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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 



)F SOME OF THE SUMMER MEETINGS CONDUCT- 

 ED BY THE IOWA BEEKEEPEMS' ASSOCIATION 



BY FRANK C. PELLETT 



THE COLO FIELD DAY 



Fred Hall and wife were hosts to the Iowa 

 beekeepers on June 10. Coming at a very 

 busy season the attendance was not as large 

 as was expected. However, those in attend- 

 ance enjoyed a very pleasant day, and many 

 expressed themselves as largely repaid for 

 coming. The register showed sixty names of 

 persons present, some of whom came for 

 more than one hundred miles to see the Hall 

 apiai-y and spend the day visiting brother 

 beekeepers. 



The Halls spared no pains to make the 

 day a pleasant one for every visitor, and 



A jolly after-dinner group at the Colo, Iowa, field day, June 10. 



many were the expressions of pleasure from 

 those present. It is Mr. Hall's custom to 

 remove the queens from all colonies soon 

 after the beginning of the honey-flow; and 

 as he has a specially fine strain, the result 

 of about thirty years selection and breeding 

 by D. E. Lhommedieu. from whom his api- 

 aries were purchased, many were desirous of 

 obtaining some of his choice stock. Mr. 

 Hall very generously gave those present as 

 many as they desired, witli the result that 

 the home yard was entirely dequeened dur- 

 ing the day. 



Prof. Bartholomew, of Ames, was the 



speaker of the day, and gave a very interest- 

 ing address on the subject, "Value of Scien- 

 tific Research to the Beekeeper." Mr. Bar- 

 tholomew discussed some of the pi'oblems 

 yet to be solved, and outlined some of the 

 things that the individual was hardly in jo- 

 sition to undertake, but which can be earned 

 out by such an institution as that with 

 which he is connected. Mr. Bartholomew 

 is especially well equipped for scientific 

 work, and we are expecting great things for 

 the Iowa beekeepers as a result of his work 

 at the college. Many subjects wei-e dis- 

 cussed informally during the day, and some 

 expressed their deter- 

 mination to attend as 

 many more of the 

 summer meetings as 

 possible. 



IOWA FIELD MEET AT 

 DELMAR 



The field meet a t 

 the Coverdale farm on 

 July 7 was the fourth 

 in the series of sum- 

 mer meetings. About 

 seventy-five were in at- 

 tendance, some of 

 whom came long dis- 

 tances. Among the vis- 

 itors from outside the 

 State may be mention- 

 ed C. P. Dadant, of 

 Hamilton, 111., and L. 

 A. Syverud, of Can- 

 ton, South Dakota. 

 Delmar is not very ac- 

 cessible to the bee- 

 Iowa; but the Coverdale 

 unusual interest, and those 

 well repaid for the effort 

 reach the place. About 150 



keepei-s of 

 farm is of 

 present felt 

 necessary to 



acres are at j^resent in sweet clover on the 

 Coverdale farm, and sweet clover was the 

 principal subject of discussion. There are 

 about 300 colonies in the apiaiy which is 

 kept at home. Formerly Mr. Coverdale 

 looked after a series of outyards ; but by in- 

 creasing his acreage of sweet clover he sopn 

 found it possible to keep as many colonies 

 in his home yard as he could well care for 

 in connection with his other large interests. 



