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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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PROQOAM FOR THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. 



The National Bee-keepers' Association will hold its annual 

 conveniion, October 13, 14, 15, in the Sun Palace of the Wayne 

 Hotel, at the foot of Third St., Detroit, Mich. Headquarters will 

 be at the Wayne Hotel, where the rates to bee-keepers are $2.50 

 per day when two persons occupy the same room. There are 

 plenty of other hotels in the vicinity where the rates vary from 

 $1.25 to $2 25 per day. 



The Michigan State Bee-keepers will hold a session at the 

 same place on the afternoon of the 13th, beginning at 2 p. M. 

 The first regular session of the National will be held on the even- 

 ing of the 13th. 



OCTOBER 13 — HIRST D.W — BVENING SESSION. 



" Demonstration of Handling Live Bees in a Cage," by E. R. 

 R<xit, of Medina, Ohio. 



" Bee-kee"ing in Hawaii," by Prof. E. F. Phillips, of the 

 .Apicultural Bureau, Washington, D. C. This lecture will be 

 illustrated by stereopticon views secured by Prof. Phillips during 

 his recent trip to Hawaii. 



" Moving-picture Exhibition," by E. R. Root, of Medina, 

 Ohio. To run this film through the lantern requires about ten 

 minutes, and it gives a fair idea of some of the "stunts" they 

 do in England when handling bees. Some of them are decidedly 

 mir'h-provoking. 



OCTOBER 14 — SECOND DAY — MORNING SESSION. 



8:00 A. M. — President's Address. 



" The Bacteria of Bee Diseases," by Dr. G. F. White, of the 

 Apicultural Bureau, Washington, D. C. 



" How to Detect and Know Bee Diseases," by W. D. Wright, 

 of Altamont, N. Y., one of the New York Inspectors of Apiaries. 



RECESS OF 15 MINUTES. 



" Getting Rid of Foul Brood wiih the Least Financial Loss," 

 by R. L. Taylor, of Lapeer, Mich., Inspector of Apiaries for 

 Michigan. 



General Discussion on Diseases of Bees. 



Question-box. 



ADJOURNMENT. 

 OCTOBER 14 — SECOND DAY — AFTERNOON SESSION. 



2:00 P. M. — Debate on the following: " Resulved, That an 

 eight-frame Langstroth hive is preferable to a la ger hive in 

 extracied-honey production- " affirmative taken by S. D. Cnap- 

 man, of Mancelona, Mich , and the negative by R. F. Holter- 

 mann. of Brantford, Ont. Each contestant is allowed to speak 

 twice, using not more than 15 minutes each time. 



General discussion of the subject. 



Question-box. 



RECESS OF 15 MINUTES. 



" Turning Winter Losses into Profit," by W. J. Manley, of 

 Sandusky. Michigan. 

 Question-box. 

 Adjournment, and members photographed in a group. 



OCTOBER 14 — SECOND DAY — EVENING SESSION. 



7:00 p. M. — This session is to be in a ligntervein — as the story 

 is to more solid reading. It is to be in imitation of the toasts 

 that usually follow a banquet — that is, responses to sentiments. 

 The speakers are to remain unknown until announced by the 

 toastmaster, but the list of topics is as follows: 



Securing Legislation for Bee-keepers. 



Rjugh Spots in the Pathway of an Inspector of Apiaries. 



Late Apicultural Inventions. 



The Possibilities of Future Bee-keeping. 



The Cost of Honey Production. 



Bee-keepers as Temperance Reformers. 



The Friendship of our Fraternity. 



ADJOURNMENT. 

 OCTOBER 15 — THIRD DAY — MORNING SESSION. 



8:00 A. M. — " Locating Apiaries," by E. D. Townsend, of 

 Remus, Mich. 

 Discussion. 

 Question-box. 



RECESS OF 15 MINUTES. 



Question-box. 



ADJOURNMENT. 

 OCTOBER 15 — THIRD DAY — AFTERNOON SESSION. 



2:00 P. M. — "How to Secure Good Prices for Honey, even in 

 Years of Bountiful Yields," by O. L. Hershiser, of Kenmore, N.Y. 

 Discussion. 



RECESS OF 15 MINUTES. 



Question-box. 



Adjournment to see honey extracted with an eight frame auto- 

 matic extractor, with gasoline-engine as power. 



The foregoing is simply an outline, a sort of skeleton, which 

 will be filled out with good things. 



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



PREMIUMS OFFERED AT THE NATION.\L CONVENTION. 



Through the generosity of the leading manufacturers and deal- 

 ers the following liberal premiums are offered for the display of 

 bee;, honey, and wax at the coming national convention: 



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

 ties of bees, accompanied by queens; condition of bees, purity 

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



1st premium, 2000 No. 1 sections by the G. B. Lewis Co.. 

