Jan. 17, 1901. 



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these goods are only too willing to use that to assist them 

 in selling the goods. One of them is called, I believe, 

 ■"Malt Honey." There is no honey in the preparation at 

 all. There is another name for it ; they don't care to call it 

 by that name ; they would rather call it b_v the name of 

 "honey." That company has been askt to leave off the 

 name honey from their goods. The other sample is a syrup 

 that is labeled "Honey Syrup." There is no honey in that 

 sample, either, and that was taken by one of our regular in- 

 spectors out over the State, and since the law went into ef- 

 fect, the word "Honey" has been scratcht off. We hope to 

 prevent the use of the word honey altogether on the goods 

 which do not contain honey, unless there is some honey in 

 the preparation, or unless the word "Adulterated" accom- 

 panies the word honey. Of course, they can use the word 

 honey if the word "adulterated" appears in large letters 

 equally as prominent. 



Mr. Green — I have seen honey on the market which was 

 labeled "Imitation Honey," with the word "imitation" very 

 small type. Does that comply with the law ? 



Prof. Eaton — No, sir ; that does not comply with the 

 law. The law requires that the word "adulterated" shall 

 be on in large and conspicuous type. 1 have noticed that 

 myself, but the company that has been putting out the 

 most of it in this State intends to use the word adulterated. 

 This [indicating] shows you the way it should not be, but 

 it gives you an idea of the way the law requires it to be la- 

 beled "Adulterated Honey." You will notice they put this 

 {indicating] in red letters on a red background as they don't 

 show up as well as thej' ought to. Hereafter they have 

 agreed to put on better letters. This is the label the gen- 

 tleman referred to, probably, where the word "imitation" 

 occurs in small letters on one corner and the word "Honey" 

 in prominent letters ; that is illegal. It will be hard to pre- 

 vent, I presume, the use of the word honey in the way I 

 have spoken of, because it will be impossible to apply the 

 same principle to other goods. For instance, selling coffee, 

 where the word "coffee" is used on the can ; that word is so 

 commonly used and there is so little fraud in it, perhaps 

 there is no great objection to its use. A little more object- 

 ionable, perhaps, are the words "Fruit Cocoa" which some 

 of them are using. I am very much obliged to you for your 

 kindness. [Applause.] 



Mr. Abbott — I want to call attention to the statement 

 on the label. I want these bee-keepers to see how people 

 trade on their reputation, and the cheek and gall of it. 

 This reads: "This preparation is free from the deleterious 

 properties of this and similar sweets," — free from the delet- 

 erious properties, it says, of honey. I wish some of you 

 would tell us what the deleterious properties of honey are. 

 Think of a firm sending out an article like that and saying 

 it is free from the deleterious properties of honey 1 If there 

 is anything on God's earth that honey would hurt, I would 

 like to see the thing. 



Pres. Root — It seems to me the world is moving when 

 the time comes in the State of Illinois, and perhaps in Chi- 

 cago, that they have come to the point they are scratching 

 out the word "honey" when it is obviously on a can of bo- 

 gus stuff. We are making progress, whether the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association has anything to do with it ; it 

 may have had some little influence. 



Prof. Eaton — It had a good deal. 



Pres. Root — It is encouraging to think we have done a 

 good deal. I would like to have that thing photographt, 

 that word "honey" being crost out, compelling them to 

 sell goods under their own names. The committee on reso- 

 lutions will now report. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



Resolved, That this Association urge upon the Congress 

 of the United States the importance of enacting into a law 

 the House Bill known as the Brosius Pure Food Bill ; that we 

 would impress upon the individual bee-keepers of the United 

 States the importance of addressing a communication to 

 their Senators and Representatives, asking them to give 

 their support to this bill. 



Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are due, 

 and are hereby heartily tendered, to the Chicago Bee- 

 Keepers' Association for its zealous and successful efforts 

 to furnish us accommodations and music for the session of 

 our convention. 



