OCTOBER 1, 1914 



759 



Field day of the traveling salesmen of the Wni. Edvv 



the A. I. Root Co., 



the left, first ma;i, is Mr. A. J. Halter, the 

 man who is managing' our bees in the Hud- 

 son swamps. There were other celebrities 

 in this crowd, but it is practically impossi- 

 ble to point them out on account of their 

 position ; for example, Prof. Hines, of the 

 State University, Columbus, Prof. N. E. 

 Shaw, entomologist and State foul-brood 

 inspector, and last, but by no means least, 

 Jay Smith of Vincennes, Ind., who is some- 

 times called " The Jay." 



On July 11 we had a second field day, 

 consisting of the traveling men of the 

 wholesale gi-ocery firm, the W. Edwards 

 Co., of Cleveland. They came down here in 

 automobiles, 65 strong. As most of them 

 had had very little practical experience they 

 formed a circular inclosure, in the center of 

 which our bee men gave live-bee demon- 

 strations. In the small picture, above, is 

 seen State Inspector Morris and our fore- 

 man, Mr. Marchant. These two men great- 

 ly amused the crowd by pouring pecks of 

 live bees over each other's bare backs, to- 

 gether with other stunts of a like nature. 

 Your humble servant stands a little at the 

 right, with left hand extended. He is just 

 in the act of signaling to the moving-picture 

 man, who came here at the instance of the 

 Department of igricultftre, Columbus, to 

 catch the field-day operations of the State 

 Beekeepers' Association ; but as he arrived 



ards Co., wholesale grocers, at the home apiary of 

 Medina, July 11. 



too late the operator was put at work on 

 the field day July 11 for the benefit of the 

 wholesale grocers. 



I was in the act, when the picture was 

 taken, of signaling to the moving-picture 

 man to start his machine going, for the 

 ''fun" was about to begin. And it did. 

 This field day was just at the close of our 

 basswood flow, and the boys said the bees 

 were a little "ornery." They took advan- 

 tage of the bare backs of the men, and be- 

 gan to sting, greatly to the amusement of 

 the traveling salesmen ; but, nothing daunt- 

 ed, they kept right on. In the mean time, 

 some of these peppered E. R. in the face 

 and ears; but he had to "stand and take it," 

 because, you know, it would never do to 

 flinch while the moving-picture man was 

 taking in the scene. This film, I under- 

 stand, will be shown at the Panama Expo- 

 sition in California next summer, in one of 

 the Ohio exhibits; but our subscribers are 

 privileged to have a preliminary snapshot 

 of the thing just as it was about to be 

 pulled off. 



After the live-bee demonstrations were 

 pulled oE, the crowd was conducted to one 

 of the company's warehouses, where they 

 were fed on hot biscuits and honey. This 

 part of the " program" seemed to take well 

 with all parties. 



SUMMEM MEETING OF NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPEES' ASSOCIATION 



BY E. G. CARR 



Following several days of rain, on July 8, 

 the date for the summer meeting of the 

 New Jersey Beekeepers' Association, at 



Robt. B. Spicer's apiary, near Wharton, the 

 weather seemed anxious to do all possible to 

 make the meeting a success. A fine view is 



