. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 354 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL October. Apiary of H M Leach & Sons Gates to Ontario Dr. Burton V Gates lias resigned his position at the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, to become Provincial Apiarist of On- tario. He succeeds Morley Pettit, who recently resigned to devote his entire attention to his commercial apiaries. Doctor Gates has been a prominent figure in the beekeeping world for some time. He was form- erly a member of the apicultural staff in the U. S. Department of Agricul- ture and later head of the beekeep- ing department at A
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 354 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL October. Apiary of H M Leach & Sons Gates to Ontario Dr. Burton V Gates lias resigned his position at the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, to become Provincial Apiarist of On- tario. He succeeds Morley Pettit, who recently resigned to devote his entire attention to his commercial apiaries. Doctor Gates has been a prominent figure in the beekeeping world for some time. He was form- erly a member of the apicultural staff in the U. S. Department of Agricul- ture and later head of the beekeep- ing department at Amherst. An ex- tended announcement by Air. Pettit will appear in a later issue of this journal. Australian Surplus. — According to the Australasian Beekeeper then is a large surplus of honey still waiting for shipping space for export to Europe. There is said to be a sur- plus from this year's crop in New South Wales alone of two thousand tons. The total available from Aus- tralia is estimated at from three to four thousand tons. The better or- ganization of New Zealand beekeep ers is given by another journal as the reason for their better success in getting their product to market. Value of Co-operation. The New Zealand ('o-operal ive 1lnej I ers' Association announce that they have a good selling organization in Great Britain and thai thi luxe se- ured a guarantee of a minimum net price of IS cents per pound to their members for a period of thri i fi illou ing the «ar. This is double the guaranteed price previous to the war. To beekeepers whi to go half way round the world to get to market a guarantee of IS cents net for their product for three years after the war i~ vrn good This is a striking instance of the i organization. Just now our Ameri- can bei ifil ing by the demand, but tin!' .mil art in m\ they ul that thi other i have captui foreign market when the war is over. i a mighty good time for the beekeepers to organize and prepare to offer their crops together
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