Gleanings in bee culture . d for a fifteen-day ticket $ rates are much cheaper by way of theexposition than to Harrisburg direct. The National Association is becoming moreand more national in character as well asin name. According to the annual reportfor 1906, the membership in four States ex-ceeds the 200 mark. Wisconsin has 308 mem-bers; Illinois, 285; California, 317; New York,310. Four more States have over 100 mem-bers each—Pennsylvania, 164; Minnesota, 185;Missouri, 133; Texas, 113; Michigan andIowa have 96 and 76 members , Canada, has 53. The rest of thememb
Gleanings in bee culture . d for a fifteen-day ticket $ rates are much cheaper by way of theexposition than to Harrisburg direct. The National Association is becoming moreand more national in character as well asin name. According to the annual reportfor 1906, the membership in four States ex-ceeds the 200 mark. Wisconsin has 308 mem-bers; Illinois, 285; California, 317; New York,310. Four more States have over 100 mem-bers each—Pennsylvania, 164; Minnesota, 185;Missouri, 133; Texas, 113; Michigan andIowa have 96 and 76 members , Canada, has 53. The rest of themembership is distributed among 34 figures are doubtless exceeded at thepresent time, as Mr. Frances list on May 18,as reported through the American Bee Jour-nal, was 8346 — a substantial increase overthe number given in the last annual report. Pennsylvania is one of the great States forbee-keeping, and it is to be hoped that therewill be a good attendance at the convention. 1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 1253. THE SEASON. California, like the whole country, had avery cold backward spring. We had reason,from the generous and timely rains of thewinter, to hope for and to expect a greathoney year. The cold weather kept bothbees and plants from work. The bees wereoften held to the iuves, and the nectar-glandsrefused, in the chilling atmosphere, to pro-duce the coveted sweets. Later the warmthwas more in evidence, and we shall get somehoney. I find that several of our bee-keep-ers have secured about half a crop. I pre-sume that we may claim about that for ourState. We were wont in the olden time tosay that, with good rains in winter, we weresuie of a good honey year; but we now mustadd that these must as surely be followedby warmth and sunshine as the honey-plantsburst into bloom. THE OLD BOYS. I wish to thank most heartily my goodfriend A. I. Root for the kind words regard-ing my friend and old student. Prof. P. Our old students are, like our chil-dren, ever
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