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ihc program, etc., should address 

 Professor Wilson at Madison. 



The inspectors have a bonfire 



one super to each hive. To induce 

 such a man to visit apiaries under 

 similar conditions, to see where two 

 or three supers could be filled at the 

 same time, is very effective argu- 

 ment. Wherever the crowd went, the 

 inspectors examined the bees for dis- 

 ease, and the crowd commented freely 

 upon the care or lack of care mani- 

 fested in the apiary. If things were 

 not right, there was no lack of forth- 

 coming information to put the owner 

 right. 



Considering the changes in the api- 

 aries visited for the first time last 

 season, it is very apparent that after 

 two or three •more rounds of the re- 

 gion, there will be none but well- 

 kept apiaries. Some tribes of Indians 

 had no laws punishing crime, but 

 those ignoring the ideals of the tribe 

 were shunned and ignored until they 

 usually committed suicide. Thus 

 does human nature react to public 

 sentiment. The Indiana beekeepers 

 propose to make it so unpopular to 

 keep bees shabbily that their owners 

 will either keep them right or dispose 

 of them. In many cases lack of in- 

 terest is only because the owners 

 have been too closely occupied with 

 other matters to inform themselves. 

 Such often develop into the most 

 careful and enthusiastic beekeepers. 



The inspection, in Indiana, is under 

 direction of the State Entomologist, 

 Frank N. Wallace. There are three 

 inspectors. T. C. Johnson, James E. 

 Starkey and C. O. Yost. The demon- 

 stration methods were tried out on a 

 small scale two years ago. Results 

 were so encouraging that m::re e.xten- 

 sive trials were given last year, and 

 this season it is the rule, wherever the 

 local organizations are prepaicd lo 

 give sufficient support. 



to 21. Dr. Phillips and George S. De- 

 muth will again be present. 



So much interest was manifested ;n 

 this summer school of beekeeping 

 last year that a good attendance 

 should be assured again this season. 

 Prof. H. F. Wilson, of the State Uni- 

 versity, will be in charge. He writes 

 that they have planted a garden for 

 the beekeepers so that an abundant 

 supply of vegetables will be available 

 to those who wish to camp and cook 

 their own meals. Professor Wilson 

 has worked hard to advance the in- 

 terests of beekeeping in Wisconsin, 

 and the summer Chautauquas are 

 well worth while. Those desiring 

 more detailed information regarding 



BROKEN PACKAGES 



By C. A. Ellis 



One express man here said to nic : 

 "Lots of bees in packages coming 

 now; many of them get out and fly 

 around the room, but none of us get 

 stung." 



The point and the pity of this is. 

 "many of them get out." 



In a milk sales room, not ten min- 

 utes ago, a railway mail clerk told 

 us this: "Just before we left for 

 Boston an expressman threw into 

 our (mail) car a l)ox of bees (he 

 probably thought it was the express 

 car). The box was broken and the 

 bees poured out, hundreds of 'em. We 

 laid low till we got to the middle of 

 the Hudson river, and then, you bet, 

 we kicked that box o' bees into the 

 river." Some beeman's good $5 wortli 

 of bees; perhaps a $2.50 queen with 

 'em. 



The point is, the deadly fear of the 

 bees. The light and poorly braced 

 package is another. They should be 

 so strongly braced and nailed that 

 they cannot be broken except with a 

 sledge hammer, and so made that 

 not a bee can sting the hand of the 

 express handlers. Honey comes to 

 me so poorly packed that I'm sur- 

 prised it is all there. 



Albany, N. Y. 



These suggestions are good. If the 

 bees are strongly confined, there will 

 be less loss in transit, and less rough 

 handling. Printed directions, in large 

 letters should be pasted on the pack- 

 age. More and more bees are being 

 shipped from one part of the country 

 to the other, and it is necessary to 

 educate those who handle .them on 

 the way. — Editor. 



BEEKEEPERS' CHAUTAUQUA 



The second annual field meeting 

 and Chautauqua for beekeepers will 

 be held at Madison. Wis., August 16 



Indiana inspection force and officers of 

 right, C. O. Yost, Wm. A. Hunter, Q 

 N. Wallace and T. C. Johnson. 



the Vigo County Association. Left to 

 O. Rainbolt, James E. Starkey, Frank 



