1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



817 



nienso numbor of iiiterestiiiii' lietails (.•oiuerning 

 bees. 



I do not quite understand \V. K. M.'s re- 

 mark, " France is not one whit behind Germany 

 in scientific research, and yet it does not accept 

 German ideas any more than we do," etc. Please 

 look at Cowan's " Honey-bee," chapters on par- 

 thenogenesis, digestive apparatus, structure of the 

 glands, etc., and you will find that, notwith- 

 standing your assumption, a great many Ger- 

 man researches have been accepted by all nations. 

 But these are useless quarrels. We had better 

 take the good, wherever we may find it, be it in 

 Russia or America. 



Ottenbach, Switzerland. 



That the desire for such help is strong, I know 

 from coming in contact with people on the other 

 side of the line. The feeling, however, appears 

 to be that this is not the general policy of the state, 

 and therefore there is no use in looking for a 

 grant. Let the agricultural body at large ask 

 for it; let the agricultural press take it up; let 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL BEE- 

 KEEPERS' ASSOCIATIONS. 



BY R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



There is developing in Ontario a strong activ- 

 ity in the county or local bee-keepers' association, 

 and the movement is receiving every encourag- 

 ment from the Department of Agriculture. Our 

 province (in standing equal to one of the States 

 of the Union) gives to the various agricultural 

 bodies such as bee-keepers, fruit-growers, vege- 

 table-growers, dairymen, short-horn, Ayershire, 

 horse-breeders" associations, an annual grant. 

 This grant is in proportion to the importance of 

 the industry and to the use the association makes 

 of the money contributed. I must confess, when 

 I see the results we obtain from this help, that it 

 is a matter of surprise to me that the States of the 

 Union do not adopt the same policy. The out- 

 lay, after all, is not great, and yet it is the very 

 thing needed to give foundation for co-operative 

 action to those interested in the development of 

 the various branches of agriculture. I feel sure 

 that all that is required to secure this system or 

 policy in the United States is a brief, active, and 

 energetic campaign on the part of those interest- 

 ed. If such demand such aid, it will be given 

 by the state. 



OFFICERS OF THE SIMCOE CO. BEE-KEEPERS 



JOS. M'GINNIS. DENNIS NOLAN. 



E. T. EAINARD. SECRETARY E. J. MILLER, PRESIDENT OF 



AND TKE.ASURER OF THE — THE — 



MIDDLESEX CO. EEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



them point out that agriculture does not receive 

 the assistance that its importance demands, and 

 the help will come. Our Ontario Bee-keepers' 

 Association receives a grant of $500 per annum. 

 It gives .$200 per annum, to be divided between 

 the various local or county associations in affili- 

 ation with itself. So far this has given the affili- 

 ated society from fifteen to twenty dollars of a 

 grant. 



The payment of one dollar gives a bee-keeper 

 membership in the affiliated society, also in the 

 Ontario, and has given each member the premium 

 a member of the Ontario receives, which has in 

 the past been a journal, a smoker, or a queen. 



The local society can not become affiliated 

 with the Ontario until it has at least ten members 

 who also, as per the above, become members of 

 the parent society, and the grant given it must be 

 spent in certain specified ways in keeping with 

 the advancement of bee 

 culture. 



The Department of 

 Agriculture, 1 believe, is 

 prepared to help bee- 

 keeping more than it has, 

 and I think it is prepared 

 to give the Ontario asso- 

 ciation a larger grant if it 

 can use the money to ad- 

 vantage, and if the affili- 

 ated societies become 

 more numerous and ac- 

 tive, the Ontario should 

 give a larger grant to en- 

 courage this activity, and 

 the latter will then be 

 able to submit the best 

 possible plea for more 

 money. 



In addition, the Supe"- 

 intendent of Farmers' In- 

 stitutes, Mr. G. A. Put- 

 ASSOCiATiON. "^"1' 'S providing lec- 



c. H. WILSON. turers to affiliated socie- 



