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AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



FebpUary, 



quickly for the bees can apply them- 

 selves to that part of the work en 

 masse. So wherein is there any gain 

 in the saving of time? 



Regarding the claim that drone 

 comb requires less wax, that may be 

 so, but I deny that this is the object 

 of the bees in building it. At such 

 times there is usually an excess of 

 wax instead of a shortage in the sup- 

 ply, a statement easily verified. Tlie 

 object of drone comb is clearly for 

 the purpose of rearing male bees and 

 any thing that transpires to make 

 the colony anticipate the need of 

 them will sway it to that end. 



What we need to reclaim the honey 

 l3usiness is more of that kind of honey 

 the bees made before they learned the 

 short cuts in the fine art. Honey 

 should be allowed to age on the hive 

 when the bees are through with it, 

 during the summers. This gives to 

 it the unmistakable expression of bees, 

 and that rich, mellow flavor thereby 

 added to it will again win universal 

 praise for honey above every olhcr 

 known sweet. 



Wheelersburg, Ohio. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 

 WORCESTER COUNTY, 

 (MASS.) BEE-KEEP- 

 ERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The seventh annual meeting of the 

 Worcester County Bee-Keeper's As- 

 sociation was called to order Sat- 

 urday, January 12, 1907, in Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Worcester, at half after 

 two, by President Burton Gates. Af- 

 ter brief reports, the following officers 

 were elected: President, Burton 

 Gates of Worcester; Vice-President, 

 F. H. Drake, East Brookfield; 2nd. 

 Vice-President, Charles Goodell, 

 Worcester; Secretary and Treasurer, 

 Arthur H. Estabrook, of Leicester. 



Considering the weather, which was 

 the worst for more than a week, there 

 was a very large attendance, there be- 

 ing present nearly forty bee-keepers. 



Particular attention was payed the 

 status of bee disease in this state. A 

 copy of the proposed bill for the 

 State of Connecticut, for protective 

 legislation against bee diseases was 

 at hand and discussed. Not a little 

 favor of inspection in Massachusetts 

 was manifest. The Secretary was di- 

 rected to correspond with the Massa- 

 chusetts Bee-Keepers' Society and see 

 what steps shall be taken. Further 

 details of the status of disease and the 

 feeling toward inspection are desir- 

 ed. 



The hope was expressed that in- 

 spection would not only reduce the 

 diseases of the state, but that it would 

 do much to elevate the bee-keeping 

 methods and do away with the primi- 

 tive box hives now not a little used 

 in this state. 



It was voted to hold on the 9th or 

 i6th of February (according to the 

 convenience of the speakers) an all 

 day convention and institute with the 

 State Board of Agriculture. The full 

 program and exact date can be learn- 

 ed from the Secretary. There will 

 also be a banquet at noon. Every- 

 one is invited to attend the meeting 

 and the banquet, (the price of which 

 will be fifty cents). All sorts of im- 

 plements, of inventions and the pro- 

 ducts of bees are solicited. Table 

 space will be furnished. The gather- 

 ing, as last year, will bring together 

 several hundred of the representative 

 bee-keepers of New England. You 

 can not afford to miis it. 



Details from the Secretary, 



A. H. Estabrook, 

 Clark University. 



Worcester, Mass. 



THE MINNESOTA BEE-KEEP- 

 ERS' ASSOCIATION. 



At the annual general meeting of 

 this Association, held on Dec. 5, 6 

 and 7, 1906, at the First Unitarian 

 Church, Minneapolis, all the old oflfi- 



