December, loro. 



American Hee Journal 



i;3o p. M. 



The Italian Bee-W, D. Wrielit. of Aha- 

 iTiont. 



Requisites of Extracted Honey-Produc- 

 tion—Rev. J. T. Green, of Interlaken. 



Question-Box. 



TlESDAV. 10 A. M. 



<.)ueen-Breedine Simplified— E. F. Pliillips. 



Winterinir Bees in Cellars— N. D. West, of 

 Middleburiili 



Wintcrini: Bees Out-of-doors— Chas. Stew- 

 art, of Johnstown. 



Question-Box. 



i:iO 1'. M. 



Marketing; Honey— F. Greiner. of Naples. 



Is it Profitable to Combine Some Other 

 Occupation with Bee-Keeping ?— C. J. Bald- 

 iidt;e. of Kendaia, 



Question-Box. 



At Rochester. Monroe County, 

 Wednesday. Dec. 14, in .\ssembly Hall, 

 Chamber of Commerce, conducted bv 

 W. p. Wright, with Louis Walil, of 

 Chili, as local correspondent: 



Wednesday, io a. m. 



The Honey-Bee as a Fertilizing Agent.— E. 

 I'. Phillips. 



Retailing Honey— Louis F. Wahl, of Chili. 



Which is Most Profitable. Comb or Ex- 

 tracted Honey ?— N. D. West. 



Question- Box. 



1 :30 P. M. 



Essentials of Success in Bee-Culture— O. 

 L. Hershiser. of Kenmore. 



Wintering Bees Out-of-doors— Chas. Stew- 

 art. 



Bee-Keeping in the Hawaiian Islands— E. 

 !•. Phillips. 



Question-Box. 



At Syracuse, Onondaga County, 

 Thursday, Dec. 1.5, in the Citv Hall, 

 conducted by X. D. West, with J. H. 

 Cunningliani, o£ Syracuse University, 

 as local correspondent: 



ThIRSDAV, 10 a. .m. 



Best Package for Retailing Extracted 

 Honey — Irving Kinvon. of Camillus. 



Conducting Out-Apiaries- S. D. House, of 

 Camillus. 



The Honey-Bee as a Fertilizing Agent-E. 

 F. Phillips. 



Question-Box. 



1:30 P. M. 



Production of Extracted Honey -F. W. 

 Lesser, of Syracuse. 



A .Model Bee-Cellar— M. Stevens, of Pen- 

 nellville. 



Alfalfa as a Honey-Producer in New York 

 State— Oscar L. Dines, of Syracuse. 



Exhibiting Honey at Fairs— Dr. C. G. 

 Schamu. of Liverpool. 



Question-Box. 



At Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence Coun- 

 ty. Friday, Dec. It), in the rooms of the 

 Business Men's Association, conducted 

 by M. Stevens, with W. T. Davis, of 

 Ogdensburg. as local correspondent : 



Friday io a. m. 



What the United States Department of 

 Agriculture is Doing for Apiculture— E. F. 

 Phillips. 



How to Produce Gilt-Edged Comb Honey— 

 E. Klethorp. of Hammond. 



Which is Most Profitable. Comb or Ex- 

 tracted Honey?— N. D. West. 



Some of My Short Cuts-D. R. Hardy, of 

 Watertown. 



Question-Box. 



1:30 p. M. 



How Can We Increase the Sale of Honey ? 

 — W. T. Davis, of Ogdensburg. 



The Drone as a Factor in Improving a 

 .Strain of Bees— G. B. Howe, of Black River. 



What I Have Learned by Italianizing—A. 

 A. French, of Black River. 



The Italian Bee-W. D. Wright. 



The Best Hive for Honey-Production— F. 

 H Loucks.of Lowville. 



<^uestion-Box. 



At Amsterdam, Montgomery County, 

 Saturday, Dec. IT, in the Common 

 Council Chamber, City Hall, conducted 

 by Chas. Stewart, with T. L Dugdale, of 

 West Galway. as local correspondent : 



Saturday, io a. m. 



.\ Model Bce-Cellar-M. Stevens. 



The Benefits of Bee-Inspection- G. W. 

 Haines, of Mayfield. 



Wintering Bees Out-of-doors— Chas. Stew- 

 art. 



Question-Box. 



l:3u P. M. 



What the United States Department of 

 Agriculture is Doing for Apiculture— E. F. 

 Phillips. 



Travels Among Bee-Keepers— T. I. Dug- 

 dale. of West Galway. 



MarketingExtractcd Honey— John Cotton. 

 M. D..of Burnt Hills, and Rev. P. A. Wes- 

 sels. of .\msterdam. 



Question-Box. 



At L^tica, Oneida County, Saturday, 

 Dec. 17, in the Common Council Cham- 

 ber, Citv Hall, conducted bv W. D. 

