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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 15 



Convention Notices. 



The seventh annual report of the Illinois Stale Bee-keepers' 

 Association has been published. It contains the last report of the 

 National Association, and also the Chicago Northwestern. Mem- 

 bers of the Association receive a bound copy free. Bee-keepers 

 can secure paper-bound copies for 25 cents by applying to the 

 secretary, Mr. Jas. A. Stone, rural route 4, Springfield, III. 



NOT .\ CANDII5.\TE. 



I note that a call has been made for a postal-card vote nomi- 

 nating candidates for election to office in the National Associa- 

 tion, and, in this connection, let me ask my friends not to vote 

 for me for any office — other duties are too numerous to allow me 

 to do justice to an office. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. N. B. K. A. 



A WORTHY ENTERPRISE. 



The Worcester County Bee-keepers' Association, of Massa- 

 chusetts, intend holding their third annual exhibition in the Hor- 

 ticultural Hall of Worcester, Sept. 14, 15, 16. The exhibition is 

 free to all, and there are no entry fees to be paid by the exhibit- 

 ors. Prizes in money, bees, queens, and supplies will be given. 

 The competition is open to New England except for numbers 25, 

 20, 27, 28, 29, which are open to the world. .All exhibits must 

 be in the hall by noon, Sept. 14. 



There will be a semi-annual session of the Nebraska State 

 Bee-keepers' Association held in Lincoln during the State Fair. 

 The meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, Sept. 2, at 7 

 o'clock, at the bee and honey house on the State Fairgrounds. 



.All bee-keepers in attendance at the fair should be present. 

 There will be interesting discussions, exchange of practical ex- 

 periences, and renewal of acquaintance. Come to the fair and 

 see one of the best honey exhibits displayed in any of the cen- 

 tral States, and enjoy a meeting of one of the growing Slate bee 

 associations. Lillian E. Trester, Sec. 



Lincoln, Neb. 



NOMINATION NOTICE. 



Each member of the National Bee-keepers' Association is re 

 quested to mail, by postal or letter, to N. E. France, Platteville, 

 Wis., on or before Sept. 30, 1908, his nominations for candidates 

 for the offices named below, to be voted on at the regular Decem- 

 ber election. 



President; Vice-president; Secretary-Treasurer; General Mana- 

 ger; three Directors. Oct. 1 the General Manager and ore dis- 

 interested member will count the nominations and publish re- 

 sults in all .American bee-papers. Each member should send in 

 his nominations early. N. E. France, General Manager. 



A change desirable. 

 The bee-keepers of West Virginia ought to gel busy with the 

 officials of the State Fair, which is to be held in Wheeling, Sept. 

 7 to 11. We have read the premium list, and so far as we 

 can find out not a cent is appropriated for bees, honey, or bees- 

 wax. Belgian hares are given a place, but bee-keeping is a far 

 more important industry than rabbit-keeping in the war-boin 

 State. It seems to us thisoveisight ought to be corrected at once. 

 West Virginia is one of the best States in the Union for bees, 

 and this ought to be recognized by the fair officials; besides, a lib- 

 eral premium list will draw out exhibits which will prove a de- 

 cided attraction to the visitors. 



WHO WILL BE PRESENT AT THE N.-^TIONAL.' 



Often, after a National convention is over, more than one man 

 has said, " If I only had known that .Mr. Brown was going to be 

 there, 1 would have gone." Now, before the coming of the con- 

 vention 1 wish to publish in the bee-journals a list of all those 

 who are going to be present. 1 presume I shall not be able to 

 learn one-fourth of those who will go, but, so far as I can learn, 

 I'll give the names- Now, will you have the kindness right now 

 to take a postal and tell me if you are going! or, if you should 

 decide later that you are going, let me know, and it may be the 

 means of your being able to meet some friend that you otherwise 

 would not have seen. W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. N. B. K. A. 



ll'KEMIUMS WANTED FOR HONEY DISPLAYS AT THE NA- 

 TIONAL. 



In the Sun Palace at Detroit, Michigan, where the National 

 .convention is to be held October 13, 14, and 15, is a large room, 

 40 or 50 feet across, the sides of glass, and I hope to see this room 

 •well filled with a display of supplies, bees, honey, wax, etc. 



