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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 * NEWS ITEMS 



New Jersey Beekeeping 



The "Proceedings of the New Jer- 

 sey Beekeepers' Association" for 1918 

 and 1919 is before us. It would be 

 difficult to put more useful and inter- 

 esting information in 41) pages than 

 there is in this neat pamphlet, which 

 does not bear the name of the man 

 who compiled its contents or looked 

 after the execution of the work. It 

 contains about 20 addresses, all, or 

 nearly all, by competent men who 

 have something to say. It can prob- 

 ably be secured by addressing E. •■}. 

 Carr, New Egypt, N. J. 



A Good Report for Caucasian and 

 Carniolan Bees 



The honey crop of this section is 

 very short and of poor quality. There 

 has been more disease among bees 

 than usual, too. 



Am receiving $6 for 24-pound case 

 of honey and could get more if I 

 asked it. 



Extracted honey is selling for 25 

 cents per pound. 



The largest crops of comb honey 

 are from the beekeepers that had 

 the Caucasian and Carniolan bees, 

 while the ones having Italians and 

 hybrids are reporting small crops. 



A good fall flow is expected. 



W. W. LANTIS, 

 Perry, Mich. 



Bee Laws of Florida 



The Bee Disease Act, approved 

 June 9, 1919, vests in the State Plant 

 Board of Florida the authority to en- 

 force the law and also to make such 

 rules and regulations having the force 

 and effect of law as may be necessary 

 for carrying out the provisions of the 

 act itself. 



Among other things, the new law 

 prohibits the shipment into Florida 

 of honeybees unless in combless 

 packages unless they are accompa- 

 nied by an official certificate of in- 

 spection of the Slate Apiary Inspec- 

 tor or State Entomologist of the 

 State or country from which shipped. 

 This provision of the law will be 

 rigidly enforced, as the Plant Board 

 has a very effective quarantine sys- 

 tem and has quarantine inspectors so 

 located that practically every expre 

 freight and water shipment entering 

 Florida comes under the eye of one 

 or more inspectors. It is therefore 

 practically an impossibility for bees 

 to be shipped into this State without 

 a certificate of inspection attached 

 without their being detected by our 

 inspector. There have been similar 

 laws in other States, and sometimes 

 the beekeepers have not taken them 

 seriously. However, Florida is com- 

 paratively free from infectious dis- 

 eases of bees, and the present law is 

 going to be enforced to the letter. 

 It is the desire of the State Plant 

 Board of Florida to co-operate with 



beekeepers everywhere and at al 

 times for everything looking to the 

 betterment of the beekeeping indus- 

 try. However, the doors of Florida 

 are no longer wide open for the en- 

 try of diseased bees from Northern 

 States, and beekeepers who under- 

 take to ship their bees into Florida 

 without a certificate of inspection at- 

 tached will soon find that the law is 

 being enforced. 



WILMON NEWELL, 

 Plant Commisioner. 



Maryland State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion 



A very successful field meeting of 

 the Maryland State Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation was held at the home and 

 apiary of Mr. Walter E. Atkinson, of 

 Glyndon, Md., July 26. Forty-five 

 members were in attendance. The 

 meeting was addressed by Mr. L. H. 

 Vanwormer, of College Park, Md.; 

 Mr. Sam Cushman, of Baltimore, Md., 

 formerly a Rhode Island beekeeper; 

 President, Dr. J. R. Abercrombie, of 

 Baltimore, Md., and by County Agent 

 J. F. Hudson, of Baltimore County. 

 Those present had the opportunity of 

 seeing an apiary of forty-five colonies 

 kept in double-walled hives, and ob- 

 serving Mr. Atkinson's methods of 

 producing both comb and extracted 

 honey, as well as the complete and 

 extensive honey-house and appli- 

 ances. Definite steps were taken to- 

 wards the co-operative buying of bee 

 supplies. The Association voted to 

 purchase its supplies co-operatively, 

 and the purchase of approximately 

 $2,000 worth of supplies was secured 

 at the meeting. 



