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THE moinbers 

 of tho I'x- 

 e e u t i V e 

 committee a ii <1 

 friends of the 

 American Honey 

 P r o (1 n c e r s ' 

 League will liolil 

 a conference at 

 the Great North- 

 ern Hotel, Chicago, on Dec. (5 and 7. A very 

 full attendance of the friends and those in- 

 terested in the welfare of the League is 



hoped for. 



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The 40th annual convention of the Ontario 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held at the 

 Ontario Agricultural (College at Guelph on 

 Dec. 1, 2, and :'., 1920. At this convention the 

 new apicultural building will be formally 

 opened, which is the finest apicultural build- 

 ing in North America. The secretary, F. 

 Eric Millen, whose address is Ontario Agri- 

 cultural College, Guelph, Out., is arranging a 

 remarkably fine program on which will ap- 

 pear the names of some of the most promi- 

 nent beekeepers of the United States and 

 Canada. The members of the Association 

 will be able to secure accommodations at rea- 

 sonable rates, and a list of rooms will be on 

 file for the members ' convenience. A banquet 

 will be one of the features of the convention. 

 Programs will be mailed to members in No- 

 vember. 



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The annual meeting of New York State bee- 

 keepers will be held in Syracuse on Dec. 1, 2, 

 and 3. Details and information can be se- 

 cured of the Secretary, John H. Cunningham. 

 30.J University Place, Syracuse, N. Y. 



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The Chicago North-Western Beekeepers' 

 Association will hold its annual convention 

 on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. G and 7, at the 

 Great Northern Hotel, Chicago. An excellent 

 program is promised, a copy of which will be 

 niniled upon application to the secretary, .1. 

 ('. Bull, 1013 Calumet Ave., Valparaiso, Iml. 

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The annual fall meeting of the Western 

 New York Honev Producers' Association will 

 be held in Buffalo, N. Y., at the Genesee 

 Hotel, on Nov. 9 and 10. All interested in 

 beekeeping or honey are cordially invited to 

 attend. J. Roy Lincoln, Pembroke, N. Y., is 

 secretary, and will furnish information. 

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The amounts of the cash ])remiums offered 

 at the various state fairs this fall give some 

 indication of the beekeeping industry in the 

 several States. Wisconsin led with a total 

 amount of premiums of $1153; Minnesota 

 was second with a total of .$1110. The pre- 

 miums offered at other state fairs were as 

 follows: Connecticut, $489: Colorado, $314; 

 Arizona, $196; Illinois, $589; Iowa, $497; 

 Kansas, $363; West Michigan State Fair. 

 $595; Nebraska. $147; New York, $394; Ok- 



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1 a h o m a F r e e 

 ^'tate Fair, $437; 

 Tennessee, $301; 

 Texas, $423; 

 Sou the a s t e r n 

 l";iir at Atlanta, 

 (III.. $;;00; Wash- 

 i n g ton, $250; 

 North Carolina, 

 $153; North Da- 

 kota, $165; Missouii, .*151; Indiana. $169; 

 South Dakota, $144; Oregon, $129; and 

 others Avith smaller preniiurns. Ohio aiul 

 Michigan made exhibits on the co-operative 

 ]dan under direction of the state associations* 

 of beekeei>ers, the honey on exhibit being 

 supplied by beekeepers in these States and 

 sold at tlie fair, the net returns for such 

 sales going to the beekeepers who fiirnisluMl 

 the honey for the exhibit. 



Bees Versus Smelters Again. 

 Our older readers will remember that a 

 case came up between the beekeepers on one 

 side and the big smelter companies on the 

 other side, in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. 

 Bees were killed by the poisonous gases by 

 the tens of thousands. iVpparently the smel- 

 ter companies, rather than bring the case to 

 trial, settled with the beekeepers in the sum 

 of $50,000, which sum was probably divided 

 pro rata according to the number of colo- 

 nies that the beekeejiers originally held. A 

 ease like it was tried in Ontario, Canada. In 

 this case the beekeepers made a claim for 

 $30,000 damages. The case came to trial; 

 and while the judge himself believed that the 

 smelter caused the death of the bees he ren- 

 dered a verdict for the defendant, the smel- 

 ter companies, because, he said, the beekeep- 

 ers had not clearly proved their case. This 

 was in the fall of 1916. 



Still another case of a similar character is 

 about to be tried in Arizona. Beekeepers in 

 and near Verde have suffered heavy dam- 

 ages. Both sides are prepared for a great 

 legal struggle. As the matter now stands, it 

 means the ruination of the beekeeping indus- 

 try covering a considerable area, or the pay- 

 ment of heavy damages on the part of the 

 smelter companies, with the probable require- 

 ment of putting in expensive apparatus to 

 control the gases so they may not destroy 

 every living thing in the way of vegetation 

 and bees within range of the great stacks. 

 Anv beekeepers living near big smelters any- 

 where in the ITnited States, and who have 

 suffered damage, are requested to communi- 

 cate with W. E. Woodruff', Verde, Ariz. This 

 case will doubtless establish a precedent 

 whichever way it goes, and the beekeepers 

 are interested that the case shall not go 

 against them. The trial wdll probably come 

 off the latter part of November or the first 

 of December, and so Mr. Woodruff should be 

 communicated with at once. Tell him what 

 you know and he will send you blanks for 

 your d(>position. 



