1919 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



135 



Death of Mr. John Thornton 



We have word of the death of Mr. 

 John Thornton, of Lima. 111., a well- 

 known beekeeper and fruit grower of 

 that district. Mr. Thornton was only 

 58 years old at the time of his death. 



A Series of Short Courses for April 



A letter from Doctor Phillips con- 

 veys the information that a series of 

 short courses for commercial bee- 

 keepers, similar to those held in Cali- 

 fornia and New York, are planned for 

 mid-western States during the month 

 of April. The first is to be held at 

 Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., 

 from April 7 to 12. The second will 

 be held at Ames, Iowa, at the State 

 College of Agriculture, from April 14 

 to 19, and the week following at Uni- 

 versity Farm, St. Paul, Minn., from 

 April 21 to 26, a similar course will 

 be held. The program will be sim- 

 ilar to that followed at the Califor- 

 nia and Xew York courses, with 

 Doctor Phillips and Mr. Demuth, 

 from the U. S. Department, co-oper- 

 ating with officials of the various uni- 

 versities. Mr. Dadant, from this of- 

 fice, expects to attend the Indiana 

 short course, while Mr. Pellett ex- 

 pects to be present at Iowa. 



The Nebraska Convention 



The Nebraska beekeepers met at 

 Lincoln this year in connection with 

 the "Organized Agriculture" meetings 

 at the Agricultural College. The ses- 

 sions were well attended and the in- 

 terest very good. Prof, F. E. Millen, 

 Iowa State Apiarist ; E. G. Brown, of 

 the Western Honey Producers', and 

 Frank C. Pellett, of our staff, were 

 the speakers from outside the State. 

 H. C. Cook, of Omaha, conducted the 

 question box. Mr. Cook is one of the 

 best known Nebraska beekeepers and 

 has been active in support of a bill 

 which has been introduced in the 

 legislature to provide a State Api- 

 arist, similar to the Iowa officer, who 

 shall be responsible for inspection 

 and for educational work in beekeep- 

 ing as well. The bill is reported to 

 have failed at this session, but will 

 probably be brought up again later, 

 as the association is anxious to have 



the beekeeping work firmly estab- 

 lished at the university. 



The retiring officers are to be con- 

 gratulated on the success of the first 

 year of the new organization. Mr. 

 Harris, the president; Mr. Olsen, vice 

 president, and Mr. Timm, the secre- 

 tary, have all been active in the new 

 organization and have reason to be 

 gratified with the success of the first 

 convention. The secretary explained 

 that he would be unable to devote as 

 much time to the work during the 

 coming season as has been required 

 of him, and asked to be relieved. 



Rev. R. W. Livers, of Hardy, was 

 elected president and Prof. Myron H. 

 Swenk, of the University, secretary. 

 Prof. Swenk is teaching a course in 

 beekeeping at the college and is much 

 pleased with the interest manifested. 

 We feel sure that Prof. Swenk will 

 extend the work just as rapidly as 

 circumstances will permit. A series 

 of field meetings, to be under the 

 joint supervision of the University 

 and the Association, are planned for 

 the coming summer. These will be 

 held at different points within the 

 State so as to be within reach of as 

 many beekeepers as possible. 



expenditure necessary to make the 

 exhaustive tests to determine many 

 interesting points. 



Death of Oscar Dines 



We have only lately been apprised 

 of the sudden death in the last days 

 of December, of Oscar Dines, one of 

 the most practical beekeepers of 

 New York State. Mr. Dines kept 

 nearly 300 colonies of bees in one 

 apiary and was one of the happiest 

 beemen we ever knew. He enjoyed 

 nothing better than being among his 

 bees. He died suddenlv. 



An Experimental Apiary for Texas 



We see by the "Beekeepers Item' 

 that a bill is now pending in Texas 

 which provides for the establishment 

 of experimental apiaries. This is a 

 much to be desired end, and we hope 

 to hear that the bill has been passed 

 and a sufficient appropriation pro- 

 vided. There is much yet to be 

 learned about bees, and many pro- 

 blems can only be worked out prop- 

 erly by State experimental stations, 

 since the individual cannot afford the 



Enlarging the Small Hive 

 When I began beekeeping three 

 years ago my bees were in the 8- 

 frame Langstroth hives. I soon got 

 the tip that my hives were too small 

 for the queens which were in them. 

 I lifted the brood-chamber from the 

 bottom-board and put a shallow ex- 

 tracting super underneath. I find this 

 works fine; the queens filled all the 

 frames in both compartments with 

 brood. I find that putting the half- 

 story under the brood-chamber is 

 better than to put it on top. I have 

 no trouble with queens going into the 

 supers. The bees winter well in these 

 one and a half storv hives, outside. 

 E. E. EVITT, Paris, 111. 



Paste for Tin 



I note on page 62 of the February 

 Journal an enquiry for a paste to 

 stick labels on tin. I have had diffi- 

 culty with this problem and have 

 tried honey in the paste, with indif- 

 ferent success. It seems to help on 

 some grades of tin, but is unreliable. 

 The difficulty seems to be in a coat- 

 ing on the tin rather than in the 

 paste, and if the tin is wiped with a 

 cloth wet with muriatic acid it will 

 clean the tin so that ordinary paste 

 will hold. A. GORDON DYE, 



Rochester, N. Y. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 



OF AGRICULTURE 



Bureau of Markets 



Shipping Point Information 



San Francisco: Supplies liberal. 

 Practically no demand or movement, 

 buyers holding off. Cash to produc- 

 ers at country loading points : Ex- 

 tracted : per pound, water white, 18- 

 19c, sage white 18c, light amber 17c, 

 dark amber 14-16c. Beeswax, 36-38c. 

 per pound. 



Los Angeles : Cool, cloudy. No de- 

 mand, practically no movement, no 

 sales reported. Only few cars still in 

 state. Beeswax: few sales. Cash to 

 producer r-n farm, 38c per pound. 



