Mar. 24, 1904. 



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nitrojien from tho air into the soil, so that plants can fnd 

 upon it. The clovers all have these bacteria on their roots, 

 unless it be in soils that are too acid for them to thrive, in 

 which case the clovers will not succeed. It has been discov- 

 ered that sivee/ clover always has abundance of these bacteria. 



JAS. A. STONE, Secretary. 



and therefore is as great a fertilizer as we can get, for the 

 reason that it causes such great quantities of nitrogen to come 

 into the soil, which accounts for its making such rapid 

 growth in any kind of soil." 



He added that, " where the bacteria is not in the soil, it 

 must be sown, or alfalfa will not succeed." 



DRONE FROM A LAYING WORKER. 



Pres. Smith — Can a drone from a laving worlver fertilize 

 a queen ? 



No answer. 



EIGHT FRAMES IN A 10-FRAME HIVE. 



Secretary Stone — Is it better to put only 8 frames in a 

 10-frame hive for extracting? Will they be as evenly sur- 

 faced ? 



Mr. Becker — Yes. 



No one else seemed to have tried it ? 



DROSK-TRAPS. 



Mr. Crim — Is it best to use drone-traps ? 



Some said yes, and some had not tried them. One said, 

 " Keep bantam chickens and they would eat the drones." 



Secretary Stone — I never had as good success in Italianiz- 

 ing as when I used drone-traps. 



FULL SHEETS IN SECTIONS. 



Jas. Poindexter — What percent of gain is there in using 

 full sheets of foundation ? 



Mr. Black — I put into some hives about one-half of each, 

 and they were all filled about the saiiie time. 



Secretary Stone — I once sold some section honey to a 



grocer, who said, " I don't want any more of Mr. 's honey ; 



it seemed to have a tough center, and some of my customers 

 brought it back." 



Adjourned to 10 o'clock the next day. 



SECOND DAY. 



The meeting was called to order at 10 o'clock a.m., Nov. 

 18, with Pres. Smith in the chair. 



INTRODUCING QUEENS. 



This question was again brought up and discussed as to 

 best manner of introducing queens. It was agreed that in 

 cases of the most difficult kind, when a laying worker is pres- 

 ent, the safest way to proceed is to dump all the bees on the 



ground two or three feet from llio hive, and in their mixid-up 

 condition they seem to take up with their new (lueen. 



GETTING BEES OUT OF SUPERS. 



Mr. Crim^What is the best method for getting bees out 

 of supers without the use of escapes ? 



Pres. Smith — I place the supers in a box, leave a small 

 hole in the cover, and the bees come to the light and get out. 



Secrc^tary Stone — I tried this plan once and bees began to 

 rob, so I made a box with a tight cover, in which I made two 

 holes, and over them placed a cone of wire-cloth, and it 

 worked all rigEt. 



GETTING RID OF ANTS. 



Mr. Primm — How do you get rid of ants '.' 



Pres. Smith — Sprinkle powdered borax, or gasoline, 

 around where ants (or roaches) are. 



Secretary Stone — I use crude carbolic acid, diluted 20 

 times. 



KEEPING COMB HONEY FROM CANDYING. 



Mr. Miller — How long can I keep my comb honey without 

 candying ? 



Pres. Smith — Keep it in a warm room, and it will keep 

 indefinitely. 



All agreed. 



On motion, adjourned until 1 o'clock. 



Called to order at 1 p.m., pursuant to adjournment, with 

 Pres. Smith in the chair. 



On motion, proceeded to the election of officers. 



On motion of Mr. Black, the Secretary was instructed to 

 cast the ballot for J. Q. Smith for president for the ensuing 

 year. 



Proceeded to ballot for five vice-presidents with the fol- 

 lowing result : 



First Vice-President, John S. Dowdy ; 2d. J. W. Primm ; 

 3d, Aaron Coppin ; 4th, .lames Poindexter ; Sth, S. N. Black. 



Motion prevailed instructing the President to cast the 

 ballot for Jas. A. Stone for secretary. 



On motion, the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot 

 for Chas. Becker for treasurer. 



Mr. Becker moved that a committee of three be appointed 

 by the chairman to arrange a program for the next annual 

 meeting. Motion prevailed. 



The chair appointed the following committee : J. W. 

 Primm, S. N. Black, and Aaron Coppin. 



On motion of Mr. Black, the Executive Committee was 

 given charge of the publishing of the report of our meetings 

 of the Association. 



Pres. Smith left, and Vice-Pres. Dowdv took the chair. 



CHAS. BECKER, Treasurer. 



Mr. Becker — I think we ought to have assistant foul 

 brood inspectors in different parts of the State, so as to curtail 

 the expense of railroad fare. 



Mr. Primm movedjthat the Executive Committee be em- 



