JUNE 15, 1914 



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Vice-president, S.Davenport, Indian Fields; 

 2d Vice-president, C. W. Hays, Brookview ; 

 Secretary, I- V. Labdell, Troy; Treasurer, 

 I. J. Stringham, New York City. 



Erl A. Bates, M. D., chairman of the 

 Joint Horticultural Commission, and Na- 

 tional President of the Grand International 

 Council of the United States, was present 

 at the aftei'noon session, and was introduced 

 by the president. Dr. Bates made a state- 

 ment of the objects of the Horticultural 

 Commission, of the necessity for it, and of 

 establishing a home building for horticul- 

 turists and beekeepers at the State fair- 

 grounds at Syracuse. He suggested the 

 sending of two delegates to the proposed 

 liorticultural meeting in January, to be held 

 at Albany, to consider jointly the proposi- 

 tion. 



The president was authorized to appoint 

 the two delegates proposed. By a later 

 motion the president was elected as one of 

 the delegates, and he appointed I. V. Labdell 

 as his associate delegate. 



The convention was favored witli tlie 

 attendance of Prof. Allen Latham, of Nor- 

 wich, Ct., who was introduced by the pres- 

 ident, and addressed the meeting on self- 

 ventilating hives and honey-houses. His 

 address was interesting, suggesting many 

 details of observation, which controverted 

 some popular ideas of beekeepers. 



Dr. G. G. Atwood, of the State Agi'icul- 

 tural Department, was introduced, and gave 

 an address on the improper spraying of 

 fruit-trees in blossom as affecting the inter- 

 ests of beekeepers, and also on the spraying 

 of obnoxious weeds for their eradication. 

 He also referred to and described the State 

 Agricultural Department's display of honey 

 at the Chicago Land Show. 



Rev. I. V. Labdell, of Troy, being an- 



nounced on the progi-am, addressed the 

 meeting on his subject, " A living and more 

 from bees." It was an exhaustive, interest- 

 ing, and instructive discourse on the practi- 

 cal working of the subject. 



W. D. West, of Middleburgh, State Bee 

 Inspector, discussed his subject, " The win- 

 tering of bees," giving very full directions 

 for caring for the bees during the dormant 

 season by different methods. 



A vote of thanks was extended to Prof. 

 Allen Latham for his attendance and able 

 .iddress. He was elected an honorary mem- 

 ber of the association. 



Mr. Labdell made extended remarks on 

 making greater efforts to advertise honey 

 and create a demand for it, and offered 

 some suggestions for that purpose. 



But one question appeared in the ques- 

 tion-box, in answer to which Chas. Stewart, 

 of Sammonsville, State Bee Inspector, gave 

 directions for protecting bees against the 

 depredations of skunks. 



The influence and attendance of this, the 

 sixth annual convention of the association, 

 were very encouraging and satisfactory. 



The president reported that the 40 dozen 

 nature-study school tablets, illustrating the 

 honey-bee, and advertising honey, ordered 

 of the NeAv York State Beekeepers' Associ- 

 ation, and paid for by him, had been so 

 damaged by Avater in transit or in storage 

 that they were entirely useless, and had 

 been destroyed. He was authorized to di'aw 

 on the treasurer for whatever amount he 

 was unable to collect in reclamation for the 

 damage and loss of these goods. 



At this meeting the members present paid 

 their annual dues, and much other business 

 pertaining to the working of the association 

 was transacted. 



SOME PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES IN CATCHING STMAY SWARMS 



BY J. M. KINZIE 



If there is any thing that boys like it is 

 climbing trees, and just such fun as comes 

 from getting the swarms the trees furnish. 

 My boys in California have built up an 

 apiary of over 200 hives this waj\ One of 

 them has bought a 35-horse-power automo- 

 bile to haul his bees back and forth. He 

 took off the back scat and has a kind of 

 frame that he puts on, and is thus able to 

 liaul 20 hives at a time. I would rather have 

 my boys engaged in some such sport than 

 hanging around the saloon. 



CATCHING STRAY SWARMS OF BEES. 



I have often heard people make the re- 

 mark, " My ! I should like to have a hive of 

 bees if they did not cost so much." In this 

 article I propose to tell how to get one or 

 more stands without much cost. In most 

 localities there are more or less swarms that 

 go away every year. Some of them come 

 from hives of bees; but the most of them 

 come from bees that are in trees in the 

 woods or large apple-trees. The way we 

 do it is as follows : 



