1906 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 851 



BEE-KEEPERS' DEMONSTRATING FIELD MEETING, 

 JcnKintown, Pa.. Tuesday, June 26. 



The A. I. Root Company's Exhibition Apiary. 

 PROGRAM. 



MORNING SESSION, 



Prof. H. A. Surface, Presiding. 

 9 -so-General social half-hour for introduction, registering, classifying honey exhibits, etc. 

 Inspection of three novel miniature apiaries: Baby Nuclei, Pearl Agnes. Danzenbaker. 

 10-00-General assembling in semicircles under the trees at the fo)t ot the apiary. 

 After outlining the plans of the day, the following committees appointed: 

 Committee on Hotel Entertainment, Judges of the Queen-hunting Contest, Judges 

 of the Exhibits of Comb and Extracted Honey, for awarding prizes. 

 in-^0-Demonstration Prof. H. A. Sttrface. 



■ Transferring a colony of black bees from an old box to a standard hive, with a full explanation to f ruit- 

 CTOwers and farmers of the value of the operation in their pursuit. , , „ 



11 -00— Demonstration Frank McGlinn. 



■ Showing the use of bee-stings for medicine^ their practical application and positive proof of their efficiency ; 

 extracting the stings with forceps, and their preparation for medical formulae. t, tp 



11:15 -Demonstration • • • -. • ■ • ^y Experts. 



The wav of finding a queen and her tricks, followed by a queen-hunting contest. 



■ llis1^th!)ds'of grafting larvffi (which have soTevolutioniz^ thequeen trade), clipping queen's wings, etc. 



^^■^^"F^liw^ed S'fhe^nsSction of *one of Pennsylvania's choice strawberryj,atches in f^Jl/ruit; showing s^^^^ 

 ten different varieties under cultivation. At the same time there will be a honey eating contest participat- 

 ed in by some little darkies. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



TTT T (^OPP^HALiLi 



■ "showSg his^rapid method of extracting honey; uncapping and handling of frames: his method of manage- 

 menTof bees, overcoming and subduing robbing, etc. To be assisted by James McNeill, of Hudson, N. Y^ 



' "sho^Tthe'^Caicas'ian queens.' their habits,' and experience of a winter's work in their breeding in Florida. 



2:00 -Demonstration 



Showing the Alexander method of increase, and his cure for bee diseases. 



2 -SO -Demonstration W. K. MORRISON. 



■ Showing a full colony of stingless bees from South America, which he traveled 150 ""l^^.^^, tj^^-'f'P^^^ 

 River to procure- giving their history, as well as the relative value of the different races of the bees of the 

 world. FoUow^ by a scientific talk by Dr. McGregor, of Columbia College, giving his experience in cross- 

 ing the various races of bees of the world. xt r» AS/' 



3:00-Demonstration •••;•• ^- ^- "'^^'^• 



Showing the use and management of his queen-cell protectors and spiral queen-cages. 



3:30- Demonstration .• ■ ■ ■■f- l".- ™JJ; 



Showing his improved Swarthmore method of breeding queens, nursery cages, incubator hives, caging 

 aueens runing a cupful of bees with a virgin queen in baby nuclei. 



4 -00- Demonstration Dr. E, F. BiGELOW. 



' Of his celebrated Bigelow educational hive and his latest addition, the Pearl Agnes hive; demonstrating 

 their improved features for a class of students in apiculture. 



415-Demonstration Dr. Henry Townsend. 



One of the oldest city 'bee-keepers in the United States. He wUl demonstrate from a roof and give his ex- 

 perience of many years in bee-keeping in the center of a large city. 



4:30-^emonstrati.n .- , ;.' " -.A'^rY ^Tnth^S; 



Forcing a swarm of bees to alight on the naked arm. Mr. Twining is one of the oldest bee-keepers in this 



5:00 -Demonstration i^- M. Church. 



Of the latest methods of rearing queens under tent cover. 



5:00-Demonstration ■■■ Grant Stanley. 



Of the adaptation of the Danz. hive in securing the largest crop of comb honey. 



6:00— Adjournment and supper. 



EVENING SESSION— MASONIC HALL. T? T P 



7:00- Demonstration ; •.,•,••:• V,' IV V.' L^t^tl'. 



Under a mammoth cage, explaining the up-to-date method of a vaudeville act about to be presented to the 

 theatrical world, and how bees pay their own expenses outside of honey and wax. Ohti t too 



7:30-Address v.' ■ V ■■.■■■ \l- -^r \- /^" n r 



Dep't Agriculture, Washington D. U. 



Giving his experience in the recent research undertaken in the study of foul brood, and the way the United 

 States government can help the bee-keepers. _^ r» T? T vrkw 



8:00-Moving Pictures ■ • •■••■• ■ • • • • L>R. D. b. Lyon 



Showing how the interest in the industry had grown and become world-wide, with many laughable scenes, 

 throvdng live bees on the screen, etc. 



8:30— Question-box for the day, and general conference. 

 9:00 -Good-night. , ,„,,.. . 



Special trains leaving for New York and Washington. . ■ j- ,. 



(This program is provisional only. It is presumed that alterations will have to be made, but it indicates 

 the work of the day as far as we can determine at the time of this printing. ) 



