36 THE AMERICAN 



MADAGASCAR. 

 Bee-keeping upon this island is 

 hardly in its infancy. There seem 

 to be no frame-hives in use. The 

 government offers a reward of 500 

 francs to the first bee-keeper who 

 operates as many as four frame hives. 

 The bees in the forests are hunted by 

 the natives. The honey is all used at 

 home, but wax is exported in large 

 quantities. — Leipz. Bztg. 



FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 



Of the Pennsylvania State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association. 



The first annual convention of the 

 Pennsylvania State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation closed at Harrisburg at 11 

 p. m. December 7th, having been in 

 session since noon of the 6th. The 

 meeting was most profitable and en- 

 joyable. 



The first session on Tuesday after- 

 noon was devoted to business. Im- 

 mediately after this session the offi- 

 cers of the Association, together with 

 Manager France, of the National, and 

 Mr. Benton, of Washington, D. C. 

 called upon Governor Pennypacker. 

 The Governor showed great interest 

 in the industry represented and asked 

 many questions. The audience lasted 

 full forty minutes. 



On Tuesday evening President Sur- 

 face, State Economic Zoologist, ad- 

 dressed the meeting, dwelling largely 

 upon the education necessary to put 

 our industry upon a more substantial 

 footing. The address was followed by 

 a paper by Dr. E. F. Phillips, of the 

 University of Pennsylvania, Philadel- 

 phia, upon, "Habits of Bees and Some 

 Misapprehensions." 



The Wednesday morning session 

 was taken up entirely by the disease 

 question, which was ably presented by 

 Manager France. 



Wednesday afternoon Mr. Pratt 

 spoke upon "Queen Rearing," Mr. O. 

 C. Fuller upon "Bee-keeping as a Bus- 

 iness" and Mr. Gabriel Heister, ' of 

 Harrisburg, a prominent horticultur- 

 ist, upon "Bees and Horticulture." 



Wednesday evening Richard D. Bar- 

 cley, of the State College, outlined 

 the work which has been done and 

 which was proposed to do in apicul- 

 tural lines at the Pennsylvania State 

 College. Mr. Frank Benton, of the 

 United States Department of Agri- 



BEE-KEEPER. February, 



culture^ presented a most able and in- 

 teresting paper upon "Improvement of 

 Honey Bees." Rev. W. H. Bender, 

 of Adams county, presented a paper 

 upon "Honey-Bearing Flora of Adams 

 County, Pa." 



The convention passed resolutions 

 upon the death of W. E. Yoder, of 

 Lewisburg, concerning desired legis- 

 lation, and thanking those who had 

 favored this association during the 

 convention, and thanking the presi- 

 dent and secretary for their efforts 

 for the past year. 



Worcester, Mass., Jan. 10, 1905. 

 Editor Bee-Keeper: 



Enclosed please find $1.00 to pay 

 for The Bee-Keeper for three years. 

 I like the paper very much. If therp 

 is any place in this country where one 

 can order a colony of Punic bees, , 

 please let me know in next month's 

 issue. S. H. Cheney. 



We know of no one in the United 

 States who has Punic stock for sale. 

 They are advertised in our Queen- 

 Breeders' Directory, however, by Mr. 

 John Hewitt, Brunswick Works, Shef- 

 field^ England. Almost anything that 

 one cares for in tlie queen line may 

 be found by consulting this directory. 

 Our readers should familiarize them- 

 selves with it. Its object is to afford 

 our patrons just such information as 

 is needed in regard to different races 

 and where they may be secured.^ 

 Editor. 



A BEAUTIFUL BEE CALENDAR. 



As a token of kind remembrance, 

 we have received from Mr. W. F. 

 Marks, president of the New York 

 State Association of Bee-Keepers' So- 

 cieties, a handsome calendar for 1905, 

 upon which is embossed a half-dozen 

 heads of clover, in natural colors and 

 gold against a field of blue; with a 

 huge worker bee on the wing, also 

 embossed in colors. A number of 

 smaller bees embossed in white and 

 gold give added beauty to the piec^ 

 as well as emphasize its apiarian ap-r 

 plication. The whole is attached to 

 heavy Kitchell mat-board and' tied 

 with a blue ribbon. It has been given 

 a prominent place by the editor'^ 

 desk. 



