. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July, 1908. American Hee Journal to secure his promise to tell us, at the coming National convention, all about the bee-keeping of Hawaii, illustrating his talk with stereopticon views taken while at the islands. Those who are fortunate enough to be present may ex- pect a treat. Live Bee Demonstrations. Few things will attract and hold a crowd better than the handling of bees instrumental in making the occasion a success. "Odessa Apiary" The picture I send you is part of my Odessa Apiary which is located near Williamsport, Pa. The man in the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July, 1908. American Hee Journal to secure his promise to tell us, at the coming National convention, all about the bee-keeping of Hawaii, illustrating his talk with stereopticon views taken while at the islands. Those who are fortunate enough to be present may ex- pect a treat. Live Bee Demonstrations. Few things will attract and hold a crowd better than the handling of bees instrumental in making the occasion a success. "Odessa Apiary" The picture I send you is part of my Odessa Apiary which is located near Williamsport, Pa. The man in the pic- ture is Charlie Propst, hunting for a queen. I have 50 colonies of bees, all Carniolans bred from imported queens. P. H. "Odessa Apiary' in a wire cloth cage. A good demon- strator can do very effective missionary work at such times, or, if at fair, large quantities of honey may be sold at such demonstrations. Of course, to a bee- keeper, the handling of bees is no nov- elty, but not every one of us knows how to handle bees in a cage in the most successful and agreeable, yet novel manner, hence it will be interesting to know that E. R. Root has consented to bring a cage to the National conven- tion, and give an actual demonstration of how he makes this exhibition. Surely there are three very interesting things, and especially the latter cannot be printed on paper so that those who remain at home will get a very clear idea of it. Better arrange to be at Detroit, if at all possible. Remember the place and time—Detroit, October 13, 14 and 15, 1908. OF P. H. Propst. Apiary of Freeman Davis The picture I send was taken just as the peach-bloom was commencing to open. I packed 19 colonies for winter last fall, and all were alive this spring, but 3 were queenless. The two piles of hives without tar-paper wrappings It has not been needed, so they have "millions of honey at their house" and are strong, powerful colonies. The hives are all home-made. The co
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