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lot of work one cannot expect pay for and in the end your pocket- 

 book will be swollen out larger. 



Now, friend Jones, you have had experience enough along 

 the line of spring handling of bees to be in a position to understand 

 that something is wrong with your management, as experienced 

 beekeepers do not have this trouble you are having to any con- 

 siderable extent. Now for the remedy: I could tell you many rea- 

 sons why you should allow your bees to do their own house-cleaning 

 in spring, but space forbids. At any rate, do not molest the bot- 

 tom boards of your hives this spring. 



Do not molest the bees at all until early in May in your loca- 

 tion, or during- a period of good weather when there is honey com- 

 ing in. The most favorable period to clip queens, or do any spring 

 work with the bees requiring the removal of brood-frames, is dur- 

 ing fruit bloom. Even then, if we do not want our queens "balled" 

 and the consequent loss, do not clip queens or similar work unless 

 the weather is good so the bees can fly and gather some honey from 

 natural sources, and you will be surprised how good natured the 

 bees are to their queen.) 



Southern Conference For Education and Industry 

 Chattanooga, April 27-30, 1915 



If the promoters realize their expectations, this will be a 

 conference of considerable importance. To give the reader some 

 idea of the scope of this conference, we quote at random, some of 

 the committees: (2) Committee on Social Purpose and Studies; 

 (3) Committee on Industrial Training; (4) Committee on Co-op- 

 eration between Universities and Industries; (5) Committee on 

 Agricultural Education ; (7) Committee on the Education of 

 Teachers, etc. The following is the Conference on Bee Culture, 

 which interests us more particularly: 



This Conference will have unusual value for Teachers, espec- 

 ially in Town and Country Schools. The programs will set forth: 



(1) Ways and Means for Studying the Life History of the Bee; 



(2) The Most Effective Method of Culture; (3) The Co-operative 

 Effort Necessary for the Community Industry. It will be shown 

 further how the study of the Bee can be made a regular part of 

 the Public School work, using this as a means for enlisting and 

 preparing the pupils for a lifelong study of Insect Life in general. 



The Chairman of the Conference, Dr. E. F. Phillips, of the Bu- 

 reau of Entomology, is possibly the greatest authority on Bee Cul- 

 ture in this country. Different phases on the subject will be 



