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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15 



well. Possibly there will be a millennium 

 in beedom, even in our day. We shall see. 



THE MEETING OF FOUL-BROOD INSPECTORS 

 IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, NOV. 13. 



One of the most notable meetings ever 

 held in the interests of bee culture will be 

 that immediately following the big National 

 convention at San Antonio. I refer to the 

 meeting of the foul-brood inspectors, to be 

 held Nov. 12. A provisional program is 

 given elsewhere in this issue under the head 

 of Convention Notices. 



In view of the fact that foul brood and 

 black brood are on the increase in many 

 sections of the country, this will be a very 

 important meeting. Dr. E. F. Phillips, act- 

 ing in charge of apic-ulture, of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, will be 

 present at that meeting; so will also Dr. G. 

 F. White, bacteriologist, who has been study- 

 ing bee diseases in the Department. Besides 

 the^e two there will be a number of foul- 

 brood inspectors from the various States. 



The ravages of black brood and foul brood 

 will be considered from every point of view, 

 and doubtless plans will be formulated, look- 

 ing not only toward better legislation, but 

 the enactment of laws in those States where 

 there is no protection for the bee-keeping 

 Interests. 



THE BIG NATIONAL CONVENTION AT SAN AN- 

 TONIO, TEXAS. 



Secretary W. Z. Hutchinson sends us 

 the following letter from Udo Toepperwein 

 regarding the National Bee-keepers" conven- 

 tion soon to be held in San Antonio, and ac- 

 •cojnmodatious that will be offered: 



"We have made arrant>ements for the National. Nov. 

 8, 9. 10; have selected the Market Hall in this city to 

 hold the convention. This is a very yood hall. It 

 will seat UKX) people. We have selected the Grand 

 Central Hotel as headquarters for the bee-keepers. 

 These peoyle iiuarantee to accommodate 50 bee-keep- 

 ers, and think they can accommodate 100. For those 

 they can not accommodate they will find nice room- 

 intr-places in the neiiihborhood of the hotel. In this 

 way all bee-keepers can have a chance to stay not far 

 from the convention hall. The hotel has 100 rooms, 

 all very fine, and furnished nicely. It is a brand-new 

 hotel, and we have secured special rates for bee-keep- 

 ers at 50 cts. a berth and 25 cts. a meal. The restau- 

 rant is separate from the hotel, but all under the 

 same management. I believe that the bee-keepers 

 will be highly pleased. ^ „^ • 



We have also planned a trolley ride and a Mexican 

 supper, and the San Antonio people will elect the 

 sweetest ladv between 16 and 20 to be queen of the 

 convention, and this lady will be introduced to the 

 bee-keepers, and presented with a handsome gold 

 watch on the stage at the fairgrounds. 



Thursday, Nov. 8, is bee-keepers day at the lair. 

 and advertised that way by the Fair Association. I 

 believe it would be a good idea to go ahead and adver- 

 tise the convention, so that we shall have a good at- 



The Grand Central Hotel, which is to be headquar- 

 tersfor bee-keepers, is only one block from the I. G. 

 & N. passenger station, so it would be well to men- 

 tion that bee-keepers had better buy their tickets so 

 as to arrive over that road, then they will have only 

 one block to walk to be at home. While all of the 

 roads connect with the other depots, and pass by the 

 hotel, yet it is more convenient simply to step off and 

 walk one block. Udo Toepperwein. 



San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 20, 1906. 



The Texas people, as I know from person- 

 al experience, are a hospitable set. They 



will doubtless entertain on a scale that was 

 never attempted before. It will i)e a grand 

 time for the bee-keepers of the North to see 

 a part of the sunny South as typitied in some 

 of the best bee country in the world. Then 

 this great State is so broad that it has room 

 for all — no need of bee-keepers encroaching 

 on the territory of another. While Texas 

 has had a poor season, or two of them, in 

 fact, her honey resources rank the highest of 

 any of the States, taking one year with an- 

 other. The United States census report 

 places the State in the lead, and all other 

 evidence puts it there also. If there is any 

 bee-keeper who is in ill health, and must 

 make a change, let him go to Texas and see 

 for himself the great people located there. 



OUR CANADIAN DEPARTMENT. 



Our readers will have noticed that in the 

 last issue we introduced a Canadian Depart- 

 ment, the same lieiug conducted by Mr. R. 

 F. Holtermaun, of Brantford, Canada. Mr. 

 H. needs almost no introduction to our read- 

 ers. For a number of years he edited the 

 Canadian Bee Journal, but resigned his po- 

 sition to go into evangelistic work. Then 

 he took up bee-keeping, and is now one of 

 the most extensive honey-producers in Cana- 

 da, and, I might say, in all North America. 



He is peculiarly well fitted for the position 

 of a department editor. In the hrst place, 

 he has been a bee-keeper in a large way for 

 many years; has traveled over Ontario as a 

 lectui'er on bees; was the experimenter for 

 the Ontario experiment station; and during 

 the time that he was engaged in that work 

 he gathered a good deal of valual)le knowl- 

 edge concerning our pursuit. In addition to 

 all this he has been keeping bees for the mon- 

 ey there is in them, and has made it too. 

 This necessarily accentuates the practical 

 side of the man, and consequentlj^ his writ- 

 ings will have the value of both the scientific 

 and the practical, based on the knowledge 

 gained from a long and varied experience, 

 and not on that gained from a few colonies 

 kept only for experimental purposes. 

 Gleanings, therefore, believes it is fortunate 

 in securing for its Canadian readers, as well 

 as those in the United States, as a member 

 of our editorial staff a man so well fitted for 

 the position. 



are bees reflex machines? 

 We ai'e glad to announce to our readers 

 that we have secured the translation of an 

 exceptionally valuable paper liy Dr. H. von 

 Buttel-Reepen, a German scientist and a 

 bee-keeper, on the subject, "Are Bees Re- 

 Ilex Machines'.'" Nothing published since 

 the days of Huber goes more closely into the 

 habits of Ijees, and explains wliy they do 

 certain things, than this work. While the 

 title, "Are Bees Refiex INIachines?" might 

 suggest a complicated scientific discussion, 

 yet I am glad to say that it is one of the 

 most interesting discussions on bee-life, and 

 some of the varied phenomena connected 

 with their movements, that has ever been 



