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niolans stored the most, with the Ital- 

 ians second, they being slightly ahead 

 of the blacks. " There," some one who 

 worships the Italians exclaims, "that 

 proves that the Italians have longer 

 tongues." But as to how they will ex- 

 plain the position of the Carniolans, 

 will be left for us to guess at. 



Let me here digress to say that the 

 Carniolan race of bees has been libeled 

 beyond measure by certain breeders of 

 Italians, without any just reason what- 

 ever. In my humble opinion, the Car- 

 niolans stored more from the red 

 clover than did either the blacks or 

 Italians, simply because they were ever 

 so much more populous than the 

 others. The Italians stored a little 

 more than the blacks because they will 

 work better in a poor flow than will 

 the native bees. No doubt it will be 

 admitted by all who have tried the dif- 

 ferent races, that in a heavy flow of 

 honey the blacks will store just as 

 much as will other races, but when 

 nectar is scarce, thev are more easilv 



discouraged, and lack the " sticktoitive- 

 ness " of the other races. 



This unfortunate trait explains, to 

 me at least, why they stored a little less 

 than did the Italians, and I do not for 

 a moment believe that the length of 

 tongue had anything to do. 



Not that I would try to discourage 

 research along the line of improve- 

 ment in bees for the purpose of work- 

 ing on red clover, or for the propaga- 

 tion of any other valuable traits in our 

 bees, but one thing is certain that no 

 change of any account is going to be 

 made in a few years, let alone for a 

 few months, as a whole lot of queen- 

 breeders tried to make believe was the 

 case only a very few years ago. After 

 all is said and done, it seems more than 

 possible that more headway would be 

 made in experimenting along the line 

 of producing red clover with shorter 

 tubes, than in an effort to get bees 

 with longer tongues ; but up to the 

 present no Burbank has seen fit to 

 carrv out anv work in this line. 



Coiivcntio 



roceedin^s 



The Pennsylvania Convention 



The 6th annual convention of the 

 Pennsylvania State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation was held at Lebanon, Pa., on 

 Sept. 8 and 9, 1909. 



Quite an enthusiastic body of mem- 

 bers and visitors were present, among 

 them being Prof. H.A. Surface, presi- 

 dent of the association ; Vice-Presi- 

 dents Beard and Hornor, active respec- 

 tively in the Lebanon and in the Phila- 

 delphia associations; Dr. E. F. Phillips, 

 in charge of apiculture at Washington, 

 D. C. ; Dr. S. P. Heilman, secretary of 

 the Lebanon County Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Association ; Mr. Wm. 

 A. Selser, widely known in apicultural 

 circles; Messrs. Hahman, Rambo, Cas- 

 sel and Snyder of the Philadelphia As- 

 sociation ; Mr. J. H. Miller, ex-presi- 

 dent of the Lebanon Association, and 

 Mr. E. L. Brown, their present efficient 

 secretary; Messrs. Hacker, Shilling, M. 

 F. Smith, VVengert, Klees, and others of 

 Lebanon or near-by points ; Messrs. 

 Watson and Shirk, of Hanover; Prof. 

 H. C. Klinger, for two years president 

 of our Association ; and a number of 

 ladies, among them being Mrs. H. K. 

 Beard and Mrs. M. L. Laudermilch. 



The program was executed as fol- 

 lows: 



Wednesday Afternoon— Business. 



President's Address. Prof. H, A. Siirfacf. 

 State Zoolocist. of Harrisburg. 

 Election of officers. 



Wednesday EvENisf;. 



Address of Welcome by John H. Miller, 

 ex-president of tlie Lebanon Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, of Myerstown. 



Response by the President. 



" The Distribution of F^rood Diseases in 

 Pennsylvania." liy Dr. l'^. V. Philips, in 

 Charge of Apiculture. Washington. D. C 



"Origin and Progrt'ss of the Lebanon Bee- 

 Keepers' Association." by Mr. FC. L. Brown, 

 secretary of tin- .Association, of Lebanon. 



" .-Vniculture in Juniata County and Vicin- 

 ity." by Prof. F-F. C. Klinger. ex-presidcnt of 

 the State Association, of Liverpool. 



" Kruit and Honey— Can What You Can." 

 by .\Frs. H. K. Beard, of Manheim. 



'IHUKSDAV Morning. 



" Arconi[)lishnuMUs and Aims of the F^hila- 

 delphia Bee-Keepers' Association." by Mr. 

 !•'. llaliman. of I'hiladelphia. 



" Qualities to Be Secured in Queen-Breed- 

 ing," by Mr, Penn G. .Snyder, of Swarthmore, 



' Kxtracted Honey. " by Mr. Harold Hor- 

 nor, of .Jcnkintown. 



" Honey-Dc!W and tlic Pure Food Law," by 

 Mr. Wm. A. Selser, 6f Philadelphia. 



