the increase, besides tlie quality and quan- 

 tity, and tlie methods used in America are 

 far superior to any otlier country, and tliese 

 facts, tal\en to^etiier, are creating a fear in 

 the minds of some of our most thoufilitful 

 apiarists that the prices received lor lioney 

 may fall below tlie cost of production, so we 

 will present a few facts wliich we think 

 may tend to allay these apprehensions. 

 Great Britain consumes annually about 

 9.000,000 lbs. of sufiar for brewinj; purposes. 

 Other foreign countries, as well as our own 

 country, a proporti<mally large amount. It 

 is a fact that extracted honey contains a 

 much larger percentage of the elements 

 needed as a substitute for malt than sugar 

 does, and is cheaper at 90 cents a gallon, 

 than sugar is at the lowest prices it has yet 

 reached. A desirable change by substitution 

 is now going on and may be greatly hastened 

 by well directed efforts on the part of honey 

 dealers. Second. Not more than 2-.5ths of 

 our people have yet learned to eat honey, 

 not because it is not generally acceptable, 

 but it has never been brought to their notice 

 as a staple article which may be had at the 

 same price as the best quality of syrup, and 

 that it is far more healthful. 



Third. A large percentage of the syrups 

 in general use in our families are badly adul- 

 terated, aiul positively untit for the human 

 stomacli, and ])articularly the stomachs of 

 children. This fact is fast being recognized 

 by the most intelligent of our population, 

 and only needs a little judicious pressing 

 through the papers to displace it, and in its 

 room put extracted honey. 



Fourth. Laws against the adulteration of 

 honey, affixing such penalties of tine and 

 iniprisoimient as shall afford complete pro- 

 tection to the producer, the honey dealer and 

 the consumer. Steps should be at once 

 taken to etfect this desirable result, before 

 some other unprincipled honey dealer shall 

 cause Great Britain to give us the second 

 slap in the face through their leading pa- 

 pers, by branding us as a set of swindlers, 

 and warning the English people against the 

 use of American honey. 



A petition setting forth this matter in its 

 true light should be presented to Congress 

 at its next session. All the members of 

 this National Convention, including all 

 dealers in honey, should be asked to sign 

 this petition, and a refusal from any cause 

 whatever, should be regarded as favorable 

 to honey adulteration, and producers should 

 be warned against selling such persons their 

 lioney. Such a petition, praying for so 

 laudable an object, and backed by so many 

 honorable names, could hardly fail in obtain- 

 ing the desired law, when extracted honey 

 would at once advance to its true position in 

 all our markets. Bee-keepers everywhere 

 should be united in bringing about these 

 needed reforms, and imitating the politi- 

 cians, should "keep it before the people" till 

 the end is attained. The journals devoted 

 tobee-keepiiigshould belK)ld and out-spoken 

 on this subject, regardless of all present 

 emoluments for a contrary course, and for 

 one, I here and now pledge the BeeKeep- 

 er^s MiKjnzine to this policy without the 

 least equivocation or mental reservation, 

 and [ expect to see friend Newman, of the 

 American Bee Journal, to join hands. 



and then, by a rising vote, test the sense of 

 this Association, and thus make a signifi- 

 cant stride in the true progress of bee-keep- 

 ing in this country. A. J. King. 



A vote of thanks was presented to Mr. 

 King tor his able address. 



An election was then held for officers for 

 the ensuing year. T. G. Newman having 

 been placed in nomination, and the Conven- 

 tion expressing their approval so enthusiasti- 

 cally, it was moved that Mr. A. J. King be 

 instructed to cast the vote of the Convention, 

 by ballot, for him, which was accordingly 

 done, electing hiui President. 



The following were elected Vice Presi- 

 dents : 



J. R. Jjee, HuntsviUe, Ala. 



Dr. W. Hipolite, Duvall's Bluff, Ark. 



C. J. Fox, San Diego, Cal. 

 J. 1j. Peabody, Denver, Col. 



F. I. Sage. Wetliersfleld. Conn. 



Jesse B. Watson, Vermillion, Dakota. 



Dr. J. W. Keyes, lohi, Fla. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga. 



E. J. Oatman, Dundee, 111. 



Rev. M. Mahin, IjOgansport,lnd. 



O. Clute, Iowa City, Iowa. 



N. Cameron, Lawrence, Kan. 



R. M. Argo, Lowell, Ky. 



W. H. Ware, Bayou Goula, La. 



Prof. C. H. Fernald, Orono, Me. 



D. A. Pike, Smitlisburg, Md. 

 Henry Alley, Wenbam, Mass. 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, Ivansing, Mich. 



C. P. Greening, Grand Meadow, Minn. 



Rev. J. W. McNeill, Crystal Spring, Miss. 



Dr. J. W. Greene, Chillicothe. Mo. 



George M. Hawley, Lincoln, Neb. 



K. C. Taylor, Wilmington, N. 0. 



J. L. Hubbard, Walpole, N. H. 



Rev. J. W. Shearer, Liberty Corners, N. J. 



P. H. Elwood, Starkville. N. Y. 



B. O. Everett, Toledo, Ohio. 



Rev. W. F. Clark, Guelph, Ontario. 



W. J. Davis, Youngsville, Pa. 



S. C. Dodge, Chattanooga. Tenn. 



Judge W. H. Andrews, McKinney, Texas. 



John Chatterlev, Cedar City, Utah. 



J. W. Porter, Cliarlottesville, Va. 



E. W. Hale. Wirt, W. Va. 

 A. E. Manum, Bristol, Vt. 

 Christopher Grimm, Jefferson, Wis. 

 Thomas Valiquet, St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. 



Some not being members, it was moved 

 they be made honorary members, without 

 the payment of initiation fee, and that they 

 be requested to advance the interests of the 

 As.sociation by correspondence, reporting the 

 condition of bee-keeping in their respective 

 States. &c., and it they cannot act, to name 

 sucli as can fill these duties. 



The following were unanimously elected: 



Recording Secretary -Dr. Parmly. 

 Corresponding Secretary— Prof. Hasbrouck. 

 Treasurer— J. H. Nellis. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



After calling the Convention to order, the 

 President delivered the following address : 



To meet you on this auspicious occasion is 

 indeed agreeable. To unite with you in the 

 discussion of themes that are all-absorbing 

 to every apiarist, will l)e to me a plea.sure — 

 the more so, because this Association is not 

 only National in name, but also in its influ- 

 ence and might; many of its members being 

 among the foremost in scientific explorations 

 in the apiary, and even their luimes are 

 " household words" around many a distant 

 hearthstone. And when, by means of that 

 mighty lever— the Printing Press— is trans- 

 mitted to a world your "thoughts tliat 

 breathe and words that burn"— they echo 

 and re-echo to " earth's remotest bound." 



it is exceedingly agreeable to witness the 



