December, 1915. 



American Hee Journal 



Burton N. Gates, who will speak on 

 " Efficiency Among Beekeepers." The 

 speakers for the other meetings: Jan- 

 uary, Mr. Allen Latham; February, Mr. 

 S. S. Grossman; March, Mr. M. Loth- 

 rop Davenport, and for April Mr. F. E. 

 Smith, Director of the Independent 

 Agricultural School at Hawthorne. 

 Benj.-vmin p. Sands, Sec. 

 Boston, Mass., Nov. 15. 



The Niiuiesota Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their annual convention 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 7 and 

 8, 1915, at University Farm, Agricul- 

 tural Chemistry Building, Room 251. 

 The Tuesday evening meeting will be 

 held in the Assembly Room of the 

 Administration Building at 0:45 p.m. 

 sharp. 



Tuesday Forenoon— o:oo a.m. 



Social half hour. Business meeting. 



" Report of Inspector of Apiaries "— Chas. 

 D. Blaker. 



"Treatment of American Foulbrood" — 

 Prof. C. D. Siehl. 



Discussion. 



Tuesday Afternoon— 2:00 p.m. 



Address— A. F. Woods. Dean of Minnesota 

 Agricultural College. 



"Beekeeping at the Minnesota Agricul- 

 tural College"— Prof. Francis Jager. 



" Report on Queen-Rearing at the Minne- 

 sota Agricultural College" — Prof. L. V. 

 France. 



"The Evolution of the Beehive" — Dr. L. 

 D. Leonard and C. P. Dadant. Editor Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. Hamilton. 111. 



Tuesday Evening— 6:45 p.m. 



Popular meeting with stereopticon views 

 and motion pictures of certain phases of 

 beekeeping— E. R. Root and Dr. E. F. Phil- 

 lips and others from outside of the State. 



Wednesday Forenoon— g:oo a.m. 



" Production of Comb and Extracted 

 Honey in the Same Hive "—J. J. Kadletz, of 

 Chatfield. 



" Outdoor Wintering"— Dr. E. F. Phillips, 

 In Charge of Bee-Culture Investigations. 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington. D. C. 



"Cellar Wintering '—E. R. Root, Editor 

 of Gleanings in Bee Culture. Medina. Ohio. 



Wednesday Afternoon— 2:00 p.m. 



■Report of Bee and Honey Exhibits at the 

 State Fair" — P. J. Doll. Superintendent. 



"Production of Comb Honey"— Jos. Fin- 

 stad, St. Paul. 



' Production of Extracted Honey"— H. J. 

 Gluen, Harmony. 



" Spring Management "— L. F. Sampson, of 

 Excelsior. 



" Last Year's Experience with Bees"— E. 

 F. Halden, of Mound. 



Election of officers. 



The Relief Fund.— The following con- 

 tributions to the fund for relief of 

 Louis Werner, of Edwardsville, 111., 

 who lost most of his property by flood, 

 have been received to date : 



R. G. Jordan. Chenoa. Ill i 2.00 



Walter C. Bennett. Frankfort. N. Y. i.oo 



F'rank Snyder. Cedar Rapids. Iowa. 1.13 



R. B. Ross. Jr.. Westmount. Quebec 2 00 



A. Augenstein. Dakota. Ill i.oo 



Geo M. Huntington. Bishop. Calif.. 1.00 



H. M. Debrodt. Hicksville. N Y I.oo 



John G. Miller. Corpus Christi.Tex. S-oo 



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Acknowledgment. — Our thanks are 

 due to the beekeepers in attendance at 

 the Hamilton meet of Sept. 7, for an 

 artistically framed photograph of that 

 meeting, donated to the Dadant family. 

 It is the same photo as represented on 

 page 342-? of the October number, but 

 is of full size, 3 feet in length by 1 foot 



in height. The frame is hand-carved, 

 finished in beautiful bronze, and as we 

 understand was secured by subscrip- 

 tion of the beekeepers present through 

 the eflforts of our old friend, Mr. N. E. 

 France. It is now hanging in the edi- 

 torial room of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal and we are very proud of it. 



Kentucky Meeting We notice the 



announcement that the Kentucky State 

 Beekeepers' Association will meet at 

 Lexington during Farmers' Week, 

 which starts Jan. 4. Several other 

 associations will meet at the same time 

 and a large attendance is expected. 



Bee Meetings Fall in Succession. — 



According to the pre-arranged sched- 

 ule announced in our July issue, most 

 of the bee meetings of the middle States 

 have been so arranged that they fall in 

 succession. This will give an oppor- 

 tunity for some of the beekeepers to 

 attend several meetings at a very nomi- 

 nal cost. Following is a list to date of 

 the meetings as they will occur: 



1. Kansas, Topeka, Dec. 1, 2. 



2. Minnesota, University Farm, St. 

 Paul, Dec. 7, 8. 



3. Wisconsin, Madison, Dec. 9, 10. 



4. Indiana, Indianapolis State House, 

 Dec. 10, 11. 



5. Iowa, Des Moines, Dec. 13, 14, 15. 



6. Michigan, Grand Rapids, Dec. 15, 

 16. 



7. Chicago -Northwestern, Chicago, 

 Dec. 17, 18. 