 Wright, with H. E. Bliss, of W'est Win- 

 field, as local correspondent: 



Saturday, io a. m. 



Queen-Breeding Simplified— E. F. Phillips. 

 Wintering Bees in Cellars— N. D. West. 

 The Italian Bee-W. D. Wright. 

 Question-Box. 



1:30 p. M. 

 Bee-Keepingasan Avocation for Women- 

 Miss Hattie Hoffman, of Canajoharie. 

 Re-queening Colonies— N. D. West. 

 Organization— W. D. Wright. 

 Question-Bo-\. 



Oklahoma State Couveiitioii 



The annual meeting of the Oklahoma 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 in connection with the " Farmers' Short 

 Course," at the .\. & M. College, in 

 Stillwater, Thursday, Jan. 19. 1911. All 

 members of the .Association should 

 make a special effort to attend, for be- 

 sides the regular program, which will 

 be given in the College Chapel, a busi- 

 ness meeting will be held, some new 

 officers elected, and a bee-disease law 

 drafted. l'"very one in the State inter- 

 ested in bee-keeping is invited to at- 

 tend. F. W. Van De Mark, Sec. 



Stillwater, Okla. 



Fillmore Co., 3Iluii., Conventiou 



The Fillmore Co., Minn., Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will meet at Preston, 

 Minn., Dec. 1.5 and IG, 1910. .-Ml inter- 

 ested are cordially invited. 



Harmony. Minn. P. B. Ramer, Sir. 



" Keep a :i',i/</i on your words, my children. 



For words are wonderful things. 

 They are sweet, like the bees' fresh honey. 



I.iiie the bees, they have terrible stings." 



Our Bee-Keeping Sisters 



Conducted by Emma M, Wilson. Marengo. 111. 



Why Women Should "Know Bees" 



It is very pleasant, indeed, when all 

 the members of a family are interested 

 in the same pursuit. There is a chum- 

 miness about it that can not be ob- 

 tained otherwise. Take the matter of 

 flowers, for example : If a woman is 

 very fond of them, and her husband re- 

 gards them as he would so many weeds, 

 then at least a part of her enjoyment 

 in them is taken away. This sarne 

 truth works out to a greater extent in 

 a business way. Take a bee-keeper: If 

 his entire family is interested in bees, 

 his pleasure is greatly enhanced, as 

 well as his profit, in the business. No 

 doubt there are many more wives, 

 daughters, and sisters of bee-keepers 

 that are efficient helpers than we know 

 anything about, for they are very often 

 the silent partners, although their help 

 may be the means of spelling success 

 instead of failure. 



In bee-keeping, as perhaps in no 

 other business, it is difficult to obtain 

 expert help at the critical time it is 

 needed. So many people are afraid of 

 bees, that, indeed, it is almost impossi- 

 ble to obtain any sort of help. In case 

 of sickness of the bee-keeper, what a 

 comfort it is if some member of the 

 family is able to run the apiary until he 

 is fully recovered ; in fact, that recov- 

 ery may be materially hastened if the 

 mind is fully at rest in regard to the 

 bees. Indeed, it might, in some cases, 

 be the deciding factor between life and 

 death, for worry is not an aid to re- 

 covery. 



Death has left more than one poor 

 woman with an apiary, like a white 

 elephant, on her hands. Perhaps she 

 has been in the habit of doing certain 

 portions of the work successfully, but 



as to running an apiary independently 

 she is utterly helpless, consequently 

 she must dispose of her bees at what- 

 ever she can get for them, and that 

 generally means at great sacrifice. On 

 the other hand, if she is able to care 

 for the bees, she is independent, and 

 can make her own terms. Even if she 

 does not intend to keep the bees per- 

 manently, she can hold them until she 

 can dispose of them at a profit. 



Wouldn't it be a good plan for every 

 bee-keeper to have at least one member 

 of his family perfectly able to care for 

 the apiary in case he should be called 

 upon to do so .' 



Another important item is well worth 

 considering: Did you ever notice, 

 when two bee-keepers meet, how 

 promptly the stream of bee-talk be- 

 gins to flow ? One of the chief de- 

 lights of a bee-keeper's life seems to 

 be to talk with some other bee-keeper. 

 What a world of comfort it would be 

 to him if a wife or a daughter were 

 familiar with the ins and outs of bee- 

 keeping, so that he could talk things 

 over whenever the desire should move 

 him. 



On more than one account it seems 

 well worth while that a woman should 

 not only be able to help in some par- 

 ticular "department of bee-keeping, but 

 that she should have a good general 

 knowledge of the whole business. 



Getting Apiarian Employment Changing 

 Locations 



From a far-off land comes a letter 

 from a sister who is an experienced 

 bee-keeper, and who desires advice 

 about becoming a bee-keeper in this 

 country. Xot having the necessary 

 capital to start an apiary of her own 



