Vol. XV 



APRIL, 1905. 



No. 4 



CHAFF FROM THE " CHILLISQUAQUE APIARIES." 



By O. C. Fuller. 



THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION. 





GENERAL MANAGER France 

 says the Pennsylvania State 

 Convention was a good one. I 

 arise to confirm that statement, and 

 will add that the bee-keepers of 

 Pennsylvania who did not attend this 

 meeting, missed an apicultural treat 

 that was well worth the expense of 

 attending. Much credit Is due the of- 

 ficers of tlie Pennsylvania Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association who by their earnest 

 labor have made the convention a suc- 

 cess. The bee-keepers of Pennsyl- 

 vania do. not do things by halves, and 

 with such men as Pres. Surface, Sec. 

 Woods and the efficient executive com- 

 mittee at Its head, the association is 

 Ijouud to forge forward and bring our 

 State forward to the place she ought to 

 pccupy in the list of honey producing 

 States. 



How to Run a Bee Paper. 



Mr. Editor, your suggestion in an 

 editorial in regard to lengthy articles 

 iust .suits me. The average bee-keep- 

 r does not care to peruse a whole 

 lage or perhaps two pages of a jour- 

 nal in order to get a single fact out of 

 I I'ong-winded article, drawn out as 

 ong as a "Waterbiu-y watch spring. It 

 plain facts that the bee-keeper 

 vants, not a lot of flowery and unim- 

 )ortant words to chaw over and wear 

 >ut his brain in the attempt to dis- 

 over their meaning. Another sug- 

 gestion might be offered. That less 



scientific and more practical matter be 

 printed in the bee-papers. We see 

 some very fine scientific articles in 

 some of the bee papers — in fact so 

 fine that we can hardly comprehend 

 their meaning, and from which the be- 

 ginner gets but very little information, 

 and about which the average bee- 

 keeper cares very little. Of course 

 these scientific articles may be read 

 and enjoyed by many advanced bee- 

 keepers, but we can not close our eyes 

 toi the fact that many beginners are 

 following in the wake of the advanced 

 bee-keepers, and it is those that need 

 more practical Information. Science 

 is all right in its place, and we must 

 have some of it in bee-keeping, but let 

 us have a good sprinkling of practical 

 information mixed in. What we need 

 is something that will aid us in handl- 

 ing our bees to the best advantage in 

 honey getting. That is wnat we are 

 most interested in after all. 



Burlap for the Smoker. 



The question is asked: "What is 

 that phosphate sacking, that is recom- 

 mended for smoker fuel?" I believe I 

 can answer that question, as I live 

 right in a phosphate sack region. It is 

 simply burlap made into sacks, in 

 which commercial fertilizers are sold 

 to the farmers, and I know of no bet- 

 ter material for smoker fuel, providing 

 ing it is properly prepared. I get all 

 that I want of it from the farmers. 



