easily, two such crates ; next time you 

 come round, bring me 3 crates ; I will try 

 more. You do so ; he sells them and is now 

 ready for 6 or 8 crates and will tell you that 

 there is no trouble to sell such honey as 

 that, for it sells itself. All a customer 

 wants, is to see it. Now, my friends, you 

 have made a market and a demand right 

 here ; and you can do the same with a 

 dozen groce'rymen that you have with this 

 one, and the cry will be for more, and your 

 name being on every box, your grocer will 

 say that his customers come in and ask. 

 Have you any more honey with Col. Mann's 

 name on it, or Mr Williams' or Mr. Kepler's 

 or Mr. Clifton's, as the case may be. You 

 see, it is now known, and you will keep 

 this market as long as you will put it up in 

 an attractive form and in the most market- 

 able shape ; and as the demand increases, 

 you will be able to secure a better price. 



Now, do not think that the supply is in 

 advance of the demand, for not one pound 

 is used where there should be 1000. You 

 say, how shall we accomplish this ? 1 reply, 

 by creating the demand. Can this be done? 

 Most undoubtedly ; when you open up new 

 avenues of sale and enlarge the older ones, 

 you will find honey on the table of the poor 

 man and the medium liver, as well as the 

 rich man. You will find at every meal, at 

 the hotel where you stop, nice honey on the 

 table, which now you never see. There is 

 an increase of consumption and conse- 

 quently an increased demand, and this you 

 do by placing it in the hands of every 

 grocer and provision merchant, even the 

 confectioner, for it will not only look, but 

 be nicer than his candy, and just as clean 

 and neat for him to handle; and in this 

 way you both stimulate a taste for honey, 

 and at the same time create a market, thus 

 the demand and consumption will increase, 

 and where one pound was used, now 1000 

 will be sold. Never let a grocer keep any 

 honey of your brand that has become dull 

 looking or smutty ; rather take it away and 

 give him fresh in its place, or j'ou may 

 lose your reputation as a producer. 



"What I have just related has taken place, 

 and can be carried out on a large scale, if 

 we are only true to ourselves and offer it to 

 the trade in the best marketable shape.— 

 Your extracted honey should be put up, 

 each kind by itself, the white clover, bass- 

 wood, &c., and they retail very fast in jars, 

 from jelly cups, &c., up to quarts, &c.— 

 Label all with your name and the kind. 



A word about the size of sections. 1 

 think we should have different sized sec- 

 tions ; say 4)^x4^, being 8 to a broad Lang- 

 stroth frame ; 4)^x5%, being 6 to a Lang- 

 stroth frame and sections 5x6. The first 

 holds about 1 lb., the second l}4 fts., and 

 the 5x6, say 2 lbs. A 10x13 glass will cut 

 out 4 pieces for the 5x6 sections. I like 

 these better than Heddon's 4Xx6^^, which 1 

 consider a bad size. 



In regard to the supply, see what large 

 amounts of honey will be exported from 

 this country by the European demand. In 

 the March number of the Bee-Keepers^ 

 Mngnz'me, I notice that there is a very 

 small supply of nice honey in New York 

 now, and that there are purchasers adver- 

 tising for extracted, white clover and bass- 



wood honey, and purchasing all they can 

 get, for which they pay 22c. per lb., cash ; 

 and like it all the better if candied. Take 

 this into consideration, with the 100 tons 

 brought by Harbison, about one year ago, 

 to New York city, in addition to the very 

 large amount sent there from the Eastern 

 and Western states, and still the market 

 was good and this great supply did not 

 break it. Does not the prospect look 

 brighter? I certainly need say^ not, if we 

 only remain true to ourselves, and keep our 

 honey pure and unadulterated and put it 

 into an attractive form upon the market. 



Increase our hovne demand, and our pets 

 (for whom we pay neither rent nor pasture, 

 and who labor for us and board themselves,) 

 will do the work for us, and put up our 

 honey as neat and as nice, and better than 

 it can be done by any other insect, or man 

 even, for it is their province, and instinct 

 given them by the Creator for a wise and 

 good purpose, and for the benefit of man- 

 kind. Let us all work, therefore, to create 

 this demand and market. Mr. Heddon 

 says we must maintain an independence in 

 the market, if we wish to succeed. This 

 can be done by creating a demand, and the 

 demand by an increased consumption. I 

 advise all to read Mr. Heddon's article on 

 " Marketing Honey." It is full of sound 

 sense. I have read all his articles, for the 

 past year or two, with much interest. He 

 strikes at the root of all things, and gives 

 many thoughts for the bee-keepers to digest. 

 If what I have penned will produce any 

 good, or stimulate our society to renewed 

 energy in getting up honey in the most 

 marketable shape, and to increase the con- 

 sumption, I shall be well repaid. 



A. Fahnestock. 



N. Y. City Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The semi-annual meeting of this Associa- 

 tion was held April 27th, in room 24 of 

 Cooper Union, New York, J. S. Coe pre- 

 siding. 



Letter from W. S. Slocum read, stating his 

 removal from Brooklyn to Red Bank, N. J., 

 pi'esent duties and occupation making it im- 

 possible for him to act as secretary, and ten- 

 dering his resignation. Accepted with ex- 

 pressions of regret, and Ehrick Parmly 

 elected to the office. 



Letter from Theo. F. Read, treasurer, 

 read, tendering his resignation, as he could 

 not be present at the meetings of the as- 

 sociation and attend to the duties of the 

 position. Treasurer's report read and ac- 

 cepted; but resignation not accepted. He is 

 therefore continued in office with strongest 

 expressions of his value to the association 

 as treasurer, and as an active working mem- 

 ber, and keen observer. 



Minutes of last meeting read and adopted. 



J. L. F. Smith spoke on Article III. of the 

 Constitution relating to fees, and it was re- 

 solved that as the treasury is in good condi- 

 tion, and the expenses of the association 

 small and likely to be fully met by the initi- 

 ation fees of new members, that no further 

 provision be made at present for fees from 

 other sources. Funds in the treasury, $29.14. 



The attendance was not large, but all took 



