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patch back of his barn, and said he would find out whether 

 Italian bees got honey from clover or not. He took a sheet 

 of note paper with him, and drew a line down the centre of 

 it — on one side he marked "Italian," on the other, "Black." 

 When he came in, he had got the paper full of marks, where 

 he had set down every bee that he saw, and there were just 

 eleven Italians to one black bee found on the large and small 

 heads of red clover. 



Mr. Burgess, President of Connecticut Bee-keepers Asso- 

 ciation. I would invite all members of the association, and 

 all others interested in bees, to remain after the adjournment 

 for further discussion. 



Mr. Augur. I would like to make one suggestion. At 

 the opening of these meetings, we had a description of the * 

 Storrs Agricultural School. It has occurred to me, and I 

 would like to suggest to the directors of that school, whether 

 a colony of bees at the school might not enable the students 

 to study their habits, and be a desirable addition ! 



Adjourned to evening. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order at seven and a half o'clock, 

 by Vice-President Barstow. 



The President. Ladies and Gentlemen, — I have the 

 pleasure of introducing to you, as the lecturer this evening, a 

 gentleman of world-wide reputation as a dairy farmer, Maj. 

 Henry E. Alvord, of Houghton Farm, Mountainville, N. Y. 



Maj. Alvord. It is plainly my duty at the outset to ex- 

 press my appreciation of the large audience here present, and 

 at the same time I am obliged to feel that numbers of you 

 may be disappointed this evening, for the reason that this 

 audience has gathered under a programme announcing as the 

 speaker of this evening a gentleman with whom you are 

 much more familiar than with me. This is an audience 

 gathered for Mr. Olcott, that I have the honor and pleasure 

 of addressing. I want at least to express my appreciation of 



