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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



THURSDAY, MARCH 16. 



9:10 — 10:00. Bee diseases. Question-box. Dem- 

 onstrations will be given, if desired, at the 

 apiary. 

 10:10 — 11:00. Annual meeting of the Hampshire, 

 Hampden, and Franklin Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



President's address: "Timely Suggestions to 

 Beekeepers," O. N. Smith, Florence, Mass. 

 Honey Packages: a Standard, B. N. Gates, 

 M. A. C. 



PROGRAM OF THE FIRST ANNUAL BEEKEEPERS' 

 SHORT COURSE GIVEN BY THE WINONA COLLEGE 

 OF AGRICULTURE, WINONA LAKE, IND., MARCH 20 

 TO 25 INCLUSIVE. 



PROGRAM. 

 MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1916. 



1:30. Address, Dr. J. C. Breckenridge, President 

 of the Winona College of Agriculture 



2:00. Beekeeping as an occupation. 



2 :40. Beekeeping apparatus. A laboratory lecture. 



4:15. Races of bees. 



6:45. General lecture on bees illustrated with lan- 

 tern slides. 



TUESDAY, MARCH 21. 



9:25. The cycle of the year in the hive. 

 1:00. Beekeeping in relation to fruit-growing. 

 2 :40. Internal anatomy and life processes. 

 4:15. Wax production and comb-building. 

 6:45. The uses of honey in the home. 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22. 



9:25. Where and how to begin beekeeping. 

 1:00. The manipulation of bees. 

 2:40. What the State is doing for the beekeeper. 

 4:15. Cellar wintering and spring management. 

 6:45. The evolution of the hive. 



THURSDAY, MARCH 23. 



9:25. Swarm control and increase. 



1:00. The production of extracted honey. 



2:40. The marketing of honey. 



4:15. Methods of queen-rearing and introducing. 



6:45. Some great men in the beekeeping world. 



FRIDAY, MARCH 24. 



9:25. Pall and winter care of bees. 



10:15. External anatomy of the honeybee. 



1:00. Comb-honey production. 



2 :40. Diseases of bees. 



4:15. Sources of nectar and the location of bee- 

 yards. 



6:45. The robbing of bees. 



SATURDAY, MARCH 25. 



8:00. Food of bees and feeding bees. 



9:00. How to handle bees. 

 10:00. Does beekeeping pay? 



11:00. Educational and research agencies related to 

 beekeeping. 



An opportunity will be given for asking questions 

 at the end of each lecture period. A quiz on th^ 

 lectures of each day will be held the following day. 



The lectures will be given by members of the 

 faculty of the Winona College of Agriculture, as- 

 sisted by experts and specialists along certain lines 

 of beekeeping. 



The course as above outlined will be one of value, 

 not only to amateurs, but to veterans as well. It is 

 the desire to teach the fundamental principles, for 

 if these are understood, the details will follow 

 easily. Dr. E. F. Phillips' book entitled " Beekeep- 

 ing," will be used as a guide, and it is urged that 

 each student provide himself with a copy. It is 

 published by the Macmillan Co., New York, and can 

 be secured from them or from any of the publishers 

 of bee-journals, or from the dealers in beekeeping 

 supplies. 



Various kinds of hives and equipment will be on 

 hand for examination and demonstration. 



Winona Lake is located on the main line of the 

 Pennsylvania lines running between Fort Wayne 

 and Chicago. It is connected with Warsaw by trol- 

 ley, and may be reached via Warsaw over the Big 

 Four lines or the Winona Interurban railway. 



A fee of $1.00 is payable upon enrollment. Board 

 and room, from $4.00 to $5.00 per week. For 

 further information address J. C. Breckenridge, 

 President. 



TRADE NOTES 



PASTE TO STICK LABELS ON TIN. 



We have had many calls for a reliable paste to 

 make labels stick on tin. We have something which 

 we have used extensively, and find it good. Price 

 in pint tin cans, 25 cents. When sent by mail it 

 would weigh two pounds, and parcel-post rate would 

 be according to zone. Ask your postmaster. 



It is with pleasure that we call the attention of 

 our readers to the new catalog gotten out by The 

 Rawlings Implement Co., of Baltimore, Md., manu- 

 facturers of farm implements. Anything required 

 by the farmer, from wrenches or fence wire to gaso- 

 line-engines or wagons, they can supply at a mo- 

 ment's notice. They have not forgotten to mention 

 bee-supplies either — everything and anything that a 

 farmer can possibly need. We have done business 

 with this firm for years, and have always found 

 them reliable and prompt. They will send their 

 catalog "U" on request. 



BEESWAX WANTED. 



We are now, as always, in the market for choice 

 pure beeswax. Our present price is 29 cts. in cash 

 or 31 in trade for supplies for pure average bees- 

 wax delivered at Medina, or any of our branches 

 east of the Mississippi River. 



Commenting on the price we pay for beeswax a 

 correspondent in St. Louis writes recently: "In 

 calling on one of the commission houses yesterday, 

 the manager of the concern commenced a tirade 

 against your good selves, stating that you were 

 offering the beekeeper more money for his wax than 

 they, the commission people, would pay." 



In packing your wax for shipment pack it in 

 double sacks. Put a tag in with your name and 

 address and number of pounds you ship. Use no 

 paper or other packing. Boxes or barrels may be 

 used if burlap sacks are not available ; but be sure 

 they are securely nailed so they may not be broken 

 open in transit. 



A BETTER DORMANT SPRAY. 



The scale, blight, canker, etc., are no longer 

 dreaded by those who do careful spraying with any 

 of the several standard spray mixtures, altho some 

 give better results than others with a minimum of 

 labor, and labor is the greatest expense in the spray- 

 ing game. For this reason, the most desirable spray 

 is the one that will accomplish the most in one 

 operation. 



You spray with, say, lime sulphur. If the work 

 is thoroly done you can hold the minor diseases in 

 check; but there are a number of very serious fun- 

 gous troubles that are found on the trees in their 

 dormant state that lime sulphur might control if it 

 had the proper powers of penetration ; but, unfor- 

 tunately, it cannot penetrate into the diseased tis- 

 sues of such troubles as collar rot on apple-trees, 

 apple canker, and the brown-rot spores on peach- 

 trees. 



From the foregoing it is apparent that there is a 

 need for a dormant spray that will control all of 

 these pests with a single spraying. 



Experiments for the past eleven years have 

 proven that all these diseases can be controlled by 

 the use of a miscible oil known as " Scalecide." In 

 orchards where thoro spraying has been done for 

 years with " Scalecide," various forms of blight 

 and canker have almost entirelv disappeared. 



The B. G. Pratt Company, 50 Church St., New 

 York, have prepared an intersting booklet, " Proof 

 of the Pudding." They will gladly send this helpful 

 book free on request. Write today for the Depart- 

 ment XXX. 



A VERY INTERESTING BOOK. 



There are probably more fancy chickens raised in 

 the vicinity of Mankato, Minn., than there are in al- 

 most any other section of this country. This hobby 

 brought forth a big need for a high-class incubator 

 among those poultry-raisers, and resulted in the es- 

 tablishment of a great incubator-factory at Mankato, 

 known as the Mankato Incubator Co. The presi- 

 dent of this company, Mr. P. H. Miller, has written 

 a book on the history and development of the incu- 



