804 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



December, 1919 



THE Indiana 

 State Bee- 

 keepers ' As- 

 sociation will 

 hold its annual 

 meeting at the 

 State House, In- 

 dianapolis, Dec. 

 18 and 19. This 

 meeting promises 



to be the best one held in Indiana in years. 

 B. F. Kindig, State Inspector of apiaries for 

 Michigan, Jav Smith of Vincennes, and 

 Prof. E. G. Baldwin of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture are among those on the ex- 

 cellent program prepared. 



* * * 



The Chicago Northwestern Beekeepers ' 

 Association will hold its annual meeting in 

 Eoom 138, Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, 

 Dec. 15 and 16. John C. Bull, Valparaiso, 

 Ind., is secretary-treasurer. 



* » » 



The time and place of the meeting of the 

 Minnesota Beekeepers' Association has been 

 changed. The meeting will be held Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, at the 

 at the University Farm, St. Paul. 



* * * 



The Chenango County (New York) Bee- 

 keepers' Society will hold their second an- 

 nual meeting at Norwich, N. Y., on Dec. 20. 

 Geo. H. Eea, Extension Specialist in Apicul- 

 ture, will be present and address the meet- 

 ing. * * * 



The American Association of Economic 

 Entomologists will hold a convention at St. 

 Louis beginning Dec. 29. Editor E. E. Eoot 

 will appear on the program for the apicul- 

 tural meetings, which will probably be held 



on Dec. 31. 



* » * 



A two-day convention of the Chemung 

 County (N. Y.) Beekeepers' Association, in 

 conjunction with the Chemung Coimty Farm 

 Bureau, is to be held at Elmira Dec. 11-12. 

 Geo. H. Eea will be in charge of the demon- 

 stration work, and profitable results are cer- 

 tain. * * * 



At the last convention of the National 

 Beekeepers' Association the officers of the 

 organization were authorized to call a meet- 

 ing of delegates frcm the various States to 

 be held at Kansas Citj', Mo., during the 

 coming winter. This meeting will be held 

 Jan. 6-9, 1920, at the Muehlbach hotel. It 

 is of extreme importance that every State 

 beekeepers ' organization arrange for the 

 sending of one or more delegates to this 



convention. 



* * * 



The convention of the Ontario Beekeep- 

 ers' Association which was held at Toronto, 

 Nov. 11, 12, and 13, was an unusually en- 

 thusiastic gathering. The program as given 

 in the last Gleanings proved very interest- 

 ing, and a lively discussion followed each 

 address. There were about 130 in attend- 

 ance, many extensive beekeepers among the 



number. A few 

 beekeepers from 

 the Unite d 

 States were pres- 

 ent. New York, 

 Ohio, and Michi- 

 gan being repre- 

 sented. A reso- 

 lution was pass- 

 ed asking the 

 provincial government for a $30,000 appro- 

 priation for fighting foul brood. W. W. Web- 

 ster was elected president; A. McCavish, first 

 vice-president; E. E. L. Harkness, second 

 vice-president; and Prof. F. Erie Millen, sec- 

 retary-treasurer. 



» * * 



The Adirondack Beekeepers ' Association, 

 A. W. Cary, president, and H. E. Gray, sec- 

 retary-treasurer, has voted to affiliate with 

 the New York State Association of Beekeep- 

 ers ' Societies, and elected the secretary as 

 delegate to the winter meeting at Syracuse 



next February. 



♦ » » 



Florida has recently made very stringent 

 rules in regard to disease. No hives or 

 fixtures are to be moved into the State 

 without a certificate stating them to be free 

 of disease. All apiaries in which disease 

 has appeared are to be strictly quarantined 

 and no equipment moved from them unless 

 properly disinfected as prescribed and ap- 

 proved by the plant commission. No queen 

 bees and attendants are to be shipped with- 

 in the State, unless accompanied by a cer- 

 tificate of the current year from an author- 

 ized inspector to the effect that the queens 

 are free from disease, or a sworn statement 

 by the queen-breeder that the honey used in 

 the candy was diluted and boiled in a clos- 

 ed vessel. 



* * * 



The Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual convention at Madi- 

 son on Dec. 4 and 5. An exceptionally in- 

 teresting program has been prepared. The 

 morning session of the first day will be de- 

 voted to reports of committees and officers 

 and to other business. At the first after- 

 noon session Gus Dittmer, president of the 

 Association, will deliver an address. Dean 

 Eussell of the College of Agriculture will 

 speak on "The New Era in Beekeeping." 

 Other speakers at this session are H. J. 

 Eahmlow, A. C. Allen, and A. Swahm. A 

 banquet will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 the 

 first evening, followed by a session on foul 

 brood, when the speakers will be S. B. Frack- 

 er. State Entomologist, H. L. McMurry, 

 Deputy Inspector, and M. E. Eggers. The 

 speakers at the morning session of the sec- 

 ond day will be N. E. France, G. P. Nor- 

 gord, Edward Hassinger, Kennith Hawkins, 

 Miss lona Fowls, H. L. McMurry, and L. C. 

 Dadant. The afternoon session of the sec- 

 ond day will be given up to business matters 

 of the Association and the election of of- 

 ficers and appointment of standing commit- 

 tee, 



