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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



the county associations. Brief reports by county sec- 

 retaries — ^Alex. Dickson, Glengarry Co., Blake Millar, 

 Elgin Co. ; R. C. Fretz, Lambton Co. All other coun- 

 ty secretaries are expected to join in the discussion. 

 Provincial co-operation started — brief report by sec- 

 retary. A special meeting of those interested in co- 

 operation will be held in the evening. 



WEDNESDAY 2:00 P.M. 



The office of director; vrhat does it mean? — R. E. 

 L. Harkness, Irena. The swarming problem — H. G. 

 Sibbald, Claude, Ont. Question-box — D. Donaldson, 

 Carleton Place, Ont. 



THURSDAY 9:30 A.M. 



Queen-rearing — John A. McKinnon, St. Eugene. 

 The Association organ — Report by executive commit- 

 tee. Question-box — Jas. Armstrong, Cheapside, Ont. 



THURSDAY 2:00 P.M. 



Address — E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. Address — 

 Dr. G. C. Creelman, LL.D., president O. A. Colleege, 

 Guelph, Ont. Election of officers. Reports — secre- 

 tary, treasurer, directors, committees, representatives 

 to exhibitions, judges of honey. 



FRIDAY 9:30 A.M. 



The question of transportation — Geo. F. Kingsmill, 

 O. A. C, Guelph, Ont. Notes from the year's work 

 — Morley Pettit, provincial apiarist. Question-box — 

 Chas. Blake, Snow Road, Ont. 



FRIDAY — 2:00 P.M 



Comb-honey production and marketing — Morley 

 Pettit, Guelph, Ont. Extracted-honey production — 

 John A. Lunn, Pingal, Ont. Unfinished business. 



The following is the program of the annual meeting 

 of the Minnesota Beekeepers' Association to be held 

 at the mayor's reception room, court house, Minne- 

 apolis, Dec. 3 and 4 : 



WEDNESDAY FORENOON. 



9:00 — Hour for getting acquainted and "seeing 



the Treasurer." 

 10:00 — President's Address. 

 10:30 — "How My Bees Produced Thirty Tons of 



Honey this Season," E. L. Hofmann, Janes- 



ville. 

 11:30 — •" Sweet Clover as a Honey-producer," R. F. 



Hall, New Auburn. 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 



1:30 — " Carniolans versus Italians," Rev. Francis 



.Tager, St. Bonifarius. 

 2:30 — "The Honey-producing Plants," Prof. Edw. 



.T. Freeman, of the State Farm School. 

 3 :30 — Question-box. 



WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

 8:00 — Popular Program, Rev. Francis Jager in 



charge. Short talks on topics of interest to 



the general public. 



THURSDAY FORENOON. 



9:00 — "Wintering Bees," Dr. L. D. Leonard, 



Minneapolis. 

 10:00 — "Why We Use Smoke on Bees," Hamlin V. 



Poore, Bird Island. 

 11:00 — Suggestion in regard to organizing a honey 



exchange, L. F. Sampson, Excelsior. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 



1:30 — Report on State Fair, Scott LaMont, Park 

 Rapids, Superintendent of Apiary Depart- 

 ment. 

 2:00 — Report of the Inspector of Apiaries, J. A. 



Holmberg, St. Paul. 

 2:30 — Business session — election of officers. 

 Mr. Beekeeper, if you are a small beekeeper, with 

 only a limited knowledge of beekeeping, why not come 

 to this meeting and hear those who know more than 

 you explain their methods ? There are beemen in 

 Minnesota today who are enjoying a tremendous 

 increase in their honey production by simply putting 

 in practice suggestions caught at our annual meet- 

 ings. 



Or if you are a big beekeeper, why not mingle 

 here with other big ones, compare notes, give and 

 take pointers, and promote the interests of the or- 

 ganization so largely instrumental in securing the 

 excellent laws favoring our Minnesota beekeepers? 



PROPOSED AMENDMENT. 



.'Vttention of members is called to the following 

 proposed addition to Article 3 of the Constitution 

 relating to membership : 



" Any person entitled to membership in this asso- 

 ciation shall automatically become a life member of 

 the association on the payment of one dollar per year 

 for ten consecutive years ; or upon the payment of a 



balance sufficient to make the sum of ten dollars at 

 any time during the ten years, or upon the payment 

 of ten dollars in a lump sum at any time." 