Resolved, That the president appoint a committee of 

 three on legislation, looking to the securing of uniform 

 laws thruout the honey-producing States, touching such 

 matters as are of interest to bee-keepers, such as the eradi- 

 cation and prevention of contagious diseases of bees, and 



the prohibition and punishment of adulteration of honey, 

 and the injurious spraying of bloom visited by bees. 

 Okkl L. Hekshiser. 1 

 Emerson T. Abbott, - Commitlee. 

 R. L. Taylor, \ 



The resolutions were adopted unanimously. 



Mr. York — I would like to move that this body extend 

 an invitation to Commissioner Jones of the Pure Food 

 Commission to attend our session to-night, and Mr. Moore 

 be delegated to notify him, and come with him. 



The motion was unanimously carried. 



Mr. Burnett — I understand a communication came from 

 Dr. Miller, explaining that his absence from this conven- 

 tion is caused by his sickness, and death in the family. I 

 move you a telegram be sent acknowledging his letter, and 

 sending the regrets of this convention and the hope for his 

 speedy recovery. 



The motion was carried unanimously. 



Mr. Benton — I want to bring before this body a ques- 

 tion which will perhaps require the president to step down 

 from the chair a moment, and may I ask Dr. Mason to take 

 it ? He ought to have done so last night. I proposed last 

 evening a vote of thanks for him, for what he has done in 

 providing such tine stereopticon views and also his 

 brother, Huber Root, who also assisted him. Mr. Root was 

 so modest last night he would not put it, and Dr. Mason 

 was so deaf he could not hear, so I now move that the 

 thanks of this Association be tendered the President, Ern- 

 est Root, and his brother, Huber Root, for the splendid en- 

 tertainment they have furnisht us in showing the stereop- 

 ticon views that we have had. 



The motion was seconded and unanimously adopted. 



Dr. Mason — Mr. President, I am a little bit slow on 

 resolution matters, but I want to have the Committee on 

 Resolutions put in one thanking the Chicago Associ- 

 ation for their splendid effort in the direction of doing away 

 with the adulteration of honey in Chicago. Some of us 

 know thej' have been in dead earnest and thoroly at work 

 in this respect, and I offer that as a resolution, to go with 

 the others. 



Pres. Root — Have you one to offer now ? 



Dr. Mason — Yes. 



Resolved, That this Association thank the Chicago Bee- 

 Keepers' Association for the splendid effort it has made and 

 congratulate it on the splendid success it has met with in 

 fighting the adulteration of honey in Chicago. 



The resolution was adopted unanimously. 

 Continued next week.) 



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Double vs. Single Walled Hives— A Comparison. 



BY T. M- RANKIN. 



THE question of double and single walled hives has been 

 discust pro and con for many years, and there have 

 been strong arguments on both sides. To determine 

 for my own satisfaction the value of protection from the di- 

 rect rays of the sun during the honey-flow, the following 

 observation was made: 



July 7, 1900, five S-frame dovetailed chaff-hives and five 

 8-frame single-walled dovetailed hives were watcht. The 

 entrances on all the hives were '5x12 inches and all were 

 fitted with one Buper each. The single-walled hives were 

 fitted with a flat board cover, while the chaff-hives were cov- 

 ered by a telescope cover having a ventilator in each end 

 and an air space of about 2'^ inches all around the super. 

 There was no noticeable difference in the strength of the 

 colonies. All were equally exposed to the sun and all hives 

 were painted white. 



In the morning the bees were working freely in all the 

 supers, and no difference could be detected. 



At 9 o'clock the thermometer registered 89 degrees 

 Fahr., in the sun, and the bees were all working the same 

 as earlier. 



At 10 o'clock the mercury had reacht 94 degrees and 

 the bees were still working lively. 



At 11 it had warmed up to 99 degrees and the bees were 

 beginning to cluster around the entrances of the single- 

 walled hives, but were still working in the supers. 



