. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. September, 1914. ceptember. 1914. ^^^^^Amgrican Hee Jonrnal ^Amgrican "Bee ^onrnS^^P^. There Was a Jolly Crowd at^the Deilotnes, Iowa, Field Meet on July 16 and supers which enable^ us to secure our large crops ? We did not ask how much honey they extract in a day. Neither did we dare tell them how much zve extract, for fear of unbelief. Labor being cheap, time is no object, in Switzer- land, and we often saw a whole family of seven or eight, men, women and children, exceedingly busy in an acre of wheat. What would t icy say if they saw our 40-ac
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. September, 1914. ceptember. 1914. ^^^^^Amgrican Hee Jonrnal ^Amgrican "Bee ^onrnS^^P^. There Was a Jolly Crowd at^the Deilotnes, Iowa, Field Meet on July 16 and supers which enable^ us to secure our large crops ? We did not ask how much honey they extract in a day. Neither did we dare tell them how much zve extract, for fear of unbelief. Labor being cheap, time is no object, in Switzer- land, and we often saw a whole family of seven or eight, men, women and children, exceedingly busy in an acre of wheat. What would t icy say if they saw our 40-acre fields cut by one man, with two or four horses, and a binder, in three or four days ? But the Swiss raise fine grain, and whatever they do is done well. While in Zurich we were more than once sorry of not being able to speak German. But we found enough people who spoke French or English fluently to get along fairly well. We had a most enjoyable visit, for all these people treated us with wonder- ful hospitality, as well in fact as if they had known us for years. With the French Swiss, we rather expected a hearty welcome, for we had already a mutual acquaintance, and were not disappointed. But the hearty recep- tion of the German Swiss was espe- cially appreciated, since it was unex- pected. On our return from the mountain we met the renowned Dr. Kramer, the president of the German-Swiss Bee Association, who was thought by his friends to be still on his summer vaca- tion in the Engadine. He made us promise to visit him the next morning. We did. Dr. Kramer is a strong personality. He has been called by critics " the Czar of Swiss ; He is the posi- tive head of a strong association. At the last report received by us, it num- bered 9543 members, divided into 110 sections. This is aside of the Societe Romande of western Switzerland. They have 36 experiment stations. But these contained only 64 colonies in all, too small a number for practical compara- tive e
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