. Gleanings in bee culture . THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE the educational side: Beekeeping has beentaught at the Ontario Agricultural College,Guelph, since 1909. Credit must be givento Morley Pettit for his work as provincialapiarist and head of the department of api-culture for nine years, as being largely in-strumental in placing apiculture in the po-sition it occupies at the present time. Todaywe have a fine stone and brick building, de-voted entirely to apiculture, which costabout $60,000. We have an apiculture op-tion leading to a bachelors degree, at theend of the four years course. The apicu
. Gleanings in bee culture . THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE the educational side: Beekeeping has beentaught at the Ontario Agricultural College,Guelph, since 1909. Credit must be givento Morley Pettit for his work as provincialapiarist and head of the department of api-culture for nine years, as being largely in-strumental in placing apiculture in the po-sition it occupies at the present time. Todaywe have a fine stone and brick building, de-voted entirely to apiculture, which costabout $60,000. We have an apiculture op-tion leading to a bachelors degree, at theend of the four years course. The apicul-ture option is based on biological subjects,and students taking this option must haveat least two years experience with a com-mercial beekeeper. This insures that thegraduates will be practical as well as re-ceiving the scientific training. The apiaryconsists of about 200 colonies, including aspecial queen-breeding apiary. There aretwo annual short courses, one of two weeksin January and a one weeks course in June. .rp^i^i. The new ;i])iculUuul lnulJiii,i; uf tliu Uiilario A^ii- cultural College, Guelph, Ont. It is said to be the finest building devoted wholly to beekeeping in America. Ontario has a successful beekeejiers asso-ciation, with a membership this year of near-ly 1500. Our annual conventions are alwayswell attended, and speakers from variousstates in the Union have declared that ourattendance is larger than that of any simi-lar convention elsewhere in North year the association has purchased hon-ey containers, supplies, over 3000 queens and2500 nuclei and package bees for its mem-bers. At the annual convention, to be heldat the Prince George Hotel, Toronto, onDecember 6, 7 and 8, we expect to launch aco-operative buying and selling organization,and in view of the volume of business doneduring the year, amounting to over $70,000,without special organization, there is everyprospect of a successful start. At the Ca-nadian National Exhibition held in Toron
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