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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



tc reap the gold of the mine as 

 chat richer wealth which associa- 

 tion with this noble creature bringr, 

 to the heart. Your efforts, whether 

 crowned with material gain or not 

 are sure of a perfect reward in 

 your contemplation and association 

 with one of the most marvelous 

 creatures found within the entire 

 domain of life. 



Iowa Siiininey Meetings 



The Iowa Bee Keepers' associa- 

 tion has arranged for a series of 

 summer meetings the first of which 

 will be held on May 19 and the 

 last on August 20. Most of these 

 meetings will be in the nature of 

 picnics. Everybody will bring a bas- 

 ket of lunch, the wife and babies 

 and enjoy the day. 



The first field day will be held 

 near McGregor xr North McGregor 

 on May 19. It is desired that all 

 honey producers of Iowa and Wis- 

 consin meet together on this occa- 

 sion and McGregor has been chosen 

 as a convenient point. N. E. France 

 of Wisconsin will be the principal 

 speaker and a large attendance is 

 expected. Bee keepers frcm consid- 

 erable distances have already signi- 

 fied their intention to be present. 



At Colo June 10, the Ladies' Ai'3 

 society will serve dinner at a reafi- 

 enable price and the field meet will 

 be held at the Hall home apiary 

 which is within easy reach of th<^ 

 station. Mr. Hall's big honey house 

 will be used for a convention hall 

 in case cf rain. Prof. C. E. Barthol- 

 omew of Ames will give the princi- 

 pal address. So much interest has 

 been manifested in the Hall meth- 

 ods of honey production that a 

 good attendance is ass^ired. 



At Forest City June 17 the meet- 

 ing will be held on the grounds cf 

 Hon. Eugene Secor, former presi- 

 dent of the National and one of 

 the best known bee-keepers of the 

 middle west, who has kept bees 

 continuously in his present location 

 for forty years. It is hoped that a 

 liberal representation of Minne- 

 sota bee-keepers will be present 

 here as it is but a few miles from 

 the state line. 



At Des Moines July 15 a big day 

 is planned at the Dustman apiary 

 which is convenient to the car line. 

 The committee is planning a series 

 of interesting demonstrations. The 



central location and splendid rail- 

 road facilities frcm all directions 

 makes DesMoines very easy of ac- 

 cess, j 



At Mt. Pleasant July 28 is to be 

 held the fifth field meet of the 

 season. The committee is already 

 making plans for the program with 

 '' P. Dadant of Illinois as one of 

 the speakers. Bee-keepers from 

 -Vestern Illinois, Northeast Mis- 

 souri will find Mt. Pleasant easy 

 to reach and should plan to come. 



On August 12 at Clarinda the 

 friends from Nebraska and Missouri 

 will find a point easy of access 

 and the Strong apiary will be the 

 place cf meeting. Mr. Strong, the 

 <vell known queen breeder has bee 

 keeping bees for almost half a cen- 

 tury will demonstrate his methods 

 of queen rearing. The program will 

 be announced later. 



For several years the bee-keep- 

 ers in. the vicinity of Sioux City 

 have held a tri-state meeting the 

 date of which this year is Sct for 

 August 20. Friends from South Da- 

 kota and Nebraska meet with Iowa 

 bee-keepers for an annual picnic at 

 Riverside and the committee in 

 charge always plan an interesting 

 •p'me. 



A meeting will also b-; ;i^!:! r.i 

 the Coverdale apiary at Delmar 

 the date of which will be announc- 

 ?d later. Coverdale has become fa- 

 mous as a grower of sweet clover 

 as well as an extensive hcney pro- 

 duaer. In planning these meetings 

 the association has tried to place 

 them so that at least one would 

 be within reach of every Iowa bee- 

 xeeper and we hope note will be 

 ma,de cf the times and places and 

 that friends from other states will 

 attend in goodly numbers. 



Bee-Keepers' Review: — Enclosed 

 please find three dollars, one dollar 

 to apply as subscription to Review, 

 Uvo dollars to apply on purchase 

 tund of Review. 



Bees wintered fine out of doors 

 3ut consumed a lot of stores and 

 ^.31 hod thirty pounds and over last 

 fail. Neglected to protect en- 

 I ranees with wire screen and mice 

 had a feast. Never again without 

 wire ! 



Very truly, 



A. MARTINI, 

 Loramoor, Lake Geneva, Wis. 



