. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 242 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL July bee behavior, and life of bees, with in- structions as to manipulation and policy of the beekeeper. The second day will deal with the problems of swarming; measures of swarm control, the making of increase, and comb-honey produc- tion. In the afternoon the program will be devoted to queens and queen- rearing. The third day is extracted honey production day, wherein all the phases of production and marketing will be covered. The fourth day is a general field day, and is announced by the Berkshire County Beekeepers Associat
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 242 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL July bee behavior, and life of bees, with in- structions as to manipulation and policy of the beekeeper. The second day will deal with the problems of swarming; measures of swarm control, the making of increase, and comb-honey produc- tion. In the afternoon the program will be devoted to queens and queen- rearing. The third day is extracted honey production day, wherein all the phases of production and marketing will be covered. The fourth day is a general field day, and is announced by the Berkshire County Beekeepers Association. This program will be a general interest one, dealing incident- ally with the diseases of bees, and more especially with the newer problems. The Northwestern Kansas Beekeep- ers' Association held a field meet at Chapman, Kan., May 14. While the attendance was not large it made up in quality what it lacked in quantity. The meeting in the morning was held at the Dickinson county high school and demonstrations in forming queen-rearing nuclei and 3 frame nuclei for sale were made. At noon dinner was served by the cafeteria department of the high school, A. H. Diehl and H. A. Huff standing treat for the visiting members. After dinner, the meeting adjourned to the Golden Belt Apiary where more demonstra- tions were made followed by a number of talks. All present enjoyed the meeting and adjourned to meet later at Blue Rapids, Kan., at the call of the members from that place. Harry A. Huff, Sec Dandelion Honey.—The produc- tion of honey from dandelions has always been an unknown quantity to us here, and the first direct con- tact the Dadants have ever had with the dandelion honey was last summer when our editor tasted dande- lion comb honey in Vermont. And the taste was unmistakable. This year for the first time, we can report that our own bees gathered honey from dandelions. When the bloom was at its height a few weeks ago, at one of our apiaries the bees stored considerable dan
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