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second season and not the second year. Once in a while we let 

 Alsike Clover stand till we cut two crops of seed from it. We call 

 it the second cutting or second year, but, in reality, it's twenty- 

 seven to twenty-eight months old. There is some honey in the 

 plants at this cutting." 



Central Minnesota Bee-Keepers Organize, 



Vice-President Wm. Penrod, of Foley, Minn., writes me a short 

 report of an organization of bee-keepers being perfected with the follow- 

 ing officers: President, J. E. Hughes, of Glendorado; Mce-President, 

 Wm. Penrod, Foley, and Secretary-Treasurer, Robert Crinke, address 

 not given. 



It is encouraging to see these moves being made along organ- 

 ization lines. 



Oklahoma Bee-Keepers' Association. 



This was held at Stillwater, Okla., January 18th. The attend- 

 ance was not as large as usual, but the interest Avas good. The 

 A. & M. College and Experiment Station was requested to carry on 

 experiments to determine a best race of bees, the most useful hive 

 for the farmer bee-keeper, and the best manner of feeding bees, also 

 to test different honey plants. They also requested that an apiary 

 be established at the college. 



Officers elected were : President, M. Fred Gardiner. Geary ; 

 Vice-President, Geo. H. Colson, Cherokee ; Secretary, G. C. Bourd- 

 man, and Treasurer, G. E. Lemon. 



Eastern New York Bee-Keepers' Association. 



This Society held its fourth annual convention December 21st 

 in the City of Albany. The attendance was not quite so large as 

 formerly, owing, no doubt, to a short notice that was given and also 

 to the extremely poor season the past year. Secretary's report 

 shows 103 members, which is a good growth for four years. 



The question of becoming a National branch was brought up 

 and decided that a vote should be taken by mail on the question. 

 Officers elected were : President, W". D. Wright, of Altamont ; 

 Vice-President. A. Johnson, of Schoharie ; Second Vice-President, 

 C. W. Hayes, Brookvieer; Secretary, S. Davenport, of Indian Fields; 

 Treasurer, M. A. Kingman, East Greenbush. S. Davenport was 

 elected delegate to the annual meeting of the New York State Agri- 

 cultural Society. This Society also will petition the New York 

 State Department of Agriculture to experiment along the line of 

 reducing the length of the red clover corolla tubes. Proposition 



