No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 675 



their revenues by the production of honey, and to increase both the 

 quantity and quality of the honey produced in this State. 



''The Association desires the name and address of every man in 

 the State who has one or more colonies of bees, and for this purpose 

 invites persons to correspond either with the President or the Sec- 

 retary, stating the number of colonies or hives kept, and giving sta- 

 tistics as to the amount of honey and wax produced each year. The 

 membership fee is only one dollar per year, which also entitles the 

 individual to membership in the National Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 and gives him special protection and assistance at any time that it 

 may be required. For example — if a member of the National Asso- 

 ciation becomes involved in litigation the National Association will 

 furnish expert testimony and counsel such as may be necessary to 

 secure equity in the courts of justice. 



"This commendable undertaking should receive a large member- 

 ship, and all persons interested are invited to send their names, ad- 

 dresses and fees to the secretary, and these will be registered and 

 receipted. 



"The next meeting will be held in Harrisburg during the first week 

 in December, when several papers will be presented by practical 

 and expert men, bearing upon the various problems of the bee cul- 

 turists in our State. 



"Correspondence is earnestlv solicited. 

 "D. L. WOODS, Secretary, H. A. SURFACE, President. 



"Muncy, Pa. Harrisburg, Pa." 



Some of the objects cited in the above circular have been already 

 obtained. For example, we have secured the instruction of bee- 

 keeping at Farmers' Institutes in this State, and any institute that 

 desires a special lecture or series of lectures upon this subject by 

 a practical expert, can obtain them, without additional charge, by 

 corresponding with Hon. A. L. Martin, Deputy Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture and Director of Institutes, at Harrisburg. At the Farmers' 

 Normal Institute of this State, held at Bellefonte and State College 

 last October, one of the most interesting addresses, which received 

 universal commendation, was upon "Practical Methods in Bee-Keep- 

 ing," by Mr. R. D. Barclay, of State College. This shows the accom- 

 plishment of item No. 4. To meet No. 5, Dr. Atherton, President of 

 the Pennsylvania State College, is preparing to offer a course in- 

 cluding instruction in bee-keeping for young women and men who 

 may wish to make a professional and practical study of the so-called 

 "side issues" of farming, fruit growing, poultry keeping, bee- 

 keeping, berrying, floriculture, etc. The fact that the proceedings 

 of this meeting are to be published in the Annual Report of the 

 State Board of Agriculture is enough to show that the purpose set 

 forth in item No. 7 is also to be met. A pedes of lessons in Api- 

 culture has been prepared and issued in the Correspondence Course 

 of the Pennsylvania State College, and as these are free to all per- 

 sons who want them, this bespeaks an additional scope of our educa- 

 tional influence in connection with the College and the Experiment 

 Station. Preparations are now being made for the speaker to es- 

 tablish an Apiary at the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, and thus to accomplish purpose No. 6. To secure the 

 legislation mentioned in the above circular demands uniform effort, 



