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OEORQE W. YORK. Editor. 





39th YEAR, 



CHICAGO, ILL,, MARCH 2, 1899, 



No. 9, 



Report of the California Bee-Keepers' Convention 



BY JOHN H. MARTIN. 



The ninth annual meeting of the California State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association was held in the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, in Ivos Angeles, Jan. 11 and 12, 1899. 



The meeting- was called to order by Secretary Mcliityre 



at 2 p.m., Jan. 11. In the absence of Pres. Hatch, Mr. C. 

 H. Clayton was elected President /rofe/w. 



The first paper presented was by Mr. Geo. W. Brodbeck, 

 on "The Bee-Keeper of the Future." The needs of better 

 methods of management were pointed out, the results would 

 be larger yields and a better quality of honey, all of which 

 desirable results will surely come — in the future. 



The Secretary read the following paper from Mr. W. A. 

 Pryal, after which followed a lengthy discussion : 



Our fiigantic Honey-Producer—The Eucalyptus. 



I do not want it understood from the title of this paper 

 that the eucalyptus, or Australian gum-tree, is a gigantic 

 producer of honey, but I wish simply to let you know that I 

 consider it a great, big nectar-yielding tree of incompara- 

 ble value to the honey-bee and her owner. 



I have not seen a larger tree in America that secretes 



Blue-Gum on Right ytn bloom)~Rcd-Gicm on Left (the tallest of all)-CaliJonna Laurel or Bay-Tree Km lefthand eorner) 



—Blue-Gums on the Hill at the Left. 