8. Missouri, Columbia, Jan. 3, 4. 



Michigan to Celebrate The oldest 



State Beekeepers' Association, Michi- 

 gan, will celebrate its .50th annual meet- 

 ing on Dec. 15 and 16, at the Eagle 

 Hotel, Grand Rapids. 



This .50th meeting will be unique in 

 many ways. The beekeepers will enjoy 

 a banquet supper, the gift of Messrs. G. 

 B. Lewis, of Watertown, Wis , and A. 

 G. Woodman, Grand Rapids. This will 

 be at 7:45 p.m. on the 15th, and a large 

 number is expected to be present. 



To commemorate the 50th anniver- 

 sary meeting, the association is provid- 

 ing medals, as sweepstakes, for the best 

 exhibits of bee-products. Three med- 

 als will be put up. A gold medal, sub- 

 scribed for by the American bee-supply 

 manufacturers ; a silver medal, sub- 

 scribed for by the Michigan jobbers in 

 bee-supplies; and a bronze medal by 

 the association. These medals will be 

 for the three best exhibits, and must 

 be won three times to become the 

 property of the exhibitor. 



The gold medal will be valued at $50 

 or higher, the silver medal $20, so that 

 the exhibitors will have something 

 worth striving for if they are success- 

 ful in showing a winning exhibit. The 

 medals will be hexagonal in shape and 

 bear an appropriate design. .-Ks the 

 competition is open to all members of 

 the Michigan beekeepers' association, 

 we shall be pleased to furnish full par- 



ticulars of the classes to any beekeeper. 

 Class premiums will also be given. 



Besides the banquet and medals, 

 there will be an excellent program, 

 this will be international in character, 

 and includes some of the best known 

 men in the beekeeping world. A 

 glance at the program will show the 

 beekeepers that here is an opportunity 

 to meet with these men that may not 

 occur again for many years, and one 

 that it would be a folly to miss. 



The headquarters and place of meet- 

 ing will be the Eagle Hotel. This hotel 

 has been the headquarters of previous 

 meetings, and is centrally located. It 

 can be reached as follows: 



From Lake Shore and New York de- 

 pots take Butterworth and Monroe car 

 to door. From Kalamazoo or Holland 

 interurban, go half a block to Monroe 

 avenue, then three blocks to Market 

 avenue and hotel. From Muskegon 

 interurban, alight at Monroe and Mar- 

 ket avenues and walkj half a block to 

 hotel. From Union depot, hotel is 

 three blocks north to Louis street, 

 then two blocks west. 



Rates are $1.00 and up per night, two 

 in room $1.50 and up. 



This year the Northern Michigan 

 Beekeepers' Association are going to 

 meet with us. The Northern members 

 should note this and come down in a 

 body. Write Ira D. Bartlett, East Jor- 

 dan, for particulars. 



The program, not quite complete, is 

 as follows : 



PROGRAM. 



Wednesday. Dec. is. 



Opening session 10:30 a.m. 



Minutes of last meeting by the secretary- 

 treasurer. 



President's Address— Mr. David Running. 

 Flint. Mich. 



Report of the delegate to the National 

 Convention at Denver. Colo —Mr. F. Eric 

 Millen. East Lansing. 



1:00— Appointment of committees. 



" Running Outyards for Extracted Honey " 

 —Mr. E. D. Townsend. Northstar. 



" Notes from the Year's Work "—Mr. Mor- 

 ley Pettit. Provincial Apiarist. Guelph. Ont. 



"Size of the Brood-Chamber "—Mr. C. P. 

 Dadant, Editor American Bee Journal, 

 Hamilton. III. 



"Phases of Queen-Breeding"— Prof. J. H. 

 Haughey. Berrien Springs. 



"Transferring Bees"— Mr. A. H. Guern- 

 sey. Ionia. 



Question Box— Mr. C. F. Smith. Cheboygan. 



7:45 p.m.— Banquet Supper— Gift by Messrs. 

 G. B. Lewis. Watertown. Wis., and A. G. 

 Woodman. Grand Rapids. 



■" Some Lessons of the Last Half Century" 

 —Dr. E. F. Phillips. Washington. D. C. 



" Beekeeping as a Prison Industry and its 

 Reformative Influence"— Mr. O. H. L. Wer- 

 nicke. Chairmanof the JacksonState Prison 

 Board of Control, Grand Rapids. 



Thursday. Dec. 16—8:00 a.m. 



Demonstration in BottlingHoney— Messrs. 

 A. G. Woodman's P'actory. 0:00 a.m. 



Demonstration in Assembling Bee-Sup- 

 plies— Messrs. A. G. Woodman Co. 



" Business Principles and System a Big 

 Asset in the Success of the Apiarist— Mr. 

 Ira D. Bartlett. East Jordan. 



"Which Should Beekeepers Produce. Ex- 

 tracted or Comb Honey ?— Mr. E. R. Root. 

 Editor Gleanings in Bee Culture. Medina. O. 



"What an Inspector Sees"— Mr. F. Eric 

 Millen. 



Question Box— Mr. C. F. Smith. 



Group Photograph. 



1:00 p.m.— " Outdoor Wintering" —Dr. E. 

 F. Phillips. 



"Bee Business in Canada as Seen by a 

 Trip Through Different Provinces"— Mr. 

 Morley Pettit. 



Reports of committees. 



Awarding medals. 



Election of officers. 



F. Eric Millen, Sec.-Treas. 

 East Lansing, Mich. 



