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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



The California State Beekeepers' Association will 

 hold its annual convention at the Y. M. C. A., Los 

 Angeles, Cal., Dec. 9, 10, 11. I can not give you 

 complete program at present, but it will consist of 

 live topics — topics not only interesting but very 

 important — in fact, concerning the vitals of our in- 

 dustry. 



Dec. 9, 1:.30 p. m., meeting of the Directors of the 

 Consolidated Honey-producers of California (an in- 

 corporation belonging to the Association). At 2 '30 

 P. M. there will be a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee and advisory committee (which consists of 

 the Presidents and Secretaries of the county clubs 

 and local organizations), and will continue the 10th 

 and 11th. 



Newhall, Cal., Oct. 21. J. W. Pbrbbe. 



The annual convention of the Missouri State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held at Snapp's hotel. 

 Excelsior Springs, Mo., Dec. 16 and 17, 1913. The 

 following is the program : 



DEC. 16, 8:00 P. M. 

 Paper — Beekeeping as a Business, 



R. A. Holekamp, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Address — The Good Bees do for Humanity, 



Dr. A. D. Wolfe, Parkville, Mo. 

 Paper — Beekeeping in Italv and France, 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 Speech — Wit and Humor of the Bee and the 



Beekeeper, .J. T. Martin, Liberty, Mo. 



SECOND DAY, 9:00 A. M. 



Paper — Beekeeping in South Missouri and North- 

 ern Minnesota, H. F. Strang , Cleo, Mo. 

 Address — How to Avoid Getting into Trouble 

 with your Neighbor on account of your Bees, 



M. E. Darby, Springfield, Mo. 

 Address — How to Beat 'em if You Do, 



A. T. Rodman, Kansas City. 

 Papers — Rearing Good Queens, 



E. E. Lawrence, Doniphan, Mo.; 

 L. E. Altwein, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Address — -Mistakes of an Old Beginner, 



Clay Foley, Missouri City, Mo. 

 Paper — The Best Way to Increase, 



H. C. Gadberry, Miami, Mo. 

 1:30 p. M. 

 Address — A Commission Merchant's Experience 

 in Handling Honey, 



C. C. demons, Kansas City, Mo. 

 Address — Experiences of a Supply Dealer, 



C. E. Walker, Kansas City, Mo. 

 Address — How to get a Good Foul-brood Law, 



J. W. Rouse, Mexico, Mo. 

 Paper — History of Missouri State Beekeepers' 

 Association, W. T. Carey, Wakenda, Mo. 



For the good of the association, everybody discuss 

 and push it. 



.SOME OBJECT.S PROPOSED FOR THE BENEFIT AND 

 WELFARE OF THE MISSOURI STATE BEEKEEPERS' 



AS.SOCIATION. 



1. The promotion and maintenance of a social 

 organization of people interested in apiculture. 



2. To afford a means of recording the experience 

 of its members. 



3. To promote original investigation in the devel- 

 opment of bee culture. 



4. To co-operate in securing rational legislation 

 for the control and elimination of foul brood. 



5. To stimulate and promote the bee industry. 



6. To maintain and protect the interests of the 

 membership when they are in the right, morally, 

 socially, and legally. 



7. "To promote and encourage improvements in 

 methods of handling bees, queens, and honey. 



Liberty, Mo. J. F. Diemer, 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 tiie 

 program : 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 10 A. M. 



Address by President, Frank C. x'ellet, 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 Cov- 

 erdvle, Delmar. This address alone will be well 

 worth the time and expense of a journey across the 

 State to every beekeeper, especially those combining 

 beekeeping with other branches f 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 

 demonstration 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, Des Moines. 

 Treatment of disease, Edward G. Brown, Sergeant 

 Bluff. Helps and hindrances 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. 



In September I advertised in all the bee papers 

 published in the United States and Canada. Soon 

 I was flooded with letters from all over the States, 

 Canada, and several foreign countries, including 

 postage for various sizes of packages. As fast as 

 I received them I booked every order, and began 

 mailing or prepaid express until my 5000 books 

 were gone. I then got another lot, and they were 

 soon gone! I then had to wait for 30,000 more to 

 be printed, and they were delayed two weeks by 

 freight. Over 600 orders for the books came during 

 this delay, some asking for 100 copies, and many 

 wanting more. 



The League fund has been exhausted in printing, 

 postage, drayage, freight, and help. I have 24.5 

 orders that I can not supply, and just a sample 

 copy I can send with return postage to each'. I am 

 sorry that I can not supply all orders, and more are 

 coming daily. Certainly the thousands of books I 

 have sent, if placed in the hands of good cooks, will 

 create a great demand for more honey. 



I bought these valuable books of The A. I. Root 

 Co., Medina, Ohio, and I believe you can buy them 

 for $4.50 per 100 copies. With these orders were 

 reports for 1913, and generally beekeepers were sell- 

 ing most of their honey in a home market. 



Platteville, Wis., Nov. 12. N. E. France. 



The A. I. Root Co.: — Please give me a price on 

 one dozen Italian queens. I used 25 of your queens 

 last fall -which I got through MJr. Hoshal, and have 

 had the greatest success and the best crop of honey 

 since I began keeping bees. I can probably sell a 

 number of queens to my neighbors who keep a few 

 colonies of bees. James Marlow. 



Grimsby Park, Ont., Can., July 23. 



A BEQUEST FOR THE PRAYERS OF GOD S PEOPLE. 



I have been a reader of Gleanings since 1908, 

 and can say that I enjoy your paper, especially A. 

 I. Root's Home papers. May God bless you, and 

 long may you enjoy the blessings of health and 

 strength to continue the good fight against liquor 

 and the devil. 



We are going to try to put the saloon out of our 

 little village at next election. Give us your prayers, 

 and ask God to help us put them out. J. T. J. 



Percy, 111., Oct. 6. 