" Conditi<jns of Honey-Production in Leb- 

 anon and Lancaster Counties." by H. K. 

 Beard, of Manheim. 



Thursday Afternoon. 



Ai tlie apiary of Mr. Wayne Shilling, of 

 F^ebanon. demonstrations were given in tlit? 

 methods of handling bees, by Prof. Surface 

 and Messrs. Sliilling and P. G. Snyder. 



Queen-hunting contests were entered into 

 by Messrs. !•'. C. Miller. E. D. Kurtz. E. V. 

 Hackett and O. H. Smith. 



In the President's address Prof. Sur- 

 face gave certain fundamental rules for 

 the bee-keeper to observe, the " golden 

 rule " being to keep every colony 

 strong. The address brought forth a 

 rich freedom of discussion. 



The result of the election of officers 

 was a continuance of the officers of 

 the past year, namely: President, Prof. 

 H. A. Surface; 1st vice-president, Mr. 

 H. K. Beard; 2d vice-president, Mr. 

 Harold Hornor; :5d vice-president, Mr. 

 Geo. H. Rca ; Secretary-Treasurer, A. 

 F. Satterthwait. 



Dr. Phillips illustrated his address on 



the distribution of brood-diseases in 

 Pennsylvania by the use of a map of 

 the State, with colors showing which 

 counties were known to be infected by 

 the one or the other of the two more 

 destructive diseases, which counties 

 had both, and which had none. 



Mrs. Beard had a number of samples 

 of preserved fruits, illustrating her 

 paper on the canning of fruits and veg- 

 etables with honey. Mr. Selser showed 

 samples of honey with varying propor- 

 tions of honey-dew, and urged every 

 bee-keeper to make himself safe from 

 loss by the use of honey-dew honey on 

 the market or in the winter stores. 

 Much evidence was shown of wide- 

 spread loss from the gathering of 

 honey-dew this season. 



The historical sketches of the Leb- 

 anon and of the Philadelphia Associa- 

 tions were valuable, as were also the 

 several other papers. 



Following the pre-arranged session 

 at Mr. Shilling's apiary, quite a number 

 of members visited the orchards of 

 Mr. H. C. Suavely, ex-president of the 

 Pennsylvania State Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation, resident near by, and were ac- 

 corded a most liberal welcome. These 

 orchards afforded an excellent object 

 lesson of the possibilities of producing 

 choice fruits, irrespective of adverse 

 conditions when right methods are 

 wisely applied. 



At a brief session of the association, 

 held at the orchards of Mr. Suavely, at 

 Cleona, Pa., the following resolution 

 was adopted : 



A'ewlved. That we thank Mr. Henry C. 

 Suavely for his courtesy and liberality in 

 welcoming us at Iiis orchards and explain- 

 ing at length his methods in securing most 

 gratifying results in the production of fruits. 



The following resolutions were pre- 

 sented and adopted during the main 

 sessions of the convention : 



At a meeting of the Pennsylvania State 

 liee-Keepers' Association, in annual conven- 

 tion at Lebanon .Sept. 8 and q, 1000. it was 

 agreed that while greatly inconvenienced in 

 our business hy the passage of the late Na- 

 tional I'lne I''ood F,aw. on account of the re- 

 tuiirements of said law compelling us to 

 brand accurately, if at all. each bottle and 

 can of honey rmt up. with the exact flowers 

 or honey-How from which it is gathered, thus 

 entailiTig (he purchase of new and there- 

 labeling of old packages, this has been a 

 great benefit to our business, establishing 

 more confidence in the honest and correct 

 labelingof <jur product, and more confidence 

 between the producer and consumer. 



'F'herefore. it is resolved tliat we highly 

 commend the action of Dr. H. W. Wiley in 

 securing this Pure P'ood Law. and his un- 

 tiring efforts to have it enforced in such a 

 way as to makt; it highly beneficial to the 

 consumer. It is further resolved that we do 

 all in our power to assist Dr. Wiley in his 

 nf)ble efforts to have an honest brand on 

 every package of food put up. 



Further resolutions, prepared by the 

 Committee on Resolutions, were adopt- 

 ed as follows : 



Rrsolved, That we thank the Lebanon 

 (bounty liee-Kecpers' Association for their 

 kind hospitality in entertainment at this our 

 annual meeting. 



Kcsiihicd. That we thank the press for their 

 courtesy in publishing the proceedings of 

 the meeting. 



Resolved. 'I'hat we thank the Dcjpartmcnt 

 of Agriculture at Washington. D. C. for the 

 assistance they gave us through the work of 

 Dr. K. V. Phillips, in the investigation of 

 bee-diseases. 



A'estdi'ed, That we thank the I*resident and 

 other officers of the .Association for the faith- 

 ful performance of their duties and their 

 efforts in trying to secure the passage of a 

 foul-brood law. 



Hesolvcd, 'I'hat a copy of these resolutions 



