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If it is a paying proposition, — 

 a great boon to tlie beekeeper — that 

 if. will conserve the reputation of 

 the beekeeper as well as that of 



our product. I would suggest that 

 the motto on the Bee-Keepers'Review 

 t}iat reads "Keep More Bees" be 

 changed to read "Feed More 

 Sugar." 



Field Notes From Iowa 



By J W. STINE, Salem, Deputy Inspector for Iowa 



The w^arm weather and great amount 

 of rainfall we have had this fall has 

 made the fall flow of honey very good 

 and most colonies are strong in bees 

 and have an abundance of good winder 

 stores. The white clover and dande- 

 lions w'ere in blossom in many places 

 and the bees worked on the dande- 

 lions very much like in the spring of 

 the year but not enough white clover 

 was in bloom for the bees to gather 

 from it. 



On account of our moving from 

 Salem and getting located in our new 

 home in Stockport we did not have 

 time to send in notes for October. In 

 and around this town is a fine location 

 for bees. One man in the town who had 

 a few colonies (nine I believe), sold 

 more horey than was sold by all the 

 beekeepers in ard near Salem. It was 

 nearly all from the fall flowers. There 

 are a number of quite extensive and 

 progressive beekeepers in this county. 

 We hope to have several beekeepers 

 from this part of the state attend our 

 state convention at Ames in November. 

 Do net forget the dates, November 17, 

 18 and 19. 



I was handed this article last sum- 



mer en "The Bee" by AValt Mason. 



"The busy little bee is called a 

 model, by some bores, for it has never 

 loafed or stalled while doing up its 

 chores. It scoots around in frantic 

 haste, and bumbles as it flies; it lets 

 no moment go to Avaste and that we 

 know is wise. And as from flower to 

 flower it bolts, unless you stand aside 

 it sends about a million volts of light- 

 ning through your hide. Now indus- 

 try is bully goods, but it should sea- 

 soned be, e'en in your most impatient 

 moods, with tact and courtesy. Be- 

 cause the bee has lots of biz, it has 

 no moral right to make its red hot 

 stinger whiz into me out of sight. The 

 bee's no model for the gent who'd do 

 the proper thing, for he, though on 

 his business bent, will not by-standers 

 sting; he captivates by winning ways, 

 the ancient and the ycung, and, as he 

 stings no other jays he'll not by them 

 be stung. The bee is always out for 

 scraps, its head is always sore, it 

 shoots its venom into chaps it never 

 saw before; and e'en the ladies and 

 th.e kids it stings as home it flees, and 

 so we ought to put the lids upon the 

 bumble bees. 



October 7, 1914. 



KEEP YOUR OWN MIND. 



We have seen a State Association 

 kept out of the folds of the National 

 for years by a few oily speakers who 

 for some reason do net think well of 

 the Association. In our correspon- 

 dence with many beekeepers of that 

 particular state, we find the producer 

 is with us, but for some untold reason 

 they allow the influence of those few 



to dominate them at their meetings, 

 thus keeping the association from 

 affiliating with the National. We are 

 wondering how long those producers 

 are going to stand for this kind of 

 procedure. You cannot help letting 

 those fellows talk, it is a part of their 

 being, but you CAN VOTE TO YOUR 

 OWN INTEREST, DO IT AT YOUR 

 NEXT MEETING. 



