150 ■ GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



REPORT OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA BEEKEEPERS' CONVENTION 



BY GEORGE F. WEBSTER 



The convention was held at Vermilion, 

 Jan. 21, and was a most successful meeting. 

 President R. A. Morgan called the meeting 

 to order at 1 :30 p. m._, and Geo. F. Webster, 

 of Sioux Falls, was called upon to discuss 

 the subject of bees on the farm. He pointed 

 out that bees are as necessary to the farm 

 and orchard as the flowers are to the bees. 

 He mentioned also the desirability of having 

 honey on the farmers' table in place of the 

 unwholesome glucose syrups, and the pleas- 

 ure which may be derived from handling 

 and working Avitli bees for any one who has 

 the taste and time for the work. 



W. P. Southworth, of Sioux City, gave 

 an interesting talk on experiences and ex- 

 penses of marketing honey, which was to 

 the point and well received. 



F. A. Dahl, of Gayville, described how he 

 produced his big crop of fancy comb honey, 

 having supers piled nine high on some colo- 

 nies. 



T. M. Goddard told of his success with 

 feeding sweet clover, both green and dry, to 

 all kinds of stock, and had found no trouble 

 in getting them to take hold of it with a 

 relish. 



Dr. E. A. Morgan, who has had extensive 

 experience as a beekeeper and queen-breeder 

 in the Northwest, led a very instructive dis- 

 cussion of foul brood, giving his method of 

 using the McEvoy treatment, which must 

 prove helpful to those who are having trou- 

 ble from that source. 



The afternoon session closed after it had 

 been decided to hold a picnic next summer 

 at either Vermilion or Gayville — time and 

 place to be decided by the president and 

 secretary. 



The evening session was called to order 

 at 7:30, the program opening with the pres- 

 ident's annual address, which showed that 



the speaker had made the subject, " Does it 

 pay to keep bees ? " one of deep study, pre- 

 senting many facts and figures to prove that 

 honeybees indirectly keep the wheels of 

 commerce moving by making possible great 

 crops of fruit and grain and vegetables. He 

 showed that, as " all flesh is grass," and that 

 as all vegetation is derived from seed, all 

 flowers have to be fertilized in order to 

 produce seed ; and the honeybee is one of 

 the principal factors in producing perfect 

 pollination. If the facts put forth in this 

 discoui-se could be understood by the general 

 public the beekeeper would be hailed as a 

 benefactor. 



The subjects of extracted honey, winter- 

 ing bees, split sections, chatf hives, etc., were 

 taken up, and pi'oved so interesting that a 

 motion to adjourn had to be suggested by 

 the janitor touching the button, causing the 

 lights to blink. 



The election of officers resulted in a unan- 

 imous vote to retain the present incumbents, 

 R. A. Morgan, of Vermilion, President, and 

 L. A. Syverud, of Canton, Secretary and 

 Treasurer. 



Vermilion was selected as the place for 

 the next convention, to be held early in 

 December. 



Tire following among others were present, 

 nearly all of whom took part in the discus- 

 sions : 



Mr. Byerhoof , Geo. Carpenter, Miss Alice 

 Cope (County Superintendent of Schools), 

 Dr. and Mrs. Cotton, Alonzo Cotton, An- 

 drew Dahl, T. M. Goddard, M. L. Mickelson, 

 Dr. E. A. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. 

 Morgan, Miss Edna Morgan, W. P. South- 

 worth, L. A. Syverud, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. 

 Vincent, George F. Webster, and T. R. 

 Walker. 



REPORT OF THE WASHINGTON STATE BEEKEEPERS' CONVENTION 



BY J. B. RAMAGE 



We beekeepers of the State of Wasliing- 

 ton have just held our 20th annual conven- 

 tion. It was the best in the lustory of our 

 association. In point of numbers, enthu- 

 siasm, educational benefits, and good fellow- 

 sliip, we had a larger attendance than any 

 previous convention, and the enthusiasm 

 was at high tide at all times. Every paper 

 and talk was instructive, and every one 

 enjoyed the presence of the others. 



We had the pleasure of having with us 



Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Espey and daughter, 

 from Iowa. Mr. Espey gave us a short 

 method of curing American foul brood 

 without wasting so much valuable comb and 

 foundation. His talk was very instructive. 

 Mrs. Espey read a paper on why women 

 should be beekeepers. It was also a valu- 

 able paper. 



Our oldest member who has been a con- 

 tiniTOUs beekeeper, Mr. Anson S. White, 

 Cowichee, Wash., told us how he increased 



