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able loss. He was a firm friend, an 

 indefatigable worker and a progres- 

 sive apiarist. 



Prof. Voii Siebold died in Germany 

 on April 7, 1885. lie was the faithfu' 

 friend of Fatlier Dzierzon, and was 

 one of the first to accept the theory 

 of parthenogenesis. lie was a promi- 

 nent scientist, and rendered mucli 

 assistance to the development of 

 rational bee-culture. 



Prof. Andreas Schmidt, for 20 years 

 editor of the Bie^ien-Zeitnnq, the lead- 

 ing apicultural publication of Ger- 

 many, is also numbered with the 

 dead. He was a co-worker and an 

 ardent admirer of Fatlier Dzierzon, 

 whose Golden Jubilee was celebrated 

 in Germany lastSeptember with great 

 enthusiasm. In his death our Ger- 

 man brethren have lost a master 

 mind, a thorough scholar, an energetic 

 worker, and a faithful friend. 



There are many, many others — but 

 time would fail me to speak of all 

 those who through faith in scientitic 

 research, and devotion to exijeriments 

 and manipulations, have helped to 

 dispel the darkness and scatter the 

 light, — as if by " magic wand " com- 

 manding modern apiculture to " arise 

 and shine "—pulsating and luminating 

 every zone ! 



Men pass away ! Monuments crum- 

 ble into dust I and all that remain of 

 human greatness, are thoughts and 

 deeds. By these we may " lay up 

 treasures where moth and rust cannot 

 corrupt." In death we take nothing 

 with us but that which we really are ! 

 Shrouds have no pockets ! Coffins no 

 coupon-drawers ! Crowns fall off at 

 the touch of death ! Stripped of our 

 robes of state, insignia, uniforms and 

 decorations, we then shall stand for 

 just what !ce are I 



Our best thoughts and noble deeds, 

 given to the world by the aid of the 

 printed page, may live on and en- 

 ergize a world after we are crumbled 

 to dust. True men live, long after 

 they have passed from this stage of 

 action. The ponderous steam - en- 

 gines which brought this Convention 

 together, are but the spirit of James 

 Watt living again in our very midst ! 

 Modern apiculture is but the embodi- 

 ment of the thoughts and lives of 

 those who have gone before us ; and 

 our thoughts and work, which may 

 add to its practicability, may live on 

 after we are gone ! 



The second President of this Society 

 —the lamented Moses Quinby (than 

 whom apiculture never had a truer 

 and more unselfish friend), now-, in 

 this very assembly, lives again in those 

 who are practicing his thouglits, 

 theories and progressive methods of 

 bee-culture ; as well as in those who 

 love him for his scientific research, 

 grand character, and noble life ! 



That band of brothers whose names 

 we have to-day inscribed on our "Roll 

 of the Honored Dead," live aqain in 

 our tender remembrance, and we 

 may almost seem to catch a glimpse 

 of " the Angel of Life," with open 

 scroll, recording their names with the 

 plaudit— " Blessed are the dead;"— 



" they rest from their labors and their 

 works do follow them." 



** Breathe soft and low, () whisj)oring wind, 



Above the tant^leil trapses deep. 

 Where tliose wlio l<)\'ed me Inn^- a^O 



Forgot the world and tell asleep. 

 So many unices lia\'e lieen luislR-d, 



So many son^s have eeased for aye, 

 So many hjinds I nsed to touch 



Are folded over hearts of clay. 



" I only know that, calm and still. 



They sleep beyond life's woe and wail, 

 Beyond the tieet of sailing clouds, 



Beyond the shadow of the vale. 

 I only feel that, tired and worn, 



I halt upon the highway bare, 

 And ga/.o with yearning eyes beyond— 



On fields that shine supremely fair." 



Thomas G. Newjia'n. 



Prof. Cook remarked that he was 

 very much interested in the subject, 

 and remembered with pleasure many 

 meetings when those mentioned by 

 Mr. Newman had been present. lie 

 spoke particularly of Mr. Moon, the 

 original projector of the National 

 Society, and Mr. Williamson, who so 

 nobly managed the entertainment of 

 the Society at Lexington, Ky. He 

 moved a vote of thanks to Mr. New- 

 man for placing their names and 

 history before the Society, and also 

 that it be spread upon the minutes. 

 Curried unanimously. 



pasturage for bees. 



