American Hee Journal 



December, 1915. 



size, as we: should to thoroughly cc- 

 operate. 



Any b<;ekeeper who has any new or 

 useful de vice or appliance is requested 

 to bring same and show its merits, as 

 this is what we come together for to 

 excliange ideas and to learn somethini; 

 new if possible. 



Every beekeeper is invited to attend, 

 is welcome, and is expected to help us 

 make this the most interesting meeting 

 ever. William F. Vollmer, Si-c. 



Akron, N. Y., Nov. 13. 



A COFFEE-PLANT NURSERY 



but we failed to state that the meeting 

 will be held at the Commercial Club 

 rooms, in the Shops Building. Iowa 

 beekeepers should note the location to 



save difficulty in finding the place. 



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Wisconsin Convention. — The Wiscon- 

 sin convention will be held at the State 

 Capitol at Madison on Dec. 9 and 10. 

 PROGRAM. 

 Thursday, December q. 



The business meeting and appointment of 

 committees. 



Ten minute talks by F, J. Wells. Milton; 

 A. S, Linn. Stoughton; W. R. Abbott, Ft. 

 Atkinson; Frank Wilcox. Mauston; and A. 

 C. Allen. Portage 



Question Box. 



" How and Why I Paint F'oundation —Ed 

 Hassinger. Greenville. 



Afternoon Session. 



" Foulbrood in Wisconsin "—N. E. France. 

 State Inspector. Platteville. 



" Why Were Bees Craw ling in Front of the 

 Hives ?"— F. Kittinger. Caledonia. 



" Beekeepingat Agricultural Colleges" — 

 L. V. France. St. Paul. Minn. 



"Queen-Rearing at the Wisconsin Col- 

 lege"— C. W. Aeppler. Madison. 



" State Recognition of Beekeeping"— Dean 

 Russell. Madison. 



will be held at the American Hotel, 

 Akron, N. Y., Dec. 14, beginning at 10 

 o'clock. An interesting program is 

 being prepared. As the question-box is 

 usually well patronized, it is requested 

 that those having questions to ask will 

 please send them in now, so that the 

 proper men will be assigned to answer 

 them. We expect to have some very 

 good talent present to answer almost 

 anything pertaining to bees, honey, etc. 

 It is desired to have each beekeeper 

 bring his favorite package of honey, as 

 well as labels, with facts relating there- 

 to. Bring the honey anyway if you 

 cannot bring the facts, for if each one 

 will do this we will have a genuine 

 assortment of sizes and discuss the 

 possibility of establishing a uniform 



Seals for Honey Packages A certain 



firm that manufactures a corrugated 

 fiber board box for shipping extracted 

 honey have this interesting note: 



"The resiliency of the material from 

 which our boxes are made absorbs 

 the shocks of transportation, and rough 

 handling and ihe: seal prevents dislionest 

 handlers from robbing the cans." 



The emphasis is ours. In a recent 

 shipment to the North, we found one 

 entire 5-gallon can emptied, the con- 

 tents all gone. As the cans used were 

 all the single round cans, in stout 

 wooden jackets, well braced and nailed, 

 no damage was done to the tin of the 

 can, but the screw cap must have been 

 removed and the honey "extracted " a 

 second time .' Of course we have put 

 in a claim, but claims are often unsat- 

 isfactory, ahcays tedious. Who likes 

 railroad claims anyhow ? If the seat 

 alluded to above will do the thing, let's 

 have all our extracted honey retainers 

 sealed for shipment. Why not a good 

 idea. — E. G. B. — Beekeepers' Reviezu 



Eastern Massachusetts Society of 

 Beekeepers. — The Eastern Massachu- 

 setts Society of Beekeepers will hold a 

 meeting on the first Saturday of every 

 month at 4 p.m., beginning with Octo- 

 ber and ceasing with April. 



The speaker for December is Dr. 



Evening Session. 



A. 



"Extracted Honey Production' 

 Swahn. Ellsworth. 



"Farming with 100 Colonies of Bees —A. 

 Pathe. of Malone. 



"Stereopticon Views of Wisconsin Bee- 

 keeping"— L. V. France. 



"Comb Honey Production " — E. R. Root, 

 of Medina. Ohio. 



" Marketing Honey"— C. P. Dadant. Ham-f 

 ilton. 111. 



December lo— Morning Session. 



"Selling Honey by Mail "— E. B. Rosa, o 

 Monroe. 



"Value of Young Queens '—N. E. France. 



"Out of-door Wintcring"-Dr. E. F. Phil- 

 lips. Washington. D. C. 



"Wintering in Wisconsin "—Andrew Stev- 

 ens, of Stockbridge. 



In the afternoon those in attendance 

 will visit the Agricultural College and 

 apiary. 



Western New York Meeting.— The 



annual meeting of the Western New 

 York Honey Producers' Association 



BUlLUliNG A MUUNIAIN KOaU IV PURiO KICO 



