. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL January versity of Illinois. Last year he was superintendent of schools at Camp Point, 111. During the winter of 1917 and 1918 he was Special Agent, U. S. Depart- ment of Bee Culture, Washington, traveling over Wisconsin and Minne- sota. Mr. Matthews started beekeep- ing with M. A. Gill, of Colorado, with 1,CK30 colonies. Later he went to Utah and managed 700 colonies; he was also manager of the Superior Honey and Supply Co. In 1912-13-14 he was in business at Idaho Falls, Idaho, from where he shipped seven carloads of bees to
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL January versity of Illinois. Last year he was superintendent of schools at Camp Point, 111. During the winter of 1917 and 1918 he was Special Agent, U. S. Depart- ment of Bee Culture, Washington, traveling over Wisconsin and Minne- sota. Mr. Matthews started beekeep- ing with M. A. Gill, of Colorado, with 1,CK30 colonies. Later he went to Utah and managed 700 colonies; he was also manager of the Superior Honey and Supply Co. In 1912-13-14 he was in business at Idaho Falls, Idaho, from where he shipped seven carloads of bees to California, Utah and Idaho, rearing the major portion of the queens for the entire outfit. Later he estab- lished a business at Filer, Idaho, with 800 colonies that were shipped from Colorado, and has since been there and teaching school during the win- ter months. Beekeeping in Japan By Kennith Hawkins Add to your problems that of such heavy rains as to prevent good honey flows in many localities and to ne- cessitate the construction of special waterproof hive covers, and you will get a glimpse of Japanese beekeep- ing. These problems are explained in a most interesting letter just re- ceived from Yasuo Hiratsuka, of Tara, Gifu-Ken, Japan. The apiary owned by Mr. Hira- suka is located in the central part of Japan, where the bees begin breed- ing up by the latter part of February, in a normal season. The principal honey flow comes from "Genge," or Japanese clover, which begins bloom- ing about April 20, and lasts until well into June. The swarming season is also coincident with this flow, as in the white clover regions of Ameri- ca. In many localities there are earlier flows from rape, about April 15. which change to some extent the swarming season of the Japanese beekeeper. According to Mr. Hirat- suka, in the mountainous portions of Japan, chestnut and persimmon are important sources of nectar, as in Virginia of our own country. He adds, however, "under normal
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