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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUUE 



address on co-operation. Last year the New 

 Zealand Honey-producers' Co-operative As- 

 sociation was formed in Taranaki, and Mr. 

 Gilling was the prime mover in the move- 

 ment. He explained the lines the Taranaki 

 beekeepers were working on, and stated that 

 the success attained was very encouraging. 

 The Canterbury Beekeepers' Association 

 and the Waikato Beekeepers' Association, 

 both of which were well represented at the 

 conference, took the opportunity to discuss 

 the situation, and it is probable that both 

 these associations will fall in line, and a 

 strong co-operative association be formed, 

 which will embrace nearly the whole Domin- 

 ion. 



The desirability of starting a monthly 

 bee-journal was brought up by the execu- 

 tive, and a committee was set up to examine 

 figures submitted, and the lines on which it 

 was proposed to run it. The committee I'e- 

 ported favorably, and the first number will 

 probably appear in August. It was thought 

 that 500 subscribers to begin with would 

 pay expenses, and about 100 promises were 

 made in the room. The first three issues 

 will contain a full report of the conference 

 proceedings. 



A grant of $100 was made toward ex- 

 penses by the Government through the good 

 offices of Mr. T. W. Kirk, and a hearty vote 

 of thanks to him carried by acclamation. 



Reference was made to the forthcoming 

 Panama exposition, and it was stated that 

 both the Canterbury and Waikato Associa- 

 tions would be sending exhibits. It was 

 learned that Mr. J. S. Cottrell, President of 

 the Waikato Association, and Vice-presi- 

 dent of the National Association, would be 



attending the exposition, and he was unan- 

 imously appointed to represent the National 

 Association in particular and New Zealand 

 beekeepers in general, while there. (I take 

 the opportunity here to solicit for Mr. Cot- 

 trell any assistance or advice our American 

 or Canadian friends can give him, and can 

 assure them that it will be greatly appre- 

 ciated. Mr. Cottrell will be found to be 

 " right up to date " in all bee matters relat- 

 ing to New Zealand.) 



It was learned with regret that Mr. Isaac 

 Hopkins, who is recognized as the father 

 of beekeeping in New Zealand, would leave 

 the Dominion for good the coming year. It 

 was resolved to place on record the sincere 

 appreciation of all New Zealand beekeepers 

 of Mr. Hopkins' many years of work in the 

 interests of the industry. He will not be 

 allowed to leave these shores without some 

 small memento of ihe kindly feeling toward 

 him. 



The Government inspectors gave a dem- 

 onstration of the methods of grading honey 

 for export, and answered a number of ques- 

 tions. 



The Conference closed after three days of 

 solid work after electing the following offi- 

 cers for the ensuing year: President, James 

 Allen, Southland ; Vice-president, J. S. Cot- 

 trell, Waikato; Secretary-treasurer, R. W. 

 Brickell, Dunedin; Auditor, Mr. F.C. Bains, 

 Taranaki ; North Island Representatives, H. 

 W. Gilling, Taranaki, J. Hutchinson, Wai- 

 kato ; South Island Representatives, A. Ire- 

 land, Canterbury, C. A. Jacobsen, Canter- 

 bury. 



Christchurch, N. Z. 



LATE SUMMER AND FALL PROSPECTS AROUND CINCINNATI, OHIO 



BY HENRY REDDERT 



It is raining now, and this rain may 

 save the fall aster. Clover is burned out 

 of the ground. Sweet clover bloomed, and 

 is still blooming in spots where the sun 

 hadn't so much force; but it is limited in 

 area to a great extent, this not being a 

 sweet-clover year. Next year sweet clover 

 will be in its glory in this locality if weath- 

 er conditions are favorable. We had a 

 cool wet spring — cool at night, warm at 

 day time. I've noticed in the past years 

 cold weather in the early spring is not 

 very favorable to sweet clover. Hot moist 

 weather is when sweet clover flows abun- 

 dantly. 



We had some locust bloom, but the cool 

 nights evaporated the nectar. The only 



time the bees worked on it on sunny days 

 was from about two o'clock in the after- 

 noon to sundown. This was nectar secret- 

 ed during the morning hours. Any one 

 walking through a locust woods while in 

 bloom on cool nights will scent the evap- 

 orating nectar a mile off. 



These conditions seem not to affect the 

 small white clover provided it has an occa- 

 sional rain. Last year was a pure wliite- 

 clover season — fruit-bloom, basswood, lo- 

 cust, and the various other wild bloom 

 affecting only the rearing of strong colo- 

 nies. Up to the present we have had but 

 two rains the past two months. One 

 amounted to almost nothing, but the sec- 

 ond one saved our corn crop. One of our 



