more cultivated and more wealthy, will in- 

 crease the demand to a large degree. After 

 people become fully educated to the real 

 merits of extracted honey, and after such 

 honey has come into very wide use, the 

 demand for comb lioney will continue and 

 increase. Many people will be willing to 

 pay a higher price for it than for extracted 

 honey. 



It seems to me that the premises upon 

 which this conclusion is based are correct, 

 and that the conclusion inevitably follows 

 from tlie premises, it seems to me that the 

 demand for comb honey is a legitimate 

 demand, based upon the intrinsic qualities 

 of the honey ; tliat this demand will be a 

 constant and increasing one. 



If this is true, it is wise for producers of 

 honey to prepare to supply this demand in 

 such a way as will be satisfactory to the 

 consumers and profitable to the producers. 

 What this satisfactory and profitable way 

 is I leave to be decided by those who have 

 had wide and successful experience. 



Keokuk, Iowa, May 6, 1878. O. Clute. 



C. P. Dadant.— We favor extracted honey. 

 Rich people can afford to buy nice comb 

 honey, at a fancy price, in fancy boxes, 

 glassed. For the working class, we must 

 put it up without glass and learn them to 

 eat extracted honey— a cheaper and more 

 wholesome article. 



HOW TO PREVENT AND CURE ROBBING ? 



J. A. Thomas.— Place asparagus or other 

 grass over the entrance. 



Will M. Kellogg.— Don't handle your 

 bees when they can get nothing from the 

 flowers ; give them a small entrance at such 

 a time, and leave no sweets exposed to get 

 them demoralized. I use cold water to 

 break up robbing. 



HOW TO CARRY BEES THROUGH SPRING ? 



Dr. I. P. Wilson.— Keep them from flying 

 as much as possible, shade and keep from 

 the wind ; face the hives North ; they are 

 less liable to come out and get chilled. 



Will M. Kellogg.— Keep them in their 

 winter quarters, as long as we can possibly 

 keep them quiet. 



THE DRAWING OF PRIZES 



was next in order, 9 more prizes being 

 added at this meeting, resulting as follows : 



Prize 1— A full stock of Italian bees, with an Im- 

 ported queen, given by Charles Dadant & Son, Ham- 

 ilton, 111.; drawn by L. H. Scudder, New Boston, 111. 



Prize 2— An imported queen, given by Ciiarles 

 Dadant & Son ; drawn by G. KraBtzer, South Chicago, 

 Illinois. 



Prizes— An imported queen, given by Hardin 

 Haines, Vermont, III.; drawn by T. G. Newman, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Prize -4— A queen, bred from an Imported Cyprian 

 queen, given by Hardin Haines ; drawn by H. D. 

 Walker, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. 



Prize .5— A tested Italian queen, given by T. G. Mc- 

 Gaw, Monmouth, 111.; drawn by Dr. D. G. Campbell, 

 Keithsburg, 111. 



Prize ti— A dollar queen, given by T. G. McGaw ; 

 drawn by E. D. Godfrey, Red Oak, Iowa. 



Prize 7— One dozen Sweet Home raspberry plants, 

 given by D. D. Palmer. Eliza, 111.; drawn by H.J. 

 EUiott.'Burlingtdii, Iowa. 



Prizes— One plant i-iich of the following named 

 raspberry pliinls— I)i)olittle, Mammoth Cluster, 

 Golden Tliornks.^^, S^cneca, Miami, Ganargna, Bran- 

 dvwine, Philadelphia, Lamb's ever-bearing, David- 

 son's Thornless and Brinkley's Orange, given by D. 

 D. Palmer ; drawn by Miss Susan R. Meadows, 

 Abingdon, 111. 



Prize 9— A double portico Langstroth bee-hive, 

 complete, cap covering both porticoes, honey board, 

 full set of section honey boxes, with shipping crate 

 for same, given by Kirk & Abbott, Muscatine, Iowa ; 

 drawn by W. H. Furman, Ceder Rapids, Iowa. 



