ANNUAL MEETING, I905, MINN, BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 29 



Address by Rev. J. H. Kimball, of Duluth, on "Preparing Comb 

 and Extracted Honey for the ]\Iarket." 



Miss Mary Moeser read a paper on "The Uses of Honey in 

 Cooking." The executive committee was authorized to publish 

 Miss Moeser's paper so that it might be more generally circulated. 



The question box brought out considerable discussion on vari- 

 ous subjects, among them the following:— stimulative feeding in 

 the spring, how to keep down increase, the mixture of different 

 kinds of extracted honey, is it advisable to use shallow frames 

 above a lo-frame hive when working for extracted honey, etc. 



The Thursday morning session opened with instrumental 

 music by Mr. Smith, of the Metropolitan IMusic Co., and a song, 

 "The King's Business," by Miss Ethel Acklin. 



Mr. Russell spoke to the question,, "Shall we invite the national 

 convention to Minneapolis for 1906?" It was unanimously voted 

 that we cordially invite the national convention to meet with us in 

 the Twin Cities at its next annual meeting. 



Prof. F. L. Washburn, State Entomologist, gave a very inter- 

 esting account of his experience with a Carniolan queen and a 

 Caucasian queen, which had been received from the Department at 

 Washington. 



]\Ir. J. M. Underwood, of Lake City. Supt. of Agri., Hort. and 

 Honey Dept., Minnesota State Fair, related his early experience 

 with bees to the amusement of all. He then spoke on the matter 

 of the state fair exhibit, and of the possibility of securing better ac- 

 commodations in the future. 



Mr. Russell gave an outline of his work as foul brood inspector. 

 His commission went into effect August ist. Since then sixty-seven 

 apiaries, containing 2,366 colonies, have been visited. In twenty 

 apiaries, containing 529 colonies, disease was found in all stages. 

 On account of the lateness of the season and the presence of robber 

 bees, it was impossible to ascertain the exact number of diseased 

 colonies. It was deemed best not to make a thorough investigation 

 for fear of spreading the disease. Mr. Russell called attention to 

 one case of a diseased apiary of forty colonies where the owner ab- 

 solutely refused to have the bees treated, giving as the reason for 

 refusal that, "they are going to be sold anyway," Some of those 

 diseased colonies were sold. However, they were traced, and some 

 of them destroyed, with the consent of the owner. In closing Mr. 

 Russell expressed his appreciation of the kindness and courtesy 

 which had been extended to him by nearly all of the bee-keepers 

 with whom he had come in contact. 



