February, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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THE annual 

 mooting o f 

 the Miniio- 

 sota Beekoopors ' 

 Association, t o 

 have been held 

 Jan. 29 and 30 

 at the West Ho- 

 tel, Minneapolis, 

 was postponed 

 a second time on account of the flu opi- 

 doniic. The regular Minnesota beekeepers' 

 i-iiort course will not be held this winter, 

 but the annual meeting of the association 

 will still be held at a later date. 



The beekeepers of Franklin Co., O., or- 

 ganized a county association on Jan. 10 at 

 the Chamber of Commerce, Columbus. There 

 are about a hundred live beekeepers in the 

 capital county of Ohio. 



JUST NEWS 



Editors 



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t r a i n commer- 

 cial beekeepers 

 and not to make 

 mere beekeepers. 

 The tuition in 

 the course is 

 free to all resi- 

 d e n t s of New 

 York State. The 

 course has been 

 care+"u']y organized along the lines of the 

 teaching given at the California courses 

 durirg November and De"ember that proved 

 so highly successful. The school will be 

 held in room 392, Eobert Hall, Cornell Uni- 

 versity, the first session beginning Feb. 24 

 at 10 a. m. The names of instructors appear- 

 ing on the progj-am are Dr. E. F. Phillips, 

 E. E. Boot, Geo. H. Eea, Geo. S. Demuth, A. 

 Gordon Dye, O. L. Hershiser, C. P. Dadant, 

 J. G. Needham, and S. D. House. 



The annual meeting of the Missouri Api- 

 cultiiral Society was held at Columbia, Jan. 

 "1 to 24, during the State farmers ' week. 

 An excellent program was prepared; and the 

 advance announcement spoke most hope- 

 fullv of the beekeeping prospects in the 



State. 



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The Chicago - Northwestern Beekeepers ' 

 Association will hold its annual meeting 

 jointly with the National Beekeepers ' As- 

 sociation. Accordingly, the Northwestern 's 

 meet will consist of a morning and after- 

 noon session, on Feb. 18, the National 's first 

 session coming on the evening of the 18th. 

 The place of meeting is the LaSalle Hotel, 

 Chicago. Speakers on the program are Dr. 

 E. F. Phillips, Editor C. P. Dadant, Edward 

 Hetfinger, Jr., and Miss lona Fowls. 



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At the annual convention of the Western 

 New York Beekeepers ' Association held at 

 the Genesee Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 10, 

 11, James H. Strout, Lockport, was re-elect- 

 ed president, and Howard M. Myers, Ean- 

 somville, was re-elected secretary. There 

 was an excellent attendance, and unusual in- 

 terest was taken in the proceedings. An 

 interesting and significant fact is that the 

 Western New York Honey Producers ' As- 

 sociation is now incorporated under the laws 

 of New York. 



The Ifith annual convention of the Kansas 

 State Beekeepers' Association was held 

 Jan. 7 and 8 at the Chamber of Commerce, 

 Topeka. An excellent program was sent 

 out in handsomely printed form. 



The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania 

 State Beekeepers ' Association was held at 

 Harrisburg Jan. 23-24. An interesting pro- 

 gram had been prepared, w^ith Dr. H. A. Sur- 

 face in charge as president. 



W. A. Pryal, long a resident of Oakland, 

 Cal., a widely known beekeeper, and one 

 whom many readers of Gleanings will re- 

 call as a contributor to this journal, died 

 Dec. 29 last. He was a man and beekeeper 

 of exceptional ability and of the highest 

 standing. 



TJie first annual meeting of the Chenango 

 Co., N. Y., Beekeepers ' Society was held on 

 Dec. 14 at the county court house, Norwich. 

 There was a large attendance of beekeepers 

 from Chenango and adjacent counties, and 

 an excellent program was carried out. The 

 officers for the coming year are: O. W. Be- 

 dell, Earlville, President, and L. E. Gorton, 

 Norwich, Secretary- treasurer. 



The New York State College of Agricul- 

 ture, in co-operation with the Bureau of 

 Entomology of the U. S. Department of Ag- 

 riculture, will conduct a six-day school for 

 commercial beekeepers at Ithaca, N. Y., the 

 week of Feb. 24. This course is practically 

 the same as that which was given recently 

 for three weeks in California by Dr. E. F. 

 Phillips and his assistants. This school is in 

 no sense a beekeepers ' convention such as 

 beekeepers ordinarily attend in winter time, 

 but will be a systematic course in beekeep- 

 ing, with emphasis placed on the fact that 

 the primary part of this course will be to 



The H9th annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 at Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, Feb. 18-20. 

 Among the names aj^pearing on the program 

 are those of Prof. Francis Jager, Collin C. 

 Campbell, E. D. Townsend, Dr. E. F. Phil- 

 lips, Prof. F. Eric Millan, Charles B. Jus- 

 tice, Kennith Hawkins, Prof. H. F. Wilson, 

 C. P. Dadant, Prof. E. G. Baldwin, and E. 

 E. Eoot (if not detained in California). 

 Every wide-awake, forward-looking bee- 

 keeper in the United States is urged to at- 

 tend. 



