Chi- 

 cago, February 18, 19 and 20, 1919. 



The complete program has not 

 been arranged, but the following 

 speakers expect to attend : 



E. R. Root, editor of Gleanings, 

 "Past, Present and Future of Bee- 

 keeping." 



C. P. Dadant, editor of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, "International Bee- 

 keeping." 



E. D. Townsend, editor of the Do- 

 mestic Beekeeper. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, Washington, D. C, "Factors 

 Influencing the Secretion of Nectar." 



Prof. F. Eric Millen, Iowa Agricul- 

 tural College, "Beekeeping as Seen 

 by a Bee Inspector." 



Prof. E. G. Baldwin, Extension 

 Service Dept., Purdue University, In- 

 diana.. 



Kenneth Hawkins, Plainfield, 111., 

 "Beekeeping in Dixie." 



Prof. H. F. Wilson, University of 

 Wisconsin, "Organizing Local Socie- 

 ties." 



Chas. B. Justice, General Manager 

 California Honey Producers' Co-op- 

 erative Exchange. 



Dr. C. C. Miller expects to attend 

 one day, if he is able. 



A question box will be featured at 

 each session and with the very high- 

 est authorities on the different 

 branches of the beekeeping industry 

 present, no beekeeper can afford to 

 miss this convention. 



FLOYD MARKHAM, 

 Sec.-Treas. 



Western New York Honey Produc- 

 ers' Association 



The postponed meeting of the 

 Western New York Honey Produc- 

 ers' Association will be held at the 

 Genessee Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., on 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE 



Bureau of Markets 



Honey arrivals since last report: 



Medina, Ohio— 57,400 lbs. from Ohio 

 and 34,500 lbs from Idaho arrived. 



harr.il. or., 111. — No arrivals. 



Keokuk, Iowa — 2,760 lbs. from Iowa 

 and 74 lbs. from Illinois arrived. 

 Shipping Point Information 



San Francisco, Calif., Xov. 30 — Sup- 

 plies light. Demand and movement 

 moderate. Cash to producers at 

 country loading points : Extracted, 

 per pound, water white, 22-23j^c, 

 sage white, 20-23c ; light amber, 18- 

 20^c; dark amber, 18-19c. Beeswax: 

 supplies moderate, 35-40c per pound. 



Los Angeles, Calif., Xov. 30 — Sup- 

 plies very light. Very few sales. 

 Cash to producer on farm: Extract- 

 ed, per pound, white, supplies prac- 

 tically exhausted, too few sales to 

 establish market; light amber, sage 

 and alfalfa, 2\y 2 -22c; amber, no sales 

 reported. Beeswax, 36-37c per pound. 



Chicago — 1 Utah, 1 Colorado and 

 approximately 1,000 packages from 

 Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan ar- 

 rived. Demand and movement 

 slower, little change in prices. Sales 

 to jobbers, Wisconsins and New 

 Yorks, extracted per lb., buckwheat, 

 No. 1, 21-22c; Utahs, Colorados and 

 Illinois, extracted per lb., white, No. 

 1, 25-27c; amber, 22-24c ; comb, No. 1, 

 24-section cases, $6-6.50- Beeswax, 

 40c per pound. 



Denver — Approximately 40,000 lbs. 

 extracted arrived. Receipts moder- 

 ate. Demand and movement slow; 

 no change in prices. Few sales. Sales 

 to jobbers, extracted per lb., white, 

 mostly 25c; light amber, 24c; comb, 

 24-section cases, white No. 1, $6.30; 

 X'o. 2, $5.85. Beeswax, 38c per pound. 



Kansas City — No arrivals, no cars 

 on track. Supplies light. Demand 

 and movement slow, little change in 

 prices. Quality and condition good. 

 Few sales. Sales to jobbers, Mis- 

 souri, extracted, no sales reported; 

 comb, light amber, 24-section cases, 

 No. 1, $8.50; Colorado, light amber, 

 24-section cases, No. 1, $7.50-7.75. 



Cincinnati — 1 Nevada arrived, L. C. 

 L. receipts moderate, nearby receipts 

 very light. Sales to jobbers: Ex- 

 tracted, per lb., demand and move- 

 ment slow, little change in prices. 

 Alfalfa and sweet clover 29-30c, am- 

 ber, no sales reported; comb, de- 

 mand and movement good; white, 24- 

 section cases, No. 1, $7-7.25; fancy, 

 $7.50. Beeswax: demand slow, few 

 sales, yellow average 40c per pound. 



Minneapolis — Home-grown receipts 

 light. Demand and movement good. 

 Supplies moderate. Sales direct to 

 retailers, Californias, Minnesotas and 

 Colorados, extracted, per pound, 

 prices slightly higher; quality and 

 condition generally good; 60-lb. cans, 

 26j/2-30c; Colorados, comb, no change 

 in prices; quality and condition good, 

 white fancy, 24-section cases, $7-725. 



