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THE Pennyl- 

 vania State 

 Beekeepers ' 

 Association held 

 its summer meet 

 at Dr. E . E . 

 Sterner 's home 

 a ]) i a r y a t 

 Wrightsville, Pa., 

 on July 6. Ad- 

 dresses were made by Dr. H. A. 

 Dr. Sterner, and Prof. Rambo. It 

 largest and best field meet ever 

 Voik County. 



Surface, 

 was the 

 held in 



The next annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 in Chicago. Date and program not yet ar- 

 ranged. 



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The Federated Massachusetts Beekeepers' 

 Association held a union field meet at Nor- 

 folk County Agricultural School at Walpole 

 on Aug. 17. Among those on the program 

 were J. E. Crane, Arthur C. Miller, Allan 

 Latham, and Burton N. Gates. 



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The people of the United States are now 

 on the same sugar ration as is England — 

 two pounds a month to a person. France is 

 allowing only 1% pounds a month to a per- 

 son, and Italy is allowing her people only 

 one pound each a month. But none of our 

 European allies is finding the sugar to sup- 

 ply even these small allowances at all times. 



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The dangers to beekeeping and its good 

 name, due to newspaper reporting and sen- 

 sationalism, are illustrated by some results 

 of Dr. E. F. Phillips' address in Medina on 

 Aug. 15, when he said: "A beekeeper, who 

 has no disease in his apiary, and who sells 

 all of his honey and then asks the govern- 

 ment for sugar with which to feed his bees 

 until next season is the worst kind of a 

 profiteer." The next day the leading two 

 daily papers of Cleveland (which circulate 

 all over the country) came out with reports 

 of what Dr. Phillips said under these several 

 head lines: "Hits Profiteers Who Feed 

 Bees — Expert Tells Beekeepers Not to Give 

 'Em Sugar, ' ' and ' ' Beekeeper Profiteers 

 Cheat. ' ' Already beekeepers in Ohio are 

 being charged with wrong-doing and "profi- 

 teering ' ' if they ask for sugar. 



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The Editor of Gleanings has recently at- 

 tended a number of beekeepers ' field meets 

 held in Michigan, New York, and Ohio. At 

 the apiary of W. L. Lovejoy, Clarkston, 

 Mich., on June 26, addresses were delivered 

 by B. F. Kindig, State Apiarist, and E. R. 

 Root, and field demonstrations given. At 

 the a[)iary of J. N. Harris at- St. Louis, 

 Mich., on June 28, a similar field meet was 

 h(dd. Mr. Harris is one of Michigan's best 

 Li'(d\e(M)('rs, and (1 lea nings v\in lia\e sonie- 



thing to s a y 

 alxuit h i s bee- 

 keeping im a 

 later issue. E. 

 D . To w nsen d 

 and family were 

 present at this 

 meeting. A field 

 meet of the 

 Western New 

 York Beekee])ers ' Association was held at 

 East Aurora, N. Y., when Geo. H. Rea, sjpe- 

 cial field agent for New York, was present. 

 On Aug. 2 a very successful field meet and 

 ])icnic of the N. Y. State Association of Bee- 

 keepers' Societies was held at an apiary of 

 C. B. Howard at Hayt 's Corners. Dr. E. F. 

 Phillips of Washington was present at this 

 largely attended meet. On Aug. 6 a meet 

 was held at the apiary of A. H. Root (broth- 

 er of L. C. Root) near Canastota, N. Y. 

 Here addresses were made by Dr. E. F. Phil- 

 lips, E. R. Root, S. D.* House, Geo. H. Rea, 

 and others. On Aug. 15 was held at Medina 

 the field meet of the Ohio State Beekeepers ' 

 Association, when J. E. Vernard of Wil- 

 mington presided and Prof. Jas. S. Hine of 

 Columbus acted as secretary. About 300 

 beekeepers were present, and it proved to 

 be one of the most profitable and pleasur- 

 able beekeejsers' meetings ever held in Ohio. 

 Addresses were made by A. I. Root, Dr. E. 

 F. Phillips, and Leonard S. Griggs, and a 

 good deal of questioning done, besides a 

 number of demonstrations given. 



State Bee Inspector Chas. N. Green of 

 Pennsylvania at a beekeepers' meeting held 

 at the apiary of Edwin A. Wright, EUwood 

 City, Pa., on July 26, telling of the many 

 possibilities in honey production, related 

 how a very valuable chemical had been 

 found in certain honey produced in a re- 

 stricted locality in the northern part of 

 Pennsylvania. This chemical served to 

 crystallize honey in a short time, and its 

 name and nature were not discovered until 

 chemists at both HarrisVjurg and Washington 

 had repeatedly made analyses. It proved to 

 be a substance which had formerly been pro- 

 vided only by Germany and was never found 

 but in one jjlace in the United States, and 

 then only in a very small quantity, in one of 

 the western States. The market price when 

 imported from Germany was $8 per dram. 

 Altho quantities of that gathered by the 

 bees last season were destroyed it was esti- 

 mated that about 1,200 pounds had been the 

 amount. Mr. Green received a communica- 

 tion a few days ago telling him that the 

 same sugar substance was being brought in 

 this year and state representatives will be 

 sent at once to ascertain just what jjlants 

 the bees were gathering- honey from, and 

 it is possible that another of Germany's ini- 

 |)oitations may be obtained in oui- country. 

 Gleanings gets this item- on tlie aiithoi-itv of 

 the New Cnst!(> C !'•>.) Tleriild and tlu' state- 

 ment of Mr. Wright. 



