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profit. If he desire not to produce comb honey but to produce the 

 liquid or extracted hon^ be will need an extractor. He can then 

 uncap the honey cells in the frame, extract it, and place the comb 

 back in the hives. By careful manipulation he will be able to pro- 

 duce nearly three times as much extracted honey as comb honey 

 from the same bees, because he saves the time of the bees in mak- 

 ing the comb and since 15 pounds of honey are required by the 

 bees to make one pound of comb. This amounts to a great deal. 



No person should think bee-keeping is all smooth sailing. There 

 are a great many points to be obtained, practical and otherwise, 

 and these are objections to many people. They are liable to dis- 

 eases, such as Black Brood and Foul Brood which has been known 

 to carry off entire apairies. They may die by being wet and chilled 

 or starved during the winter and from other causes. It is indeed 

 true that for many persons the knowledge of this subject is very 

 limited. To have the best success, the bee-keeper should read and 

 follow the suggestions given in some of our modern books on 

 bee-keeping and subscribe for one or two of the seven up-to-date 

 Journals published on this subject in America. 



In conclusion, I wish to urge the importance of every person in- 

 terested in joining the State Bee-Keepers' Association to aid in the 

 advancement of this important but greatly neglected industry. We 

 need legislation for the detection and suppression of contagious 

 bee diseases and more instruction m this subject. ''In union there 

 is strength." When our State Association is strong enough or has 

 enough members, it will procure for all bee-keepers the protection, 

 legislation, aid and State publications that they need. For circulars 

 concerning the Association, write to the Secretary. Mr. L. E. White, 

 Office of the State Zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa., or to the speaker, 

 upon whom rests the duties of the office of President. 



On motion, duly seconded, the meeting adjourned until half-past 

 eight o'clock to-morrow morning. 



Court House, Clearfield, Pa., 

 Thursday, 8.30 A. M., May 31, 1906. 



The DEPUTY SECRETARY: Gentlemen of the Normal Institute: 

 We have now come to the last day of the meeting. Owing to a very 

 pleasant change in the program yesterday, being Memorial Day, we 

 were compelled to drop one session, and by the way, a very important 

 session of this meeting. That session was important because it in- 

 volved the entire management of township, county and State 

 methods of the farmers institutes of Pennsylvania, hence we ap- 

 preciate its importance. 



There is involved in this the local management of the county 

 chairmen. I have in mind quite a number of propositions which 

 it is desirable to present to the county chairmen of the institutes 

 of Pennsylvania, and by the very many requests coming to us ask- 

 ing that the session be not dispensed with, we have finally decided 

 that at least the one-half of the forenoon shall be devoted to the in- 

 terests of farmers' institutes. 



Before entering upon the work of the session, I want to make a 