 Watertown, Wis.: 2d premium, $3.00 Italian breeding-queen 

 from the Medina apiary of The A. I. Root Co.; 3d premium, two 

 years' subscription to the Canadian Bee Journal, by the HurUy 

 Printing Co., of Brantfotd, Ontario. 



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

 tion, evenness of surface of comb, completeness of capping, free- 

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

 be the competing points. 



1st premium, 1000 No 1 sections from the G. B. Lewis Co.. ol 

 Watertown, Wis.; 2d pemium, cloth-bound copy of the ABC 

 and X Y Z of Bee Culture, by I he A. 1. Root Co.; 3d premium, 

 one year's subsciiption to the Canadian Brr Journal, by the Hur- 

 ley Printing Co., and one year's subscription to the American 

 Bee Journal by Geo. W. York & Co., Chicago, 111. 



Best ten pounds of liquid extracted honey, quality and manner 

 of putting up for market to be considered. 



1st premium, 100" No. 1 sections, by the G. B. Lewis Co., of 

 Watertown, Wis.; 2d premium. Jumbo copper smoker, by The 

 A. I. Root Co.; 3d premium. Root Standard tin smoker, by W. 

 D. Soper, of Jackson, M'ch., and one year's subscription to the 

 American Bee Journal, by Geo. W. York & Co. 



Best ten pounds of granulated honey; quality, including fine- 

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

 to be considered. 



Is' premium, 1000 No. 1 sections, by the G. B. Lewis Co., 

 of Watertown, Wis.; 2d premium. Standard tin smoker, by The 

 A. I. Root Co.; 3d premium, one year's subscription to the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, by Geo. W. York & Co. 



Best ten pounds of beeswax; color, texture, and beauty of the 

 cake or cakes in regard to shape to be considered. 



1st premium, one $5.00 Italian breeding-queen from the M''- 

 dina apiary of The A. I. Root Co.; 2d pr-mium, one year's sub- 

 scription to the American Bee Journal, by Geo. W. York & Co.: 

 3d premium, one Root hive-tool by The A. 1. Root Co. 



The most important late apicultural invention that has not 

 before been awarded a premium. 



1st premium, $5.00 worth of bee-supplies, " Root Quality," 

 by M. H. Hunt & Son, of Lan-ing, Mich.; 2d premium, one full 

 leather-bound copy of the A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture, by 

 The A. I. Root Co.: 3d premium, one copy of Advanced Bee 

 Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint. Mich., and one year's sub- 

 scription to the American Bee Journal, by Geo. W. York & Co. 



For the best single section of comb honey, A. G. Woodman & 

 Co., of Grand Rapidi, Mich., offer one Woodman Protection 

 hive; for the second-best single section they offer 1000 No. 1 

 Lewis sections; for the third best, one advanced bee-veil. 



For the b"st single section of honey stored in a Marshfield 

 section box, W. D. Soper, of Jackson. Mich., offers 500 No. 1 

 Marshfield sections. For the best ten pounds of comb honey pro- 

 duced with Dittmer foundation, Mr. Soper offers three pounds of 

 Dittmer's extra-thin foundation. 



The judge to pass upon the above exhibits will be appointed 

 by the president. W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. N. B. K. A. 



KIND WORDS. 



Gleanings pays better than papers with a cir- 

 culation of 100,000 or more. 



I am very much surprised at the results that your paper brought 

 me. The first advertisement that 1 ever inserted in your journal 

 was on page 250 of your Feb. 15th issue: and I must state that it 

 has brought me better results than any advertisement that I ever 

 had in papers that boasted of from 105,000 to 250,000 readers. 



Iowa City, la., March 3. J. F. Buckmayer. 



A small advertisement brings lots of orders. 

 Notice what she says — orders, not inquiries. 



The A. I. Root Co.: 



My advertisement in your journal is bringing lots of orders, and 

 I am sending out better queens than ever this year. I get some 

 very flattering compliments for queens sent last year. 



Waterloo, N. Y., June 24. Mrs. J. W. Bacon. 



Bees all sold from advertisement in Glean- 

 ings, 



Thi A. I. Root Co.: 



My bees are all sold out to parties who saw my advertisement 

 in your journal. We find it a splendid advertising medium. 



Minneapolis, Minn. P. H. Davis. 



The A. I. Root Co.: 



The 25-line property-for-sale advenisement brought me letters 

 from Canada to Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. I 

 do not know how many, but lots of them. 



Lusardi, Cal., July 29. A. J. Burns. 



