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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



The main features of business were: 

 first ordering- the Association to in- 

 corporate under the name of The Mis- 

 souri Apicultural Society; second, 

 ordering the preparation and intro- 

 duction to the legislature of an ad- 

 equate inspection law- By the time 

 this, reaches you the incorporation w ill 

 probably have been effected. The in- 

 spection law has been carefully draft- 

 ed by an able attorney and is in the 

 hands of friends at Jefferson City. 

 I enclose copy. Thus two important 

 steps in advance have been taken by 

 the promoters of the honey and bee 

 industry in this state. 



The value of bees to orchards was 

 made the subject of addresses by Dr. 

 L. Haseman and Dr. C. R. Woodson, 

 the latter owning and operating one 

 of the largest commercial orchards in 

 the state. A. V. Small, of St. Joseph, 

 read a,n admirable paper on "Shook- 

 Swarming." Inspector Pellett, of 

 Iowa, and N. M. Jennings, of Indiana, 

 gave the results of their experience 

 in Preparing Bees for Winter. "Rear- 

 ing Good Queens" was the subject of 

 a paper by J. F. Archdekin, of St. 

 Joseph, an enterprising and enthusi- 

 astic breeder of queens. "Increase," 

 "Management During Honey Flow," 

 and "Disposing of the Crop" were 

 the themes respectively of Dr. G. 

 Bohrer, Chase, Kansas, L. E. Alt- 

 wein, St. Joseph, and State Inspector 

 M. E. Darby, of Springfield. An in- 

 teresting paper by 0. S. Mullins, of 

 Holton, Kansas, on "Carniolans" drew 

 favorable and approving comment 



from those present who had experi- 

 mented with these quiet but active 

 fellows. 



The effects of the meeting were im- 

 mediate encouragement and stimulus. 

 The St. Joseph beekeepers made a bid 

 for a Field Meet this summer and are 

 working for it already. Incorporation 

 and the passage of the proposed bill 

 will put beekeeping on a much better 

 basis than ever. Officers elected for 

 the Missouri Apicultural Society were: 



President, J. W. Rouse, Mexico. 



Vice-President, W. F. Cox, Garden 

 City. 



Secretary, Austin D. Wolfe, Park- 

 ville. 



Treasurer, J. F. Diemer, Liberty. 



Although last year was very poor 

 as a honey producer, and though the 

 wish may be father to the thought, it 

 is generally expected that there wi]l 

 be a good honey flow in 1915. We 

 have had an early spell of cold weath- 

 er, which has retarded fruit bloom; 

 it has been noticed that the linden 

 (basswood) yields much more abun- 

 dantly after a cold than a warm win- 

 ter; and the pastures which were 

 burned out two years ago have again 

 become well set with white clover. 

 In addition to these the stand of wild 

 sweet clover increases year by year. 

 So we have hopes. 



Wishing you a prosperous and hap- 

 py year, I am, 



Very truly yours, 



AUSTIN D. WOLFE, 

 Sec'y Missouri Apicultural Society. 



Making Hives 



ADRAIN GETxlZ, Knoxville, Tenii. 



Did the readers of this paper, that 

 is, those who are beekeepers, ever re- 

 alize that they are paying the supply 

 dealers and manufacturers an extrav- 

 agant price for their hives ? Take a 

 catalog and figure out the amount of 

 lumber necessary to make the hive 

 bodies, covers, etc. Compare with the 

 prices and you will discover that we 

 are paying them at the rate of some- 

 thing over one hundred dollars per 

 thousand feet, lumber measure, to 

 which the freight has to be added. 

 And that for hives in the flat, which 

 means merely the necessary pieces cut 

 of the proper size. We have to make 

 the hives ourselves, after all. 



In the first place, the dovetailing 



can just as well be dispensed with. 

 Then, any kind of common lumber 

 will answer the purpose as well as 

 the more costly grades. We can get 

 the necessary pieces cut of the prop- 

 er size, ready to nail together, for 

 30 to 50 dollars per thousand any- 

 where in the United States. The 

 box and crate factories are better 

 equipped for that kind of work than 

 the saw mills and the sash and door 

 factories. Needless to say that we 

 would have to furnish them a correct 

 list of the number and sizes of the 

 pieces wanted. 



There is a cheaper way yet. It is 

 to get long boards ripped to the prop- 

 er widths and cut them across to the 



