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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



June 



PENNSYLVANIA STATE BEE- 

 KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Pursuant to a call for a convention 

 of tne Bee-Keepers in i'euusylvauia a 

 number of persons met at Williams- 

 port on April 12, and organized the 

 Pennsylvania State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation with the following officers: 

 President, Prof. H. A. Surface, State 

 College; 1st Vice President, E. E. 

 Pressler, Williamsport; 2ud Vice Pres- 

 ident, W. A. Selser, Philadelphia; 3rd 

 Vice President, J. N. Prothero, Du- 

 bois; Secretary, D. L. Woods, Muucy; 

 Treasurer, E. L. Pratt, Swarthmore; 

 Executive Committee, Richard D. Bar- 

 clay, State College; Charles N. Green, 

 Troy; Prof. E. 2s. Phillips, University 

 of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; E. A. 

 Dempwolf, York, and John D. Costello, 

 Harrison Valley. 



The cheif purpose of this organiza- 

 tion is to promote Apiculture in Penn- 

 sylvania and it is to be accomplished by 

 efforts made along the following lines: 

 (1) To secure legislation for the pro- 

 motion of bee-keeping. (2) To suppress 

 the diseases of bees, especially foul- 

 brood, by legislation and by the ap- 

 pointment of a competent State In- 

 spector with deputies or assistants. (3) 

 To secure and promote instruction in 

 bee-keeping at Farmers' Institutes. (4) 

 To secure a series of lectures at the 

 normal session for Farmers' Institute 

 Lecturers to be held in Bellefonte next 

 October. (5) To make it possible for 

 persons to obtain instruction in api- 

 culture at the Pennsylvania State Col- 

 lege. (6) To induce and promote in- 

 vestigation and experimentation in 

 apiculture at the Pennsylvania State 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. (7) 

 To induce and promote investigations 

 and publications by the Division of 

 Zoology of the Pennsylvania State De- 

 partment of Agriculture. (8) To en- 

 force the laws of Pennsylvania against 

 adulteration of honey. (9) To secure 

 laws against spraying fruit trees while 

 In l)Ioom. (10) To obtain statistics con- 

 cerning bees and bee-products within 

 our state. (11) To enter upon a cru- 

 sade of apicultural erlucation in this 

 State, both for producers and consum- 

 ers of honey. (12) To instruct fruit 

 growers and farmers as to the practic- 

 al value of bees as fertilizing agents 

 for their plants, and to show the fact 



that they are wholly beneficial and 

 never injurious. (13) To raise the rank 

 oi Pennsylvania as a honey-producing 

 fetate irom fourth in the Ljnion to first, 

 it possible. (14) To band together all 

 the bee-keepers of the State for the 

 purpose of good fellowship and that 

 strength, which is to be obtained only 

 by union. (15) To make it possible for 

 all persons who are not now keeping 

 bees to add to their revenues by the 

 production of honey, and to increase 

 both the quantity and quality of the 

 honey produced in this state. 



The Association desires the name 

 and address of every man in the State 

 who has one or more colonies of bees, 

 and for this purpose invites persons to 

 correspond either with the President 

 or the Secretary statmg the number 

 of colonies or hives kept, and giving 

 statistics as to the amount of honey 

 and wax produced each year. The 

 membership fee is only one dollar per 

 year, which also entitles the individual 

 to membership in the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, and gives him 

 special protection and assistance at 

 any time it may be required. For ex- 

 ample^if a member of the National 

 Association becomes involved in liti- 

 gation the National Association will 

 fiu-nish expert testimony and counsel 

 such as may be necessary to secure 

 equity in the courts of justice. 



This commendable undertaking 

 should receive a large membership, 

 and all persons interested are invited 

 to send their names, addresses and 

 fees to the secretary, and these will 

 be registered and receipted. 



The next meeting will be held in 

 Harrisburg during the first week of 

 December when several papers will be 

 presented by practical and expert men 

 bearing upon the various problems of 

 bee culturists in our State. 



Correspondence is earnestly so- 

 licited. 



H. A. Surface, President, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 

 D. L. Woods, Secretary, 

 Muncy, Pa. 



"The sample copy of The Bee-Keep- 

 er came to hand yesterday and it is 

 just exactly to my taste. "^ — J. J. Eng- 

 brecht. 



All supplies necessary for the sea- 

 son should be now on hand. 



