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then later on, if you care to put them 

 on the market for the nickel theaters 

 and such like, you can do so; but if 

 yx3u put them in the nickel theaters and 

 such iplaces first, the value is not much 

 to the colleges and such institutions as 

 that. 



We have had the matter up with one 

 or two concerns this year, but it was 

 a little bit late in the season to get the 

 best results. May or June would be 

 better; then you can carry on some- 

 thing' that is natural; something that is 

 educational and that would be a benefit 

 to the public in every way. 



You attempt to take that subject at 

 a poor time of the year and you will 

 not have the success that you do when 

 you take it up in the natural season. I 

 'believe in this country there are one or 

 two films that have been here in Chi- 

 cago, but they are from England and 

 are not quite what we would like to 

 see. I thoroughly believe there is a 

 chance of educating the people along 

 that line, and there is a great oppor- 

 tunity. Get hold of something and put 

 it on the market in a right way and it 

 will be of great benefit to the bee-keep- 

 ing industry. 



Mr. Arnd — This fall I saw some pic- 

 tures shown of the frog, beginning at 

 the beginning to the end of frog life; 

 and it was one of the most interesting 

 things I ever saw; you w-ould not think 

 that frogs would be interesting 'but they 

 were; it showed the egg development, 

 and you could almost see. the little fel- 

 lows grow; first poUywogs and then 

 frogs; then I have seen moving pictures 

 showing the development of fiowers, 

 from the seed, and you can fairly see 

 the flowers grow; it is one of the most 

 beautiful things I ever saw, and is very 

 interesting. I think this idea of show- 

 ing the bees from the very start, on the 

 screen, would be of great benefit not 

 only in an educational way, but I think 

 it would make people feel as though 

 they ought to have honey. 



Mr. Cavanagh — That is one phase of 

 the question — the nature study; there 

 is another side: the commercial prop- 

 osition. We want to get people to eat 

 honey, and to teach people how extract- 

 ing honey is produced, and for that rea- 

 son we ought to have a set of pictures 

 showing the actual work, the removing 

 of honey from the hives, taking it to 

 the extracting 'house, extracting it, put- 

 ting it in cans, et cetera. That is what 

 the people want to know — not how the 



bee is produced from the egg, but how 

 we get the honey in the combs. They 

 want to know if it is pure honey; they 

 want to know that the honey that 

 comes to them in liquid form is pure. 

 I think we are coming to extracted 

 honey. 



Pres. Huffman — That is correct; 

 many people do not know that ex- 

 tracted honey is 'honey; the majority 

 of people call it strained' honey. 



Mr. Dadant — I think Mr. Cavanagh 

 is right about that, but I believe, too, 

 it would 'be very interesting to see the 

 development of the bee from the egg 

 until maturity; you take a man in Chi- 

 cago who knows absolutely nothing 

 about bees or honey, the way it is pro- 

 duced — if you show him how the bees ^ 

 develop firom the egg to matured bees, 

 by the time you get him to the end, 

 you will have him believing it; while 

 if you do not do this, they will think 

 S^ou are putting up a job on them. You 

 know those honey stories are mighty 

 hard to overcome. I have had fellows 

 say that honey was manufactured, until 

 I get them out in the yard and let 

 them see the bees, and they then think 

 differently. 



Pres. Huffman — There is one thought 

 that Mr. Boyden gave with reference 

 to the educational value of the films — 

 that the colleges would 'have the fihns 

 first. If there is anything educational 

 in it — give it to the colleges first, and 

 then hand it down to the nickel thea- 

 ter; I think he is right there. 



Running for Comb Honey Good Years — 

 Extracted Poor. 



"Would you recammend the follow- 

 ing? Running for com'b honey in good 

 years and extracting during poor sea- 

 sons?" 



Mr. Bull — Who is going to tell, before 

 the season, whether it will be a good 

 season or a poor one? 



Mr. Kannenberg — They are telling 

 now in Bee Journals that 1913 will be 

 an excellent year. 



Mr. I>adant — They say the "pros- 

 pects" are for a good year. Of course 

 you can say anything about the "pros- 

 pects." Just as an expression of the 

 Convention, I would like to know how 

 many think the prospects are good for 

 next year? Hold up your hands. 



We have a good many reports from 

 all over the State and the United 

 States, so far as that goes, and every 

 one to whom I have talked says that the 



