. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1917 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 347 Not always is honcydew dark. It may in what appears to be a dark tar-Iikc be light when secreted, but with a honey. "sooty fungus" KrciwiuR In it, results .'Xiuhi-rsf, Mass. Bee-Keeping <^ FbR Women Conducted by Miss Emma M. Wilson, MareoEo, III. Annual Field Day of the Worcester County Beekeepers' Association The Worcester County Beekeepers' Association held their annual field meeting on Friday, August 10, at the home of Mr. Clesson Merriman, School street, Leominster, Mass. Though the morning was showery, i


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1917 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 347 Not always is honcydew dark. It may in what appears to be a dark tar-Iikc be light when secreted, but with a honey. "sooty fungus" KrciwiuR In it, results .'Xiuhi-rsf, Mass. Bee-Keeping <^ FbR Women Conducted by Miss Emma M. Wilson, MareoEo, III. Annual Field Day of the Worcester County Beekeepers' Association The Worcester County Beekeepers' Association held their annual field meeting on Friday, August 10, at the home of Mr. Clesson Merriman, School street, Leominster, Mass. Though the morning was showery, it cleared completely by noon and was beautiful through the rest of the day. The uncertainty of the morning, however, kept away many of those beekeepers who lived at a distance. Til ere was an attendance of forty, who enjoyed the unusually interesting program and the kind hospitality of iiur host. After the basket luncheon, witii which cofifee and ice cream were served, a semi-circle was furnied near Mr. Merriman's well- k. pt apiary, to hear the annual re- port of the Secretary and Treasurer ami the special speakers of the af- ternoon. We were very glad of the opportunity to meet Mr. E. R. Root and listen to the extremely interest- ing story he brought us from the New York honey markets. Mr. O. M. Smith, of Florence, Mass., Presi- dent of the Hampshire, Hamden and Franklin Beekeeper's Association, spoke with feeling and authority on "Giving the Bees a ; He was followed by Mr. Charles M. Stewart, of Johnstown, N. Y., New York State Inspector, who spoke on the same line. Dr. B. N. Gates, of Amherst, emphasized the importance of net weighting all honey packages, and afterwards demonstrated the proper opening and manipulating of a hive of bees, showing a mild case of sae^brood. Most of those present had left by .^ o'clock, after a pleasant and in- structive day. JOSEPHINE MORSE, Secy. Straining Honey Those who produce extracted on a large scale need no instruction


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