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promptly tliey could remit, under such cir- 

 cumstances : but there are some (one or two. 

 any way) who have not paid him even yet. 

 Now even if the queen should be received 

 dead, friend Benton should surely have the 

 privilege of replacing her, or the party who 

 received her should stand at least part of the 

 loss. .No man ought to be asked to send 

 queens, and not receive a copper by Avay of 

 remuneration, even thougli he should fail 

 once or twice in getting them through alive. 

 You may remember that I have written 

 on this before. In regard to friend Benton's 

 candy, he promised some time ago a full de- 

 scription of how he prepared the candy, and 

 how he prepared the cages. And 1 think I 

 offered him $25.00 for such an article ; if I 

 did not, 1 hereby make the offer. Friend 

 Benton is laboring imder great disadvantag- 

 es, and he is laboring, too, for the good of 

 the world. From what I have learned, I am 

 afraid he is not getting very warm support 

 from the brethren at hopae. Can we not en- 

 courage him a little in his undertakings, and 

 give him a lift in the way of some good or- 

 ders? And if every thing should not turn 

 out to our liking, can we not be a little gen- 

 erous under the circumstances, and show 

 him that we have not forgotten a brother bee- 

 keeper who is working for us. away off in 

 the Old World? 



THE OHIO STATE BEE-KEEPERS' AS- 

 SOCIATION AT THE STATE FAIE. 



TO THE BEE-KEEPEKS OF OUR STATE. 



T|-- T the present writing I have received no 

 ^11 information in regaid to where the 



ipr convention will be held, nor on what 

 ■*^*^ special days of the fair. The opening 

 day of the fair is Monday. August ol. 

 Now, then, if it is the wish of the people 

 that I, as president of the association, shall 

 decide upon tlie time of meeting, I would 

 suggest Thursday and Friday, Sept :^ and 4. 

 My experience lias been, with conventions 

 held during fair time, that the attendance 

 has usually been meager, and the inteirest 

 rather vascillating, compared with conven- 

 tions held at other i^eriods. The reason of 

 this, doubtless, is owing to the fact that 

 there is so niucli going on at fair time, and 

 also because many of our bee-keepers are in- 

 terested ill line stock and agricultural i)rod- 

 ucts in general, wliich is all very well and 

 proper. But for all that, we ought to be 

 wilUng to lay aside other things during the 

 hours of the convention, and make it a con- 

 vention in real earnest. In order to do this, 

 would it not be well to have the length of 

 each session comparatively short V 1 would 

 suggest that we open the exercises at nine 

 o'clock, Thursday morning, to continue two 

 hours, and devote the tiiiie between 11 and 

 12 to shaking hands, and getting acquaint- 

 ed— a sort of " social." if you choose. Tliis 

 will permit those who have other business on 

 hand to get away at 11 o'clock, if they wish, 

 and yet without interfering with the interest 

 of the meeting by going out and in. Then 

 let us meet in the afternoon, say at 2 o'clock, 

 and continue till 4. o'clock. 

 My experience has been, that the most in- 



teresting meetings during fair time are in 

 the evening, because there is less outside 

 interest to attract attention after dark. Let 

 the evening meeting commence at 7 o'clock. 



moves to ad- 

 kept after 10 



[ would have 

 the day be- 



and continue till somebody 

 journ, providing it be not 

 o'clock. 



The second day, Friday, 

 about the same hours Us 

 fore, omitting the meeting in the evening, if 

 thought best. 



In regard to the manner in which the time 

 shall be occupied, I would follow the ex- 

 ample of some of our most successful con- 

 ventions in the State of Michigan, by omit- 

 ting long essays. Bring as many questions 

 as you like, and also bring all "the facts — 

 especially facts not heretofore mentioned, 

 as far as mav be. Of course, if arrange- 

 ments ha%e been made for essays, we shall 

 be most glad to hear them, providing they 

 are not too lengthy, in view of the brief time 

 I have allotted. Of course, if any other ar- 

 rangements have been made, I will with 

 great pleasure set the above arrangement 

 aside ; but I believe it is generally agreed 

 that it is a hard matter to have a successful 

 bee-keepers' c*)nvention during fair time. 

 All present seem to feel as if they were off 

 lor a playspel! or a recess, and they are im- 

 patient, somewhat, at any kind of 'restraint. 

 After what our good friend Mrs. Jennie 

 C'ulp has said, of "course I would extend an 

 earnest invitation to have the ladies present; 

 and I should like to have the juveniles come 

 out, especially all who are interested or 

 working with "bees. I shall be most glad of 

 the opportunity of taking them by the hand, 

 and getting a"cquainted with tlie juvenile 

 bee-keepers of the State of Ohio ; and to 

 make you feel a little more at home. Blue 

 Kyes (whom 1 i)resume most of you have 

 heard of) will go with me. May "be if we 

 get juveniles enough to come out, we can 

 have an extra session specially for them ; 

 and reports or essays from them would al- 

 ways be in onler. "I shall be very glad in- 

 deed to have them bring specimens of their 

 work, in the shape of honey, imi)lements for 

 the apiary, or queen-bees that they have 

 raised, as well as drones and workers. 

 ^Vouldn■t it be a grand thing if Ohio could 

 take the lead in inaugurating a juvenile 

 State bee-keepers' association V 



In regard to the place of meeting, I sug- 

 gest that we have a good-sizeil and commo- 

 dious hall, if such a one can be found, on the 

 fair-ground. Much depends upon the place 

 wiiere we meet, and the surroundings. Let 

 us not be hackward alxtnt a little expense, 

 if that will help the matter. If some of the 

 fi lends will secure such a hall, if it be not 

 already secured, smd have it announced by 

 large plain placards, to be i»ut up in several 

 C(mspicuous places, at the place of exhibit 

 for honey and bee-supplies at the State fair. 

 I shall be greatly obliged. Maybe this has 

 been done alrea(iy ; but for fear it has not 

 been attendetl to^ I make these suggestions. 

 ^Vithout (piestion. a large body of bee-keep- 

 ers will be in attendance at the State fair ; 

 and the desirable thing is, to get them to- 

 gether and get them acquainted with each 

 other. 



