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Le Mars ; Greeting from Illinois, C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. ; 

 committee appointments. 



Thursday, 2 p. m. — Production of Comb Honey, F. W. Hall, 

 Colo.; Production of Extracted Honey, D. E. L'hommedieu, Colo.; 

 Wintering Problems. C. H. True, Edgewood. 



Friday, 10 a. m. — Fuss and Fun of Bee Keeping, Eugene Secor, 

 Forest City ; The Foul Brood Situation, P>ank C. Pellett, State 

 Inspector, Atlantic; State Aid for the Industry, E. E. Townsend, 

 Fort Dodge. 



Friday, 2 p. m. — Question Box. Open discussions led by prom- 

 ijient bee-keepers ; Making the most of the home market ; Co-opera- 

 tion in marketing ; Increasing the forage and bettering the locality ; 

 Exhibits at fairs as a means of advertising ; Election of of^cers. 



Let every bee-keeper bring samples of his best product to put 

 on display and come prepared to demonstrate any new kink or 

 shortcut that is likely to prove of value to the fraternity. 



Headquarters will be at the Savery hotel. 



Frank C. Peli.ett, State Bee Inspector, 



Atlantic. Iowa. 



New State Bee-Keepers' Organization, Massachusetts, 



On September 14, at the State Mutual Restaurant, Worcester, 

 Mass., Mr. J. B. Levens of Maiden; O. F. Fuller, Blackstone ; J. L. 

 Byard, Marlboro; A. A. Byard, West Chesterfield, N. H. ; Arthur 

 Monroe, Spencer, and Dr. B. N. Gates, of Amherst, met at an 

 informal dinner for the purpose of discussing the advisability and 

 method of forming a State Bee-keepers' Association for ^klassachu- 

 setts. The invitation to this meeting w^as extended by Dr. Burton 

 N. Gates of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, acting as secre- 

 tary of the Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin Bee-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, who voted last spring to further the organization of a state- 

 society in which there should be representation and co-ordination of 

 the various local societies of the state. 



The sense of those present in Worcester was so unanimously 

 in favor of the movement that it was voted to form an association 

 to be known as the State Bee-keepers' Association of Massachusetts. 

 Provisional ofBcers were elected by unanimous vote as follow's : 

 President. John L. Byard; Vice-President, J. B. Levens; Secretary- 

 Treasurer, Burton N. Gates. 



The constitution and by-laws were discussed, a memorandum 

 drawn up and authorized, and submitted to a committee composed 

 of presidents and others of the several societies now existing. It 

 was further voted to hold the first annual meeting of the organ'za- 



