JANUARY 15, 1914 



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Colony belonging 

 of 224 4x5 sections. 



to H. F. Edsall, Hammonton, N. J., that filled in 1913 seven supers, making 

 That's going some. 



a total 



extracted in 60-pound tin cans. He favored 

 selling to the wholesaler in preference to 

 the commission man, or direct to the retail 

 trade. During his speech he said that he 

 expects to buy a jjower extractor and to 

 increase the number of his apiaries so that 

 he can produce much more honey than he 

 did this season, this season's production 

 amounting to 35,000 lbs. 



" The Relation of Beekeepers and the 

 Fruit-grower " was presented by Mr. R. H. 

 Pettit, of Lansing, ]\Iich., Professor of En- 

 tomology in the Michigan Agricultural Col- 

 lege. With the aid of lantern slides he 

 brought before the convention the benefit 

 to fruit-growers by having bees in their 

 neighborhood. His talk was followed by a 

 cjuestion-box, in which the whole convention 

 took part in a general discussion of the 

 topic. 



The evening session was opened by an 

 address by Mr. E. B. Tyrrell, Detroit, Sec- 

 retary of the National Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion, on " Imagination as Applied to the 

 Bee Business." Mr. Tyrrell mentioned the 

 instance of the Root Company sending bees 

 to Florida as being the result of some one's 

 imagination being put to the test for the 

 benefit of the beekeeping industry. 



Mr. J. Pomeroy Munson, of Grand Rap- 

 ids, President of the Michigan State Horti- 

 cultural Society, spoke on '' The Relation 

 between the Fruit-gTower and the Beekeep- 



er," and dwelt largely on the subject of bees 

 being poisoned by spraying, and also on the 

 so-called danger of bees spoiling ripe fruit. 



Prof. F. E. Millen, of Lansing, State In- 

 spector of Apiaries, gave a long talk on 

 " Foul Brood of Different Kinds, and Meth- 

 od of Treatment," covering the subject very 

 thoroughly, and answering the many ques- 

 tions asked him. He urged the co-operation 

 of every beekeeper, and the assistance of 

 every i^erson to help get control of the dis- 

 ease in Michigan. 



Mr. A. G. Woodman, of Grand Rapids, 

 gave an attractive demonstration of a new 

 machine for fastening foundation in sec- 

 tions, which seemed to interest many mem- 

 bers, the machine putting starters in both 

 top and bottom, and folding the sections in 

 one operation. 



Thursday's meeting was opened with an 

 address by Prof. Morley Pettit, Guelph, 

 Ontario, of the Ontario Agricultural Col- 

 lege, and also Secretary of the Ontario Bee- 

 keepers' Association. His address dwelt 

 largely on the relation of the different asso- 

 ciations in beekeeping, on how to procure 

 new members, and on the bee industry or 

 the development of the bee industry in gen- 

 eral. His addi'ess was received with much 

 applause, and many questions were asked. 



The subject of " Wintering Bees in the 

 Cellar " was thoroughly discussed by Mr. 

 David Running, of Filion. He is vice-presi- 



