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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



March, 1920 



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WIEE report 

 to Glean- 

 ings, dated 

 at Los Angeles, 

 Feb. 21, report- 

 ed rains had 

 been general 

 thruout Califor- 

 nia for two days 

 and were still 

 continuing, bringing the total rainfall to 

 that date above the rainfall of last year 

 but still below normal in most localities. The 

 prospects for a sage honey crop are greatly 

 improved by these welcome rains. 



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The 31st annual meeting of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Beekeepers ' Association, which was 

 held at Harrisburg on Jan. 21, was one of the 

 most interesting and profitable meetings of 

 beekeepers ever held in that State. Prof. 

 H. C. Klinger of Liverpool, Pa., and Charles 

 N. Greene, Apiary Advisor for Pennsylvania, 

 were re-elected as president and as secre- 

 tary-treasurer, respectively. 



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The British Columbia honey crop for 1919 

 is officially estimated at 172 tons, which 

 brought an average price of 29c per lb. 



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The Liland Empire Beekeepers ' Associa- 

 tion recently held a meeting at Davenport, 

 Wash., and elected Geo. W. York of Spo- 

 kane, president; Mrs. J. E. Thompson of 

 Coeur d'Alene, secretary- treasurer. 



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The new officers of the Western New York 

 Honey Producers' Association are: Wm. 

 F. Vollmer, Akron, president; J. Eoy Lin- 

 coln, 1802 Ontario Ave., Niagara Falls, sec- 

 retary-treasurer. 



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The officers of the Kansas State Beekeep- 

 ers ' Association elected at the annual meet- 

 ing held in January are: O. A. Keene of 

 Topeka, president; O. F. Whitney of To- 



peka, secretary. 



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The newly-elected officers of the Illinois 

 State Beekeepers' Association are: Dr. A. 

 C. Baxter of Springfield, president; G. M. 

 Withrow of Mechanicsburg, secretary; Geo. 

 Seastream of Pawnee, treasurer. James A. 

 Stone, who for 29 years has been the secre- 

 tary of the Illinois association, was unani- 

 mously elected an honorary life member. 



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The program of the National Beekeepers' 

 Association 's annual meeting to be held at 

 the Statler Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., on March 



9, 10, and 11, so far as completed, is as fol- 

 lows: March 9, 1 p. m. — Annual address of 

 the President, B. F. Kindig; "Beekeeping 

 as a Business," Colin P. Campbell; "Mar- 

 keting to increase Sales," E. F. Holter- 

 mann; appointment of committees. March 



10, 9:30 a. m. — "Modern Methods in Comb 

 Honey Production," E. S. Miller; "Nation- 

 wide Co-operation from the Manufacturers' 



Viewpoint," 

 K e n n i t h Haw- 

 kins; "Confi- 

 dence - Co - ope- 

 ration-Life, ' ' C. 

 F. ]Muth ; report 

 of committees. 

 March 10, 1 p. 

 m. — Address by 

 C. P. Dadant'; 

 "Organization in Iowa," Prof. F. B. Pad- 

 dock; "Proper Packing of Honey for Ship- 

 ment, ' ' J. A. AVarren ; ' ' European Foul 

 Brood Control as Modified by the Time of 

 the Honey Flow," Dr. E. F. Phillips; gen- 

 eral business session and election of officers. 

 March 11, 9:30 a. m.— "The Grading of 

 Honey," Frank Eauchfuss; "A Survey of 

 Beekeeping in Iowa," Prof. E. W. Atkins; 

 ' ' Our National Problems and How to Solve 

 Them," Prof. Geo. H. Eea. 



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The 31st annual meeting of the California 

 State Beekeepers' Association was held Feb. 

 6th and 7th at the Auditorium in Exposition 

 Park, Los Angeles. The officers elected 

 were: J. E. Pleasants of Orange, president; 

 M. H. Mendelson of Ventura, vice-presi- 

 dent, and A. B. Shaffer of Los Angeles, sec- 

 retary-treasurer. The executive committee: 

 E. Powell, Eiverside; Edward Fisher, Bur- 

 bank, and Eoy K. Bishop of Santa Ana. 



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The New York State Association of Bee- 

 keepers ' Societies met in annual convention 

 at the Joseph Slocum College of Agriculture, 

 Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y., on 

 Feb. 2 and 3. O. L. Hershiser, Kenmore, 

 N. Y., was re-elected president; and J. H. 

 Cunningham of the IJniversity, secretary. 

 About 200 beekeeper members were in at- 

 tendance, some 30 or 40 of whom were dele- 

 gates of affiliated beekeepers' associations; 

 and the attendance included representation 

 from nearly every honey-producing locality 

 in the State. A committee of five was se- 

 lected to attend the convention of the Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Association, which con- 

 venes at the Statler Hotel, Buffalo, on 

 March 9 for ihe purpose of receiving and 

 acting on information relating to the new- 

 ly-organized American Honey Producers' 

 League. Pursuant to an overwhelming 

 Note by the delegates to incorporate the as- 

 sociation under the New York State incor- 

 poration law, incorporation papers were pre- 

 pared, and it is expected that with the com- 

 pletion of the incorporation and with the 

 powers and privileges thus secured, all New 

 York State Beekeepers soon will be enjoying 

 the long-sought benefits of obtaining their 

 bee supplies at greatly reduced rates and 

 being able to secure greatly increased profits 

 that will come from a better and easier dis- 

 tribution of their honey. It was decided to 

 hold the annual summer meeting and basket 

 picnic on the first Tuesday of August at the 

 home and apiarv of W. L. Coggshall at 

 Groton, N. Y. 



