December, 1920 



GLEANINGS JN BEE CULTURE 



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ABOUT 65 

 beekeepers 

 of Florida 

 met at Gaines- 

 ville on Oct. G 

 a n d organized 

 the Florida 

 State Beekeep- 

 ers ' Association. 

 J. W. Barney 



of Bradentowii was elected president; J. 

 K. Isabel of Wewahitchka, vice president; 

 J. R. Hunter of Wewahitchka, treasurer, 

 and K. E. Bragdon of Cocoa was elected sec- 

 retary. 



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The honey exhibit this year at the West- 

 ern Washington Fair, Puyallup, Wash., is 

 said to be the largest exhibit of its kind 

 ever shown in that State. 



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H. B. Parks has resigned as state apiarist 

 of Texas and on Nov. 1 will take up his 

 new work in the sales promotion and exten- 

 sion department of the Texas Honey Pro- 

 ducers' Association. 



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Tlie New Jersey Beekeepers' Association 

 will hold its annual meeting at Trenton on 

 January 13 and 14. A complete program of 

 this meeting may be had by writing to the 

 secretary, E. G. Carr, New Egypt, N. J. 

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Arthur Rattray, Almont, Mich., has re- 

 cently sold his interest in the Domestic Bee- 

 keeper to E. A. Little, Lansing, Mich. Mr. 

 Rattray will be associate editor under the 

 new management. 



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The annual meeting of the Minnesota 

 State Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 on Dec. 7 and 8, in the meeting rooms of the 

 Medical Association, Donaldson Bldg., 7th 

 and Nicollet St., Minneapolis, Minn. 

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The Illinois State Beekepers' Association 

 will hold its annual meeting on December 

 14 and 15, 1920, in the sun parlor of the 

 Leland hotel at Springfield, 111. Details and 

 further information can be secured by writ- 

 ing to the secretary, G. M. Withrow, Me- 



chanicsburg. 111. 



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The annual meeting of the Michigan Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held on Jan. 

 25, 26, and 27 at East Lansing, Mich. The 

 sessions will probably be held at the Agricul- 

 tural College, and arrangements will be 

 made so that those desiring rooms at the col- 

 lege may secure them by writing to the sec- 

 retary, R. H. Kelty, East Lansing, Mich. 

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A. I. Root writes from somewhere in Dixie 

 (see Notes of Travel, page 754) as follows: 

 "I am so well that I sleep from 8 P. M. to 6 

 A. M.. and no nap at all or almost none 

 thru the day. I am enjoying the trip amaz- 



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ingly. We are 

 passing thru 

 miles of cotton 

 fields, some of 

 them almost as 

 white as snow. 

 Ernest is also 

 very well. It is 

 quite cold yet 

 even 'way down 

 in Dixie,' but I think no frost. Of course, 

 we cannot use our tent, but have to stop at 

 hotels witli steam or other heat in our 

 rooms." — A. I. Root. 



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The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania 

 State Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 at Harrisburg on Jan. 26, during the big 

 agricultural week of the Keystone State. 

 Dr. E. F. Phillips will be one of the speak- 

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At a recent meeting of the Oregon Bee- 

 keepers' Association, A. J. Sanford of Red- 

 mond was elected president, and H. A. 

 Scullen secretary. A two-day conference for 

 this association to be held some time during 

 the winter is now being arranged. 



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H. A. Scullen of Corvallis, Ore., has re- 

 cently been appointed in charge of bee cul- 

 ture work at the Oregon Agricultural Col- 

 lege. He will have charge of the class work 

 at the college as well as that of helping bee- 

 keepers of the State with their local prob- 

 lems and assisting in organization work. 

 Prof. Scullen was formerly special Field 

 Agent in Beekeeping Extension work for 

 the State of Washington, but resigned from 

 that position to take up commercial honey 

 production in Oregon. 



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The annual convention of the Chicago 

 North-Western Beekeepers ' Association 

 will be held in the Great Northern hotel, 

 Chicago, on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 6 

 and 7, 1920. An exceptionally good program 

 will be presented. Many prominent bee- 

 men from states both east and west have 

 signified their intention of being present 

 and will take part in the discussions. Any- 

 one desiring a program please write the 

 secretary, John C. Bull, 1013 Calumet Ave., 



Valparaiso, Ind. 



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A joint meeting of the Washington State 

 Beekeepers ' Association and the Inland Em- 

 pire Beekeepers ' Association will be held in 

 Spokane, Wash., on Dec. 14, 15, and 16. On 

 Wednesday forenoon, Dec. 15, there will be 

 a joint session of the beekeepers and horti- 

 culturists to discuss topics of mutual inter- 

 est; and Wednesday evening there will be 

 a big banquet for all who desire to partake. 

 A splendid program is being arranged for 

 this meeting. Further information can be 

 secured by writing to George W. York, First 

 Ave. and Lincoln St., Spokane, Wash, 



