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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



January 



used barrels; that the buyers expect to 

 find it in barrels and prefer it in that way. 

 If the producer and the consumer find 

 the barrel most advantageous, the prefer- 

 ences of the middleman is a matter hard- 

 ly worthy of note. 



The nineteenth annual convention of 

 ihe Northeastern Ohio and Northwestern 

 Pennsylvania Hee-Keepers' Association 

 will he held in Chapman hall, Andover, 

 Ohio, January 17 and 18, 1900. The 

 program includes a number of very inter- 

 esting subjects, which all bee-keepers and 

 their friends are invited to discuss. A 

 rate of 1 1. 00 a day has been secured for 

 those in attendance, at the Arlington 

 hotel, and it is urged that as many bee- 

 keepers as can conveniently do so will 

 attend. Copies of the program may be 

 had by addressing the .secretar3% Mr. Ed. 

 Jollev, Franklin, I'a. 



BKE-KKEl'KRS' INSTITUTES. 



A clerical error in the publication of- 

 fice is responsible for the non-appearance 

 in our last i.ssue of an announcement of 

 the dates of a series of bee-keepers' meet- 

 ings held at various points throughout the 

 state, and the last of wiiich will occur at 

 Geneva on January toth. 



Through the effort of the New York 

 State .\ssociation of Bee-Keepers' Societies 

 this new departure in educational work 

 lias been undertaken bv the Bureau of 

 Fanners' Institutes of the State of New 

 York, under the directorship of Mr. F. E. 

 Dawley. and much credit is due the State 

 Association for the good work it has ac- 

 complished since its organization in 1S98. 



The Bee-Keeper regrets the error on its 

 part, and hereby humbly tenders to Tresi- 

 dent Marks due apologies; pledging our 

 best efforts to avoid a repetition of the 

 blunder which precluded the possibility 

 of our a.s.^istirig the good cause on this oc- 

 casif)n. 



I-UICI). S. EMENS. 

 Mr. 1''. vS. Emeus, whose likeness it is 

 air pleasure to present in connection 



with an article on the care of comb honey 

 elsewhere in this number of The Bee- 

 Keeper, was born at Varick, Seneca 

 county, N. Y., March 4, 1865, and spent 

 the first twenty years of his life in America 

 on a farm. Since that time he has been 

 occupied in a general store, acting as 

 postmaster at I'ayette, N. Y., during 

 eight years of the period. He has served 

 one term as town clerk, and is a member 

 of the M. E. Church. 



Mr.Emens began his bee-keeping car- 

 eer at the tender age of ten years, in 

 a small way, and has since been constant- 

 ly engaged in the business very success- 

 fully, harvesting tons of comb honey every 

 year from his apiary of about 60 colonies, 

 which is run exclusively for the produc- 

 tion of comb honey. 



Mr. Emens has for five successive years 

 been president of the Seneca County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association; and is now serving 

 his second term as vice president of the 

 New York State Association of Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Societies. 



Lastly, we are pleased to announce, Mr.. 

 Emeus is also a member of The American 

 Bee-Keeper's staffof contributors for 1900, 

 and he is eminently capable of giving us 

 much that sviU be interesting and help- 

 ful during the vear. 



HON. JEAN I,. 15LKNETT RE ELECTED. 



-At the risk of being accused of "med- 

 dling with politics, " we openly proclaim 

 our sorrow at finding that we have not 

 a rooster in the office that we might stamp 

 upon this page to crow long and loud 

 for Jean L. Burnett, the bee keepers' 

 friend, recently re-elected from Ontario 

 county, N. Y., to serve another term in 

 the State A.ssembly. 



President W. F. Marks, of the N. Y. S. 

 A. B. K. S. in a recent letter to The Bee- 

 Keeper, says: 



"You will remember Mr. Burnett as 

 the champion in the last legislature of 

 our new fotil brood law. Bee keepers of 

 this .state are to be congratulated on his 



