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There were nearly as 

 many i n attendance 

 from Missouri as from 

 Iowa. Much time was 

 spent in looking over 

 Mr. Strong's apiary 

 and in informal dis- 

 cussion. Nearly every 

 person present was in- 

 terested in beekeeping, 

 the mei'ely curious not 

 being in evidence. 

 Atlantic, Iowa. 



inic alt De@ Moines 



BY P. C. SCRANTON 



Some of the "big guns" at the Delmar meeting at the Coverdale apiary, Juiv 



7, 1914. Frank Coverdale, Prof. E. C. Bartholomew, 



C. P. Dadant, and Secretary S. W. Snyder. 



Being extensivelj' engaged in raising cattle 

 and hogs, as well as hay and grain, one 

 wonders how they find it possible to care for 

 as many bees as they do. For seventeen 

 years sweet clover has been raised in con- 

 stantly increasing areas until it is now the 

 principal crop on the 400-acre farm, and 

 everything else is jilanned with a view to 

 utilizing this crop to the best jDossible ad- 

 vantage. The ladies of the household 

 spread a bountiful rejoast for those from a 

 distance. There were the usual talks and 

 discussions, although these were cut short 

 by a rain in the after- 

 noon. Altogether the 

 occasion was a very 

 pleasant one which 

 will be long remember- 

 ed by those present. 



THE CLARINDA MEETINCx 



The seventh of the 

 Iowa meetings, held at 

 the Strong apiary on 

 Aug. 12, was not as 

 largely attended a s 

 some of the others, but 

 the interest was equal 

 to any of them. Mr. 

 E. J. Baxter, and M. 

 E. Darby, State In- 

 spector f Missoiiri, 

 came from the greatest 

 distances. Mr. Baxter 

 and Mr. Darby both 

 spoke on matters of 

 interest to the beemen. 



About 10 people 

 gathered at the Dust- 

 man apiary on the 

 Colfax interurban near 

 Des Moines on July 

 15. A nice social time 

 was had during the morning, and at noon 

 the tables were spread with good things 

 from the generous supply of baskets. 



In the afternoon the meeting was called 

 to order by Pres. Schweer, of the Polk Co. 

 Beekeepers' Association, and Rev. Mr. 

 Grantham pronounced the invocation. This 

 was followed by a talk on good fellowship 

 by Judge A. P. Chamberlain. Prof. C. H. 

 Tye, of Drake Univer.sity, spoke on "Bees 

 as an Economic Friend of Man." Prof. 

 Tye showed in a very concise manner scien- 

 tific proof of the value of bees as fertilizers. 



The Clarinda meeting, Aug. 1^. 



