THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, 

 Arizona, Utali, Nevada, Idaho, 

 Washington, Oregon and California. 



Two-thirds of the shipping honey 

 of the United States is probably 

 produced in these states, and I 

 wonder if it will not run higher 

 than that. At any rate a '^^port of 

 average conditions in these states 

 will be interesting. 



The number of colonies of bees 

 compared with last year in the 

 United States is given as 103.7 while 

 in these twelve states it is 110.25. 



The number of colonies of bees 

 compared with the usual number in 

 the United States is given as 101.9 

 while in these twelve states it is 

 given as 113. 



The condition of bees compared 

 with last year in the United States 

 is given as 104.4 while in these 

 states it is 116. 



The condition of bees compared 

 with normal in the United States is 

 given as 9 7.8 while in these twelve 

 western states it is 107. 



The condition of nectar plants 

 compared with last year in the 

 United States is given as 103 

 while in these western states it is 

 125.5. 



The condition of nectar plants 

 compared with normal in the United 

 States is given as 99.1 while in the 

 twelve states mentioned it is 105.3. 



In these states we see that is 

 is estimated there are 10 per cent 

 more bees than last year in 16 

 per cent better condition and with 

 nectar plants in 25 per cent bet- 

 tar condition. How many more car- 

 loads of honey will that make 

 than these states shipped last year? 

 Add the percentages together and 

 it makes 51 per cent more than 

 last year. Is that correct? If con- 

 ditions remain as they are now it 

 will not be far off to put the crop 

 at 5 per cent more than last 

 year. 



W. F. 



What Constitutes a Ncticnal Member? 



We are often asked what con- 

 stitutes membership in the Na- 

 tional Bee-keepers' Association. In 

 each number of the Bee-keepers' 

 Review under the heading The Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Association and 

 its Affiliated Associations will be 

 found a list of Affiliated associa- 

 tions and the address of their se- 



cretaries. If you are a member of 

 one of those associations, in good 

 standing, then you are a member 

 of the National Association, other- 

 wise not. When a prospective mem- 

 ber sends $1.50 to this office, $1.00 

 is applied upon his subscription to 

 the Review and 50c sent to his 

 nearest secretary which pays a 

 member's subscription and dues 

 for one year. 



In case the applicant lives in a 

 state having no affiliated associa- 

 tion, he is assigned to the NEAR- 

 ER association. It will be noticed 

 that there is no fee going to the 

 National headquarters, all head- 

 quarter expenses being paid from 

 the proceeds of the Review. If the 

 members will keep in mind that 

 the thirty-two Affiliated Associa- 

 tions ARE THE NATIONAL ASSO- 

 CIATION, some confusion will be 

 avoided. 



The Goldenrcd Cover Returned 



On account of increase of adver- 

 tising requiring extra space in the 

 Review and for other reasons such 

 as much valuable matter to be pub- 

 lished requiring the four extra 

 pages, we have returned the Gcld- 

 enrod cover as you have likely 

 observed ere this. Does the reader 

 prefer the Goldenrod cover? If you 

 prefer the Goldenrod cover, with 

 your cooperation it may be possible 

 to continue it. We would like to 

 have an expression from our sub- 

 scribers regarding the Goldenrcd 

 cover for tlie Review. 



Mr. Baldwin's description of his 

 electric wire embedder is interest- 

 ing to me for I have one rigged 

 up, different however in some par- 

 ticulars from Mr. Baldwin's. I use 

 seven lamps instead of four and 

 change the number used according 

 to the strength of the current. I 

 do not think that five seconds is 

 used in embedding the wire. All of 

 my frames are wired with four 

 strands in one piece and as my 

 contact points are nothing but awls 

 with the wire carrying the current 

 entering through the wooden 

 handles, I can push the points into 

 the wire holes at each end of the 

 wire and embedd all four wires at 

 once. To insure even embedding 

 work have a board made just the 

 size of the inside of the frames 

 and rounded off so that the pres- 



