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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



December 



Wisconsin Convention 



The Wisconsin beekeepers will 

 hold their annual convention at 

 Madison on December 4 and 5, meet- 

 ing in the Senate chamber at the 

 Capitol building. An extended pro- 

 gram has been provided and a good 

 attendance is anticipated. 



National Organization 



At the last Convention of the Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Association the 

 officers of the organization were au- 

 thorized to call a meeting of dele- 

 gates from the various States to be 

 held at Kansas City, Mo., during the 

 coming winter. This meeting will 

 be held January 6-9, 1920. The meet- 

 ing will be held in the Muehlbach 

 Hotel, corner Baltimore avenue and 

 Twelfth street, which will also be 

 the headquarters of the delegates. It 

 is of extreme importance that every 

 State beekeepers' organization ar- 

 range for the sending of one or more 

 delegates to this convention. The 

 important matters which will be 

 brought up for consideration have 

 been discussed in previous issues of 

 this Journal. Opponents as well as 

 advocates of a reorganization of the 

 National should be present in order 

 that the recommendations which may 

 be made to the National Beekeepers' 

 Association may be consistent with 

 the best interests of the beekeeping 

 industry. The delegates should carry 

 to the meeting at Kansas City cre- 

 dentials showing them to be the au- 

 thorized representatives of the vari- 

 ous organizations. This is of very 

 great importance, as anyone who is 

 not possessed of proper credentials 

 will find himself without a vote in 

 the meeting. 



It appears to me that this meeting 

 is to be one of the most important 

 meetings of the beekeepers within 

 recent years. The future of the Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Association will 

 doubtless be outlined at this meet- 



ing. Everyone who is sincerely in- 

 terested in beekeepers' organizations, 

 whether of a co-operative nature or 

 otherwise, should see to it that a 

 delegate is appointed at the next 

 meeting of the association, or if no 

 meeting is to be held between now 

 and January 6, that the officers of 

 the organization appoint a delegate. 



B. F. KINDIG, 

 President National Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation. 



Cortland County Meeting 



The Cortland County, New York, 

 Beekeepers' Association held its an- 

 nual fall picnic September 20, at the 

 home of James Waters, Cuyler, N. Y. 

 The principal address was delivered 

 by George H. Rhea, Bee Specialist 

 from New York State College of Ag- 

 riculture. 



Beginner's Bee Book 



The "Beginner's Bee Book," by F. 

 C. Pellett (Lippincott), is not a text- 

 book. A text-book is a book which is 

 intended for class instruction. The 

 "Beginner's Bee Book" is rather an 

 interesting account of the attractive 

 side of beekeeping, its outlook, the 

 advantages of honey production, to- 

 gether with short accounts of the di- 

 vision of labor in the bee family, the 

 ways in which it is increased, the 

 harvesting of honey, diseases, ene- 

 mies and wintering problems. It ends 

 with a short glossary. The book con- 

 tains 180 pages and 17 illustrations. 

 It sells at $1.25.— C. P. D. 



Illinois Convention 



The 'twenty-ninth annual meeting 

 of the Illinois State Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation, will be held at Springfield, 

 on the 9th and 10th of December, 

 1919. Notice is hereby given that at 

 the last meeting it was voted that at 

 the next meeting the matter of a 

 change in the membership fee would 

 be considered. 



The program committee will ar- 

 range the best program they are able 

 to secure, and send to the members 

 on postals, as usual, and all who come 

 will have a good time, certain. 



Prizes as usual for essays. Let's 

 have a crowd and a good time. Head- 

 quarters at the Leland Hotel. 



JAS. A. STONE, Sec. 



Tennessee State Meet 



The Tennessee State Beekeepers' 

 Association will meet in Nashville, 

 December 11, 1919. Our editor hopes 

 to be present. Particulars may be se- 

 cured by addressing the Secretary, 

 Mr. G. M. Bentley, at Knoxville, Tenn. 



Indiana Convention 



The Indiana beekeepers will hold 

 their annual convention at the State 

 House in Indianapolis on December 

 18 and 19. B. F. Kindig, Jay Smith 

 and E. G. Baldwin are among the 

 speakers named in a letter received 

 from Secretary Ross B. Scott, who 

 anticipates one of the best conven- 

 tions ever held in that State. 



Chenango County Meeting 



A letter from Secretary T. R. Gor- 

 ton announces the second annual 

 meeting of the Chenango County 

 Beekeepers Society to be held on De- 

 cember 20, at Norwich, N. Y. A good 

 program will be provided and a good 

 attendance is expected. 