Of course, the advertising that comes from a display of goods 

 will amply repay any dealer for making a display; but in order 

 ;to bring out any display of bees, honey, and wax, there must be 

 ■some inducement, some premiums offered, and, of late, it has be- 

 i-'Ome the fashion (or dealers to offer some of their wares as premi- 



ums, in consideration of the advertising that conies to them from 

 the mention of their names, as the announcements appear in the 

 program that is published in all of the journals, sent out in pam- 

 phlet form to ail of the members, as well as distributed and used 

 at the convention. 



I am now making up the program, and take this public method, 

 that none may be overlooked, of asking dealers to write and let 

 me know what they can contribute in the way of premiums. I 

 would suggest that premiums be offered something as follows: 



Best and largest display of single-comb nuclei of different vari- 

 eties of bees, accompanied by queens, condition of bees, purity 

 of race, and beauty of hives to be the competing points. 



Best ten sections of comb honey, completeness of filling of sec 

 lion, evenness of surface of comb, completeness of capping, free 

 dom from travel-stain, and general neatness and appearance to be 

 the competing points. 



Best ten pounds of liquid extracted honey — quality and manner 

 of putting up for the market to be considered. 



Best ten pounds of granulated honey — quality, including tine 

 ness and smoothness of grain, and manner of putting up for mar 

 ket, to be considered. 



Best ten pounds of beeswax — color, texture, and beamy of the 

 cake or cakes in regard to shape to be considered. 



The most important, late apicultural invention that has not be 

 lore been awarded a premium. 



If there is some other object upon which a dealer would lather 

 offer a premium he is at liberty to do so. If you prefer, you can 

 simply say what you can offer, and please make it as liberal as 

 you can, that we may have a big display, and then allow me lo 

 place the premiums as seems best. 



Flint, Mich. W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. N. B. K. A. 



THE sixteenth NATIONAL [KRIGATION CONGRESS. 



This event will take place ai Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 29 lo 

 Oct. 10, and promises to be the greatest in the history of irriga- 

 tion. Vice-president Fairbanks will open the convention, and 

 Secretaries Wilson, Garfield, and Cortelyou have promised to be 

 there. The chief of the Reclamation Service will also be pres- 

 ent. Quite a number of distinguished men will attend the ses- 

 sions, and speak. Several sde trips will be arranged for visit- 

 ors — among others, one to the $8,000,000 dam at Engle, N. M.; 

 another to the Grand Canyon, and still another to the Tonto dam 

 in .Arizona. The convention will make history for the South- 

 west, w. K. M. 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



THE TOEPPEKWEIN WORD CONTEST. 



Some of our subs ribers have evidently failed to notice the 

 brief announcement made on p. 732 of our June 15th issue as to 

 the result of this contest, in which we gave the names of the 

 twelve highest on the list. We beg to advise further, that, in 

 accordance with iheir previous announcement, Messrs. Toepper- 

 wein submitted to us the list of words from the first piize-winner, 

 with a request that we publish the same; but as it reached us 

 rather too late for the issue intended, as had been announced, we 

 decided to return the list to ihem, and this was done; but the list 

 was lost in the mails to San Antonio, Texas. Messrs. Toepper- 

 wein then took the matter up with the first piize-winner, Edna 

 L. Crocker, requesting her to send a duplicate of the list, to 

 which she replied by telegram that she was unible to furnish 

 such duplicate. It then being out of the question to furnish a 

 copy of this, which disappeared between our office and San An- 

 tonio, Messrs. Toepperwein requested us to publish the second 

 list, containing 435 words. It is their impression that this list 

 was sent to us, and they asked us to return it to them. Strange 

 as it may seem, we can not discover that it was sent to us, nor 

 can we recall positively that it was not ; but at any rate, this 

 second list, at this wilting, is not to be found either. There 

 seems to be no question, however, as to the awards made as pub- 

 lished in our issue for June 15, page 732, although it would, per- 

 haps, be a satisfaction to some of the contestants, more than one 

 thousand in number, to have a copy of the list. If it is possible 

 to do so we will obtain a list of the words, 435 in number, and 

 publish it in a later issue. The name of the second winner is 

 now practically certain, and the awa'd will probably go to the 

 party now claiming it. We do not know of anybody claiming 

 435 words aside from one parly who has written us a number of 

 times on the matter. In conclusion we wish lo absolve Messrs. 

 Toepperwein from any blame in the matter of not publishing the 

 lift, as they left it somewhat with us, and it d'd not occur lo us 

 that there was any necessity for it; and now when we try to dis- 

 cover the list we can not locate the same. While there is very 

 unusual interest taken in this (greater by far than any one antic- 

 ipated), we do not feel disposed to allow such a competition in 

 our columns again. 



