WHAT IS THE BEST METHOD OF ITALIANI- 

 ZING AN APIARY ? 



E. D. Godfrey.— Buy an imported queen 

 and raise your own queen, or buy one dollar 

 queens. 



D. D. Palmer, would use about the same 

 plan. 



DO TOADS EAT BEES ? 



T. G. Newman.— Toads do eat bees ; there 

 can be no doubt of it. It is so reported 

 from almost every section of the country. 



N. H. Derr.— Have seen toads catch bees, 

 and once saw a tisli catch a bee. 



HOW CAN WILD BEES BE CAUGHT ? 



D. D. Palmer.— Place an empty box or 

 hive near the location of wild bees ; have a 

 hole in it, with a tube run in near tiie 

 centre of the box. Place sweets in the box, 

 and they will find it aud fill the box. Leave 

 the tube out the first day ; next day, catch 

 the box full, then remove to a new location 

 and give them some brood. 



IS A BEE HOUSE PBEFERABLE TO A HIVE 

 IN THE OPEN AIR FOR THE PRODUCTION 

 OF HONEY ? 



J. A Thomas. — I prefer the hive, by all 

 means. Have tried the house business. 



D. D. Palmer.— For queen raising, the 

 house does well ; otherwise, not. 



CAN TWO LAYING QUEENS BE KEPT SUC- 

 CESSFULLY IN THE SAME HIVE ? 



Chas. Whitlock.— Years ago 1 would have 

 said no ; think differently now. Have had 

 a black and Italian queen in the same hive 

 for several weeks ; experimented with it, 

 had queens in two cages, and after 48 hours 



Eut both in one cage ; after a time I released 

 oth, and kept them both in the same hive 

 for over 3 months. 



WHAT IS THE BEST METHOD OF EXTRACT- 

 ING HONEY, THE BEST PACKAGE FOR 

 MARKETING IT, AND HOW SHALL WE IN- 

 CREASE THE DEMAND FOR IT ? 



N. H. Derr.— Use a two-story hive, and 

 put on an upper story as soon as honey 

 flows freely ; take out full combs, put in 

 empty ones, take to room and extract ; and 

 so work with all your hives. Don't extract 

 till most of the comb is capped over. — 

 Would ship to a distance in barrels, and 

 would put in stone jars for home trade. 



O. Clute.— Mr. Dadant uses tin pails for 

 shipping and selling extracted honey. 



IS IT ADVISABLE TO PAINT THE INSIDE 

 OF A HIVE. 



Several thought not. 



The following resolutions were presented 

 and unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That we appreciate the kindness of the 

 proprietors of Turner Hall for generously giving us 

 the free use of their hall for our sessions, and that 

 we thanlc them for the same. 



Resolved, That the hearty thanlis of the memhers 

 of this society are tendered the citizens of Burling- 

 ton for the cordial liospitality extended to us at tliis 

 meeting. 



Resoh^ed, That the genial presence of Thomas G. 

 Newman, the able editor of The Ajieuican Bek 

 Journal, has added much interest to our meeting ; 

 that we tender him our thanks for his able address ou 

 " Honey," and that we commend him and his journal 

 to the good favor of all bee-keepers. 



Resolved, That Thomas G. Newman be appointed a 

 committee to see the commercial editors of the Chi- 

 cago dailies, and represent to them the importance 

 of quoting extracted honey in their reports. 



Resolved, That tlie earnest and efBeient service of 

 our able Secretary, William M. Kellogg, deserves, 

 and hereby receives our most grateful recognition 

 and thanks, and that we hereby authorize our Treas- 

 urer to present to him, in our behalf, an Imported 

 Italian queen bee, to be selected by Mr. Kellogg. 



The society adjourned to meet at New 

 Boston, 111., October 12. 1878. 



D. D. Palmer, Pres't. 

 Will. M. Kellogg, Se&y. 



Southern Kentucky Convention. 



This Convention met at Glasgow Junction, 

 Ky., on May 7th, and was well attended. 



Meeting was called to order by Dr. N. P. 

 Allen, at 10 a. m. After the reading of the 

 minutes of the last meeting, which were ap- 

 proved, questions of general interest were 

 asked by those desuing information, and an- 

 swered by tliose who had experience. 



Judge Dulaney asked how much cold it 

 would take to kill a queen. 



Dr. Allen said they could not stand much 

 cold or neglect; in cold weather they ought 

 to keep covered by the other bees; the older 

 the queen the more cold she could stand; 

 they should be put in the brood nest to keep 

 them from being neglected, and explained 

 the mode of raising queens, answering all 

 questions pertaining thereto. 



Mr. W. Cook wanted to know why the bees 

 brought out so many bees and threw them 

 away. Judge Dulaney stated that he had 

 examined those that were brought out and 

 thrown away and always found that they 

 were in some way or another imperfect and 

 were thrown away because they were of no 

 service. 



The following communication from Thos. 

 G. Newman was read and ordered printed 

 with the minutes: 



marketing HONfiY. 



Companion Apiarists:— If there is one 

 subject of greater interest than another to 

 every keeper of bees, throughout the length 

 and breadth of the counti-y, that subject is 

 — " How to put up our BLoney, in order to 

 command the highest market price." 



Heretofore, we have spent our time at 

 Conventions, discussing such topics as the 

 following: "What hive shall we use?"— 

 " Which race of bees is the best— the natives 

 or Italians ?" " What extractor shall we 

 adopt ?" " Shall we winter our bees in or 

 out of doors ?" " Shall we build bee- 

 houses?" and many others— all important 

 and proper— but oi vastly minor importance 

 to that of "How shall our Honey be pre- 

 pared for the Market, in order to command 

 the highest price ?" Truly wise was the 

 remark of "one of old:" "These things 

 ought ye to have done, and not to have left 

 the other undone !" 



Since last spring, the prices of honey has 

 been steadily tended downward. Amidst 

 all this depression, alike common to all 

 products, what held up so unwaveringly 

 the price of that honev prepared for the 

 market by those "Kings of the East."— 

 Capt. Hetherington, G. M. Doolittle, N'. N. 

 Betsiuger, C. R. Isham, and others ? The 



