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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 9, 



of the Horticultural Association, were elected honorary life- 

 members. Mrs. Shute invited all bee-keepers to meet with 

 the Horticultural Society at its next session. 



The following resolution by V. Devinny was adopted : 



Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association be authorized to coufer with the State 

 Board of Horticulture to secure if possible a more intimate co- 

 operation in carrying out the purposes and interests of the 

 society, and if possible to change the dates of the meetings so 

 that the members of each society may attend the meetings of 

 the other, and if possible secure a publication of the bee-keep- 

 ers' association's transactions with the Horticultural Report. 



The Secretary reported that the yield of three precincts 

 in Delta county was 14, 10 and 13 tons of honey, respectively. 



Mr. W. L. Porter, President of the Denver Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, called attention to their next meeting in the Hor- 

 ticultural Rooms of the State Capitol on the second Wednes- 

 day in ITebruary. (It has been the custom of this local associa- 

 tion to meet on the second Wednesday of every month, in 

 winter and spring.) 



A Committee on Resolutions was appointed, consisting of 

 L. Booth, D. L. Tracy and R. H. Rhodes. 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows : 



President, R. C. Aikin, Loveland ; Vice-President, W. L. 

 Porter, Denver ; Secretary, Frank Rauchfuss, Duff; Treas- 

 urer, Mrs. R. H. Rhodes, Arvada. Member of Executive Com- 

 mittee, R. H. Rhodes, Arvada. 



Vice-Presidents from some of the 22 bee-keeping counties 

 were appointed as follows : 



C. W. Cain, Fruita, Mesa Co.; J. E. Reynolds, Husted, 

 El Paso Co.; Oliver Foster, Las Animas, Bent Co.; W. S. 

 Simpson, Port Morgan, Morgan Co.; J. B. Adams, Longmont, 

 Weld Co.; Levi Booth, Denver, Arapahoe Co.; D. L. Tracy, 

 Denver (appointed for Jefferson Co.); F. L. Thompson, Ar- 

 vada, Jefferson Co.; S. M. Carlzen, Montclair, Arapahoe Co.; 

 Rev. F. O. Blair, Trinidad, Las Animas Co. More are to be 

 appointed by the Secretary. 



During the session the convention adjourned to the re- 

 ception room, where Gov. Mclntire was introduced to them, 

 and made a short address. 



THIRD DAY. 



The Committee on Resolutions made their report. The 

 resolution on marketing will no doubt be more fully developed 

 at the spring meeting. It was adopted as follows, after con- 

 siderable discussion : 



MARKETING THE HONEY CROP. 



Resolved, That our Executive Committee be instructed to 

 correspond with different responsible dealers in honey in vari- 

 ous parts of the country, and to obtain prices from them, to- 

 gether with the quantity they will purchase, and in case that 

 they shall obtain fair prices in sufficient quantity to justify, 

 they shall immediately notify all members of this Association 

 of the price offered and the amount of honey required, and of 

 the place of shipment, whereupon all members of this society 

 having honey to dispose of, at the figures offered, shall imme- 

 diately inform said committee of the amount which he can 

 furnish, and if a sufficient quantity of the required quality be 

 shipped, then said Executive Committee shall direct the mem- 

 bers to deliver the same on board the cars at a point desig- 

 nated by the committee, and at least one of said committee 

 shall be present to see to the shipment, and to see that the 

 honey is properly packed and of the required quality, or ap- 

 point some suitable person for such work. 



Before it was adopted, the following were the chief points 

 of the discussion : 



H. Rauchfuss — What is to be done if the honey brought 

 is not of the proper quality ? Prices should be adjusted to 

 the quality. 



L. Booth — There is only one grade to ship. This does not 

 provide for the home market. Outsiders want the first quality. 



R. Patterson- -The large producers will have the advan- 

 tage in this way. 



J. B. Adams — There is plenty of market. The small pro- 

 ducers won't be crowded. 



Pres. Aikin — The scheme is in its infancy. We may not 

 be able to dispense justice at first as we would like to. 



Mr. Patterson — Is there any commission in this arrange- 

 ment ? 



