Gleanings in bee culture . ion-box arranged by The questions were mailedto him in advance and then he chose compe-tent men to answer them and printed thequestions and the names of those ansAver-ing them on the program. The time and place of the next meetingwas left for the board of directors to de-cide. Des Moines, Iowa. WISCONSIN BEEKEEPERS CONVENTION BY HARRY LATHROP The annual convention of the WisconsinBeekeepers Association has come and was held, as advertised, at the Capitol inMadison, Dec. 9 and 10. Of the instructorsand prominent beemen from other stateswho we
Gleanings in bee culture . ion-box arranged by The questions were mailedto him in advance and then he chose compe-tent men to answer them and printed thequestions and the names of those ansAver-ing them on the program. The time and place of the next meetingwas left for the board of directors to de-cide. Des Moines, Iowa. WISCONSIN BEEKEEPERS CONVENTION BY HARRY LATHROP The annual convention of the WisconsinBeekeepers Association has come and was held, as advertised, at the Capitol inMadison, Dec. 9 and 10. Of the instructorsand prominent beemen from other stateswho were advertised, only Dr. Phillips, ofWnsliington. I). C, was present. The ab-sence of E. R. Root was very noticeable, his appearance being anxiously awaited duringthe first part of the meeting. The generalattendance was better than it had been inmany years. The convention was held inthe Senate chamber, and extra chaiiS had tobe brought in. With an increased atten-(^Tiicc anotlier year, a larger room will haveto be The sessions were crowded with importantpapers ajid questions, and the interest wasalways intense; but the thing of greatestvalue, as we see it, was the paper by , on outdoor wintering of it not seem remarkable that a youngman like Dr. Phillips should go beforeold and experienced beekeepers and havethem willingly and thankfully preserve theattitude of an A B C class? There is aleason: Dr. Phillips, with the aid of hisassociates and the means provided by thegovernment, lias been able to solve ques-tions that could not be solved by individuals,no matter how willing or painstaking theywere. It now seems to the writer that beekeepingis almost to be revolutionized. We havebeen ready to make the claim that dysen-tery is a worse scourge than American fonlbrood. Think of the enormous drain onthe industry through winter losses! We have also been accustomed to figure winterlosses as based on the number of coloniesthat die outright during winter;
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