Prize 10.— A Langstroth hive, given by George Bis- 

 choff, Burlington, Iowa ; drawn by M. T. Sharp, 

 Oquawka, 111. 



Prize 11.— A tested queen, or 2 settings of buff 

 Cochin or Bramah eggs, given by Charles Whitlock, 

 West Point, Iowa ; drawn by D. D. Palmer, Eliza, 

 111. 



Prize 12— A setting of partridge Cochin eggs, given 

 bv H. D. Walker. Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; drawn by 

 D. Rider, Fairfield, Iowa. 



Prize 13— A pair of Pekin ducks, given by W. H. 

 Furman, Cedar Rapids, Iowa ; drawn by N. Grigsby, 

 Blandinsville, 111. 



Prize U -Two dozen Brandywine raspberry plants, 

 given by Paul Lange, Burlington, Iowa ; drawn by 

 Harmon Brown, Galesburg, 111. 



Prize 15— A two-story Concord hive, given by G. 

 Kra!tzer, South Chicago, 111. ; drawn by Alvah Rey- 

 nolds, Oneida, 111. 



Prize 16— A fourteen frame Langstroth hive, given 

 by Richard Lord, Muscatine, Iowa ; drawn by S. E. 

 Taylor, Burlington, Iowa. 



Prize 17— Two choice roses, given by Peter Ness, 

 Burlington, Iowa ; drawn by J. Valentine, Burling- 

 ton, Iowa. 



Prize 18—" Manual of the Apiary," given by T. G. 

 Newman, Chicago, 111.; drawn by Dr. N. H. Derr. 

 Keithsburg, 111. 



After the drawing of prizes, Dr. R. L. 

 Robb, of Burlington, Iowa, gave the follow- 

 ing analysis of grape sugar, proving the 

 article to be adulterated and unfit for use.— 



SAMPLE A.— John Long— Partial Analysis.— This 

 sample, as seen under the microscope, contains dex- 

 tro-glucose starch (unchanged i, pipe-clay, and a very 

 few particles of pollen from buckwheat and sugar 

 acan. By heat test. Rotary power the same at all 

 temperatures plus 6(>°. Hence contnins no levulose. 



SAMPLE B.— Chas. Dadant & Son— White clover, 

 crop of 1877.— Heat test at temperature 15'^ C. minus 

 25°; at 52° C. minus 13°; at 90° C. the sign changes to 

 plus ; hence contains levulose and glucose. The 

 rotary power of glucose does not change at any tem- 

 perature. 



A vote of thanks was given the Dr. for 

 his remarks. 

 The discussion of questions resumed. 



HOW MUCH, AND WHEN SHALL WE USE 

 COMB FOUNDATION ? 



Will M. Kellogg.— Would only use narrow 

 strips for guides and starters in section 

 boxes, and narrow strips for guides, or full 

 sheets of it in the brood chamber, used in 

 medium or light colonies, or in outside 

 frames of strong colonies. Would never 

 hive a swarm on to full sheets of comb foun- 

 dation. Like foundation very much. 



L. C. Axtell.— In using comb foundation 

 in a heavy flow of honey the bees thin it out 

 nicely ; in a light flow, they leave the "fish 

 bone"" in the centre. Would only advise 

 its use in the brood chamber. 



Adjourned to 2 p. m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



SECTIONS AND SEPARATORS. 



"How shall we place the sections on the 

 hives, and what shall we use as separators 

 to secure straight combs ?" 



T. G. Newman exhibited a Comb Honey 

 Rack, filled with Prize Boxes, so construct- 

 ed, that, by removing a wedge, all the sec- 

 tions and tin separators are loose and free 

 to take out. He favored this style of using 

 Prize Boxes. Tin is, by far, the best mate- 

 rial to use for separators ; paper, as pro- 

 posed by some, will not do; bees gnaw it 

 to pieces. 



Others favored using an upper story, with 

 the sections fitted into larger frames. 



