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THE AMEIUCAN BEE JOURNAL. 



quality is clover, it is all the better. 

 One-pound sections sell best, but half- 

 pound sections, if well filled, find a 

 ready sale, as do also two-pound sec- 

 tions. Xo sections should be glassed; 

 but 20 to 30 pounds of honey in neat 

 sections, placed in a neat case with 

 glass on each side, meets with no 

 objection whatever, while sections in 

 the neatest paper- boxes or glassed, 

 are unsalable by the side of it. 



Purity, cleanliness and neatness are 

 attractions which should be synony- 

 mous with the marketing of honey, 

 and a strict adherence to this princi- 

 ple cannot fail to secure consumers. 



0. F. MUTH. 



that we 

 sizes. 



need sections of different 



After the reading of the essay, 

 some one aslied Mr. Muth what size 

 of section was, with him, the most 

 salable. 

 C. F. Muth— The one pound section. 

 Geo. E. Hilton— I have used sec- 

 tions 5x6xlJ^^ inches, and they weigh 

 IM pounds when filled. I find tliem 

 very salable. 



S. F. Newman— If Mr. Muth had 

 only large packages, would he not 

 sell just as many of them as of smaller 

 ones V 



C. F. Muth— One-pound sections 

 sell the best. A great many want to 

 buy a " pound " of honey. 



James Ileddon— I think it will be 

 an injury to bee-keepers to lead them 

 to use any other size of section than 

 the l>4xl'i4. A pound is a good size. 

 My fixtures are adapted to that size. 

 Suppose some one sliould invent a 

 new style of section, how much better 

 it would be if we all used the same 

 size ; how much cheaper they could 

 be furnished us. A comb with a 

 large surface is more attractive, but 

 it will not bear shipment so well ; 

 however, if we get the sections well 

 filled and the combs attached all 

 around, as can be done by reversing 

 the sections, a thin comb will bear 

 shipment very well. 



C. R. Isliam- Honey was much 

 more salable wlien we were using 

 large sections. ]5ee-keepers them- 

 selves are to blame for the necessity 

 of using small packages. By using 

 large packages more honey is sold at 

 each sale. 



T. G. Newman remarked that we 

 needed various sizes to accommodate 

 consumers— but he found the sections 

 holding one pound by far the most 

 salable. 



A. E. Manum — Two years ago I 

 shipped 15 tons of one-pound sections, 

 and 2 tons of two-pound sections. I 

 received returns for the pound sec- 

 tions in a very short time ; but it was 

 several months before the two-pound 

 sections were sold. If there was only 

 one size of section used, people would 

 be surprised at the price at vfhich it 

 could be furnislied. 



James Ileddon— I do not know as I 

 would have everybody use pound sec- 

 tions. I have used thousands of half- 

 pound sections ; I can secure just as 

 much honey, and have sold it at an 

 advance of .3 cents per pound. I pre- 

 fer sections tliat are 7 to the foot, 

 even when separators are used. 



Pres. Root— I have found upon a 

 careful examination of the markets. 



The President called on Mr. T. G. 

 Newman who gave the following on 



APICULTURAL NECROLOGY. 



3Ir. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



Since last I had the pleasure of 

 meeting with this Continental Society 

 of Apiculturists, many of those who 

 have been our companions in these 

 assemblies have passed from the 

 present state of being, and we are 

 now deprived of their gladsome greet- 

 ing and liearty welcome. Much as I 

 would like to mention all their names 

 in tender remembrance, I find it im- 

 possible, because in many cases the 

 surviving friends have not communi- 

 cated the facts to the apicultural 

 public. Allow me, with affectionate 

 regard, to mention a few of the most 

 prominent of our brothers of America 

 and Europe, who, durin" the past four 

 years, have been added to that vast 

 army now numbered with the dead ! 



Of these, four were editors of our 

 bee-periodicals, who had, during their 

 lives, done much to raise apiculture 

 up to its present " standard of excel- 

 lence," devoting the best energies of 

 their lives to its development and 

 advancement, often sacrificing their 

 ease, comfort, physical strength and 

 wealth to their favorite pursuit. It 

 is true that each one fought a " hard 

 battle " ; they were often severely 

 criticised, and sometimes strongly 

 comdemned by those who should have 

 been their constant friends and co- 

 laborers. While admitting that they 

 often erred (for •' to err is human ") 

 let us cast " the mantle of charity " 

 over " their short-comings," and think 

 only of their good deeds, energetic 

 work, unselfish lives, and the general 

 nobility of their characters ! 



