March, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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k e e p e r s' 

 Association held 

 its annual meet- 

 insi' at Bozeman, 

 Feb. 1,2, 3. The 

 following officers 

 were elected : 



President, B. J. Smith, Jr.; Vice-president, 

 H. E. Tolliver; Secretary, H. E. Clift. 



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Word comes from Idaho (Feb. 10) that 

 bees have had a flight and are in fair condi- 

 tion, altho the winter has been colder than 

 usual and more prolonged. 



The National convention at Madison 

 adopted a resolution to stand by President 

 Wilson in the war crisis, and this resolution 

 was wired to Washington. 



At the Washington State Beekeepers' 

 convention, held Dee. 20, 21, the following 

 were elected to hold office for 1917 : Presi- 

 dent, J. B. Ramage, North Yakima; Vice- 

 president, J. B. Espey, Ghehalis, Wash. ; 

 Treasurer, H. L. Hart, North Yakima; 

 Secretary, G. W. Rolin, White Swan, Wash. 



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INDIANA' CONVENTION. 



We are requested to announce that there 

 will be a one-day beekeepers' meeting on 

 March 9, at Washington, Ind. This will be 

 held under the auspices of the Indiana 

 State Beekeepers' Association, and it is 

 hoped to have more of them if this is a 

 success. The program has been prepared. 



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the massachusetts convention during 

 farmers' week^ march 27 to 30. 



Concerning the annual beekeepers' con- 

 vention, to be held during Farmers' week at 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 Amherst, we would sa,y : 



The novel feature of the year is the devo- 

 tion of one session, namely, Tuesday after- 

 noon, March 27, to the discussion of the 

 value and uses of honey in the home and in 

 cookery. Miss B. E. Shapleigh, of Colum- 

 bia University, will give the cooking demon- 

 strations. Dr. Gates will prepare for ex- 

 hibition a collection of type honeys as well 

 as of some brands. This is presumably the 

 first effort to introduce honey for home con- 

 sumption by means of Farmers' week or 

 thru college-extension work. 



The program has not as yet been prepar- 

 ed. The sessions will open, liowever, Tues- 

 day, March 27, at 9 A. M., and continue until 

 Thursday noon. A number of prominent 



speakers are be- 

 ing engaged. 

 The Thursday 

 program, begin- 

 ning at 9 o'clock, 

 will include a 

 joint meeting of 

 the Hampshire, 

 Hampden, 

 Franklin Beekeepers' Association, Mr. 0. M. 

 Smith, of Florence, President, under whose 

 auspices the program will be conducted. 



severe freezes IN FLORIDA. 



Reports show that the cold weather has 

 gone down the coast and into Florida, where 

 it has done much damage. Severe freezes 

 have occurred in and about Jacksonville, 

 and the cold has gone down clear below 

 Tampa, where, it is claimed, frost never 

 goes. A. I. Root, at his winter home in 

 Bradentown, in a letter dated Feb. 6, 

 writes : " Our nice garden is all frozen, 

 and almost everything killed. We are 

 planting it over." 



So far as we have learned, the frost has 

 not been severe enough to damage the 

 orange-trees themselves, altho the fruit 

 has been frozen where it has not been 

 picked. What effect this winter is going 

 to have on beekeeping in Florida is yet 

 to be determined. 



meeting OF THE NORTHWESTERN KANSAS 

 beekeepers' ASSOCIATION. 



The Northwestern Kansas Beekeepers' 

 Association was formed at Manhattan, 

 on Jan. 22, with a membership of 21. A 

 constitution was adopted, and the follow- 

 ing officers were elected. President, D. 

 Von Rieson, Marksville; Vice-president, 

 John W. Lewis, Manhattan; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, Harry A. Huff, Chapman; and 

 two directors — Samuel Winsor, of Wake- 

 field, and C. H. Failyer, of Manhattan. A 

 petition was prepared and sent to the 

 Kansas Legislature, asking them to vote 

 for an appropriation of five thousand dol- 

 lars for the next two years for fighting 

 foul brood in the state. 



THE OHIO STATE CONVENTION. 



The Ohio State convention, held in one of 

 the buildings of the State University in Co- 

 lumbus, Feb. 1 and 2, while not largely at- 

 tended, was one of the best meetings at 

 wliich we have been present. We had the 

 lionor and pleasure of having Mr. R. F. 

 Holtermann, one of the best honey-produc- 

 ers on the continent, present, and also the 



