time my Italians bother me, while out 

 searching for honey, wliile Mr. Derr's 

 blacks did not bother honey close at hand. — 

 1 think the Italians are worse to rob than 

 blacks. 



T. G. McGaw. — At my place, the blacks 

 are the first to go "nosing" around for 

 stolen sweets. 



Dr. I. P. Wilson.— I had a stock of Ital- 

 ians rob out 2 or 3 neighbors' stocks ; stored 

 the honey in boxes, while the rest of my 

 stock were quiet. 



TO PREVENT NATURAL SWARMING, AND 

 TO SECURE THEM IF THEY DO SWARM. 



T. G. McGaw. — I usually divide from the 

 middle to the last of June, put on boxes 

 when clover comes, and clip the queen's 

 wing, if a swarm comes out ; cage the 

 gueen, move old hive away, put a new one 

 in its place, put caged queen under quilt of 

 new hive and release after the swarm 

 returns. Give old stock a young queen, or 

 capped queen cell. I don't believe in di- 

 viding too early. 



D. D. Palmer.— I have tried clipping 

 queens ; don't like it. My prevention is 

 to give plenty of surplus room, comb foun- 

 dation, ventilation and shade. Think it a 

 waste of time to return a first swarm, i 

 keep an average of one-half from swarming 

 at all. 



IN WHAT KIND OF A BOX SHALL WE PUT 

 UP COMB HONEY ? 



D. D. Palmer.— First, look to your mar- 

 ket. Who is to buy and consume your 

 honey ? If your neighbors, almost any 

 shape will do. Cut out in buckets is a 

 good way ; but I prefer extracted— no wax 

 for my stomach. Put plenty of honey on 

 your table ; make it free to your neighbors 

 when they come in. In the smaller towns, 

 light sections without glass ; in the large 

 cities, where they must and will have a 

 fancy article, there is no sale for 6 tt>. boxes 

 and the like ; it must be nice, smooth, light 

 sections, glassed on both sides. This pack- 

 age can be delivered around the cities free 

 from dirt and insects. Very few people in 

 large cities go to the stores to get their 

 lioney ; it is brought to them. 



T. "G. Newman.— I agree with Mr. Palmer. 

 He has said section boxes must be glassed 

 for the city trade. This is in favor of the 

 producer and against the consumer, but if 

 they ivlll have it glassed, it is not our fault. 

 Always put on glass after it is filled; it 

 makes a neater and cleaner appearance. 



C. P. Dadant.— We sold our honey in St. 

 Louis market with the crate glassed, sec- 

 tions unglassed. 



QUEEN RAISING. 



"Are queens grown by bees, in natural 

 preparation for swarming, any better than 

 those grown in strong colonies that are 

 forced to raise queens ?" 



T. G. McGaw.— I have seen just as good 

 queens raised artificially as by natural 

 means. 



Chas. & C. P. Dadant.— Would prefer 

 large to small (|ueens. We see no differ- 

 ence, as to prolificness, in dark or light 

 colored queens. We think dark comb pro- 

 duces dark queens, as a rule. We also 



think the color of honey used has much to do 

 with the color of bees. 



W. H. Furman. — I take a full Langstroth 

 hive, divide into 4 spaces, fill with strong 

 combs of brood, and raise my queens that 

 way, and find no difference in prolificness 

 of queens, as to size. Have seen light 

 (jueens put in black colonies, and turn dark 

 in 48 hours. Would as soon use nuclei to 

 rJiise queens as full colonies. 



WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH A COLONY 

 HAVING A FERTILE AVORKER ? 



E. D. Godfrey.— Break up the colony, and 

 distribute the combs to other colonies. 



W. H. Furman.— Change places with 

 some other colony. 



C. P. Dadant.— If a weak colony, break it 

 up ; if a strong one, try to save it. Have 

 seen 10 or 12 fertile workers laying at once. 

 Give frames of hatching bees, cage a queen 

 in the hive for a time, then release. 



ARE TRIANGULAR BLOCKS, WITH GROOVES 

 CUT IN THE UNDER SIDE, OF ANY REAL 

 VALUE AS MOTH TRAPS ? 



H. F. Paggenpohl.— I think they are valu- 

 able, but keep strong colonies and there is 

 no need for moth traps. 



IS IT WISE TO FEED GRAPE-SUGAR TO STIM- 

 ULATE BROOD REARIN(i, DURING THE 

 INTERVAL BETAVEEN FRUIT BLOOM AND 

 WHITE CLOVER ? 



Richard Lord.— I don't like it, as it fills 

 UD the cells with granulated sugar. 



C. P. Dadant.— Grape-sugar contains so 

 much matter besides sugar, that when added 

 to wine it injures it ; hence, we think it is 

 not good for bees. 



At 8 p. m. the session was favored with a 

 lecture from T. G. Newman, of the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal, Chicago, 111., on 

 " Honey as Food and Medicine." 



SECOND DAY'S SESSION. 



Called to order at 8 p. m. 



ADULTERATION OF HONEY. 



A resolution was presented by Chas. & C. 

 P. Dadant, of Hamilton, 111., for the appoint- 

 ment of a committee of three, to draft a 

 petition to Congress, to have laws passed 

 against the adulteration of honey and all 

 sweets. This connnittee is to correspond 

 with the secretaries of all the bee-keepers' 

 societies in the United States, asking them 

 to unite in getting signers to the petition.— 

 The expenses of tliis committee to be taken 

 out of the funds of the Society. 



This resolution drew out an animated 

 discussion, after which the resolution was 

 adopted and the committee appointed as 

 follows: Chas. Dadant, Hamilton, 111.; T. 

 G. Newman, Chicago, 111.; O. Clute, Keokuk, 

 Iowa. 



WHICH SHALL WE PRODUCE, COMB OR 

 EXTRACTED HONEY ? 



N. H. Derr.— I think we should produce 

 either, according to our market. 



O. Clute, of Keokuk, Iowa, read tlie fol- 

 lowing essay : 



THE DEMAND FOR COMB HONEY ? 



Some producers of honey think the de- 



