Vol. XI 



Published Monthly by The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. 

 SEPTEMBER, 1901 



No. 9 



CAYUGA COUNTY (N. Y.) BEE- 

 KEEPERS' SOCIETY. 



BY N. L. STEVENS. 



THE Cayuga Coimty Bee-keepers' 

 Society was organized at Auburn, 

 N. Y., February 16, 1899, with a 

 membership of thirteen. For several 

 years prior to this time, the matter of 

 organizing a local society had been dis- 

 cussed by some of the more progressive 

 bee-keepers of the County, but not until 

 several from our County attended the 

 meeting of the State Association at Gen- 

 eva, in January, 1899, was the ball 

 started rolling. Under the direction of 

 W. F. Marks. President of the State 

 Association, a call for a meeting of the 

 bee-keepers of Cayuga County was issued 

 and a permanent organization effected, 

 as above noted. 



The present officers of the Society 

 were elected at the first meeting and 

 have been continued in office at the two 

 succeeding annual elections. They are: 

 N. L. Stevens, Pres., Venice, N.Y.; Ed- 

 win Austin, 1st V. Pres., Moravia, N.Y. : 

 J S. Seccomb, 2nd V. Pres., Auburn, 

 N.Y.; A. B. Comstock, 3rd V. Pres., 

 Sherwoods, N.Y.; J. W. Pierson, Sec, 

 UniouSprings, N.Y.; T.Brigden, Treas. . 

 Fleming, N.Y. 



Although we have lost two members 

 by death, our Society has prospered, as 

 we now have about thirty members on 

 the roll. 



Through the aid of the State Bureau 

 of Farmers' Institutes, in common with 



the other County bee-keepers' societies 

 of the State, we have been furnished a 

 competent speaker and have held a Bee- 

 keepers' Institute in connection with the 

 annual Winter meetings, which have 

 proven very interesting and profitable. 



At its last annual meeting our Society 

 voted to take advantage of the offer of 

 the National Bee-keepers' Association, 

 and joined that organization as a body, 

 thus securing to our members the bene- 

 fits of individual membership. 



Venice, N. Y. 



"The man who isn't doing something to 

 benefit his fellowmen would better change 

 liis business." 



GOOD MANAGEMENT MAKES 

 GOOD LUCK, ETC. 



BY G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



OUT here in the country there has 

 been music all Summer long, 

 from early morn till night; music 

 which has not been made by the frogs or 

 birds. It has been the hum, hum, hum, 

 of the busy, enterprising bees. The bee- 

 keepers' wife, in the midst of her house- 

 cleaning, sewing or getting dinner, has 

 often paused to listen to the melodious 

 strain, and intent on the rapidly filling 

 section boxes, forgets to frown and scold 

 as much as usual when things go wrong 

 in these matters, often wondering, per- 

 haps, whether her husband will have any 

 '•luck'' with the bees this year, as she 

 sees vision-! of new buggies, new furni- 



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