GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



August, 1919 



HB. PARKS 

 ^ has resign- 

 ed his po- 

 sition as exten- 

 sion apiculturist 

 and has accept- 

 ed a position 

 with the Experi- 

 ment Station as 



apiculturist at 



College Station, effective July 1, 1919. In 

 this work Mr. Parks will have charge of 

 the experimental apiaries as a result of a 

 special legislation recently enacted. Com- 

 munications to Mr. Parks in the future 

 should be addressed to the Experiment Sta- 

 tion, College Station, Texas. 



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Dr. Ernest Kohn of Grover Hill has re- 

 ceived 300 colonies from the tupelo region 

 in Florida. These colonies, since arrival, 

 have been storing part of the time from 12 

 to 20 pounds of clover honey per day. At 

 the end of the season they will be returned 



to the Florida fields. 



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An enterprise of considerable interest to 

 beekeepers is to be launched at Pasco, 

 Wash., under the auspices of the Chamber 

 of Commerce. A joint stock company 

 will be organized by the members of the 

 chamber to establish and conduct an apiary 

 on a considerable scale. The idea is to sup- 

 ply pure-bred queens to improve the strains 

 for the district of which Pasco is the center, 

 which is regarded as especially well adapted 

 for honey production. The plan provides 

 for a distribution of possible profits between 

 shareholders and a fund from which educa- 

 tional loans will be made. 



The Arkansas Beekeepers ' Association 

 was organized May 31 with the following of- 

 ficers: Frank Harsfall, Monticello, presi- 

 dent; J. M. Eeynolds, Batesville, vice-presi- 

 dent; J. E. Clark, Pine Bluff, second vice- 

 president; Miss Sophy Reed, secretary- 

 treasurer, 1601 Battery St., Little Rock. 

 Talks were given by Ray McKnight, Hugh 

 McCain, S. F. Rameson, Prof. W. J. Baerg, 

 J. H. Tull, field agent in marketing; J. G. 

 Ferguson, State Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture, and L. W. Boyden of the A. I. Root Co. 

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The combined meeting of the Philadelphia 

 Beekeepers ' Association and the Pennsyl- 

 vania State Beekeepers' Association was 

 held at the School of Horticulture for Wom- 

 en, near Ambler, June 14. Among the speak- 

 ers were Charles N. Greene, chief apiary in- 

 spector, and professor of Zoology at Harris- 

 burg; Secretary J. E. Rambo of the Phila- 

 delphia association, J. L. DuBree, T. L. 

 Vv'^ertz, Dr. Shortlidge, and others. 

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The East Tennessee Beekeepers Association 

 was formed June 26. There were about 200 

 present, and a number of good addresses 

 given. A representative of the East Ten- 



nessee Division 

 Fair was present 

 and authorized 

 an increased ap- 

 propriation for 

 1 ) r e m i u m s for 

 beekeepers. The 

 meeting, on the 

 whole, was a 

 splendid success. 

 G. M. Bentley, the State Entomologist, was 

 chosen president and given power to appoint 

 as his co-workers a vice-president from each 

 of the 24 counties of East Tennessee. Mrs. 

 J. B. Young was selected as secretary and 

 treasurer- * * * 



The Eastern Massachusetts Society of 

 Beekeepers held an unusually successful 

 field meet on July 26 at the home of Charles 

 I. C. Mallory, Worcester Boulevard, Boston. 



The editor attended. 



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A good crowd was present at the Lenawee 

 County Beekeepers ' Association 's field meet 

 at the apiary of A. S. Tedman, near Weston, 

 Mich, on July 18. Beekeepers attended from 

 several adjoining counties of Ohio and 

 Michigan. 



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A field meeting of the New Jersey Bee- 

 keepers ' Association was held at Fred Mul- 

 len 's apiary, near New Vernon, on July 19. 



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The Michigan State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion held its annual field meet at Boyne City 

 on July 22 and 23. The s^jeakers were B. F. 

 Kindig, C. W. Wing, J. D. Robinson, Ira D. 

 Bartlett, Kennith Hawkins, and Edwiu 

 Ewell. ^ ^ ^ 



The Western New York Honey Producers ' 

 Association held a field meet at the apiary of 

 Adams and Myers at Ransomville, N. Y., on 

 July 26. ^ ^ ^ 



E. R. Root hopes to meet many of his 

 friends at Delphos, O., Aug. 7, at the Ohio 

 State field meet. The roads leading to Del- 

 phos are very good, and many will doubtless 

 make the trip by auto. 



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The Monroe County Beekeepers' Society, 

 New York, will meet at the home apiary of 



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its president, Louis F, 

 Road, Lincoln Park, N. 

 Aug. 9, at 10 a. m. 

 whether members or not. 



Wahl, Scottsville 



Y., on Saturday, 



All are welcome, 



The beekeepers of Wayne County, Mich., 

 will have as their guests the Washtenaw and 

 Oakland County Associations at Plymouth 

 on Aug. 22. The editor expects to attend. 



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The Wisconsin Beekeepers' Association 

 will hold a beekeepers' chautauqua Aug. 25- 

 30 on the old Lake Monona assembly 

 grounds at Madison. Among those who are 

 planning to attend are E. F. Phillips of the 

 Department of Entomology, his assistant, G. 

 S. Dennith, and the editor, E. R. Root. 



