GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



August, 1919 



York Honey Producers' Association, of 

 which James H. Spront of Lockport, N. Y., 

 is president, and Howard Myers secretary. 

 There were between 200 and 300 who sat 

 down at the basket luncheon. 



Fig. 4. — As one rides aver the country he will see 

 thesei signs on the trees in front of the homes of 

 prosperous farmers — prosperous because the owner 

 of the farm is a meimber of the Farm Bureau, which 

 sends out extension workers who make it tlieir 

 business to inspect the farms, offering suggestions 

 in regard to the treatment of the soil and how to get 

 the most out of it. 



The next meet was under the auspices of 

 the State organization and was held at the 

 home of C. B. Howard, near Hayts Corners, 

 N. Y., at the foot of and between the two 



lakes of Seneca and Cayuga. Mr. Howard 

 is one of the best beekeepers in the State, 

 president of the New York State Associa- 

 tion of Beekeepers' Societies, and owner of 

 five or six hundred colonies of bees. 



Another meet was that held at Canastota, 

 at the home of A. H. Eoot, brother of L. C. 

 Eoot, author of Quinby's New Beekeeping. 

 The attendance was not as large as at the 

 other field meet; but from the standpoint of 

 enthusiasm it was the equal of any of them. 



The next field meet was at the home of 

 M. H. Fairbanks, Homer, N. Y., Aug. 5. 

 This was an extension workers ' meet- 

 ing. Fig. 2 shows Geo. H. Eea, then of the 

 Bureau of Entomology, Washington, and 

 formerly bee extension worker in North 

 Carolina, and State bee inspector of Penn- 

 sylvania, but at that time extension worker 

 in New York. 



The next series of field meets, Dr. Phillips 

 and Mr. Eea helping, was in Cortland Co., 

 with the regular field bee extension worker, 

 Allen S. Merchant of Cortland Co., N. Y. 

 Mr. Merchant kindly carried us thru the 

 country, among the farmer beekeepers 

 where foul brood had been reported. 



Fig. 4 shows that the State of New York 

 is welcoming the Farm Bureau extension 

 workers who take up general agriculture, 

 and, indirectly, bee culture. As soon as a 

 farmer becomes a member of the Bureau a 

 tag is fastened in a conspicuous place on 

 the farm. Under the regular Leaver law the 

 extension workers are performing wonders. 

 Every county in every State in the Union 

 should have an extension worker. 



Before leaving the State I must show 

 John Dcmuth 's apiary at Pembroke, N. Y. 

 (See Fig. 5.) 



Fig. 5. — This gives a view of one of the pretty yards owned by John Demuth, a leading beekeeper of 



Northwestern New York, located at Pembroke. His specialty is comb honey. He is one of the few who 



needs no extension worker or bee inspector because he is clear up to date. 



