. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. January, 1914. 17 American Vae Journal pictures were for the beekeeper who was in the least inclined to build air castles. Migratory beekeeping was es- pecially mentioned in his talk. The association was especially fortu- nate in having with them Mr. J. P. Munson, of the Michigan Horticultural Society. Mr. Munson, in his talk, showed plainly the difficulties that be- set the fruit grower when spraying his trees, and in return asked that the bee- keepers teach why the fruit grower should have consideration for bees. There was no room left for doubt tha
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. January, 1914. 17 American Vae Journal pictures were for the beekeeper who was in the least inclined to build air castles. Migratory beekeeping was es- pecially mentioned in his talk. The association was especially fortu- nate in having with them Mr. J. P. Munson, of the Michigan Horticultural Society. Mr. Munson, in his talk, showed plainly the difficulties that be- set the fruit grower when spraying his trees, and in return asked that the bee- keepers teach why the fruit grower should have consideration for bees. There was no room left for doubt that the bees cannot puncture fruit, and that they were necessary for the pol- lenation of fruit flowers. Michigan is especially fortunate in. just starting on this subject, the ad- dress was listened to with great inter- est. The Ontario Beekeepers' Asso- ciation has nearly 1500 members, and the audience was told how these mem- bers were secured, and what the work at the Ontario Agricultural College was doing for the students in college. It was very much regretted by the beekeepers present that Mr. Ira D. Bartlett could not be at the convention, but a short paper by him was read on "Wintering Bees ; The subject assigned to Mr. Bartlett was "Wintering Bees on Summer ; but Mr. Bartlett's experience has been wholly with wintering bees in clusters of four, and not simply on the original summer stands. Mr. D. Running, of Filion, Mich., gave a very interesting talk on his method of wintering bees in cellars, and also gave a description of a cellar he has built for the express purpose of wintering all his colonies. There is no doubt that in his location cellar wintering is the best method of carry- ing bees through the winter. The editor of the Beekeepers' Review, Mr. Townsend. talked on " The Pro- duction of Extracted ; As stated in the Review a few months ago, Mr. Townsend and his sons practice wintering their bees with a shallow
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