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THE BEE-KEEPBUS' REVIEW 



course in bee culture, in charge of 

 the college officials. There will 

 also be held a hive products show 

 and every bee keeper is urged to 

 contribute something to its success. 

 Bring samples of your best product 

 and enter the competition. 



It is hoped Prof. Bartholomew 

 will be able by that time to com- 

 plete a standard*of perfection for the 

 judging of queen bees to present 

 to the association as a standard of 

 judging future exhibits within the 

 state. 



Field Notes From Tennessee 



J. M. BUCHANAN, Franklin, Tenn. 



This has been the poorest honey 

 season we have had in several 

 years, very little rain has fallen 

 since April, and as the young clo- 

 ver was damaged by the dry weath- 

 er last fall, there has been very 

 little for the bees to work on. 

 Many localities report a lot of dark 

 honey-dew, thus spoiling what good 

 honey there was. It is safe to say 

 there will not be half a normal 

 crop of honey harvested in the state 

 this year. 



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Never before this season have I 

 been so impressed with the ad- 

 vantages of large brood chambers 

 prior to the honey flow. The col- 

 onies wintered in two-story hives 

 built up rapidly, and very few made 

 an effort to swarm, although run- 

 ning over with bees at the begin- 

 ning of the flow. The season has 

 been to poor to give them a fair 

 chance at honey gathering, but on 

 an average, these colonies have 

 stored twice as much as those win- 

 tered in one story hives. 



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Our Apiary inspector, Dr. J. S. 



Ward is with the Agricultural Train, 



now making a tour of the state 



with an exhibit of agricultural, hor- 



ticultural and apicultural products 

 and appliances. They will visit every 

 railroad town in the state, giving 

 lectures, demonstrations, etc., thus 

 reaching a large number of farmers 

 and beekeepers who never read the 

 Journals. Dr. Ward reports dis- 

 ease conditions in the state to be 

 improving. 



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"Tennessee Agriculture, "a month- 

 ly journal published by the State 

 Department of Agriculture, devotes 

 the larger part of the July issue to 

 beekeeping. There are some good 

 articles on the diagnosis and treat- 

 ment of bee diseases, with illustra- 

 tions. Also articles on beekeeping 

 and farming, honey plants, and the 

 Inspector's report for the year. This 

 should be in the hands of every 

 beekeeper in the state. It can be 

 had for the asking. 



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See that your bees breed up 

 good and strong for the winter. 

 This is the principal factor in good 

 wintering, and consequently of 

 early and prolific breeding in the 

 spring. If there is no fall flow it 

 would pay well to feed a little thin 

 syrup every day through September, 

 to insure brood rearing. 



The Secretary's Corner 



GEO. W. AVILLIAMS, Red Key, Ind. 



I had anticipated much pleasure associations, but illness of myself 



and profit in corresponding with and family has prevented me from 



the Secretaries, Officers and Pro- doing much at it. 

 ducers of the different affiliated * * * * 



