way get as good a price for our comb honey 

 in New York and other markets as eastern 

 producers, thouj^h we cannot avoid the 

 exorbitant freights tliat make so lieavy a 

 discount on our profits as producers liere. 



C. J. Fox. 



The reports of the secretary and treasurer 

 were then read and accepted. 



Tlie corresponding secretary read letters 

 from Mr. II. W. Waterman, of San Bern- 

 ardino, to the effect tliat a Bee-Keepers' 

 Association had been formed in tliat 

 •county, of which he liad been elected secre- 

 tary, and asking the co-operation of the 

 Association to procure from the Legislature 

 an act to prevent the spread of and extir- 

 pate the disease known as " foul brood " 

 among bees, which now prevails to some 

 extent in San Bernardino county, and is 

 very contagious and destructive. Also an 

 act to prohibit the manutactui'e and sale of 

 adulterated honey, and other desirable 

 legislation. 



The meeting requested tlie president to 

 correspond with Mr. Waterman and the 

 Hon. Mr. Pauly on these subjects, and 

 endeavor to secure the co-operatiun of other 

 counties in Southern California. 



A letter was also read from M. J. S. Har- 

 bison, asking the Association to assist him 

 in procuring for the ensuing year a jnst 

 valuation as a basis for taxation on bee 

 property. E. W. Morse was appointed a 

 committee to confer with Mr. Harbison on 

 the subject, and lay it before the Board of 

 Supervisors. 



A letter was read by the president, from 

 H. K. Thurber & Co., of NeAV York, con- 

 taining valuable suggestions in regard to 

 the present mode of putting up strained 

 honey, in the Eastern States, and the presi- 

 dent was directed to obtain further infor- 

 mation on the subject, with a view to rec- 

 ommending a chaiige in our method of 

 putting up comb honey. 



A letter was also read from Eufus Mor- 

 gan, of North Carolina, to E. W. Morse, 

 giving some information on the subject of 

 making strained honey Jind preparing wax. 



The following were elected directors for 

 the ensuinsi year: 



E. W. Morse, K. G. Balcom, Chas. J. Fox, 

 J. McG. Frazier. A. P. Herrick, W^ W. 

 Terry, J. P. Jones, L. L. Lynch, E. C. 

 Emery. 



The newly elected directors organized by 

 electing the former officers: Chas. J. Fox, 

 president ; E. W. Morse, vice-president ; II. 

 <j. Balcom, secretary and treasurer, and 

 appointed these officers an executive com- 

 mittee to manage the business of the Asso- 

 ciation, and then adjourned. 



North-Eastern Convention. 



{Concluded.) 

 THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1878. 



L. C. Root read a paper on " Parasites of 

 the Honey Bee." He thinks those para- 

 sites have been the cause of a great deal of 

 the mortality in winter, and yet, they have 

 destroyed to a great extent, the malady 

 known as foul brood, which has been the 

 greatest scourge. 



Mr. Van Deusen suggested that those who 

 lose bees in winter, examine them to see 

 whether they are covered with parasites. 



Mr. Curtis invited the convention to meet 

 in Utica, next year. Balloting resnlted as 

 follows: Syracuse, 21; Utica, 15; Albany, 

 4. Syracuse was declared chosen. 



^'Are the Italian bees superior to the 

 blacks f 



Mr. Doolittle says the two races are like 

 some men. One will not work unless he 

 can secure dollars, while another is satis- 

 fied to glean pennies. The Italians will 

 gather in times of comparative dearth, 

 while the blacks seem discouraged and are 

 idle. 



Mr. Van Deusen prefers the black bees to 

 Italians, in buckwheat harvest, although 

 hybrids are equally useful. -Mr. Elwood 

 agrees that hybrids are most useful in his 

 locality. He prefers a race containing 

 about three-fourths Italian blood— one- 

 fourth black. 



Mr. Root says neither race possesses as 

 many points of snperiority over the otiier 

 as some claim for them. He would advise 

 every one to have both races. He found 

 that the Italians are active workers, but 

 when abused they are also active fighters. — 

 In 1870, Dr. A. H. Marks had secured 1.50 

 pounds from his only Italian stock, while 

 Ills best black stocks only gave about 75 lbs. 

 each. 



Mr. Doolittle— the purer the Italian, the 

 more industrious the bees, and the more the 

 profits from them. 



W. A. House prefers a cross of % Italian 

 blood to J^ black. 



Dr. Marks found that one fall an Italian 

 stock filled a set of side and top boxes from 

 wild flowers, while his blacks failed to 

 secure any surplus. 



Mr. Perry considers the black bees supe- 

 rior to Italians in every particular. He 

 says the champions of Italians are constant- 

 ly growing less in number and Aveaker. — 

 He would sell any stock that seems mixed. 



Dr. Marks had never secured more than 

 75 lbs. of comb honey from one black stock, 

 "While he had taken 225 lbs. from an Italian. 



Mr. Preston wished to know if any one 

 had secured over 100 lbs. of box honey from 

 a black stock. Comparison will tell the 

 story. 



Mr. Lloyd had, in 1874, 22 stocks of black 

 bees, which increased to 43, and took an 

 average of 115 lbs. of box honey. Bass- 

 wood yielded bountifully for 3 weeks. 



E. D. Clark nuist have some Italians, but 

 considers the blacks equally as profitable. 



H. Root had always kept black bees.— 

 He considered blacks equally as good as 

 Italians. 



In 1877 he had 56, and increased to 110, 

 taking 4,798 lbs. of cap honey; shipped to 

 New York. A single new swarm, cast June 

 15, gave 107 lbs. of box honey. Both Mr. 

 Root and Mr. Lloyd live in Otisco Valley, 

 than which no better locality can be found. 



Mr. Perry will give ^100 for 1 lb. of red 

 clover honey, gathered in his locality, by 

 any kind of bees. He has acres of red 

 clover. 



Mr. House says his Italians did work on 

 red clover this last season, when no other 

 plant was in blossom. 



