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address Mr. Weber, o^ Cincinnati, 

 stated that the western honey granu- 

 lates in the com'b and believes that the 

 western bee-keeper who is in the alfalfa 

 honey district should produce extracted 

 honey instead of comb, but that the 

 northern bee-keeper in the clover dis- 

 trict should produce comb honey, as it 

 can be held over without ^anulation. 



Mr. Foster stated he had seen hun- 

 dreds of cases of alfalfa comb honey 

 that did not g^ranulate in two years, 

 and that the granulation occurs where 

 the honey is mixed with other kinds. 



Mr. Muth says we always feel we are 

 swindled when we buy western honey. 

 He knew of one firm who had 4,000 

 cases of comb honey left over from- a 

 year ag-o which had granulated, and 

 which they sold at from. 50'C to $1.00 

 per case. He states that western comb 

 honey is a dangerous thing to handle. 



Dr. Phillips asked if there are locali- 

 ties in which the honey granulates 

 quickly and others where it does not. 

 Mr. Foster stated there was and that 

 it also depended on the season. 



The discussion on western honey was 

 quite vigorously and generally carried 

 on and Mr. Foster says that he had heard 

 of compraints against western comb 

 honey, but he did not realize it be- 

 fore quite- so much as he did at the 

 convention. 



Dr. H. A. Surface stated that many 

 eastern bee-keepers think if the Na- 

 tional helped get cheaper freight rates 

 on western honej^ that it would hurt 

 the eastern crop, Tsut he doesn't feel 

 that way, bacause the home grown 

 product in his opinion is the best. He 

 emphasized the importance of develop- 

 ing your local market, stating that he 

 can get better prices in his own little 

 town than he can from a distant city. 

 - I>r. Surface said he could get 25c per 

 pound for all the comb honey he can 

 produce; that he stamps his name on 

 every section he sells, and has educated 

 his customers to call for his honey. 



Dr. Phillips stated that the local 

 market will not always consume all of 

 the local product. 



Mr. Anderson, 'delegate of the Idaho 

 Honey Producers' Association, says that 

 the State of Idaho produces as fine 

 honey as is produced in the world; that 

 the matter of lower freight rates and 

 closer co-operation is the greatest need 

 of the western bee-keeper. They find 

 that the buyers try to heat them down 

 - — on prices. He regards sweet clover 

 as their greatest honey plant; their as- 



sociation will use this year about six 

 carloads of supplies, all bought through 

 the Association. He states that all 

 their honey is sold through their As- 

 sociation, and that they furnish their 

 members supplies at jobbers' prices, 

 with 5 per cent added for the expense 

 of handling. 



Mr. Francis Danzenbaker, of Vir- 

 ginia, heartily endorsed what. Dr. Sur- 

 face says with reference to developing 

 the local market, and believes that 

 prejudice against candied honey is 

 caused largely by what has been pub- 

 lished regarding sugar honey. People 

 eating the honey and noting the 

 granules jump to the conclusion that 

 it is sugar, 



A call was taken for a show of those 

 who were not delegates to the conven- 

 tion. Am sorry to say that I was un- 

 able to get these names in the short 

 time available, so that I can not give 

 them' to you with any degree of ac- 

 curacy. 



Meeting adjourned at 9:30 p. m. to 

 meet Thursday morning at 8 a. m. 



THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 13TH. 



Meeting called to order by Chairman | 

 B. N. Gates. The first thing taken up 

 was the reading and hearing of invita- 

 tions from different cities for our next 

 annual meeting. The Secretary read 

 invitations from the cities of Buffalo, 

 both from the Mayor and from the 

 Chamiber of Comimerce; an invitation 

 was als'o received from Chicago 

 through the Chicago Association of 

 Commerce; San Francisco sent in an 

 invitation from the San Francisco Con- 

 vention Bureau. This invitation, how- 

 ever, is for the year 1915, at which time 

 the Panama Pacific International Ex- 

 position will be held. An invitation 

 from the Mayor of New Orleans was 

 also received, and one from the New 

 Orleans Conventions and Tourists 

 Bureau; Secretary Tyrrell presented a 

 personal invitation from Detroit; 

 Director Wesley Foster one from Den- 

 ver; Delegate J. J. Anderson one from 

 Idaho Falls, and delegate Ralph B. 

 Daly for either Rochester or Buffalo, 

 but favored Rochester; Dr. B. N. Gates 

 spoke in favor of holding the next con- 

 vention in the northeast; Washington 

 was considered, and both Secretary 

 Tyrrell and Editor E. R. Root spoke ir, 

 favor of Washington on account of that 

 city being disappointed in not having 

 the convention this year, after it had 



