. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. One of the Apiaries of Pierre Odier, Switzerland. Convention ^ Proceedings The Wisconsin State Meeting The Wisconsin State Beekeepers' As- sociation met in convention in Madi- son Feb. 2. N. E. France was elected temporary president. The Assembly Room was well filled, over 80 beekeep- ers, including 8 lardies, being present. Rev. Francis Jaeger, of the University of Minnesota, addressed the conven- tion on " Present Needs of Wisconsin and Minnesota ; His argu- ment was a comparison of old-time and present day methods, no
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. One of the Apiaries of Pierre Odier, Switzerland. Convention ^ Proceedings The Wisconsin State Meeting The Wisconsin State Beekeepers' As- sociation met in convention in Madi- son Feb. 2. N. E. France was elected temporary president. The Assembly Room was well filled, over 80 beekeep- ers, including 8 lardies, being present. Rev. Francis Jaeger, of the University of Minnesota, addressed the conven- tion on " Present Needs of Wisconsin and Minnesota ; His argu- ment was a comparison of old-time and present day methods, not only in bee- keeping but in dairy work. He urged beekeepers to organize along the same lines as the various agricultural socie- ties. M. E. Eggers spoke on, "Should a young man specialize on beekeeping ?" The report of A. C. Allen, delegate to the National, was substantially as pub- lished in the Beekeepers' Review. A committee on resolutions was ap- pointed, consisting of E. B. Rosa, H. H. Moe, and Herman Gloege. The convention adjourned until 1:30 At 1:30 the meeting was called to order, and Rev. Francis Jaeger ad- dressed the convention on " A separate department of beekeeping at the State Agricultural ; Brother Jaeger showed the necessity of its being not only separate, but independent, as in the Minnesota University. Here in Wisconsin it is a department of the Agricultural College. Under Prof. Sanders it is perfectly satisfactory to the Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Asso- ciation, but it might not be so under a possible successor. Prof. Sanders spoke on " The value of a single beekeeping course at the State Agricultural ; He is held in high esteem by the beekeepers, and always commands close attention. L. V. France exhibited charts, show- ing distribution of different honey- plants, number of colonies, etc., in the different counties of the State. Mr. France stated that answers to his in- quiries had not been as full
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