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highest number of votes, was declared to be the aext place ef meet- 

 ing. 



MR. HUTCHISON: I would like to change my rote to Allentown. 



MR. RODGERS: I move that we make Allentown unanimous. 



Duly seconded and agreed to and Allentown was unanimously 

 selected as the place of the spring meeting. 



On motion, properly seconded, it was agreed to adjourn until 

 1:30 p. m. 



1:30 P. M., Tuesday, January 22, 1907. 



The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. Kahler. 



The CHAIRMAN: If Prof. Boyer is in the room we will hear ih& 

 report of the Committee on Fruit and Fruit Culture. 



Prof. Boyer did not appear to be present. 



The CHAIRMAN: Is Dr. Pearson here? 



Dr. Pearson was not present at the time. 



The CHAIRMAN: Next on the program is Prof. Butz, of State 

 College; is he here? 



Prof. Butz was not present at the time. 



The CHAIRMAN: Next in order is the report of J. W. Nelson, 

 Chairman of the Committee on Apiary. We will now have his report. 



This report is as follows: 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APIARY. 



BY Mk. J. W. Nelson, C^airman. 



The season of 1906 has been a very good one for bee-keepers. The 

 winter of 1905 and 1906 w'as mild and the winter losses were light 

 for outside wintering, the early spring favorable for brood rearing 

 and the bad weather that follow^ed not as severe as usual. Those 

 who have worked for surplus honey have had good returns, while 

 those who have worked for increase have been unusually successful, 

 in my case amounting to fourfold, all in good condition, with some 

 surplus honey. 



There-has been an unusually large number of colonies of bees in 

 the woods this summer. I have transferred eight colonies from trees 

 to frame hives. One of them was hanging on a tree about twenty- 

 five feet high, and had been there about twenty-one days. I had 

 one case of foul brood, and tried the follow^ing plan: I shook the old 

 bees and queen out and then took the old and diseased brood to a new 

 location. I had shaken about all the bees off, and as the larvae were 

 badly diseased I closed the entrance for two days to keep out robbers, 

 and then opened it just enough for one bee at a time. After seven 

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