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The Northern Virginia Beekeepers’ Association has just recently been organized. 
Clinton H. Shockey, Vienna, Va., is the Secretary. 
The Wisconsin State Beekeepers’ Association has planned to hold its annual con¬ 
vention at Milwaukee, December 14 and 15. 
The University of Wisconsin announced a short course in beekeeping to be held 
at Madison, November 13 to December 20. 
The annual meeting of the Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin Beekeepers’ 
Associations was scheduled to be held at Freeport, Ill., October 17. 
Dr. S. B. Fracker, State Entomologist of Wisconsin, has accepted the secretary¬ 
ship of the American Honey Producer’s League for the remainder of the year. 
November 17 and 18 were the dates set for the meeting of the Oregon State Bee¬ 
keepers’ Association, Professor H. B. Scullen, Corvallis, Ore., Secretary. 
The annual meeting of the Michigan Beekeepers Association was held at the Michi¬ 
gan Agricultural College, East Lansing, January 30 and 31. 
The annual meeting of the Maryland Beekeepers Association was held at Frederick, 
January 10. Dr. E. F. Phillips and Professor E. N. Cory were among the speakers. 
The annual meeting of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association was held at Trenton, 
January 18 and 19. Among the speakers were George H. Rea and Dr. E. F. Phillips. 
The Empire State Federation of Beekeepers’ Co-operative Association, Inc., 
will hold its annual meeting at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y., December 
5-7. O. W. Bedell, Earlville, N. Y., is Secretary. 
The Iowa State Beekeepers’ Association planned a mid-west beekeepers meeting at 
Council Bluffs, Iowa, on November 14 in conjunction with the mid-west Horticultural 
Exposition which ran through the week. 
The annual meeting of the Chicago Northwestern Beekeepers’ Association was set 
for December 4 and 5 at the Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, Ill. J. Frank Haan, 
Des Plaines, Ill., is Secretary-Treasurer. 
According to Gleanings in Bee Culture , Mr. George H. Rea has resigned his position 
as extension specialist at State College, Pa., to accept a position with the A. I. Root 
Co., as service representative. 
Messrs. Bruce Lineburg, A. D. Shaftesbury and B. Kurrelmeyer, who have been 
working temporarily in the bee culture laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology, 
have returned to continue their studies at Johns Hopkins University. 
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., has announced a beekeepers short course and 
conference January 29—February 1. Dr. E. F. Phillips, George S. Demuth and 
Professor H. F. Wilson were expected to be present and make addresses. 
The annual meeting of the Illinois State Beekeepers’ Association was set for 
December 6 and 7, at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Springfield, Ill. Speakers expected 
were E. R. Root, C. P. Dadant, George E. King, and Allen Latham of Norwichtown, 
Conn. 
