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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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<HE E X t e n- 

 sion Service 

 of Iowa 

 State College 

 has 100 demon- 

 stration apiaries 

 scattered 

 throughout the 

 state. This sea- 

 son a campaign 

 for "Better Queens" was put on in these 

 demonstration apiaries. It is estimated that 

 about 2,000 queens have been ordered this 

 season by the Iowa State Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation and introduced by the extension 

 specialists. This work is being done by 

 Newman I. Lyle under the direction of Pro- 

 fessor Paddock. 



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The summer meeting of the South Dakota 

 State Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 at Scotland. South Dakota, August 28. This 

 is a comparatively new association in the 

 midst of the great sweet clover belt where 

 large yields are secured year after year. 



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Plans are being made for an extensive 

 honey exhibit at the Mid-West Horticul- 

 tural Exposition to be held at Council Bluffs, 

 Iowa, November 13 to 18. Cash prizes are 

 offered to the extent of nearly $1,000, which 

 will no doubt attract exhibitors from a 

 large part of the country. 



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George E. Vansell has been appointed by 

 the Universit}'- of California for the work 

 in beekeeping at the University Farm, 



Davis, Cal. 



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The Michigan Beekeepers' Association has 

 just published a booklet containing informa- 

 tion for its members. This booklet contains 

 the name and address of each member of 



this association. 



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A conference of the officials of the Anieri 

 can Honey Producers' League was held at 

 Green Bay, Wis., during the week of the 

 Beekeepers' Chautauqua, August 7 to 11. 

 Prof. H. F. Wilson, Madison, Wis., the new- 

 ly elected president, Colin P. Campbell, 

 Grand Eapids, Mich., the newly elected vice- 

 president, and E. S. Miller, Valparaiso, Ind., 

 member of the executive committee, were 



present. 



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The Ohio State Beekeepers' Association, 

 together with the Tri-County Beekeepers' 

 Association of western Ohio, will hold a 

 field meet at Delphos, Ohio, September IB. 

 This meeting is to be held in co-operation 

 with the Tri-County fair, and arrangements 

 have been made for a large honey exhibit. 

 An extensive program has been arranged for 

 the day. An advertisement for this meet- 

 ing appears on page 600 of this issue. 



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It is not often thnt college students cnii 

 retain laboratory c(|uipment which thov used 

 in college, but Professor Kelty, Instructor in 



September, 1922 



B c e k eeping at 

 t li e Michigan 

 Agricultural Col- 

 lege, has naade 

 arrange m e n t s 

 whereby the stu- 

 dents purchase 

 their own equip- 

 ment and take 

 it with them to 

 establish themselves in beel<^eeping. Profes- 

 sor Kelty says that students take greater in- 

 terest in their work because they own their 



own equipment. 



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The Oiitario Beekeepers' Association will 

 hold its 42nd annual convention at Toronto 

 on December 6, 7 and 8. The directors 

 have arranged for several special features 

 that will no doubt attract a large attend- 

 ance. There is to be a debate on the merits 

 of the 10-frame Langstroth hive as com- 

 pared with larger hives. Prominent bee 

 keepers who have used both kinds of hives 

 will debate this interesting and important 

 question. An important business session is 

 scheduled for the discussion of the handling 

 of supplies and the sale of honey. Prizes 

 are to be given in a frame-assembling com- 

 petition, which Avill be open to any mem- 

 ber. 



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The University of Idaho has issued Circu- 

 lar No. 22, "Sweet Clover," by E. K. Ben- 

 nett and H. W. Hulbert, giving cultural 

 methods, feeding A^alue and value as a soil 

 improver, that is of interest to beekeepers. 

 It is published by the University of Idaho, 



Moscow, Idaho. 



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The beekeepers ' Chautauqua at Green 

 Bay, Wis., Aug. 7-11, was well attended by 

 wide-awake, enthusiastic beekeepers from 

 all parts of the state. Prof. Wilson is al- 

 ready making plans for a great beekeepers' 

 Chautauqua to be held at the University at 

 Madison next year, at which time beekeep- 

 ers from other states will be invited to at- 

 tend. This will afford an opportunity to 

 visit the Miller Memorial Library; and a 

 pilgrimage to Marengo, 111., is to be made 

 at the close of the meeting to place a me- 

 morial plate in the church which Dr. C. C. 

 Miller attended, the memorial plate being 

 a tribute from the beekeepers of the entire 



beekeeping world. 



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The extension service of several of the 

 states is mailing out to the beekeepers of 

 the state form-letters on advice to beekeep- 

 ers. The Michigan Agricultural College, 

 East Lansing, Mich., has been keeping the 

 beekeepers of Michigan posted on timely 

 topics in this way for several years. The 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College issued 

 "Timely Topics for Beekeepers, No. 1" in 

 July. The Massachusetts beekeepers who 

 wish to receive this form-letter may no 

 doubt do so by writing to Prof. N. E. Plril- 

 lips, Mnssachusetts Agricultural College, 

 Amherst, Mass. 



