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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



BEE KEEPER'S 



Fl ELD DAY 



A JOINT INSTITUTE 



OF THE 



SPENCER FARMERS aqd MECHANICS ASSOCIATION 



and Worcester County Bee Keepers Association 



Will Be Held At 



LUTHER HILL PARK, SPENCER 



SATURDAY. AUGUST 24 



was taken at a re- 

 cent meeting, and 

 the secretary, Dr. 

 Burton N. Gates, 

 has sent me a list 

 of the officers and 

 members. 



The bee-men of 

 jSIassachusetts are 

 especially active in 

 convention work, 

 having arranged 

 early in the season 

 a meeting for every 

 month of 1912. Not 

 being satisfied with 

 having just bee- 

 keepers present they 

 recently arranged a 

 joint meeting and 

 field day for farm- 

 ers, mechanics and 

 bee-keepers. Large 

 posters were gotten 

 out, 15 by 22 inches 

 in size, like the illus- 

 tration given here- 

 with. This was done 

 bv the Worcester , , „^.„,. ^ ^ „ „ ^ 



J. L BYARD. Pres. W C. B. K. A 



County Association, o. f. fuller, see. w. c. b. k. a 

 which we hope to 

 number as one of 



our National branches soon. The idea of getting the farmers and 

 bee-keepers together appeals to me as a good one, and opens the way 

 for successful meetings in localities where there are not enough bee- 

 keepers to make a strictly bee convention possible. This is a good 

 thing to try out in your locality. 



11.00 A. M. to 5.00 P. M. 



SPEAKERS 



Dr. Burton N. Gates, State Inspector of Apia- 

 ries of Massachusetts "Progress and Problems 

 of Bee Inspection." 



Mr. Arthur C. Miller, State Inspector of Apia- 

 ries of Rhode Island "Honey Production in New 

 York State." 



other speakers will include President J. L. Byard. Vice-President F. M. Keith and 

 Secretary O F. Fuller of the W. C B K. A. 



A large attendance of leading beekeepers is expected. Last year's meeting was 

 attended oy over 200 from this and adjoining states. 



2.00 p. m. 



3.30 p. m. 



EVERYBODY INVITED 



BASKET LUNCH 



ARTHUR MUNROE. Pres. 8. F. & M. A. 

 G. H. RAMER. Sec. S. F. & M. A. 



W. J. Heffeman. Leader Print, 16 Mechanic St., Spencer 



The Central Comb-Honey Packing Station. 



The Colorado comb honey grading rules will doubtless be the 

 ones most nearly copied when the National Committee meets for 

 drafting National rules. The making of four grades of comb honey 

 increases the difficulty of grading to such an extent that the central 

 grading station is going to be almost a necessity. It will require a 

 trained man or woman to do the grading properly. An added ad- 



