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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



body and excellent flavor. It is a most ex- 

 cellent table honey. After the close of the 

 fall flow the bees continue to gather pollen 



all winter on days when it is warm enough 

 to fly. 



Bordlonville, La. 



THE ADVANCEMENT OF APICULTURE IN GREECE 



BY H. H. EOOT 



During the course of a year many visitors find their 

 way to the Home of the Honeybees, some of them from 

 countries far distant. During this last season we had visi- 

 tors from at least four different foreign countries. One of 

 these, Mr. Herbert J. Rumsey, of Dundass, New South 

 Wales, Australia, contributed the beautiful picture shown 

 on our cover of the Nov. 15th issue as mentioned editorially. 



Another visitor, also a very interesting one, was Mr. 

 John G. Poppageorge, from Athens, Greece. Mr. Poppa- 

 george has spent some time in the United States, is thoroly 

 familiar with American ways and speaks English most 

 fluently. On his trip to this country last summer he was 

 twice arrested and held on suspicion of being a spy, but was 

 finally able to prove his innocence by the pajDers he bad in 

 his possession. On reaching this counti'y he spent some time 

 visiting some of the larger honey-producers and he expects 

 ultimately to go back to his own country and to interest his 

 government in promoting an apicultural department. 



On the day that Mr. Poppageorge reached Medina it 

 so happened that quite a large number of summer-school 

 students from Wooster, Ohio, came ujd to study bees for a 

 few hours. Our friend from Greece was an interested 

 onlooker. The illustration below shows the group in our apiary with Mr. Poppageorge 

 helping to demonstrate bees to those less familiar with them and their habits. 



.Tohn G. Poppageorge, of 

 Alliens, Greece, who is going 

 to introduce American metliods 

 of beekeeping into liis own 

 country. 



Summer - school students from Wooster University having a lield meeting of their own at the " Home 

 of the Honeybees." 



