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dists will uotbe so foolish aa to spray their 

 trees at a time when it is of no benefit ; and 

 it is mostly this class that does the spraying. 

 The passage of the so called "sugar-honey " 

 bill was opposed by Mr. McKnight on the 

 grounds that it was needless, that the law 

 in regard to the adulteration of foods was 

 nil that was needed, that it was an amend- 

 ment to the adulteration act, and, if parsed, 

 would result in the anomaly of a law, one 

 section of which imposes a fine ei<jht times 

 larger than the other. The bill, if it became 

 a law, would legalize the sale of honey dew 

 or " bug juice. " Both of these are " gather- 

 ed by the bees from natural sources, " and 

 one of them, at least, is undesirable food. 



Amalgamation of the North American and 

 the Union — A short paper on this subject, 

 from Dr. Miller, was read. The gist of it 

 was that there would be nothing inconsist- 

 ent in having the North American do the 

 work of the Union and it probably would 

 have done it had not an emergency arisen 

 requiring immediate action. If one organi- 

 zition can do the work of two, better have 

 only one. 



Mr Thos. G. Newman followed with a 

 paper upon the " Past, Present and Future 

 of the Bee-K'iepers' Uuion,"in which he 

 referred to its glorious past, prosperous 

 present and hopeful future. R^girdiug his 

 views on the subject of amalgauiatiou he 

 said that he had been misunderstood, that 

 he had really thoucrht favoralile of it at 

 first, but had beau surprised at the lack of 

 suggestions as to how it should be accom- 

 plished. If a thoroughly practical plan of 

 consolidation could be found he was in 

 favor of the amalgmatioa. In the discus- 

 sion that followed all favored the amalgama- 

 tion if it could be effected in such a man- 

 ner as not to impair the usefulness of the 

 Union. Saveral suggestions were made, but 

 in so important a matter it was thought that 

 there ought to be more in iture deliberation 

 than could be given the m itter at a conven- 

 tion, and a c ommitte of seven was appoint- 

 ed " to take into consideration the proposed 

 amalgamation of the B se-K'jepers' Union 

 and the North American Bee- Keepers' 

 Association, aud to arringe terms therefor, 

 with full power to perfect them so far as 

 the North American is concerned, and to 

 report through the b9e journals as soon as 

 possible. 



CoLOB in Italian B?es and what it indi- 

 cates, was the title of a short but excelleut 



paper by Dr. J. P. H. Brown of Augusta, Ga. 

 The writer held that the Italians are not a 

 fixed race, but that one of the characteristics 

 for a type of excellence is that of three yel- 

 low bands, but there are other traits that 

 are of more value as a test of purity, and 

 one of them is that of quietness on the 

 combs. By selection the color of the bands 

 may become much brighter, and by the in- 

 troduction of Syrian or Cyprian blood the 

 yellow may be increased and extended. It 

 was very questionable in the Doctor's mind 

 whether these Americanized four and five- 

 banded bees could with propriety be called 

 Italians. Imported Italian queens may vary 

 in color from quite dark to yellow, but the 

 workers must show three rings of yellow, 

 although the third may not show unless the 

 abdomen is distended with honey. The 

 dark color in imported stock does not indi- 

 cate impurity any more than does the light 

 color. Color is of secondary importance to 

 honey gathering capacity and vigor of con- 

 stitution. 



The officers for the ensuing year are A. I. 

 Root, President; Wm. MeEvoy, Vice Presi- 

 dent ; A. B. Mason, Secretary ; W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, Treasurer. The time and place for 

 holding the next meeting was left to the ex- 

 ecutive board andthej df.cided upon Lincoln, 

 Neb. 



eXXRKOXeD. 



A House Apiary that is a Success. 



Modern house apiaries that prove success- 

 es all seem built upon about the same plan. 

 Details may vary but the general principles' 

 ae the same. The Review has illustrated 

 and described several of these )>uildings, 

 but the man who thiuks of building one 

 cannot see too many illustrations and des- 

 criptions. F. A. S ilisbury, of Syracuse, N. 

 Y., has recently been making some house 

 apiaries and Gleanings with its customary 

 enterprise pictures and describes one of 

 those houses. Through the courtesy of that 

 journal the cuts and article are here repro- 

 duced. 



"In the fall of 18'.);'. I built my first house- 

 apiary, aud liked it so well during the season 

 of 1S',)4 that I built another out about three 

 miles, near Si)lit Hock. The first view 

 shows how the last one looks from the out- 

 side. The whole is on a stone foundation, 

 with five windows in it for ventilation, (> x 18 



