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where I thought the parties aimed at would get to hear it, stating that 

 they might just as well go into my pasture and deliberately kill one of 

 my horses as to trap and kill Mr. Fray's bees and for the commitment 

 of either they might find themselves behind the bars in state prison. I 

 do not know If it was due to our investigations and insinuations, or if 

 they were unsuccessful in trapping the bees, at any rate the traps dis- 

 appeared and Mr. Frey is keeping bees in Center Point undisturbed. 



In the establishment of the aforementioned precedents and legal rights 

 of bee keepers, we as an Association owe a debt of everlasting gratitude 

 to former general manager N. E. France for his untiring and vigorous 

 efforts on our behalf. 



An effort was made through this office to induce the county and district 

 fairs of our state to give the products of the apiary a more prominent 

 and extended premium list than has been customary by sending the 

 secretary of each association in the state a letter outlining a suitable 

 premium list. A few replied, stating that the matter would be duly 

 considered by their board of directors. 



Our last effort now under way is to increase the membership of our 

 Association. Our president prepared copy for a printed card to be 

 inclosed with the correspondence of business firms dealing with bee 

 keepers, soliciting them to join the Association. 



Through a kind and generous offer of the editor of The American Bee 

 Journal the badges for this convention were supplied in exchange for our 

 list of members and their addresses. 



COMB OR EXTRACTED HONEY. 



C. L. PINNEY, I.E MARS. 



As we proceed with the consideration of this subject I want you to 

 bear in mind that I am talking to a convention of Iowa beekeepers; and 

 we must consider our conditions as they exist in Iowa. 



Our main honey flow, from which we procure the most of our com- 

 mercial honey, is white clover. 



Of course, there are some favored locations where we get some bass- 

 wood or linden, and there are other places in the eastern part of the 

 state where we giet minor flows from other sources. 



In my own locality, excepting a slight flow from heartsease in August, 

 about one year in three, our only marketable honey is produced from 

 white clover. 



It covers this great state during tlie months of June and July. 



It thrives in every county, and I doubt if there is a section of land 

 in the state wlhich would not support profitably at least a dozen colonies 

 of bees. 



And why not; a soil that will produce a banner crap of corn will pro- 

 duce white clover, and climate that will mature corn will cause clover 

 to produce nectar and give it that thick heavy body and that delicious 

 aroma and flavor found only in Iowa. 



White clover honoy; the finest honey in the world. 



