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bushes were in full bloom and the bees 

 were harvesting honey. 



Plentiful lunches had been provided 

 by the ladies' committee, so that both 

 the noon and evening meals were en- 

 joyed at the apiary, under the welcome 

 shade of maple trees, right by the leap- 

 ing, clear stream. 



The secretary, Mr. Hopper, who is 

 certainly true to his name, was inde- 

 fatigable. He attended to everything, 

 was everywhere, and saw to everybody's 

 comfort. 



A better president could not be 

 found than the genial, broad-breasted 

 and broad-hearted Irishman. Mr. G. R. 

 Chapman. To meet him is to like him. 



The only regret in this occasion was 

 the absence of both Messrs. J. L. Byer 

 and E. R. Root, whom press of work 

 at this busy date held to their post. 



Why should we not have more of 

 these field meets everywhere ? The 

 Iowa beekeepers have planned several 

 for the present summer. Let each 

 State do the same, and the beekeepers 

 will become better acquainted with 

 one another, besides enjoying an occa- 

 sional day of rest. 



On the way home, I met a fellow 

 traveler who turned out to be an active 

 advertising agent. Born in France, 

 educated in Philadelphia, he is con- 

 stantly on the move, and, having a 

 very thorough education, he appre- 

 ciates all progressive things. He had 

 read Maeterlink on the bee, and asked 

 many questions concerning our indus- 

 try. I should not mention this occur- 

 rence, had I not received from this 

 gentleman some very good suggestions 

 that the beekeepers need to consider. 



While sitting with him in the dining 

 coach, I called his attention to the 

 article " honey " on the bill of fare. 

 This honey, put up by the Root people, 

 is excellent and a very good advertise- 

 ment. He tried a portion, at my sug- 

 gestion, and wondered why people did 

 not consume more of it. 



"Did it ever strike you that your 

 beekeepers ought to join together and 

 advertise their product ? Honey is not 

 a staple because it is a luxury. But it 

 is better than 9!> hundredths of the 

 sweets which are sold so extensively. 

 Luxuries will not sell nowadays unless 

 they are advertised. I know this by 

 experience, and I know also how prof- 

 itable it is to advertise. Spearmint 

 gum, the sale of which I have helped 

 to push, is only one particular grade of 

 gum, neither better nor worse than 

 any other. It sells because it has been 

 largely advertised. Its sales, of $300 

 . per month a few years ago, now run to 

 about $2,000,000 per year. Postum, a 

 product inferior to coflfee, has been ad- 

 vertised with an expense of some $2000 

 per year. In 18 years they have made 

 $20,000,000 of profit out of it What 

 could be done with as meritorious an 

 article as 'honey' by advertising it, 

 when you can quote even the Bible in 

 its favor ? A few thousand dollars, 

 spent by the beekeepers each year, 

 would create a demand that you could 

 not fully supply." 



Dear readers, this is true. As Mi. 

 Byer said, in the June number, beekeep- 

 ers cannot advertise personally, but 

 why can we not join hands to do so ? 

 An expenditure of $2000 per year 

 would be small if it could be sustained 



The Speakers and Organizers of the Toronto Field Day. 



by the entire fraternity of those who 

 make the growing of bees their princi- 

 pal occupation. Perhaps less than one- 

 fourth of one percent of the actual 

 value of our product would enhance 

 the price and quicken the sales, so as 

 to prove of immense benefit to all 

 of us. 



Mr. Williams, the present secretary 

 of the National, has urged some such 

 scheme. The "Honey Producers' 

 League," a few years ago, embarked in 

 an effort of this kind. Their attempt 

 was misunderstood and disregarded 

 by the beekeepers. Yet some similar 

 arrangement must be made by the rank 

 and file before we can expect as much 

 demand for our goods as there exists 

 for some of the vilest compounds that 

 are palmed upon a credulous people. 



remedy occasionally causes cancer. A 

 few applications of honey made at 

 night upon contaminated hands have 

 shown the efficacy of this cheap and 

 inoflfensive remedy. — Bulletin de la So- 

 ciete Romande. 



New Jersey Beekeepers Summer Meet- 

 ing — A summer meeting of the New 

 Jersey Beekeeepers' Association will 

 be held on July 8 at the apiary of Robert 

 Spicer, of Wharton, Morris Co., N. J. 

 It is reached by the D. L. & W. and C. 

 of N. J. railroads. An interesting pro- 

 gram is being prepared. 



E. G. C.\RR, Sec.-Treas, 



Field Meet in Eastern Illinois. — The 



.")th annual Beekeepers' Day will be 

 held under the auspices of the Eastern 

 Beekeepers' Association Saturday, July 

 11, in the apiary of H. S. Duby, at St 

 Anne, 111. We hope this meeting will 

 be the best ever held both in point of 

 attendance and in interest. State In- 

 spectors Kildowand Pyles will be pres- 

 ent, as will also a number of prominent 

 bee men. Two colonies of diseased 

 bees will be on the ground, and those 

 present will be asked to state the kind 

 of disease the bees are afflicted with. 

 Lectures will also be given in the after- 

 noon in the yard, and at night in the 

 hall. 



These meetings are gotten up to edu- 

 cate the beekeepers, and as many as 

 possible should make an effort to be 

 present and take advantage of the op- 

 portunity. Clarence Dyon, Sec. 



Walter Sorenson, Pres. 



Honey to Remove Warts. — Doctors 

 often warn tin- public against the use 

 of acids to destroy warts, as such la 



Beekeepers' Picnic at McGregor, Iowa. 



— May 10, the first of the Iowa picnics 

 was held at a little summer resort 

 known as McGregor Heights, situated 

 on the top of a high Iowa bluflf over- 

 looking the confluence of the Wiscon- 

 sin and Mississippi rivers. It is one 

 of the most scenic spots on the Upper 

 river, and well adapted for public gath- 

 erings, as it is close to town and is 

 provided with a pavilion. 



About .50 beekeepers and their fami- 

 lies from different points in northeast- 

 ern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin 

 attended the picnic. Most of them 

 came by automobile. The day was a 

 perfect May day. Everybody had 

 brought baskets full of good things, 

 and lunch was spread on tables on the 

 brow of the hill. Followini; the dinner, 

 addresses were given by N. E. France, 

 of Platteville, Wis., who has been in- 

 spector of apiaries in the Badger State 

 for 18 years, J. Alfred Holmberg, of St. 

 Paul, State Inspector of Minnesota, 

 and also by Mr. Pellett. 



Mr. France spoke on the "Control of 

 Bee Dis ;ases." He has been making 

 an intimate study of foul brood, which 

 has appeared in some localities in Wis- 

 consin and Iowa along the Mississippi 