C. A. Palmer, Sec. 



The second annual convention of the Iowa Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held at Des Moines, la., 

 December 10, 11, 12, 1913. The following is the 

 program : 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 10 A. M. 



Address by President, Frank C. Pellet, Atlantic; 



report of Secretary, S. W. Snyder, Center Point ; 



report of Treasurer, C. H. True, Edgewood; reports 



of standing committees; appointment of committees. 



1:00 P. M. . . 



Some side lines on the farm, J. W. Jarnagin, Des 

 Moines. Marketing the crop, W. P. Southworth, 

 Sioux City. Beekeeping as a business, B. A. Aldrich, 

 Smithland. Selling direct to the consumer, _ J. L. 

 Strong, Clarinda. Ladies' informal meeting in sep- 

 arate room in charge of Miss Nina Secor, Forest 

 City. 



8:00 p. M. 



Beekeeping in Europe, C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 

 Illinois. 



THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 9 A. M. 



Election of officers ; arrangement of apiary, C. H. 

 True, Edgewood. Sweet clover: what it will do for 

 the farmers and beekeepers of Iowa, by Frank Cover- 

 dale, Delmar. This address alone will be well worth 

 the time and expense of a journey across the State 

 to every beekeeper, especially those combining bee- 

 keeping with other branches of agriculture. 

 1:00 p. M. 



Beekeeping as a side line, and the fun of the thing, 

 Hamlin B. Miller, Marshalltown ; Modern methods of 

 caring for extracted honey, E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 

 Mr. Root'.s address will be followed by a demonstra- 

 tion of capping-melter, power extractor, and other 

 machinery for the large producer, by Mr. Root and 

 Mr. F. C. Scranton, of Des Moines. 

 8:00 P. M. 



How may we increase the consumption of honey ? 

 Eugene Secor, Forest City. Increase, J. W. Bitten- 

 bender, Knoxville. Advertising, Dr. A. F. Bonney, 

 Buck Grove. Comb or extracted honey, C. L. Pin- 

 ney, LeMars. 



FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 9 A. M. 



Beekeepers' legal status, Russell E. Ostrus, Attor- 

 ney for Iowa Beekeepers' Association, Dfes Moines. 

 Treatment of disease, Edward G. Brown, Sergeant 

 Blut¥. Helps and hindramces in dealing with foul 

 brood, J. W. Stine, Salem. 



1:00 p. M. 



Address, Prof. W. J. Kennedy, Ames. A season's 

 work, F. W. Hall, Colo. Exhibits, R. H. Longworth, 

 Polk City. Every member is invited to bring sam- 

 ples of his best product, and to come prepared to 

 demonstrate any new method of interest. 



INDIANA WILL OBSERVE HONEY DAY, DECEMBER 15. 



George W. Williams, of this city, secretary of the 

 Indiana Beekeepers' Association, has issued the an- 

 nouncement that Monday, Dec. 15, has been designat- 

 ed in Indiana as " Honey Day." Each person is 

 asked to observe this day eating a little Indiana 

 honey. 



The busy little bee and the modest, unassuming 

 clover, have given to Indiana and her sister States 

 of the clover belt a bountiful crop of the most lus- 

 cious and wholesome sweet. The present crop is said 

 to be more delicious and appetizing than usual. No- 

 where in the wide world can be found any thing 

 that will compare with the present crop of Indiana 

 clover honey. 



Nor is the delicious honey the only gift these 

 modest little workers bring to us. Every berry, 

 apple, peach, plum, cherry, tomato, cucumber — in 

 fact, almost all our fruits and vegetables — owe their 

 pollination to the visit of some bee or other honey- 

 gathering insect. Every pound of butter, milk, beef, 

 or mutton is debtor to the bee for the delicate white- 

 clover flavor, and there could be no white-clover pas- 

 ture without bees to fertilize the blossoms. 



In view of the many material benefits that the lit- 

 tle toiler brings to us, it is eminently fitting that we 

 pause for a moment and offer a modest tribute to 

 this faithful ally and benefactor, and thus pay a 

 debt of gratitude we owe. In so doing let us regale 

 ourselves with a feast of honey, such as the ancient 

 Greeks offered as fitting for the lips of the gods of 

 Mount Olympus. — Redkey Times. 



