April, 1916. 



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WAX EXHIBIT AT THE COLLEGE 



as well as in the art of beekeeping, 

 courses are so arranged that those 

 who need the scientific training can 

 readily take it in connection with the 

 practical work. Space will not permit 

 detailed account of courses offered. 

 Interested persons can secure full In- 

 formation from the catalogue . 



THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. 



Nowhere in the world, perhaps, Is 

 there a museum of beekeeping uten- 

 sils equal to the one at Amherst. Dr. 

 Gates has collected thousands of spe- 

 ci.nens of utensils of every conceiv- 

 able kind, both American and foreign. 

 The natural history of the bee and the 

 products of the hive are illustrated by 

 numerous illustrated examples. The 

 museum affords a splendid opportun- 

 ity for comparisons of the ef|uipment 

 used for various sections of the coun- 

 try and systems of management. The 

 supplies offered by the various manu- 

 facturers are placed side by side, and 

 the interested beekeeper is able to see 

 for himself what are the merits of the 

 various brands. The development of 

 apiculture is nicely shown in the var- 



is very thoroughly done. Begin- 

 ning in an infected locality every col- 

 ony of bees is examined in an ever 

 widening circle, until the limit of in- 

 fection is found. In many states such 

 thorough work is impossible because 

 of lack of funds. The effect of the 

 work is aparent in comparing the per- 

 centage of infected apiaries in 1911 

 and in 1914. During that period of 

 time the percentage has dropped from 

 45% to 14%, while there has been in- 

 creased interest in bee culture owing 

 to improved conditions. Dr. Gates re- 

 gards the inspection work as an ed- 

 ucational unit in the general system, 

 and while diplomacy is sometimes ne- 

 cessary in dealing with a refractory 

 case, there is no longer any question 

 of the value of the work to the bee 

 keepers of the state. 



THE COURSES. 



Dr. Gates announces that the work as 

 given in the college has but one pri- 

 mary aim, viz., to fully equip the stu- 

 dent with the fundamentals of the in- 

 dustry. However, since research work 

 requires broad training in the sciences 



WAX EXTRACTORS SET UP FOR COMPARISON AT MASSACHUSETTS 



JOHN L. BYARD IN THE COLLEGE APIARY 



ious kinds of hives and implements 

 that have been used during the past 

 half century. Straw skeps, box hives, 

 cupboard hives and almost all the 

 other kinds in use before the standard 

 hanging frame hive came Into use, are 

 displayed. It is worth a long journey 

 just to visit this museum and see this 

 wonderful collection. The writer had 

 never seen Allen Latham's let-alone 

 hive until he visited the museum, nor 

 had he seen a number of other articles 

 of equipment often mentioned in the 

 beekeeping literature. The student 

 who has this wealth of material at 

 hand when he is studying the books 

 and papers relating to his specialty 

 will have a splendid opportunity to be- 

 come familiar with everything in the 

 way of equipment that has been used 

 in recent years, as well as many 

 things long obsolete. There are some 

 things of historical interest, such as 



