GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



A. T. Rodman's apiary ou a quarter-acre plot in Kansas City, Kan. See article in last issue. 



lion and marketing of the perfect section, 

 and then the price will follow. One great 

 need, he said, is leaders. " Too many keep 

 bees who are not beekeepers. We need 

 men and women who have the time, disposi- 

 tion, and will to devote themselves to the 

 occupation of beekeeping." 



" Casual beekeepers will not advance the 

 industry; real beekeepers will produce and 

 place upon the market a good and uniform 

 product." 



" The aid of the State is also needed, and 

 the State must be impressed that beekeep- 

 ing amounts to something." 



He told of the independent department 

 of beekeeping in the University of Minne- 

 sota, and how it was secured through the 

 legislature and not by the consent of the 

 university. " Beekeeping," he said, "would 

 bring as good returns as any other branch 

 of industry, and the beekeepers must have 

 the help of the legislature." 



At the close of the address Mr. France 

 stated that last year our legislature made a 

 new law carrying an appropriation of two 

 thousand dollars, which was secured easier 

 than the one we got seventeen years ago 

 carrying five hundred. 



Next followed a paper on the subject, 

 " Should a Young Man Specialize in Bee- 

 keeping?" Opinions differed on this. Some 

 thought it best, while some advised going 

 slow and combining beekeeping with some 

 other business. 



Mr. Allen, our delegate to the last Na- 

 tional convention for 1913, was called on 

 for his report, which he gave. He related 



mostly what has been published in the jour- 

 nals, but spoke in particular of the fact that 

 he had been one who did not approve of 

 the purchase of the Review by the board of 

 (liiectois. 



I will here state frankly that the Wis- 

 consin association, as a whole, does not 

 seem to have confidence in the National 

 organization. There is not a good feeling. 

 The sentiment was freely expressed that 

 they were dissatisfied with the change in 

 constitution whereby the National lost its 

 protective phase. 



Some spoke of a movement to start an 

 independent National organization having 

 the protective distinction; and finally the 

 convention voted to send no delegate to St. 

 Louis. However, brethren, be not discon- 

 certed, for this is not a case in which the 

 tail is to wag the dog. 



Prof. Saunders ("Bug" department of 

 the University) spoke on the value of the 

 Univereity short course in beekeeping. Mr. 

 France, Jr., described some of the work that 

 had been attempted during the Iavo seasons 

 since the department was started. While 

 only a start has been made, and there is a 

 lack of means, we can see that in the future 

 such a department can do very valuable 

 work, such as can not be carried out by the 

 individual beekeeper. 



On the evening of the first day the mem- 

 bers took a street car and went over to the 

 University Agi'icultural Department and 

 listened to a lecture on State inspection by 

 N. E. France, State Inspector. This was 

 appreciated, as was also the exhibition of 



