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THE AMERICAN BEE JOLHiMAC. 



July 7, 1904. 



cation, and intelligent care to succeed in it. The sooner we 

 impress this upon the bee-keeper, or prospective bee-keeper, 

 the better for our honey markets. 



My remarks have been lengthy, perhaps, rather than 

 weighty. I have given you my best upon the subject. You 

 have asked me to speak upon the subject, your quarrel must 

 then be not with me, but yourselves. Doubtless the discus- 

 sion will bring out something you have as bee-keep-irs in 

 this State — the material and characteristics of people who 

 can meet to advantage. You have large personal experi- 

 ence, often handed down from generation to generation. 

 You are willing to impart information, and yet you realize 

 all is not known, and new thoughts advocated will be duly 

 weighed and valued. You have also in my visits shown 

 that grand characteristic, courage to combat ideas which in 

 your estimation are wrong, and a willingness to give credit 

 where right, regardless of personal feelings. I wish you 

 every success. R. F. Holtermann. 



Mr. France — Be sure your honey-barrels are clean. Put 

 them in the attic a year ahead and drive the hoops often. 

 In the alfalfa districts a great many use tins for storage. 

 The black from the iron darkens the honey. Never wash 

 an extractor till you want to use it. Leave it coated with 

 honey. Tin is better than galvanized iron. 



A sample glass of syrup was shown, labeled " White 

 Clover Honey Compound — 25 percent Honey and 75 percent 

 Corn Syrup." 



Mr. Stewart — Why does not the manufacturer call it 

 syrup compound ? 



Mr. Betsinger — It is being sold as honey. 



Mr. France — The New York law is the best of its kind 

 we have. Keep after these compound fellows. Make it un- 

 popular. 



Mr. Cass, who is a dealer in honey, said that the con- 

 vention last year did a lot of good among the dealers, by 

 calling attention to this stuff. 



Mr. West — We largely knocked out this business. It 

 was brought up in the grocers' associations. The penalty 

 is the regular penalty of the agricultural law. 



MR. HERSHISER ON "CROP REPORTS." 



1. We could get them best through the General Manager 

 of the National Association, because the honey of one State 

 alone has not much influence on the markets of the coun- 

 try. All should join the county associations, and by this 

 means the National. 



2. What is an average crop in the various parts of the 

 country ? This is a subject for study, and will take several 

 years to ascertain. Good crop reports are given in Glean- 

 ings every year. We should be willing to pay for crop re- 

 ports. 



3. There should be four reports in the year. 1st, from 

 Cuba ; 2d, from Texas and California ; 3d, from all white 

 honey sections about the middle of August ; and 4th, from 

 late honey. O. L,. Hbbshiser. 



Mr. Hutchinson — Foul brood inspectors would not get 

 fair reports because their work is among diseased apiaries, 

 and they have no time to visit others. 



Mr. Hershiser — The General Manager should do this 

 work and receive a salary in accordance with his duties. 



Mr. France — This would be very expensive. A single 

 report would cost $75 to $80. 



Mr. Hershiser— Let those who get a full crop report pay 

 25 cents or so for ft. It is worth it. 



Mr. Betsinger— A National report would be a farce— too 

 slow. 



Mr. Hershiser was appointed to take charge of the New 

 York State honey exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition this 

 year. 



The various foul brood inspectors reported on their work. 



Mr. France reported that an association had been 

 formed to be known as the North American Foul Brood 

 Inspectors' Association. It is to meet in Buffalo next June, 

 and hold a school on bee-diseases, at which lectures will be 

 given by some eminent bacteriologist. 



COPIES OF RESOLUTIONS. 



Resolutions of thanks were passed to those who had 

 taken part in the program, and to those who had come from 

 a distance. Also the following : 



Whereas, We believe the exhibition of the working 

 apiary, in connection with exhibits of the products of api- 

 culture at our last New York State Fair, was beneficial, and 

 of great value in instructing and educating the public in 

 the methods of securing pure honey ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That it is the sense of the New York State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, in convention assembled at Syra- 

 cuse, Jan. 15, 1904, that the exhibition of such a working 

 apiary at the annual State Fair be continued ; and we here- 

 by ask the New York State Fair Committee to make proper 

 and adequate provisions for such exhibition at the next and 

 following State Fairs ; and 



Resolved, That the secretary of this Association be and 

 is hereby directed to forward a copy of these resolutions to 

 the secretary of the State Fair Committee. 



Whereas, The Secretary of Agriculture, in his last 

 report to the President, strongly urged the transformation 

 and development of the Division of Entomology of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture into a bureau ; 

 and 



Whereas, It is the sense of the bee-keepers, of whom 

 there are over 700,000 in the United States, that the apicul- 

 tural industry does not and never has received recognition 

 from the general government ; therefore. 



Resolved, That the New York State Association of Bee- 

 Keepers' Societies in convention assembled, most heartily 

 approve of the recommendation of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, that the Division of Entomology be transformed 

 into a bureau, and that we repsectfully, but earnestly, re- 

 quest the representatives of the State of New York in Con- 

 gress to support and use ther best endeavors to secure the 

 desired change. 



Resolved, That the secretary of this Association be and 

 hereby is directed to forward copies of these resolutions to 

 the Representatives of the State of New York in Congress, 

 and to the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of 

 the State and House. H. S. Ferry, 



Orel Hershiser, 

 Geo. B. Howe. 



[ Our Bee-Heepin§ Sisters] 



Conducted by Emma M. Wilson. Marengo, 111. 



German Honey-Cakes. 



Eight cupfuls sugar ; two cupfuls honey ; four cupfuls 

 milk ; one pound English walnuts ; three cents' worth each 

 of candied lemon and orange peel ; five cents' worth citron 

 cut fine ; two large tablespoonfuls soda; two teaspoonfuls 

 ground cloves; two teaspoonfuls ground cinnamon. Put 

 the milk, sugar and honey on the stove to boil 15 minutes, 

 skim ofi" the scum and remove from the stove. Put in the 

 nuts, spices and candied fruits. Stir in as much flour as 

 can be done with a spoon. Set away to cool, then mix in 

 the soda. Cover and let stand over night, or a few days if 

 possible. Then stir in enough flour to make a stifif dough ; 

 roll out little thicker than for ordinary cookies, and cut in 

 fancy shapes. Will keep for months; in fact, they are not 

 good until they have been made a few weeks, at least. — 

 Mabei. PeelE, in Rural New Yorker. 



Getting- Bees Out of a Hig-h Tree, 



I can tell the sisters a better way than the brethren. 

 Carbolic acid. It won't hurt the bees, but will make them 

 let go, and get out in a hurry. I had a swarm come out last 

 week, that was very high-minded. It settled in the top of a 

 high cedar on the front. I had a 12foot strip, and one 10 

 feet long, and I nailed the two together and put a good-sized 

 piece of rag with saltpeter on it and put on the pole and set 

 fire to it. It was hard work to raise that long pole, but I 

 got it up and poked it in among them. They swarmed out 

 around the top of the tree, and I did not see anything of 

 them, so I thought they had left for the woods. After a 

 while I heard them, and went inside of the trees, and they 

 were settling on a limb a little further along, and not quite 

 so high, but in as bad a place, so I got the pole on the out- 

 side on the road. 



I had just made a lot of saltpeter rags, and had put on a 

 piece of a child's little dress, took some fine wire and tied 

 it to the end of the pole, struck a matcli and held it to the 

 bottom and let them down. One of ihe neighbors came 

 along, and he raised the pole for me. i told him to poke it 



