Just a short link to the 1870 article in the American Bee Journal volume 5 / number 11 indicating the beginning of the Chautauqua County Beekeepers Association which BTW is still active. http://bees.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=bees;cc=bees;q1=chautauqua%20county;rgn=full%20text;idno=6366245_6519_012;didno=6366245_6519_012;view=image;seq=0007;node=6366245_6519_012%3A2.5 Dennis Panama, NY USA *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm