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NO\EMBEE, 1917 



JOHN C. Bull, 

 sec re tary- 

 treasurer of 

 the National 

 Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation, has 

 scheduled the 

 folliowing, dates 

 for the slate 



associations' annual conventions: Illinois, 

 Nov. 14-15, at Spring-field; Ohio, Nov. 23- 

 24, at Lima; Indiana, Nov. 26-27, at Indi- 

 anapolis; Michigan, Nov. 27-28,. at Sagi- 

 naw; Chicago and Northwestern, Nov. 30 

 and Dec.l, at Chicago; Minnesota, Dec. 4-5; 

 Iowa, Pee. 4-5; and Wisconsin, Dec. 6-7. 

 The wisdom of the course adppted by the 

 National Secretary is apparent because of 

 the fact that by aiTanging the state meet- 

 ings so that there shall be no conflict of 

 dates, speakers of national reputation can 

 make the entire circuit and be present at all 

 of these state association meetings. This is 

 good headwork and common selnse. 



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The exportation of queens from the Unit- 

 ed States to Australia appears to be attend- 

 ed with more and more risk and dissatis- 

 faction. In a recent issue of the New Zea- 

 land Beekeepers' Journal an article ap- 

 pears under the heading, " Queens," the 

 first paragraph of which reads as follows : 

 " Mr. Hopkins blames the g'rafting method 

 for the loss of queens imported from Ameri- 

 ca. May not the loss be caused by the roail- 

 bag? being bumped about more noAvadays 

 tliru the quicker service, or thru the mail- 

 bags being fumigated, or thru the queens 

 being put into the ordinary canvas mail- 

 bags instead of specially ventilated mail- 

 bags as they used to be?" 



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The program of the 28th annual meet- 

 ing of the Illinois State Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation, to be held in the sun parlor of the 

 Lei and Hotel, Nov. 14 and 15, 1917, and the 

 night meeting of the 14th in the Leland 

 banquet hall, is as follows : Call to order at 

 10 a. m. by Pres. Baxter, of Nauvoo; in- 

 vocation, Eev. C. Warber, of Alhambra; ad- 

 dress of welcome; response and president's 

 address, by the president; reception of 

 members; issuing of badges, recess until 

 noon hour to ^^sit and get acquainted. Af- 

 ternoon session. — Report of A. L. Kildow, 

 State Inspector of Apiaries ; " Better Bee- 

 keeping," by Hon. N. E. France, of Platt- 

 ville, Wis.; Question box — (in order all the 

 time). Night session. — ^ " Beekeeping — 

 North and South," (illustrated) by Frank 

 C. Pellett, of Atlantic, la. Second day — 

 Morning — " Space between Frames " and 



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discussion — led 

 by C. P. Da- 

 dant; Election 

 of Officers for 

 1918 ; group 

 photogi'aph tak- 

 en to go in the 

 1917 report; 

 judging the ex- 

 hibits by ballot by non-exhibitors. After- 

 noon session. — Prize essays, $5.00, $4.00, 

 $3.00, $2.00, $1.00. Awards will be 

 given on L50 lbs. of comb honey, and 150 

 lbs. of extracted honey. Handsome certifi- 

 cates will be issued to the winners of these 

 awards; and upon winning either of them 

 the third time, a valuable gold medal will 

 be given the -winner. (Explained further 

 at rneeting). Miss Stewart, of Chicago, will 

 again report the meeting. Meeting is for 

 women as well as men. Headquarters at 

 Leland Hotel, where rates are $1.25 and up, 

 European plan. It is expected that Editor 

 E. R. Root, of Medina, 0., and Dr. E. F. 

 Pliillips, of AVashington, D. C, will also 

 be presenit. Jas. A. Stone is the efficient 

 secretary of the Association and in charge 

 of the program. His address is Spring- 

 field, 111., Route 4. 



What we in this country may come to 

 in the use of sugar is possibly foretold by 

 tlie action of the English Ministry of Food 

 Control now in charge of the consumption 

 of sugar in England. There a local food 

 oRice is established in every community. 

 No sugar can be sold at retail to customers 

 except by retailers registered by the local 

 food-control committee.'; every household is 

 entitled to obtain from the local food office 

 a sugar-registration card, to cover all mem- 

 bers of the household not in receipt of 

 government rations. A portion of this card 

 is deposited by the householder with the 

 registered retailer selected by him. The re- 

 tailer must accept sugar cards tendered to 

 him ; the retailer is required to give prefer- 

 ence to registered customers Avbo have de- 

 j)Osited their cards with him ; caterers and 

 restaurants of all kinds will have their sup- 

 ply regulated according to the number of 

 meals they ordinarily serve; manufacturers 

 will have their supplies of sugar reg-iUated 

 in accordance with strict restrictions im- 

 posed upon their use of sugar; registered 

 retailers will have their supplies of sugar 

 regulated in accordance with the number of 

 their registered customers; sugar can be 

 obtained by caterers, manufacturers, and 

 registered retailers only on sun-ender of 

 vouchers issued by the local food office; 

 wholesalers will have their supplies of sugar 



