1897 



GI-KANINOS IN BI':iv OUI/n'RIv. 



railroad company, my liioyrlo liad hoi ii canifd 

 in a bajitraij;c-car ])ast my destination ; and 

 when I arrived at Romulus, the nearest rail- 

 road station, some seven miles distant, I was 

 without means of ,«;eltini,' to the bee-keepers' 

 ]ncnic in time. A horse would be too slow. I 

 tinally hunted around and found a l)lacksmith 

 who was workinji^ for Mr. Howard's father-in- 

 law, who knew tliat I was .y:<^)in,y: to that })ic- 

 nic. I was afraid that I could not identify my- 

 self s;itisfactorily ; but he accepted my story, 

 and told me to take his wheel, and welcome. 

 With this I manajjed to get down to the pic- 

 nic >jrounds in time to meet the bee-keepers, 

 but not in time to enjoy their bounteous din- 

 ner. Arriving there, the president, Fred S. 

 Hniens, introduced me, all sweat and out of 

 breath, to the company there assembled, and 

 then added that I was expected to take up the 

 rest of the time of the convention, after which 

 we would take a little ride on a steam-yacht 

 that would be at the landing ready for us. 

 I will not attempt to repeat what I did or 



Ml . /•:. A'. A'nnt.—l find there are some face.s which 

 ai c not faniiliiir to me. but will give yon the names of 

 those that I know, and will make an X for those that 

 I can not recognize. I will commence at the tree on 

 the l)ack row. H. K. Bradley, Henrv Hamilton, Mrs. 

 T. r. Covert, M. W. Abbott. Sirs. Abbott, Mr. Sutton, 

 Matt Sutton, W. F. Marks, Mr. Emens, J. 1$. Whiting, 

 I) 11 'I'ownsand, Mi.ss Town. sand, Mrs. White. 



K i\v J— Mr. Perrv, Mrs. J. C. Howard, Mrs. Sntton, 

 Miss Sutton, Mr.s. C. A. Mnnson, Mrs. Asa Slack, X, 

 lUiiry Maugcr, Chas. Kaldridge, vice-pres.; Geo. B. 

 I.auuJreaux, J. W. Newman, Mrs. Newman. 



Row ;{ —Joe Ilanev, Mrs. W. E. D. (iib.son, M. T. Wil- 

 liamson, Mrs. Bailev, X, X, X. 



J. C. Howard, Mrs. C. J. Baldridge, D. R. Ambro.se, 

 Wm. Oilland. 



Row 4.—B. F. Howard, H. S. Lvke, A.sa Slack, C. B. 

 Howard, Sec. and Treas.; Fred ,S. Emens, Pres.; B. D. 

 Scott, Mrs. C. B. Howard, Mrs. B. D. Scott, Parker 

 Brown, Ira Wilson. 



Although there are shown only about sixty 

 bee-keepers, if my memory serves me correctly 

 there were something like a hundred present. 

 When I got ready to take the picture, some 

 had gone home. 



It seems a little strange to us Westerners 

 that single counties in York State could mus- 

 ter up more bee-keepers and more enthusiasm 



THE SENECA COUNTY (n. Y. ) BEE-KEEPERS' CONVENTION. 



did not say to the Ijee-keepers that day relative 

 to bees ; but after the convention adjourned I 

 craved the privilege of taking a photo of the 

 company, and the result is shown herewith. 



The president, ]Mr. Emens, with a section 

 of honey in his hand, sits at the front ; and 

 Mr. Howard, the secretary, sits at his right, 

 holding his four-year-old in his lap. At the 

 left of Mr. Emens is Mr. B. D. vScott. A few- 

 days later, having lost my way, and seeing 

 some bees across the roadway I decided to call 

 and make some inquiries, never dreaming I 

 should ever meet any one who knew me. A 

 pleasant voice from around the corner of the 

 house called out, "How do you do, Mr. 

 Root?" This proved to be none other than 

 :Mrs. B. D. Scott, whom I had met a few days 

 before. After looking over the beautiful hon- 

 ey and making a very short stay, I was direct- 

 ed on my way. But, to return. 



I am not able to give you a li.st of the bee- 

 keepers, and so I asked the secretary to fur- 

 nish me their names. Here is a partial list, 

 given me as he could remember them : 



and more honey than whole States in the 

 western and central parts or the country; but 

 such seems to be the fact. 



Ontario, bordering on the north-east, is an- 

 other county that has now an international 

 reputation from the fact that its county asso- 

 ciation, through one of its active members, 

 Mr. W. F. Marks, also present at the conven- 

 tion shown above, first began the agitation in 

 favor of ^-Ifiis dorsa/a. You will remember 

 that a resolution was passed, urging the gen- 

 eral government to secure an importation of 

 these bees. A request was also made of the 

 North American, asking that as.sociation to 

 pass a similar resolution. A full history of 

 the whole matter is given on page 072. Well, 

 Ontario also produces its tons of honey. 

 Tompkins Co. produces more, if any thing, 

 than either Ontario or Seneca. Then there 

 are other counties like Onondaga, Otsego, 

 Schoharie, and Albany that produce as mucti 

 as some of their sister counties, but I shall have 

 more to say concerning these and other coun- 

 ties at another time. 



