1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



609 



Prof. H. A. Surface, President of the Associ- 

 ation ; Vice-presidents Beard and Hornor, 

 active respectively in the Lebanon and in the 

 Philadelphia Associations; Dr. E. F. Phillips, 

 in Charge of Apiculture, Washington, D. C; 

 Dr. S. P. Ileilman, Secretary of the Lebanon 

 County Agricultural and Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation ; Mr. \Vm. A. Selser, widely known 

 in apicultural circles ; Messrs. Hahman, 

 Rambo, Cassel, and Snyder, of the Philadel- 

 phia Association; Mr. J. H. Miller, Ex-presi- 

 dent of the Lebanon Association, and Mr. E. 

 L. Brown, their efficient secretary ; Messrs. 

 Hacker, Schilling, M. F. Smith, Wengert, 

 Klees, and others of Lebanon or near-by 

 points ; Messrs. Watson and Shirk, of Han- 

 over ; Prof. H. C. Klinger, for two years 

 president of our association, and a number 

 of ladies, among them being Mrs. H. K. 

 Beard and Mrs. M. L. Laudermilch. 

 The program was as follows : 



Wednesday afternoon, business. 



President's address, Prof. H. A. Surface, State Zoolo- 

 gist, of Harrisburg. Election of officers. 



Wednesday evening, address of welcome, by John 

 H. Miller, Ex-president of the Lebanon Bee-keepers' 

 Association, of Myerstown. 



Response by the President. 



The Distribution of Brood Diseases in Pennsylvania, 

 by Dr. E. F. Phillips, in Charge of Apiculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Origin and Progress of the Lebanon Bee-keepers' 

 Association, by E. L. Brown, Secretary, of Lebanon. 



Apiculture in Juniata County and Vicinity, by Prof. 

 H. C. Klinger, Ex-president of the State Association, of 

 Liverpool. 



Fruit and Honey: Can what you Can, by Mrs. H. K. 

 Beard, of Manheim. 



Thursday morning. Accomplishments and Aims of 

 the Philadelphia Bee-keepers' Association, by F. Hah- 

 man, of Philadelphia. 



Qualities to be Secured in Queen-breeding, by Penn 

 G. Snyder, of Swarthmore. 



Extracted Honey, by Harold Hornor, of Jenkintown. 



Honey-dew and the Pure-food Law, by W. A. Selser, 

 of Philadelphia. 



Conditions of Honey Production in Lebanon and 

 Lancaster Counties, by H. K. Beard, of Manheim. 



Thursday afternoon, at apiary of Wayne Schilling, of 

 Lebanon. Demonstrations were given in the methods 

 of handling bees, by Prof. Surface and Messrs. Schil- 

 ling and Penn G. Snyder. Queen-hunting contests 

 were entered into by Messrs. F. C. Miller, E. D. Kurtz, 

 E. F. Hackett, and O. H. Smith. 



In the President's address. Prof. Surface 

 gave certain fundamental rules for the bee- 

 keeper to observe, the "golden rule " being 

 to keep every colony strong. 

 j The result of the election of officers was a 



i' continuance of the officers of the past year, 

 namely: President, Prof. H. A. Surface; First 

 Vice-president, Mr. H. K. Beard; Second Vice- 

 president, Mr. Harold Hornor; Third Vice- 

 president, Mr. Geo. H. Rea; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, A. F. Satterthwait. 



Dr. Phillips illustrated his address on the 

 distribution of brood diseases in Pennsyl- 

 vania by the use of a map of the State, with 

 colors showing which counties were known 

 to be infected by the one or ihe other of the 

 two more destructive diseases; which coun- 

 ties had both, and which had none. 



Mrs. Beard had a number of samples of 

 preserved fruits, illustrating her paper on 

 the canning of fruits and vegetables with 

 honey. Mr. Selser showed samples of honey 

 with varying proportions of honey-dew, and 

 uigcd every bee-keeper to make himself safe 



from loss by the use of honey-dew honey on 

 the market or winter stores. Much evidence 

 was shown of widespread loss from the 

 gathering of honey-dew this season. 



The historical sketches of the Lebanon 

 and of the Philadelphia associations were 

 valuable, as were also the several other 

 papers. 



Following the prearranged session at Mr. 

 Schilling's apiary, quite a number of mem- 

 bers visited the orchards of Mr. H. C. 

 Suavely, Ex-president of the Pennsylvania 

 State Horticultural Association, resident near 

 by, and were accorded a most liberal wel- 

 come. These orchards afforded an excellent 

 object-lesson of the possibilities of produc- 

 ing choice fruits, irrespective of adverse 

 conditions when right methods are wisely 

 applied. 



The Association is to meet next year with 

 the Philadelphia Bee-keepers' Association, 

 in their usual meeting place, the Philadel- 

 phia Commercial Museums. 



At this meeting it was agreed that, while greatly in- 

 convenienced in our business by the passage of the 

 present pure-food law, on account of the requirements 

 of said law compelling us to brand accurately, if at all, 

 each bottle and can of honey put up, with the exact 

 flowers or honey-flow from which it was gathered, 

 thus entailing the purchase of new and the relabeling 

 of old packages, this has been a great benefit to our 

 business, establishing more confidence in the honest 

 and correct labeling of our product and more confi- 

 dence between the producer and consumer. 



Therefore it was resolved that we highly commend 

 the action of Dr. H. W. Wiley in securing this pure- 

 food law, and his untiring efforts to have it enforced 

 in such a way as to make it highly beneficial to the 

 consumer. It was further resolved that we will do all 

 in our power to assist Dr. Wiley in his noble efforts to 

 have an honest brand on every package of food put up. 



Further resolutions, prepared by the Committee on 

 Resolutions, were adopted as follows: 



Resolved, That we thank the Lebanon County Bee- 

 keepers' Association for their kind hospitality in en- 

 tertaining at this our annual meeting. 



Resolved, That we thank the press for their courtesy 

 in publishing the proceedings of the meeting. 



Resolved, That we thank the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C, for the assistance they gave 

 us through the work of Dr. E. F. Phillips in the inves- 

 tigation of bee diseases. ' 



Resolved, That we thank the President and other of- 

 ficers of the association for the faithful performance 

 of their duties, and for their efforts in trying to secure 

 the passage of a foul-brood law. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to 

 the resp- ctive parties mentioned in these resolutions, 

 and to the Lebanon press for publication. 



Wm. a. Selser, ) 



H. C. Klinger, Com. 



John H. Miller, I 



At a brief session of the association, held at the or- 

 chards of Mr. Henry C. Snavely, Cleona, Pa., the fol- 

 lowing resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, That we thank Mr. Henry C. Snavely for 

 his courtesy and liberality in welcoming us at his or- 

 chards, and explaining al length his methods in se- 

 curing most gratifying results in the production of 

 fruits. 



Middletown, Pa. 



SIZE OF HOLES IN QUEEN-CAGES. 



I agree with your opinion, page 476, in reply to E. C. 

 Lawrence in regard to holes in queen-cages. I got six 

 from a dealer who uses cages without holes bored. I 

 bored h inch myself, yet bees got stuck, and I lost two 

 queens, and almost two others, had I not looked in 

 time to release them. The double cages arc all right. 



Angelic.i, N. V., Aug. H. C. T. Ohlingeh. 