Mr. Booth— No. 



The following discussion took place at another part of the 

 day, but comes in most appropriately here: 



USE OF SEPARATORS AND HONEY-BOARDS. 



Mr. Carlzen — The Association should recommend the use 

 of separators. 



Mr. Adams — There will be a heavy loss by not using sep- 

 arators. They pay much more than their cost. 



H. Rauchfuss — Separators and honey-boards are very 

 necessary. The latter we might get along without ; but sep- 

 arators are indispensable. Their use has spread greatly dur- 

 ing the last few years, as the result of experience. We must 

 have them to produce honey fit for shipping. 



Pres. Aikin — I formerly recommended separators only be- 

 tween the alternate rows. I5ut now I think they are necessary 

 between every row. 



Mr. Porter — All supers have room enough to get separa- 

 tors in. 



A. W. Croff — Bee-literature shows that separators are be- 

 coming out-of-date in the East. I have never used them. 



Mrs. Booth — I have produced good honey without sep- 

 arators. 



Pres. Aikin — A Chicago commission firm wrote me that 

 they wanted honey that was produced with separators, be- 

 tween every row. 



Mr. Patterson — I have had separators stuck to the combs. 



Mr. Croff — Bees can be bred to build straight combs with- 

 out separators. 



Mrs. Hartraan — I want separators, and I want honey- 

 boards even more. They keep the sections much cleaner. 



Mr. Porter — I had not used separators until last year, 

 and then produced better honey than I ever did before. I 

 think we should use them. 



By a nearly unanimous vote the Association recommended 

 the use of separators. 



STATISTICS OF BEE-KEEPING. 



A resolution on statistics was adopted as follows : 



Resolved, That every member of this Association be re- 

 quired to report to the Secretary on April 1, Aug. 1, and 

 Sept. 1, of each and every year, the following facts, to-wit: 



1st. The condition and the number of colonies in his 

 apiary. , 



2nd. The amount of first-class comb and extracted honey 

 which he has for sale, and such other information as may be 

 considered of benefit for the Executive Committee to know. 



Mr. Porter made the following remarks on this subject : 



Statistics are necessary if we want to get down to busi- 

 ness. I think the Secretary should print appropriate circu- 

 lars, and make every member a committee to gather statistics 

 of bee-culture in his neighborhood, the names and addresses 

 of bee-keepers, the number of their colonies, the number of 

 pounds of comb and extracted honey, the presence or absence 

 of foul brood, etc. The county vice-presidents and the foul 

 brood inspectors especially could furnish information. These 

 reports could be sent iu and tabulated. 



The Association voted also to adopt Mr. Porter's plan. 



PURCHASING BEE-SUPPLIES. 



The following resolution on buying supplies was adopted 

 after much discussion : 



Resolved, That our Executive Committee be instructed 

 and empowered to contract with one of the different bee-sup- 

 ply houses to furnish the members of this Association with 

 all of their supplies at the least possible cash rates, and that 

 each and every member of this Association shall furnish, as 

 soon as possible, to said committee, the kind and amount of 

 supplies which they require, and that each and every member 

 of this Association hereby agrees to stand by the contract so 

 made as aforesaid by our Executive Committee, if not against 

 his personal interest, and said contract shall be kept secret 

 among its members ; and that said committee shall, as soon as 

 the aforesaid contract shall have been made, furnish every 

 member of this Association, in a circular letter, a list of the 

 prices agreed upon by them, and the name of the house, or 

 houses, with whom the contract shall have been made. 



The following were the main points of the discussion : 



Pres. Aikin — This resolution is not so important as that 

 on marketing. There is not so much to be saved after all in 

 buying supplies. I object to the clause which requires se- 

 crecy. Plain, straightforward, open business doesn't hurt 

 anybody. 



H. Rauchfuss — We should not publish figures. There 

 should be an advantage in being a member. 



Mrs. Booth — We are helping outsiders by publishing our 

 figures. Those outside who would be so helped are the same 

 ones that undersell us. 



Mr. Porter — A local association of this State, in this way 



