AuausT, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



501 



Fig. 2. — Tliis shows Geo. H. Rea, the man holding the brood-comb, giving a demonstration at the apiary 



of M. H. Fairbanks, Homer, N. Y. Mr. Rea was covering the entire State, telling the farmers how to keep 



beas better and how to clean up bee disease. 



keeper by seeing the work done learns the 

 tricks of the trade, and particularly how to 

 eliminate bee disease. No one is too old to 

 learn; and I have yet to attend a field meet 

 when I do not see and hear something worth 

 while. 



It was my pleasure to attend a number 



of field meets a year ago this summer, not 

 only in Michigan, mention of which has al- 

 ready been made, but in New York, which 

 has as many up-to-date beekeepers to the 

 township as any State except California. 



One large meet was at East Aurora, N. Y., 

 under the auspices of the Western New 



Fig. 3. — ^This is a general view of the beekeepers present at the Canastota meet. Chas. H. Stewart, State 

 bee inspector, is shown at the extreme left, middle row, sitting down. Next to him is Mr. Clark, of the 

 firm of Doolittle .t Clark; then following in order are S. D. House, Geo. H. Rea, Dr. E. F. Phillips, C. B. 



Howard, and A. H. Root. 



