a L E A N 1 N G S IX B E K CULTURE 



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THE p r o- 

 g r a m of 

 topics for 

 the first annual 

 meeting of the 

 American Honey 

 Produ c e r s' 

 League, to be 

 held at the 

 Ciaypool Hotel, 



Indianapolis, Ind., on ¥e\). 15, 16, and 17, is 

 as follows: 2 p. ni., Tuesday, Feb. 15 — Call 

 to order; Statement of Objects of Meeting, 

 President E. G. Le Stourgeon; Eeport of Ex- 

 ecutive Committee; Action on Measures Pro- 

 posed; Report of Secretary, by Acting Secre- 

 tary H. B. Parks; Eeport of Educational 

 Committee, B. F. Kindig; Eeport of Legisla- 

 tion committee, C. P. Campbell; Eeport 

 of Markets Committee, Frank Eauchfuss; 

 Eeport of Legal Aid Committee, 0. L. Her- 

 shiser; Arbitration Committee, H. B. Parks; 

 Eesearch Committee; Tariff Committee,- A. 

 C. Miller; Advertising Committee, Clift'ord 

 Muth; New Business; "Tlie Stranger With- 

 in Our Gates"; Election of Officers; An- 

 nouncements; Adjournment at 12 o'clock 

 noon, Feb. 17. The schedule of days and 

 hours when these various topics will be 

 discussed has not been given out to date. 



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The first of the winter meetings of the 

 Maryland State Beekeepers ' Association was 

 held at the Hotel Eennert, Baltimore, Md., 

 on Jan. 8. This association holds monthly 

 meetings during the winter and spring. 



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The Eastern New York Beekeepers ' As- 

 sociation has incorporated under the laws of 

 the State of New York with a capital of 

 $10,000. The name adopted is The Eastern 

 New York Honey Producers ' Co-operative 

 Association, Inc. D. L. Woodward of Clarks- 

 ville is president of the association. 



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The annual meeting of the Califoruiri 

 State Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 at Oakland March 2, 3, 4, and 5. A fine pro- 

 gram is being prepared for this meeting, 

 and a big attendance is expected. On the 

 opening day the Alameda County Associa- 

 tion will give a luncheon of 1,000 plates at 

 the Hotel Oakland. This luncheon is given 

 in honor of President Pleasants. 



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The annual business meeting of the Ulster 

 County Honey Producers' Co-operative As- 

 sociation was held at the county court- 

 house, Kingston, N. Y., on Jan. 8. During 

 the afternoon session very interesting and 

 instructive addresses were given by Geo. H. 

 Eea, Extension Specialist in Beekeeping, 

 and W. J. Birdsell. The secretary of this 

 association is Jas. W. Van Gassbeck. 



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Lloyd E. Watson, Apicultural Assistant, 

 T''^. S. Bureau of Entomology, has accepted 

 the position of apicultnrist with the Divi- 



sion of Entomol- 

 ogy of the Texas 

 Experiment Sta- 

 tion, made va- 

 cant recently by 

 the resignation 

 of Mr. H. B. 

 Parks. Mr. 

 Parks has ac- 

 cepted a position 

 with the Texas State Honey Producers ' As- 

 sociation and is secretary of the National 

 Honey Producers ' League. 

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The Alameda County Association of Cali- 

 fornia is a wide-awake organization having 

 an official publication of its own, ' ' Bees 

 and Honey," which is published ''every 

 little while" by the association. Cary W. 

 Hartman, Oakland, Cal., is the (Miterprising 



editor. 



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G. H. Cale, Extension Apicultnrist of 

 the Division of Bee Culture, Bureau of 

 Entomology, Washington, D. C, has accept- 

 ed a position with Dadant & Sons, Hamil- 

 ton, 111., effective Feb. 1. Mr. Cale was for- 

 merly professor of beekeeping in the Mary- 

 land Agricultural College. 

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The Kansas State Beekeepers' Association 

 will hold its 20th annual meeting Feb. 4-5, 

 1921, in the rooms of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, Topeka, Kan. The prospect for an in- 

 crease of apiaries is good. Those interested 

 are requested to attend these meetings. 

 Prominent beemen will be secured to ad- 

 dress this meeting, 



A series of beekeepers ' meetings in the 

 New England States is scheduled as fol- 

 lows: Providence, E. I., evening of Feb. 7; 

 Boston, Mass., at Horticultural Hall, Feb. 

 8; Worcester, Mass., evening, Feb. 8; Dur- 

 ham, N. H., Feb. 9; and Storrs, Conn., Feb. 

 10. Editor Geo. S. Demuth will be one of 

 the sjieakcrs at these meetings. 



The [irogiani of the short course for bee- 

 keepers, to be given by the New York State 

 College of Agriculture in co-operation with- 

 the United States Bureau of Entomology at 

 Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 7 to 12, is received. Dr. 

 E. F. Phillips carries a course of lectures 

 thru the week, and many other noted speak- 

 ers are scheduled for live topics. New York 

 beekeepers cannot afford to miss this meet- 

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An unusually large proportion of the acre- 

 age in the irrigated lands of the Southwest 

 was planted in cotton during 1920, but 

 owing to the present condition of the 

 cotton market the present tendency is to 

 turn this cotton land back to alfalfa. Spe- 

 cialists in the United States Department of 

 Agriculture have pointed out the danger of 

 this resulting in an excessive acreage of al- 

 falfa. Beekeejjers of this section will be 

 pleased with this tendency. 



