pKnnuARV, 1918 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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imniediato iiici-oase in honey production is 

 needed and tliiring the active season field 

 meetings will be held to assist beekeepers 

 with practical production problems. The fol- 

 lowing men have been appointed as special 

 field agents: E. F. Atwater, of Meridian, 

 Ida., assigned to California, Arizona and 

 New Mexico; J. H. Wagner, of Wetmore, 

 (\ilo., assigned to Washington, Oregon, north- 

 (M'li Idaiio and Montana; C. E. Bartholomew, 

 transferred from Tennessee and assigned to 

 Colorado, Utah, southern Idaho and Wy- 

 oming; E. W. Atkins, of Ames, la., assign- 

 ed' to Iowa, Missouri Kansas and Nebraska; 

 G. C. Matthews, of Hansen, Ida., as- 

 signed to Illinois, Wisconsin and Min- 

 nesota; P. W. Erbaugh, of East Lansing, 

 Mich., assigned to Michigan and Indiana; 

 David Eunning, of Filiou, Mich., unassigned 

 (Jan. 1.) Kennith Hawkins will con- 

 tinue work in the Southern states, and C. L. 

 Sams will remain in North Carolina. The 

 work in Tennessee has been discontinued. 

 The increased activity in extension work 

 in beekeeping is made possible by the as- 

 signment of funds from the emergency ap- 

 propriation to the Department of Agricul- 

 ture for stimulating agriculture and the dis- 

 tribution of products, as noted in the Janu- 

 ary Gleanings. 



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The Iowa State College is making special 

 efforts to induce Iowa beekeepers to produce 

 the maximum of honey the coming season. 

 In order that a large number of beekeepers 

 may be aided, a correspondence course in 

 beekeeping has been prepared. The course 

 includes 10 lesson outlines, which will be sent 

 out one by one, as needed, thruout the sea- 

 son. Besides the 10 lessons, each student en- 

 rolling will be supplied with two reliable 

 books on beekeeping management. Anyone 

 having one or more colonies and wishing to 

 keep bees with more pleasure and profit, is 

 urged to enroll for this course. A fee of $3 

 will be charged to cover the cost of the 

 books and this will be the only expense, all 

 correspondence being included. Besides the 

 correspondence course in beekeeping, there 

 will be a one-week beekeeping short course 

 in May, notice of which will appear later. 

 A large number of field meets will also be 

 arranged for the working season and apicul- 

 ture instructors will meet a large number of 

 Iowa beekeepers. This good educational 

 work is at the direction of F. Eric Milieu, 

 State Apiarist of Iowa. 



The beekeepers of Massachusetts met at 

 the call of the Secretary of the Board of 

 Agriculture, Wilfrid Wheeler, at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Worcester, Mass., on Jan. 9, and 

 organized a bee association known as the 

 ' ' Massachusetts State Beekeepers ' Associa- 

 tion. " Dr. B. N. Gates, of Amherst, was 

 made temporary president. The action was 

 voted unanimously. The intention is to in- 

 corporate the organization and to a^liate 

 with it all the local societies in Massachu- 



setts. E. R. Root was present and spoke on 

 the " Present and Future of Beekeeping." 



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The " First Manual of the North Carolina 

 State Beekeepers' Association" has Just 

 been i)ublis]ied and distributed among the 

 members of the association ani othc]-?. Tins 

 association, altho only organized in January, 

 1917. is an energetic aorgani nation. This 

 first manual contains a history of the oi- 

 ganization and how it came into existence, 

 the association 's constituton, ' ' Recommen- 

 dations " for better beekeeping that have 

 been made to the member'?, " (Jeneral In- 

 formation," as well as a complete list of 

 the membership. (North Carolina has great 

 possibilities as a beekeeping state which now 

 seem about to be encouraged and developed. 

 The second annual meeting of the associa- 

 tion was held at Newbern on Jan. 10 last. 



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At a meeting of the Venango County 

 (Penn.) Beekeepers' Association held Dec. 

 27 at Franklin, Pa., the nauie of the asso- 

 ciation was changed to that of the North- 

 western Pennsylvania Beekeepers ' Associa- 

 tion. Geo. H. Rea, chief apiarv advisor of 

 the Department of Apicultiire, Division of 

 Zoology, of Harrisburg, was present and 

 gave an interesting address. The annual 

 meetings of the association hereafter will be 

 held in September, and a field meeting will 

 be held next May. The president of the as- 

 sociation is C. H. Williard, of Franklin, and 

 the secretary, J. A. Scannell, of Franklin. 



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The South Dakota Beekeepers' Association 

 held a joint session with the South Dakota 

 State Horticultural Society on Jan. 23, at 

 Aberdeen. Among the beekeepers who spoke 

 were L. A. Syverud, of Yankton; R. A. Mor- 

 gan, of Vermillion; W. P. Southworth, of 

 Sioux City, la.; E. G. Brown, Morning Side, 

 Sioux City, la., and Geo. F. Webster, Sioux 

 Falls, S. D. The beekeepers were given a 

 part in the horticultural society 's program 

 under the headline, " Beekeeping in South 

 Dakota." » * * 



At the annual stockholders' meeting of the 

 Idaho-Oregon Honey Producers' Association 

 held recently at Ontario, Ore., the following 

 members were elected directors: C. E. Dib- 

 ble, Payette District; J. M. Stark, Middle- 

 town District; J. F. Weaver, Ontario Dis- 

 trict; L. P. Peterson, Vale District; H. E. 

 Crowther, Parma District; P. E. Randall, 

 Nampa District;' Homer Cheney, New 

 Plymouth District. At a later meet- 

 ing of these directors the following of- 

 ficers were chosen; C. E. Dibble, president; 

 J. M. Stark, vice-president; P. S. Farrell, 

 secretary-treasurer. At the annual meeting 

 no attempt was made to carry thru any 

 program, the entire session being devoted 

 to business j)ertaining to the season of 1917, 

 and to discussion relating to ways and means 

 to widen the scope of the association's use- 

 fuhiess in the future. 



