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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



so depleted the bees that later not 

 much more surplus would be gath- 

 ered. So the way to prevent swarm- 

 ing and secure a large honey supply 

 is to have a large brood chamber and 

 have plenty of surplus cases on early. 

 I feel sure you will now understand 

 this. 



In regard to your having so many 

 drones, your original hive must have 

 contained a larger amount of drone 

 comb than it should. 



Hoping this will be satisfactory, I 



am. Yours truly, 



J. A. PEARCE. 



Field Notes from Iowa 



By J. AV. STINE, Stockport, Iowa 



I had a rather trying experience 

 with two light swarms coming out, 

 after having moved them from Salem 

 to Stockport the 24th of November. 

 They were rather short of winter 

 stores, so I had prepared some gran- 

 ulated sugar candied to give them, but 

 the day was so warm that they did 

 not wait to receive this- but swarmed 

 out and flew around awhile and then 

 returned. I do not think these swarms 

 would have gone back, for they had 

 a queen that I had missed clipping 

 her wings and I was lucky enough to 

 see her as she came out and caught 

 her and clipped her wings. I gave 

 both these swarms the prepared candy 

 and they have stayed in and are con- 

 tented now. We had some fine wai'm 

 sunshiny days last week, which gave 

 my bees a good chance to fly after 

 their thirteen mile ride in a hay rack 

 from Salem. I placed plenty of straw 

 underneath the hives and every swarm 

 came through in fine shape. I ex- 

 pect to winter the bees in the cel- 

 lar under the house. This seems quite 

 dry and easy to ventilate. 



While there was not as large an 

 attendance at the State Beekeepers' 

 Convention at Ames as was antici- 

 pated the program was of a high 

 order and the short course demonstra- 

 tions by the college officials and 

 others was very interesting and help- 



ful. 



There are a good many beekeepers 

 in Iowa and in other states, too, I 

 suppose, who are like the man who 

 was passing a church and saw an 

 Irishman leaning against it. He 

 asked him if he belonged to that 

 church and the Irishman replied, "No, 

 I'm lainin' that way, though." Many 

 have a leaning toward our associa- 

 tions, but do not join or attend the 

 conventions. We now have 150 mem- 

 bers in our Association and we have 

 taken for our slogan one new mem- 

 ber for each member now enrolled by 

 the time we meet in Des Moines next 

 year. Do not put off until next 

 spring or summer to get your new 

 member, but go after him this win- 

 ter. It is hoped there may be a good 

 sized delegation from Iowa at our 

 National Convention at Denver next 

 February. 



Following is a list of the newly 

 elected officers: 



President — Prof. C. E. Bartholo- 

 mew, Ames. 



Vice President — Mr. Bleasdale, Des 

 Moines. 



Secretary and Treasurer — W. S. 

 Snyder. 



Directors : 



W. S. Pangburn, Center Junction. 



Mr. A. P. Chamberlain, Des Moines. 



J. W. Stine, Stockport. 



The Secretary's Corner 



iiVA}. W. WILLIAMS, Redkey, Iiul. 



The future policy and welfare of 

 the National Association is a mat- 

 ter that we must carefully consider 

 if we wish to attain the usefulness 

 that is possible to reach. To arrive 



at the proper conclusion it would be 

 well to pause for a minute and con- 

 sider for a moment why there is a 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 and why we are Association members. 



