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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



beautiful home of C. P. Dadant, which 

 overlooks the Mississippi, the lake, and the 

 great dam of the Keokuk Power Co. The 

 time was taken up with impromptu speeches 

 by Dr. E. F. Phillips, N. E. France, C. P. 

 Dadant, and E. J. Baxter. It seemed appro- 

 priate to speak of the life and labors of 

 men wlio have distingi;ished themselves in 

 the beekeeping world — especially those who 

 have passed away. Mr. F. C. Pellett, the 

 presiding- officer, called on Mr. Dadant to 

 give some reminiscences of liis father. He 

 very modestly declined, saying he did not 

 consider it either proper or appropriate to 

 eulogize his own father, the founder of the 

 firm"" of Dadant & Sons. Mr. Pellett then 

 called on Dr. Phillips to respond to a toast, 

 " Dr. ]\Iiller." There is probably no great- 

 er admirer of the Marengo beekeeper than 



S' ",'horn ^lunao. Rhus ti/phina L. Pluitn^'riipln'il July '.28 

 Waldo, oro, Maine, by John H. Lovell. Pistillate flo\ver-clust;ers ; 

 on right the flowers are in bloom and are green in color; the cluster on left 

 representing a later stage after the bloomiug period has closed, has turn- 

 ed crimson. 



ihe representative from Washington. He 

 spoke of the delightful visit he had had at 

 Marengo, of Dr. Miller as a man, as a bee- 

 keeper, of his modesty, of liis methods of 

 comb-honey production, of swarm control. 

 Mr. Pellet I then called on your humble ser- 

 vant to speak of the life and work of the 

 late "\V. Z. Hutchinson and the Rev. L. L. 

 Langstroth. I felt that I was hardly big 

 enough for the task, but I re«>ponded as best 

 I could. But in closing 1 could not forbear 

 referring to the steiling qualities of the late 

 (Jharles Dadant ; and later the chairman 

 succeeded in drawing from Mr. C. P. Da- 

 dant, his son, a few further remarks. I was 

 llien followed by N. E. France, who spoke 

 of liis love for W. Z. Hutchinson, and of 

 one man, Mr. Adam Grimm, who left his 

 impression all over the state of Wisconsin, 

 for Mr. Grimm actual- 

 ly .established a bank 

 with the money he 

 earned b y keeping 

 bees. Mr. Baxter then 

 gave some further 

 reminiscences of Mr. 

 Charles Dadant. The 

 talks were followed by 

 some music by Miss 

 Dadant, who was en- 

 cored again and again. 



THE INSPECTOR'S MEET 

 ING NEXT DAY. 



Dr. Pammel, Botan- 

 ist at the Iowa Agri- 

 cultural College, read 

 a paper on the subject 

 of honey-plants and 

 the importance of bees 

 to the fruit-grower. A 

 large number of speci- 

 mens of plants, in- 

 clud i n g heartsease, 

 asters, Spanish needle, 

 ironweed, etc., were 

 brought in for his 

 identification. This 

 part of the program 

 was interesting, as 

 many local beekeepers 

 were unable to identi- 

 fy many of the plants. 

 There were several 

 species of heartsease 

 as well as of knot- 

 weed and smartweed. 

 All of these Dr. Pam- 

 mel named. Hearts- 

 ease and Spanish nee- 

 dle were the plants 

 that were, of course, 

 furnishing so much 



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