. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. IQOS, American l^ee Journal. Mrficle^Jll Conventions Among Bee- Hives—Alfalfa BY C. P. DADANT. I lately attended the Missouri State Bee-Keepers' convention, held at Carroll- ton, May 26th and 27th. One session of this interesting meeting was held right among the bee-hives at the apiary of Mr. A. Finlayson. In all my experience as a bee-keeper and a member of different associations, I do not remember having ever attended a meeting in the apiary. I am truly enthusiastic over this method. Bee-keepers may talk and discuss in a convention hall, but nothing
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. IQOS, American l^ee Journal. Mrficle^Jll Conventions Among Bee- Hives—Alfalfa BY C. P. DADANT. I lately attended the Missouri State Bee-Keepers' convention, held at Carroll- ton, May 26th and 27th. One session of this interesting meeting was held right among the bee-hives at the apiary of Mr. A. Finlayson. In all my experience as a bee-keeper and a member of different associations, I do not remember having ever attended a meeting in the apiary. I am truly enthusiastic over this method. Bee-keepers may talk and discuss in a convention hall, but nothing will prove as pleasurable as an open-air meet, where the arguments may be completed by practical demonstrations under the eyes of all. It is good for the beginner, good for the practical man, and there are none who will not learn something new, sometimes quite unexpectedly. The program of this meeting was care- fully arranged by the active and inde- fatigable secretary, Mr. R. A. Hole- kamp, of St. Louis. Knowing that there are thousands of bee-keepers in the State who do not yet keep bees by the modern methods, Mr. Holekamp ar- ranged to have this special session for the purpose of demonstrating in prac- tice the transferring of bees from the common box to movable-frame hives. A number of common hives had been brought to the spot the day previous, by Mr. Finlayson, and the demonstra- tion took place in the afternoon of the first day of the meeting. Like a true lover of the bee, the wor- thy secretary took off his coat and went to work, giving explanations as he went on. Some 25 or 30 bee-keepers were present, but it seemed to me that they were all quite practical, and that very few of them needed the lesson in trans- ferring. However, the work was not lost, for it gave rise to comments, and criticisms, and discussions took place on the different methods of transferring bees. In this matter of open-air meetings America may well take example of Eu- rope, where such meetings a
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