M. D. York — I have basswood trees 

 that were transplanted a year ago last 

 spring, that blossomed full this year. 

 I have transplanted a tree .3 inches in 

 diameter. 



E. L. Hubbard— Will it pay to use 

 land worth $50 an acre to raise honey- 

 producing plants V 



T. G. Newman — In my opinion, it 

 would. 



M. D. York— I have raised Alsike 

 clover upon land worth more than $50 

 per acre, and the seed alone paid me 

 $25 per acre. 



Mr. E. L. Hubbard mentioned a 

 plant that grew a few miles south of 

 Buffalo, N. Y., that was an excellent 

 honey-plant. 



Mr. Hiram Chapman described the 

 plant as resembling plantain. A 

 specimen of it was exhibited. 



Dr. L. C. Whiting— It would be a 

 most excellent and promising plan if 

 some young men would go to work 

 with our red clover.inthe way pointed 

 out by Mr. E. E. Hasty, and develop 

 a strain with short tubes. 



James Heddon — I do not think it 

 will ever be profitable to raise honey- 

 plants on land worth $.50 per acre. 

 Where there are waste-places it may 

 pay to scatter the seeds of honey- 

 plants. One plant that I would 

 recommend is vphat is called "pleurisy 

 root." 



MISCELLAKEOUS. 



The Secretary read a letter from 

 Mr. Turner Buswell, of Solon, Me., 

 asking the Society to consider the 

 advisability of publishing, in a 

 pamphlet form, a report of its pro- 

 ceedings, and the matter was referred 

 to the committee on questions. 



Pres. Root— I have requested that 

 samples of honey be sent to me, tliat 

 I miglit send them to the government 

 chemist. Prof. H. W. Wiley, at Wash- 

 ington, for analysis; but the report 

 that the Professor has already made 

 of samples of honey that he has ana- 

 lyzed, leads me to doubt the advisa- 

 bility of such a course. Too large a 

 percentage of the samples were pro- 

 nounced impure. I .thould not like 

 to send my honey there and have it 

 pronounced adulterated. 



C. F. Muth — Myself and some 

 friends sent some honey there that 

 we kneio to be pure, and it was pro- 

 nounced impure. I do not think that 

 we shall send any more. 



Prof. A.J. Cook then read a portion 

 of the published report of Prof. H.W. 

 Wiley, of tlie Department of Agricul- 

 ture at; Washington, giving liis anal- 

 ysis of different samples of honey 

 furnished him by bee-keepers. In his 

 annual report he put down many 

 samples as " apparently pure," and 

 many as " probalily impure." The 

 Professor said that it was the business 

 of a chemist to know ; and if he could 

 not analyze such products to a cer- 

 tainty, he should say so in his report. 



QUESTION BOX. 



The committee on questions report- 

 ed as follows : 



Will it pay to raise red raspberries 

 for pasturage on land worth from 

 $100 to $150 per acre v Yes, if the 

 crop of berries also paid. 



What is the smallest amount of 

 honey needed for winter stores for a 

 strong colony, and what is the best 

 kind of honey to use V Fifteen to 40 

 pounds of well-ripened honey. 



What per cent, of those entering 

 bee-keeping succeed V Two per cent. 



Will thin combs, in sections, sell as 

 well as thick ones ? Yes. 



Shall we use separators V Yes. if 

 you cannot get straight combs with- 

 out them. 



How shall bees by the pound be 

 placed upon combs V Place the queen 

 on the combs, then shake the bees on 

 the combs. 



What shall be done with Iioney- 

 dew V Sell it, or feed it sparingly to 

 the bees in the spring. 



Is a coal-furnace objectionable in a 

 cellar where bees are wintered ? We 

 do not think favorably of it. 



What width of sections is best '? 

 One and one-half to \% inches with- 

 out separators ; 1% to 2 inches with 

 separators. 



Has the queen been seen depositing 

 drone-eggs V This committee has not 

 seen her doing so. 



Are queens reared from transferred 

 larvie as good as any V Yes. 



How are the Carniolans regarded ? 

 Favorably, except excessive swarm- 

 ing. 



Will reversing combs secure the 

 destruction of queen-cells. Report 

 says yes. 



H. R. Boardman, S.T. Pettit, S. F.Newman. 

 Committee on Questions. 



