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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



November 



comb. The queen was then relieved 

 by removing the perforated tin, and 

 was accepted by the bees. Now, for 

 some reason or other, this queen re- 

 fused to leave the cage; not the 

 worker bees' fault, for they had evi- 

 dently fed her and carried her eggs 

 down into the combs, thus bearing 

 out in every detail your answer to 

 "Ohio." This queen was one of the 

 number imported from Italy by the 

 Food Production Department in con- 

 nection with the re-stocking scheme, 

 and thus was in the cage between 7 

 and 8 weeks. 



(This is a very interesting obser- 

 vation, since there is only one other 

 alternative in explanation, and that 

 would be if the queen had gone out 

 of the cage to lay and back again. 

 That is less likely than the carrying 

 of the eggs and caring for them as 

 fast as dropped by her. It seems to 

 us that this is another argument 

 against the assertion that bees are 

 "reflex machines." — Editor.) 



Beekeepers of Two States Hold 

 Meeting in Omaha 



MEMBERS of the Douglas Coun- 

 ty, Nebraska, and Pottawato- 

 mie County, Iowa, HoneyPro- 

 ducers' Association, joined on Satur- 

 day, September 6, in an educational 

 meeting and a social good time gath- 

 ering at the summer home of Mr. W. 

 A. Jenkins, at Carter Lake Club, 

 Omaha. Mr. H. C. Cook, President of 

 the Douglas County Association, 

 opened the meeting with a talk on 

 the various features of beekeeping. 

 Prof. Myron H. Swank, Professor of 

 Entomology at the State College, and 

 also Secretary of the Nebraska 

 Honey Producers' Association, gave 

 an inspiring talk. 



Prof. W. H. Brokaw, Director of 

 Extension in Nebraska, talked on the 

 value of meetings of this nature and 

 expressed the hope that the Exten- 

 sion Department might employ a bee 

 specialist in the near future. He also 

 discussed the value of boys' and 

 girls' club work in the State. 



Mr. E. W. Atkins, Specialist i-i 

 Bee Culture in Iowa, was the prinei- 

 pal speaker of the day. He gave a 

 demonstration in the beeyard of Mr. 



Members of the club receiving instructio 



Jenkins, where he opened up several 

 hives, explaining how to handle bees, 

 how to detect foulbrood, and inciden- 

 tally giving the bees a chance to 

 sting several of the spectators. Dr. 

 Atkins also gave a very interesting 

 and full discussion of the methods of 

 wintering bees. 



Another speaker was Mr. Otto 

 Timm, who related his experiences 

 and observations on a recent trip he 

 had through the Rocky Mountain 

 district. 



County Agent Maxwell gave a re- 

 port of the Boys' and Girls' Bee- 

 keeping Club of Douglas County. Mr. 

 Maxwell was assisted by Mr. Cook, 

 of Omaha, and Mr. Timm, of Ben- 

 nington. Several boys between the 

 ages of 10 and 18 years began the 

 work June 5, with one frame of 

 brood, bees and queen, in a modern 

 hive. On September 6, Mr. Cook, Dr. 

 Atkins and Mr. Maxwell judged the 

 contestants' work. Leonard Man- 

 gold, of Bennington, received first 

 prize, which is a free trip to the 

 Junior Farmers' Week at the State 

 Farm, Lincoln. From the one-frame 

 nucleus he produced two strong colo- 

 nies of bees and 24 pounds of comb 

 honey. The cost of his equipment to 

 begin with was $12.50. The 24 pounds 

 of honey would easily sell for 40 

 cents a pound, amounting to $9.b0. 

 The two colonies of bees are easily 



in the apiary of H C. Cook, of Omaha 



worth $20, making a total net income 

 of $17.10 for the first year's work :n 

 beekeeping. 



M. D. Vreeland, Florence, won 

 second prize, which was a hive and 

 super for comb-honey production. 

 This was contributed by the Kretch- 

 mer Mfg. Co., Council Bluffs. T. E. 

 Grau, Bennington, won third prUc, 

 which is one year's paid up subscrip- 

 tion to the American Bee Journal 

 and one year's membership in the 

 Nebraska State and Douglas County 

 Honey Producers' Association. Eg- 

 gert Ohrt, Irvington, received fourth 

 prize, which was a copy of Lang- 

 stroth's book, "The Honey Bee," and 

 Mr. C. Clinton Dunn, Omaha, won 

 fifth prize, which was a copy of Da- 

 dant's "First Lessons in Beekeeping." 

 A larger club is anticipated next year. 

 After the speaking, a bounteous 

 picnic supper was spread and a 

 general good time was enjoyed by 

 all, and it was agreed that Mr. and 

 Mrs. Jenkins were splendid as host 

 and hostess. 



Winner of first prize, jn the Douglas County Boys' and Girls' Bee Club. 



Gleanings Editor III 



Since early boyhood, E. R. Root 

 has suffered much from earache, nis 

 last trouble along this line being as 

 recent as two years ago. This sum- 

 mer he noticed that he was gradually 

 becoming deaf; and, on going to a 

 specialist who had cared for him in 

 the past, he found that the continued 

 inflammation had finally caused an 

 accumulation of pus in the inner ear, 

 thus necessitating what is known in 

 surgery as a "radical mastoid" opera- 

 tion. This was successfully per- 

 performed on Monday, September 8. 



Mr. Root was able to leave the 

 hospital on September 17, but will 

 have to continue treatment for some 

 weeks to come. Fear of any com- 

 plication now being remote, there .'s 

 every reason for a complete recov- 

 ery. It is a strange coincidence that 

 this same trouble is what caused the 

 early death of that able apicultural 

 writer and authority, \V. Z. Hutchin- 

 son, the founder and editor of The 

 Beekeepers' Review. 



Later. — Mr. Root is back in his of- 

 fice and says he is feeling fine. — 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture, 