In addition to the business part of 

 the session, Mrs. Atkinson furnished 

 most acceptable and delightful re- 

 freshments at the close of the field 

 meeting. . ERNEST N. CORY, 

 Sec.-Treas. 



Annual Meeting 



The annual meeting of the North- 

 ern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 in Memorial Hall, in Rockford, 111., 

 on Tuesday, October 21, 1919. All in- 

 terested in bees are invited to at- 

 tend. B. KENNEDY, Sec. 



Mississippi Bees Buzzing 

 County Agents of Mississippi to 

 tlie number of 250 gathered at the 

 Agricultural College in annual meet- 

 ing, pledged themselves to boost bee- 

 keeping, after hearing Kennith 

 Hawkins, of the G. B. Lewis Com- 

 pany explain the advantages oi bd 



in boll weevil districts. K. 

 L. Wilson, of tlit- Extension Division 

 of the State University, also talked 

 to the agents and a demonstration 

 exhibit of bee supplies was shown at 

 the meeting. A number of bee clubs 

 have been formed in the State and 



October 



several County Agents are already 

 tiding beekeepers in marketing co- 

 operatively. Ten counties will have 

 i club bee exhibit at fairs this fall. 





East Tennessee Meet 



The first meeting of the newly or- 

 ganized East Tennessee Beekeepers' 

 Association was held July 29 at the 

 apiary of Curd Walker, Jellico. The 

 attendance was excellent and the 

 weather ideal, which permitted dem- 

 onstrations in transferring, queen- 

 rearing and extracting, which are 

 destined to bring about great results. 

 In the afternoon the program was 

 devoted to a round table of questions 

 and answers, led by the President of 

 the Association, Prof. G. M. Bentley, 

 Entomologist, University of Tennes- 

 see, Knoxville. Another field meet is 

 to be held this fall. 



Cayuga County Beekeepers Meet 



The Cayuga County Beekeepers' 

 Society held a basket picnic at the 

 home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Ferris, 

 of Five Corners, N. Y., on Tuesday, 

 August 26, 1919. Between 60 and 70 

 beekeepers attended the picnic, 

 which was made interesting by the 

 presence of Prof. Rea, of the New 

 York State College of Agriculture. 

 Ithaca, N. Y., and Mr. C. E. Weth- 

 erby, Manager Cayuga County Farm 

 Bureau, the former speaking princi- 

 pally upon brood diseases and their 

 treatment, the latter dwelling mainly 

 upon formulating plans for county 

 extension work for the coming year. 

 A pleasant time was enjoyed by all. 

 F. D. LAMKIN, Sec. 



High Priced Honey 



When Detective Britton was killed 

 in the performance of his duty at 

 Sioux City, Iowa, recently, the Trib- 

 une started a subscription for his 

 family. Dr. Bonney sent a gallon can 

 of honey, which was sold at auction 

 for $150 to swell the fund. It seems 

 that the purchaser donated the honey 

 to the Boys and Girls Home, so that, 

 as Manager Kelly of the Tribune 

 says, "Honey rarely ever sold so high, 

 nor served so many people." 



Advance of Prices 



O. L. Hershiser called attention to 

 the fact at the New York field meet- 

 ing, that bee supplies have not ad- 

 vanced as much as other goods. 

 Some beekeepers are inclined to 

 think that bee supplies have ad- 

 advanced unreasonably in price and 

 mi ire in proportion than most other 

 articles. The following comparison 

 of other articles, with the per cent 

 ■ • f increase based on the prices of 

 each in 1913 and in 1919, are inter- 

 esting: Wheat, 166 per cent; hogs, 

 123 per cent; sugar, 107 per cent; 

 coal, 82 per cent; cotton yarns, 81 

 per cent; leather, 74 per cent; pe- 

 troleum, 63 per cent; forest products 

 (including beehives'), 49 per cent; il- 

 luminating oil, 47 per cent; coffee, 

 Rio, 44 per cent; lead, pig, 19 per 

 cent. These figures are accurate' and 

 authoritative, having been furnished 

 the parties interested by the Fed- 

 eral Reserve Board under date of 

 May 1, 1919. K. H. 



