OCTOBER 1, 1914 



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1 1 was voted t o 

 make our next summer 

 meeting a tri - state 

 meet wth Illinois, Mis- 

 souri, and Iowa, hold- 

 ing it at Hamilton, the 

 home of the American 

 Bee Journal. The 

 Dadants assure us a 

 hearty welcome i n 

 coming to Hamilton. 



Mr. Moore, of Illin- 

 ois, Mr. Holekamp, of 

 Missouri, and J. W. 

 Stine, of Iowa, were 

 api^ointed a committee 

 to make arrangements 

 for this meeting. 



Some new members 

 were taken into the 

 Iowa State Beekeep- 

 ers' Association, and 



all eyes are turned toward Ames, where our 

 next annual State convention is to be held 



A practical conference of traveling apicultural teachers in Brazil. — Photo- 

 graphed by Emil Scheuk, Taquary, Brazil. 



the latter part of November. 

 Salem, Iowa. 



FIFTH ANNUAL FIELD DAY OF THE CONNECTICUT 



SOCIATION 



§' AS- 



HY L. WAYNE ADAMS 



The fifth annual field day of the Con- 

 necticut Beekeepers' Association Oct. 1 was 

 the largest in attendance in the history of 

 the organization. More than 125 enthusias- 

 tic beekeepers from all corners of the State 

 gathered at the apiary of T. L. Pratt, in the 

 ancient and historic town of Wethersfield, 

 made famous by its Webb house, at which 

 Gen. George Washington stopped for sev- 

 eral days, and in which was planned the 

 Revolutionary campaign resulting in the 

 capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown and the 

 termination of the war. 



Lack of time prevented the beekeepers 

 from visiting this ancient shrine, but 

 through the courtesy of Warden Garner 

 they were permitted a visit thi'ough the 

 Connecticut State prison, and 121 people 

 availed themselves of the j^rivilege. 



Mr. Pratt proved himself a royal host, 

 and spared no pains to make the event 

 pleasant to all. His house was elaborately 

 decorated in gala attire, displaying freely 

 the national colors. 



The morning resolved itself into an in- 

 formal gathering, inspection of the neatly 

 arranged apiaiy and equipment, comparing 

 notes, renewing and forming new acquaint- 

 ances, and the enrollment of fifteen new 

 members. 



At noon, beneath the shady trees and 

 amid the musical hum of the bees, the mem- 



bers i3artook of a basket lunch while the 

 host dispensed coffee, bananas, and sand- 

 wiches. 



The afternoon program took the form of 

 a "round-table" talk upon the following 

 subjects : 



"Putting on and taking off sections." 



"Kinks of the swarming season." 



"Watching for foul brood." 



These questions were freely discussed by 

 Pres. Bunnell, Inspector Yates, Messrs. 

 Root, Vanderverken, and others who im- 

 parted many valuable suggestions. 



Arthur C. Miller, of Providence, who was 

 detained by illness, prepared and sent a 

 paper which was read, entitled "Why Bee- 

 keeping should be taught in the Agricultural 

 College," advancing many forceful and log- 

 ical reasons in favor of such a project. 



It should be mentioned that the Connec- 

 ticut Beekeepers' Association has striven 

 for some time to have an apiary installed at 

 the Connecticut Agricultural College, and it 

 looks now as if its labors would bear fruit, 

 as President Beach, of the college, has given 

 his consent. 



At the close of the afternoon's program 

 the members assembled for a photograph, 

 and promptly at 3:15 formed in column of 

 twos, and, marshaled by Major Wm. C. 

 Steele, a veteran of the civil war as well as 

 beekeeping, proceeded to the prison, where 



