. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Manage Justice, of the California Honey Producers' Association, and Charlie Edsi so busy discussing honey markets that they did not see the camera man. as one hundred tons of honey in one season, in California, his word car- ried weight and everybody seemingly wanted to shake his hand and ask him to help with their particular problems. E. R. Root, the genial editor of Gleanings, gave some interesting his- tory of the development of the bee- keeping industry. He appeared on the last day of the course, after the tension was somewhat relaxed. Anec- dotes
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Manage Justice, of the California Honey Producers' Association, and Charlie Edsi so busy discussing honey markets that they did not see the camera man. as one hundred tons of honey in one season, in California, his word car- ried weight and everybody seemingly wanted to shake his hand and ask him to help with their particular problems. E. R. Root, the genial editor of Gleanings, gave some interesting his- tory of the development of the bee- keeping industry. He appeared on the last day of the course, after the tension was somewhat relaxed. Anec- dotes of Langstroth, Heddon and other pioneers furnished an interest- ing diversion after the heavy grind of fundamental instruction. Of spe- cial interest was his account of the controversy over the size of the hive in the early days when Charles Da- dant advocated the large hive, while Hutchinson and Heddon went to the other extreme. Mr. Root paid a tribute to the constancy of the advo- cates of the large hive and was free toadrrit that a larger brood-chamber than that furnished by a single-story 10-frame hi\e is necessary for best results. Frank C. Pellett, associate editor of the American Bee Journal, discussed the subject of bee inspection. As State Inspector for Iowa for a period of five years, he has been through the mill and tried to present the sub- ject from the standpoint of practical protection for the beekeeper. He out- lined the difficulty of getting results by the quarantine method, after a disease has been widely distributed. He outlined the difficulties of an in- spector and pointed out possible dan- gers through improper methods of law enforcement. The substitution of educational for police methods was recommended as more likely to se- cure satisfactory results. Sidelights on the Courses Thanksgiving day came during the San Diego meeting and it was fin red that most of the beekeepers would go home to celebrate the day and leave the staff to themselves. Not so, howe
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