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glers, pushing them forward with your 

 hand. Hang the bush a bit higher, little by 

 little, and the crowd will grow excited as 

 they see a hundred bees hanging on to one 

 bee. Hang the bush still higher, till at last 

 the swarm is above, and the time for talking 

 is at hand. 



Few words are needed. Tell how you 

 have made a swarm as near as possible to a 

 natural swarm. Explain some of the inner 



mj'steries of the hive; exhibit the cage with 

 the queen, drones, and workers, and then 

 hive tlie swarm. 



Simply tell the people what you know, 

 just as tbo you were talking to a friend. 

 Use a few notes, if necessary, written on a 

 folded card. After 14 years of lecturing 

 you may forget something; yet the event 

 will have been a success. 



Heber, Cal. 



THE OHIO FIELD MEET AT MEDINA 



BY E. R. ROOT 



As announced in our last issue, page 837, 

 this was held in Medina, August 25 and 26. 

 All told, there were 150 that registered, and 

 something over 100 that participated in a 

 " honey " luncheon on the first day. As 

 already explained. Dr. E. F. Phillips, of 

 Washington, and Mr. C. P. Dadant, of the 

 American Bee Journal, were unable to be 

 present. But fortunately we had with us 

 Mr. P. G. Clark, of the firm of Doolittle & 



rator in connection with a special manipu- 

 lation that he uses with shallow brood- 

 chambers. He has been an invited speaker 

 at many of the large conventions of the 

 country and is a good talker. 



Some years ago Mi'. House was rash 

 enougli to champion the Alexander method 

 of treatment for European foul brood at a 

 time when the-bee-inspeetors of New York 

 and every one else, nearly, discredited it. 



Fig. 1. — The Ohio State Beekeepers' Association on the oei-asion of the field meeting at Medina, August 

 25 and 26. The luncheon consisted of rolls, cakes, salad, cereal eolTee, and ice cream, all of which were 

 made with honey. 



Clark, of Marietta, N. Y., and Mr. S. D. 

 House, of Camillus, N. Y. The former is a 

 breeder of high-class queens — queens bred 

 for good looks as well as for service — 

 queens that have jjroven themselves to be 

 highly resistant to European foul brood. 

 Mr. Clark is also one of the best honey- 

 producers in his state. Like his partner, 

 he is a careful observer and a good business 

 man. 



Mr. S. D. House is a comb-honey expert 

 — a man who, in his state, produces the 

 finest comb honey, practically all of which 

 grades " Fancy " or " No. 1 ." He does this 

 by the use of the Betsinger wire-cloth sepa- 



When we visited Mr. House at the time, 

 he had cleaned European foul brood out of 

 his yards, notwithstanding the disease was 

 rampant in all the yards within flying dis- 

 tance of his own. He showed us colony 

 after colony that he had treated by de- 

 queening for ten days and then requeening 

 with vigorous Italian stock. With no other 

 treatment these colonies were in perfectly 

 healthy condition on the same old crooked 

 combs in the same liives. We were so in- 

 terested we asked him to write up liis meth- 

 od of treatment; and almost instanter the 

 bee-inspectors all over the country criticised 

 us for publishing such " nonsense," Some 



