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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Monroe County (New York) fielding meeting held at the apiary of D. W. Trescott, Conesus, N. Y., June 20. 



the major placed the Connecticut Beekeep- 

 ers' Association behind the bars. It is need- 

 less to say that none remained after they 

 had been courteously shown through the in- 

 stitution. 



This ended the day's progi'am, and the 

 members departed for home pronouncing 



this field day one of the banner events in 

 the 23 years' existence of the organization. 



The day was all that could be desired by 

 way of temperature and sunshine, and it 

 was evident from the pleased countenances 

 that all had enjoyed a royal good time. 



Hartford, Ct. 



THE TWO FIELD DAYS IN MEDINA IN JULY 



BY E. R. ROOT 



On p. 766 is a picture of the beekeep- 

 ers who met at Medina at the time of the 

 field days of the Ohio State Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation, July 9 and 10. This picture was 

 taken in the forenoon of the second day, and 

 represents something over a hundred peo- 

 ple. On the evening of the first day there 

 were present at the evening address some- 

 thing like 500 people, many of whom were 

 Medina citizens who had come to hear A. I. 

 Root's experience in the early days when he 

 had many nps and downs — more downs than 

 ups. A copy of this address has been Tun- 

 ing in Gleanings, in the August issues. 

 After this picture was taken on the second 

 day, the whole number were driven in auto- 

 mobiles to several of our outyards, finally 

 landing at the basswood yard, where 3500 

 queens are reared annually under the man- 

 agement of Mr. Mel Pritchard. 



It is possible to identify only a few per- 

 sons in this group from all the rest. In 

 the bottom at left is Pres. W. A. Matheny. 

 On his right is Mr. L. W. Boyden, who mar- 

 ried A. I. Root's youngest daughter. The 

 next is E. R. Root, and the next to him is 

 Mr. M. D. Tyler, of Seville. Mr. J. H. Dona- 

 hey, the celebrated cartoonist of the Cleve- 

 land Plain Dealer^ is in the center; and 

 with him on his left is A. I. Root. Back of 

 E. R. Root's left is Mr. Moore, the largest 

 honev-producer in the State, unless it be 

 Mr. Fowls. At the left of A. I. Root is A. 

 I. Root second, the boy standing on his 

 knee. Mr. Chalon Fowls, the honey-bottler, 

 and one of the largest producers, of Ober- 

 lin, appears tliird from the right in the 

 second row. In the back row, fifth from 

 the end, is Mr. Morris, one of the State 

 foul-brood inspectors. In the second row, on 