I will now " call the roll " of those 

 over whom death has triumphed : 



A. F. Moon, of Rome, Ga., was one 

 of the founders of tliis Society, and in 

 the absence of the Rev. L. L. Lang- 

 stroth, its first President, Mr. Moon 

 presided over the Convention. He 

 was the editor of the Bee World, and 

 died on Aug. 2, 1S82 ; aged •'58 years. 

 lie commenced to keep bees when 11 

 years of age, and ever after gave the 

 fullest energies of his mind to the ad- 

 vancement of practical bee-culture. 



Rev. Jasper Hazen, Woodstock, Vt., 

 after 25 years of progressive bee-cul- 

 ture, died on April 13, 1882, aged 92. 

 lie strenuously advocated the use of 

 surplus honey-boxes, invented a hive, 

 and welcomed the introduction of the 

 Italian bees. He was also a vigorous 

 apicultural writer 20 years ago. 



Edward Townley, of Cincinnati, O., 

 died in the 80th year of his age, in 

 July, 1882. He commenced to keep 

 bees in 1850, and built up a large 

 apiary at Mt. Auburn. He was the 

 author of a book on bee-culture, and 

 devoted his energies to apiculture. 



Jesse C. Estlack, of Littleton, Colo., 

 died on Aug. 5, 1885, at the age of 64. 

 He went from New Jersey to Col- 

 orado in 18-59. and there established 



an apiary in which he took much 

 delight. 



Theodore Uonck, of Canajoharie, N. 

 Y., died on June 16, 1883, at Denver, 

 Colo., whither he went on account 

 of failing health. He was one of the 

 editors of the Bee-Keepers' Exchange, 

 and was never happier than when 

 among his bees. The last Conven- 

 tion he attended was at Albany, N. 

 Y., in January, 1883, and was one of 

 its most energetic members. His age 

 was 26. 



E, r. Cassell, of Illinois City, Ills., 

 was killed on Oct. 6, 1883, while at- 

 tempting to board a moving train. 

 He had been a prominent and en- 

 thusiastic bee-keeper for 15 or 20 

 years. 



William Hewlett, of Beaver Lick, 

 Ky., was killed by lightning on May 

 19, 1884, while at work on his farm. 

 His apiary contained 125 colonies of 

 bees. He attended the Cincinnati 

 meeting of this Society, and took part 

 in the deliberations. 



D. S. (xiven, of lloopeston. Ills., the 

 inventor of the Foundation Press, 

 died at the age of 40, on July 10, 1884, 

 at Los Angeles, Calif., whither he 

 had gone for his health. His kind 

 disposition endeared him. to all who 

 knew him, and his name will go down 

 to posterity as one who did his part 

 to make apiculture practical. 



John Madden, of Davenport, Iowa, 



was thrown from his wagon and killed 



on Sept. 19, 1884. He was one of the 



" ■■ Eastern Iowa and 



Bee-Keepers' Asso- 



filled with energy 



There were 225 



funeral procession 



(10 being filled with apiarists); this 



proves how much he was beloved by 



those who knew him. 



William W. Cary, of Colerain.Mass., 

 died on Dec. 9, 1884, in the 70th year 

 of his age— full of years, ripe in ex- 

 perience, and faithful in friendship. 

 At the time of his death he had some 

 300 colonies of bees. He was in- 

 timately connected with the first 

 importations of Italian bees into 

 America, and was the faithful co- 

 worker with Father Langstroth, in 

 all his efforts to revolutionize bee- 

 keeping in America. 



R. M. Argo, of Garrard Co., Ky., 

 died of congestive chills, on Feb. 13, 

 1885. As one of the pioneers of 

 modern apiculture, he wrote ex- 

 tensively some 20 years ago. He was 

 a well-posted and practical bee-keeper, 

 and reared many very fine queens. 



William Williamson, of Lexington, 

 Ky., died on Feb. 13, 1885, at the age 

 of 40. Those who attended tlie meet- 

 ing of this Society at Lexington, in 

 1881, will witness to iiis zeal and en- 

 thusiasm, as well as his whole-souled 

 disposition. He was one of the pro- 

 jectors of the International Congress 

 at New Orleans, but died just before 

 it convened. 



Rev. Herbert R. Peel died in Eng- 

 land, on June 2, 1885. He was the 

 editor of the British Bee Journal, and 

 Secretary of the British Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. In his death our English 

 brethren have sustained an irrepar- 



organizers of the 

 Western Illinois 

 elation, and was 

 and enthusiasm, 

 carriages in his 



