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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



January 



keeping in Wisconsin to make it one 

 of the leading States in the production 

 of honey. 



One of the interesting features at the 

 Minnesota meeting was the talk given 

 by Prof. Francis Jager on "Apiary 

 Work at the University." He gave 

 some very interesting statistics con- 

 cerning the pupils who took the bee- 

 keeping course at the University. The 

 following question was put to 150 stu- 

 dents who took this course: "For 

 what reason have you taken the course 

 in beekeeping at the University of Min- 

 nesota .'"' Out of 150, 30 answered that 

 they expected to keep bees after they 

 left college. The other 120 gave vari- 

 ous reasons, some of which were quite 

 interesting. It was found that the 30 

 who stated they would keep bees after 

 they left the university were already 

 keeping bees. This practically refutes 

 the statement that our courses of edu- 

 cation on beekeeping in the universities 

 are with the object of making more bee- 

 keepers. The fact is that they are mak- 

 ing better beekeepers, and the few addi- 

 tional beekeepers which are created 

 will be a help to the industry instead 

 of a hindrance. 



Kansas Beekeepers Meet in Convention 



The Kansas Beekeepers' Association 

 meeting was held at Topeka Nov. 20 



and 21. It was decided to divide the 

 State in three sections with a vice- 

 president for each district. They are 

 the southwestern under Dr. A. D. Raf- 

 fington, of Hutchinson, northwestern 

 (fifth and sixth districts), with Harry 

 A. Huff, of Chapman, with the eastern 

 (first, second, third, and fourth disticts) 

 under A. R. Hackensmith, of Topeka. 



Officers for the ensuing year are : 

 President, C. D. Mize, of Mount Hope; 

 vice-president, Dr. A. D. Raffington, of 

 Hutchinson ; secretary-treasurer, O. A. 

 Keene, of Topeka. 



Plans are already laid for district 

 meetings. By organizing a new asso- 

 ciation at Hutchinson and the district 

 association to cooperate with the State 

 association, it is hoped to make Kansas 

 the banner State for bees and honey. 



The subjects read and discussed at 

 the meeting were as follows: 



"The Financial Side of Queen- Rearing"— 

 A. V. Small. St Joseph, Mo. 



" Shipping Bees by the Pound to the North 

 and West"— M. C. Berry. Hayneville, Ala, 



" Public Exhibits of Bees. Honey. Wax, 

 and Apiary Supplies"— Dr. G. Bohrer, Chase. 

 , "Cooperative Advertising of Honey"— 

 Geo. W. Williams, Redkey, Ind. 



" Swarm Control"— M. G. Dadant, Hamil- 

 ton, 111.. 



Discussion—" Securing State Aid for Foul- 

 brood." -i 



"Report of Inspection Work in the North- 

 ern Half of Kansas '—Prof. Geo, A, Dean. 

 Agricultural College. Manhattan. 



" Report of Inspection Work in the South- 



ern Half of Kansas "—Prof. S, J. Hunter. 

 State University. Lawrence. 



"The Production of Extracted Honey"— 

 Harry A. Huff. Chapman. 



"Selling the Crop"— J. P. Brumfield. of 

 Galena. 



KANSAS STATE FAIR. 



The Kansas State Fair at Hutchin- 

 son Sept. 16 to 23 was a success in 

 every respect. Dr. G. Bohrer, of Chase, 

 says it was one of the largest and best 

 he has ever seen. The exhibit of 

 honey occupied 1845 square feet of 

 space. If there had been more space 

 the beekeepers could have made a bet- 

 ter showing. 



Ne.xt year they hope to have a new 

 bee building and have the Horticultural 

 Society in the same building. 



Ontario Meeting 



The meeting of the Ontario Associa- 

 tion, Dec. 12-14, at Toronto, was at- 

 tended by about 200 beekeepers, a num- 

 ber of whom are large producers con- 

 ducting outapiaries. The crop was 

 good in 1916, and the meeting was 

 therefore enthusiastic, especially as the 

 honey has been sold at remunerative 

 prices. The Ontario beekeepers have 

 a committee on prices, whose duty it is 

 to collect information from the mem- 

 bers as to the amount of honey har- 

 vested and recommend a certain price 

 for the ;^crop. This season, althoug 



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Some exhibits at the Kansas State Fair. Above is the display of W. I. Measer. of Hutchinson; on the left, that of J. P. Lucas. 

 Topeka; in the center, below, that of A, D. Raffington. and on the right the exhibit of J. A. Nininger, of Nickerson 