Chicago-Northwestern Meeting 



The annual meeting of the Chica- 

 go-Northwestern Beekeepers' Asso- 

 tiation will be held at room 138, in 

 the Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, 

 December 15 and 16, 1919. A good 

 program is being prepared and will 

 be mailed for the asking to anyone 

 interested. 



JOHN C. BULL, Sec.-Treas., 

 Valparaiso, Ind. 



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Index to Vol. LIX 



SUBJECTS 



Aeroplanes for Beekeepers— 406. 

 Aluminum Honeycomb— 99. 

 American Fighters in Europe — 53. 

 Ants— 132, 134, 384. 

 Anzac in Hamilton — 263. 

 Apiary, Size of — 97. 



nations for Beekeeping — 314. 

 . Inspector for — 386. 

 5, Dating 272. 

 Australia, the Beekeeper's Paradise- 

 Average Yield per Colony — 165. 



Baby Nucleus— 286. 



Banana — 152. . 



Barbcau System of Queen-Rearing — 234, 808. 



.mew to Florida — 351. 

 Bee Behavior and Queen Introduction — 419. 

 ;nizcd— 386. 



ibs, Boys' and Girls' — 86. 

 Bee Flowers of North America — 115. 



ne, What is— 422. 

 Bee Magazine. International — 373. 

 Bee Periodicals. Oldest— 10. 

 Bee Trees— 349. 

 Bees and Fruit— 315. 

 Bees as Trophies of War— 156. 

 Bees and Grapes — 161. 

 Bees Clustered Outside — 311. 

 Bees, Cross— 132. 

 Bees Disappearing — 278. 

 Bees Dying in Winter— 133, 422, 



Bees, Eudurance of — 337. 



Bees Fighting— 419. 



Bees, How Many in Pound— 314. 



Bees in Battle— 314. 



Bees in the Bush — 336. 



Bees Leaving Hive — 385. 



Bees Loafing— 313. 



Bees Not Working— 384. 



Bees, Price of — 190. 



Bees Returning— 131. 



Bees Smothered— 97. 



Bees Stinging Horses — 314. 



Beeswax. Black — 129. 



Beeswax, Mystic Use of — 342. 



Beginning with Bees — 27, 51, 168, 380. 



ing With Bees, Boys— 199. 

 Behavior of Bees — 349, 

 Beekeepers Bv the Way— 14, 52, S9, 125. 197, 



345, 381. 418. 

 Beekeeping, Dignity of — 127. 



ping in Missouri River Hills — 331. 

 Belgians Revived — 156. 

 Travels— 307. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY of— 



Bel keepers' Letter— 229. 



Hawaiian Beekeeping — 11. 



Porto Rico Beekeeping — 156. 

 i Clover— 84. 

 Black Bees— 63. 



d Bees — 202. 

 Bluevine or Climbing Milkweed — 123. 

 Bottoms for Hives — 202. 

 Boys and Bees — 306. 

 Boys Beginning with Bees — 199. 

 British Columbia, Beekeeping in — 4 IS. 

 Brood— 62. 

 Brood Combs Above Sections — 96. 



Brood, Dead — 167. 



Brood, Equalizing — 240. 



Brood in Super— 406. 



Brood in Winter— 28. 



Buckeye or Horse Chestnut— 299. 



Building Colonies for Honey Flow— 88. 



Building Up Colonies in Spring— 79, 131. 



Bumblebees and Smoke — 409. 



Bumblebees' Nest — 40S. 



for Introducing — 58. 

 California, Introduction of Honey Bee Into — 



268. 

 California Pioneer, Harbison — 122. 

 California Short Courses — 43. 

 (andv, Boosting — 192. 

 Carbon Disulphide, Use of— 98. 

 Carniola Today— 422. 

 Carniolans— 27, 62, 350. 

 Carpet Grass— 16. 

 Catalpa— 278. 

 Caucasians — 24, 350. 

 Cell, Trips to Fill— 206. 

 1 i Wintering (See Wintering). 



I . ., I;, , 166 



Cement Paper to Metal— 240. 

 ( entral Plant for Extracting — 93. 

 Certificates for Beekeepers — 241. 

 Chile, Beekeeping in— 48. 

 China Tree, or China Berry 271. 

 Climbing Milkweed— 123. 

 Color of Bees— 26. 



Colorado, Comb Honey Production in 374. 

 Colorado, Trip to— 300. 

 Comb Honey. Selling— 311. 

 Combs, Old— 167. 

 Combs. Old, Using — 26. 

 Contract, What Constitutes — 383. 



