NOVEMBKR, 1918 



G L K A N I N G S IN H ]•; K C U L T U H K 



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JUST NEWS 



Editors 



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haA'e been held Nov. 1 and 2, at Genesee 

 Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., lias been indefinitely 

 jiostponed, and notices to that effect were 

 sent out on Oct. 14. The convention will be 

 held later when health conditions permit. 

 Howard M. Myers of Ransomville, N. Y., is 

 secretary of this much-alive oi'ganization. 



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The Chicago-Northwestern Beekeepers ' 

 Association will hold its annual convention 

 at the Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, on 

 Dec. 10 and 11. Write John C. Bull, Val- 

 paraiso, Ind., for program. 



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The annual meeting of the Michigan State 

 Beekeepers ' Association is scheduled for 

 Nov. 19 to 21 at Lansing, Mich. It is ex- 

 pected that the attendance will be the larg- 

 est in years, and the interest shown will be 



of the liveliest kind. 



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The annual meeting of the Lenawee Coun- 

 ty Beekeepers' Association will be held at 

 the apiary of A. E. Mosher, near the Indus- 

 trial Home, Adrian, Mich., on Thursday, 

 Nov. 14, at 1 'clock. B. F. Kindig, State 

 Inspector, will be present. 



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The St. Clair County Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation was recently organized at a meeting 

 held at Port Huron, Mich. The new organi- 

 zation starts with a membership of 30 bee- 

 keepers. Very great enthusiasm and inter- 

 est are shown in the new organization. 



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The Illinois State Beekeepers' annual 

 meeting, which was to have been held at 

 Springfield on Nov. 8 and 9, has been in- 

 definitely postponed on account of the in- 

 fluenza epidemic. Mrs. Jas. Stone, the wife 

 of the secretary of the State Association, 

 was one of the victims of the epidemic, her 

 death occurring Oct. 17. 



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The Los Angeles Times of date of Sept. 29, 

 quoted the resolutions adopted by the South- 

 ern California Beekeepers' Association as 

 follows: "That it is the sense of this meet- 

 ing that we express ourselves satisfied with 

 the present management and plan of work 

 of the Southern California Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation and thoroly oi)pose any consoli- 

 dation or union with the State Co-operative 

 Honey Producers' Exchange, and that we 

 affirm we are not now or e\-er have been af- 

 filiated in any way with the exchange." 



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The annual convention of the Wisconsin 

 State Beekeepers' Association will be lield 



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a t M ad i so n , 

 State ('apitol, in 

 t he Senate 

 fJh a m b e r , on 

 Dec. .') and (i, 

 19 18. Wiscoii- 

 s i n beekeepers 

 ^\• li o a re not 

 members of the 

 State Associa- 

 tion or of a local association not affiliated 

 with the State Association, will not receive 

 programs excei)t on request made to the 

 secretary. Edward Hassinger, Jr., R. F. D. 

 No. 4, Hortonville, Wis., is secretary of the 

 State Association. 



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The Division of Extension in Agriculture, 

 University of California, in co-operation 

 with the Extension Service, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, will this year 

 inaugurate a series of short courses in api- 

 culture. These will be given as follows: 

 At San Diego, Nov. 25 to Nov. 30; at Davis, 

 Dee. 2 to Dec. 7; at Visalia, Dec. 9 to Dec. 

 14; at Eiverside, Dee. 16 to Dec. 21. The 

 purpose of these short courses is to afford 

 experienced beekeepers an opportunity to 

 become acquainted with the most successful 

 methods in practice among their fellow 

 craftsmen, and to offer to, those of limited 

 experience and the student contemplating 

 beekeeping as a business a series of inten- 

 sive training. Among the instructors at 

 these short courses will be: Dr. E. F. Phil- 

 lips and George S. Demuth, of the Apicul- 

 tural Division, U. S. Bureau of Entomology, 

 Washington, D. C; Geo. A. Coleman, Apiciil- 

 tnrist of the University of California; M. 

 H. Mendelson, one of California's most ex- 

 perienced and most successful beekeepers; 

 E. R. Root, editor of Gleanings in Bee Cul- 

 ture; F. C. Pellett, assistant editor of the 

 American Bee Journal. This corps of in- 

 structors will be assisted in each course by 

 one or more practical beekeepers, who will 

 give demonstrations of methods which they 

 have found practical under their local condi- 

 tions. Practical demonstrations will be 

 given of the handling of bees and the 

 diagnosis of diseases. There will also be 

 visits to apiaries. A short time will be set 

 aside each day for the discussion of prob- 

 lems of general interest in which all mem- 

 bers of the class are invited to take ]>art. 

 Mr. Coleman, who will be in charge of these 

 courses, will have office hours each day. 

 Any one desiring special information or hav- 

 ing special problems should see him. He 

 will also be glad to arrange with students 

 for a conference with any instructor. Sam- 

 ples of all the apparatus and tools necessai-y 

 in modern beekeeping will be on hand for 

 use in demonstration by the instructors and 

 for study by the members of the class. Any 

 person interested should write to Geo. A. 

 Coleman, University of California, Berkeley, 

 Calif., for the program of these beekeeping 

 short courses to be given next month, and 

 for application form. 



