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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



October, 1919 



Pres. O. L. Hershiser addressing the New York State field meet of beekeepers at Newark, N. Y., on the 

 cost of supplies. He shows that the average advance in beekeepeo-s' supplies has been 84 per cent while 

 that of other commodities has been 135 per cent. 



The day was just right — not too warm nor 

 yet too cool. 



There is no more enthusiastic bunch of 

 beekeepers than those in New York. In 

 spite of bee disease, unless we except south- 

 ern California, Ontario, and Michigan, there 

 are more beekeepers to the square mile — 

 yes, more beekeepers, if we leave out the 

 qualifying adjective "big," than in any 

 other State in the Union. 



On Aug. 9 we attended another field meet 

 at the home of Miss Josephine Morse, South 

 Lancaster, Mass. Dr. Gates was unable to 

 be present, on account of another meeting, 

 and therefore E. E.. Eoot was given the 

 "floor" for the entire afternoon. During 

 the afternoon a real old-fashioned swarm 

 came out from one of Miss Morse 's hives, 

 and was making for one of the tall trees in 

 the good old orthodox fashion. I did not 

 stay to see Miss Morse get it down. 



A series of field meets or, rather, beekeep- 

 ers ' Chautauqua, was held at Madison, Wis., 

 from Aug. 18 to 23. Dr. E. F. Phillips and 

 G. S. Demuth, of the Bureau of Entomology, 

 were the principal speakers. E. R. Root 

 was present on the 20th and 21st, delivering 

 a couple of addresses. The attendance 

 (something like 160) would have been 

 more than doubled had it not been for a 

 mistake in an announcement in three of 

 the bee journals — Gleanings, the American 

 Bee Journal, and the Domestic Beekeeper — • 



stating that the Chautauqua would be held 

 during the week of Aug. 25 to 30. 



Prof. H. F. Wilson of the Department 

 of Economics and Entomologist of the 

 University of Wisconsin, was the man in 

 charge of the Chautauqua — a man, appar- 

 ently, who left no stone unturned to make 

 this a big week. 



Dr. Phillips and his class of speakers are 

 doing a world of good among the beekeep- 

 ers in the matter of emphasizing the impor- 

 tance of better beekeeping — first, good win- 

 tering, and then strong colonies of young 

 bees in time for the harvest. They are at- 

 tempting to clear up the confusion that 

 exists in reference to the two diseases, 

 American and European foul brood. It is 

 to be hoped they can extend their meets 

 over the country generally. 



Another interesting field meet was held 

 near Belleville, Mich., on Aug. 22. This 

 was held at the beautiful summer resort of 

 A. Suterka. Mr. S. has damned up the river 

 near his place, put in a picturesque water- 

 wheel to run a gristmill, and on the banks 

 of this stream he has put up an attractive 

 bathing-house, and near this, under the 

 shade of a large tree, was held the field 

 meet. The speakers of the day were B. F. 

 Kin dig. State Apiarist; and E.R. Root, editor 

 of Gleanings; F. R. Osborn, of Milford, and 

 others. Mr. Suterka is not only an enthu- 

 siastic beekeeper, but a breeder of poultry. 



