. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 374 November, 1916. American "Bee Jonrnal AMONG EASTERN BEEKEEPERS The First of a Series of Articles by the Editor on His Trip Through a Portion of the East As announced on page 277 of our Au- gust number, I have again taken a trip among beekeepers, this time in the far east. Dr. Burton N. Gates, of Amherst Col- lege of Agriculture, organized this tour by arranging nine field meets of. E. G Carr in Working Garb (See the smile ) beekeepers at such dates as would make it convenient for me. He prom- ised to attend the greater number of them with me,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 374 November, 1916. American "Bee Jonrnal AMONG EASTERN BEEKEEPERS The First of a Series of Articles by the Editor on His Trip Through a Portion of the East As announced on page 277 of our Au- gust number, I have again taken a trip among beekeepers, this time in the far east. Dr. Burton N. Gates, of Amherst Col- lege of Agriculture, organized this tour by arranging nine field meets of. E. G Carr in Working Garb (See the smile ) beekeepers at such dates as would make it convenient for me. He prom- ised to attend the greater number of them with me, and it is to him that I am mainly indebted for the great pleas- ure of this visit among eastern bee- keepers. On July .31, after a railroad journey remarkable only by extremely hot weather, I reached Mt. Holly, N. J., where the smiling face of Mr. E. G. Carr greeted me on arrival. Our read- ers will remember that his photograph was published in the February number of the Bee Journal, page , among the people who are doing the work of Uncle Sam for beekeeping. But in that photograph he is exceedingly serious. You should see him smile to appreciate him. (See halftone in this number.) Mr. Carr is secretary of the New Jer- sey Beekeepers' Association and In- spector of bees for New Jersey. He is an active worker. The first thing I did in landing at Mt. Holly was to look for the Mount. But I could see it nowhere. However, they pointed it to me, a little knoll a mile or two away, in a level plain. They say holly grows upon it. There are a dozen or more similar little humps in the southern half of New Jersey which otherwise would be as level as Illinois. But the northern portion makes up for the southern, since it contains a num- ber of respectable mountains and among other celebrated natural wonders " The Palisades of the ; Is that why thev call it " The sharp backs State "? New Jersey is renowned for its flora, and I learn that it has a more varied hone
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