other members, not to be outdone, offered 

 the following: 



Hardin Haines, for tlie 3d name, an im- 

 ported Italian queen; tor tiie 4tii name, a 

 queen bred from an imported Cyprian queen. 



T. G. McGaw for the 5tli name, a tested 

 Italian queen; for the 6tli name, a dollar 

 queen. 



D. D. Palmer for the 7th name, 1 doz. 

 "Sweet-Home" raspberry plants: and for 

 the 8th name, 1 plant ot each of the follow- 

 ing: Doolittle, Mammouth Cluster, Golden 

 Thornless, Davidson's Thornless, Seneca, 

 Miama, GanarRua, Brandy wine, Philadelph- 

 ia, Lunib's Ever-bearing and Brinkley's 

 Orange. 



The society accepted the plan and offers, 

 and voted thanks to the doners. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



Resolved, that we thank Mr. Hodson for 

 the free use of his hall; may his life pass 

 sweetly and pleasantly. 



Resolved, that our thanks are due to the 

 proprietor of the Smith House for the low 

 rates given to bee-keepers, good fare, good 

 beds, and especially, courteous treatment. 



ARTICLES ON EXHIBITION. 



T. G. McGaw, jars of extracted, white 

 clover, and buckwheat honey. 



J. Oatman & Co., two-glass, single comb 

 and Novice's new snu)ker. 



W. O. Atkinson, and M. T. Sharp, loose 

 section frames of honey and Novice's two- 

 inch Langstroth frame of sections. 



Hardin Haines, a neat, black walnut case, 

 holding one comb (Quinby) with Cyprian 

 queen and a few of her workers among a lot 

 of hybrids and Italians: the members pres- 

 ent could see no difference between the so- 

 called Cyprian and the common Italian. 



W. M. Kellogg, home-made honey extract- 

 or, straight and curved blade honey-knives, 

 bee-feeder. King & Quinby bellowssmokers, 

 box of 12x18 in. sheets comb foundation, and 

 box of Harbison's section-frames, full of 

 honey; also specimen copies of the three bee 

 papers for distribution. 



Jas. A. Simpson, honey plant and seed, 

 with honey gathered therefrom, Scrofuhiria 

 Miir]iUt'ndic<te; machine for putting on 

 comb foundation; and an insect called the 

 "red-eyed cicnda," very distructive to bees. 



D. D. Palmer, a little 2x.3 inch slate. 



A number of ladies cheered us by their 

 presence, and also many townfolks. One 

 lady came several miles, who was so sick 

 she could not keep up all the time, but was 

 so interested in bees she "couldn't keep 

 away." Plucky Mrs. Axtell. 



Adjourned to meet at Burlington, Iowa, 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, April 33 and 34, 

 1878. D. I). Palmer, Pres. 



Will M. Kellogg, Sec'y. 



North Missouri Convention. 



Met at McCredie, Callaway Co., Mo., Oct. 

 29: Pres. Hamilton in the chair. After 

 reading the minutes of last meeting Mr. J. 

 A. Reed, of Hallsville, and Dr. T. W. Keed, 

 of Macon City, were received as members. 



committee on price of honey. 



We, the committee for the investigation 

 of "bulk and prices of honey" beg leave to 

 report, that from all the points of inquiry, 

 we find the crops are short, not exceeding 



one-half our former crop, and prices propor- 

 tionately higher. From Cincinnati C. F. 

 Muth reports: Extracted honey, 13 @ 1.5 c. 

 per lb; box honey, from 18 @ 33 c. per lb. — 

 C. O. Perrine, of Chicago, reports: Extract- 

 ed, 13 @ 17 c. per ft. From New York no 

 box honey is reported; extracted 11 @ 15 c. 

 N. P. Allen, of Ky., reports, extracted 1.5 @ 

 18. From Monmouth, III: Extracted, 13 @ 

 15 c. No box honey in tlie market. 



P. P. Collier, I p 

 J.P. Sallee, f^^"i- 



It was asked. Shall the committee be dis- 

 charged? 



W. W. Trimble suggested that the com- 

 mittee be continued, and R. L. Davis andH. 

 Hamilton be added to the committee, and 

 report at our next regular meeting. 



Bills were presented by I'. P. Collier and 

 J. A. Hamilton for stamps and stationery, 

 used for Association. 



The Treasurer's report was then received. 



The constitution was amended so that 

 ladies are admitted as members free of 

 charge. 



It was suggested that each member use 

 his best efforts to secure a prompt attrndance 

 of all interested in progressive and scientific 

 bee culture. Also, that we do all in our 

 power to bring honey into more general use, 

 to supersede tlie worthless sweets now in 

 the markets. 



IS COMB foundation ADVANTAGEOUS? 



This subject was discussed in a masterly 

 way, in a very able paper, by P. P. Collier, 

 in which he showed the great saving of 

 honey to the bees. Econemy of time in 

 comb building and as a means of securing 

 worker-comb, inducing bees to work in sec- 

 tions or boxes. 



W. W. Trind)le— Can any one tell what 

 proportion of the bees are engaged in the 

 construction of comb? 



President — Some say two-liirds. 



A. A. Collier— Does not wax grow on all 

 worker bees alike? He has seen the wax 

 protruding from under the scales of be«s 

 while at work; believes it is removed by the 

 young bees, and comb constructed of it when 

 it becomes burdensome. 



W. W. Trimble spoke of the advantage 

 that must arise from the use of comb foun- 

 dation, and asked: If bees fill a hive with 

 comb, how long will tliey be in doing it? 



P. P. Collier— Nine days is the shortest 

 time in which bees will fill a hive. 



W. W. Trimble thinks it takes his bees 

 from one to three months to fill their hives. 



P. P. Collier— Wax is as natural a produc- 

 tion, after eating honey, as is fat by a hog 

 after eating corn. 



W. W. Trimble— The secretion of wax by 

 the bees is like tiie secretipn of. milk by the 

 cow; it is increased in proportion to the 

 amount of food consumed. 



A. A. Collier— Bees produce no wax in 

 cold weather. 



J. P. Sallie— The whole matter of the pro- 

 duction of wax is speculation. At ceriain 

 periods in a bee's life they produce no wax. 

 When they do not have access to the fields, 

 they produce no wax. They obtain it from 

 flowers. 



Secretary— Among the experiments of 

 Huber is that of confining bees in a hive and 

 feeding them honey, to see if they would 

 produce wax, which they did in a very slioi't 

 time. 



