. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Published Monthly by The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. Vol. XI FEBRUARY, 1901 No. 2 NOTES FROM THE ONTARIO CO. () BEE-KEEPERS'CONVENTION. BY F. GKEIXEK. THE bne-keepers of Ontario County and vicinity convened in Canan- dai^ua, as had been advertised in the bee journals and local papers, on December 13 and 14, 1900. The sessions were well attended, quite a number of counties being represented. An was made in the Constitution, which on the face may seem unimportant, viz.: Voted to raise the membership fee from 50 cents to $1. Half of
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Published Monthly by The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. Vol. XI FEBRUARY, 1901 No. 2 NOTES FROM THE ONTARIO CO. () BEE-KEEPERS'CONVENTION. BY F. GKEIXEK. THE bne-keepers of Ontario County and vicinity convened in Canan- dai^ua, as had been advertised in the bee journals and local papers, on December 13 and 14, 1900. The sessions were well attended, quite a number of counties being represented. An was made in the Constitution, which on the face may seem unimportant, viz.: Voted to raise the membership fee from 50 cents to $1. Half of this amount is,to be sent to the National Bee-keepers' Association; thus each member of the local association will also be a member of the National. The advantages of belonging to the national body were broughr, vividly to the minds of the bee-keepers by the re- cent Utter case. The interest of the bee-keepers and the safety of the pur- suit are at stake. Awake, brother bee- keeper, send in your mite, join the National Association and thus help carry on the war against ignorance and malice. The programme was carried out with some changes. In his address of wel- come Mr. H. L. Case spoke in a very interesting manner. He said: The interest in a business is largely governed by the success of those engag- ed in the pursuit. As a rule the bee- keepers are determined and enthusiastic and even after years of small profits tliey hold on with hope. If it were not for the fascinatidu and love many a one would diop out of the ranks. \Ve are living in an age of great advancement. I remember well, when a boy, my father keepintr many skeps of bees; yet I don't remember at that time that I ever saw a queen bee, and I don't think my father ever did. At times my father would leave me all alone with the sixty or more colonies of bees, and what a time I had—a swarm hanging in the utmost top of a maple tree, another clustered in a crotch of an old apple tree, or amidst tlie wild grape vine in th
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