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Rev. W. F. Clarke stated that Onta- 

 rio had already taken steps in regard 

 to the Columbian Fair ; that the 

 Province expected to make a ver}' 

 lai'ge display. He recommended put- 

 ting all the honey exhibits of the dif- 

 ferent Countries in one place, and 

 appointing a committee at once to see 

 about it. 



Mr. Clarke also stated that the 

 McKinley Bill would have a discourag- 

 ing efl'ect on foreign exhibits, though 

 it was not likely to have much on the 

 Canadian exhibit. 



Here ensued a short political discus- 

 sion, in which the Canadian delegates 

 seemed to be of the opinion that the 

 greatest objection to the McKinley 

 Bill was the hostile spii'it which it 

 showed, and which they thought was 

 likely to induce a spirit of retaliation. 

 It was then decided to appoint a 

 committee composed of Dr. A. B. 

 Mason, R. McKnight and Thomas G. 

 Newman to interview the authorities 

 of the World's Fair with regard to 

 securing ample space for the necessary 

 exhibits of honey and apicultural ap- 

 pliances at Chicago, in 1893. 



R. McKnight suggested that his 

 name be withdrawn from the commit- 

 tee, and another name inserted in- 

 stead, unless the bee-keepers of Can- 

 ada were expected to join the United 

 States bee-keepers in their exhibit. 



W. J. Finch, of Chesterfield, Ills., 

 said : If I understand this matter 

 right, this is to be an International 

 Fair, and the people of Canada have a 

 perfect right to exhibit under the 

 auspices of the United States bee-keep- 

 ers, if they wish to. 



R. McKnight said : I do not think 

 that the bee-keepers from all countries 

 will be allowed to exhibit in the same 

 place, as it is not customary. 



Dr. Miller asked whether Mr. Mc- 

 Knight, who had experience in the 

 matter, could not help to solve this 

 difficulty. 



W. F. Clarke thought that any 

 nation had a right to ask for space at 

 the Columbian Fair, and could not 

 see why the Canadian bee-keepers 

 could not be allowed to exhibit in the 

 same place with the United States bee- 

 keepers. He thought that allowing 

 Mr. McKnight's name to be dropped 

 from the committee would rather de- 

 ter them from exhibiting. 



R. McKnight said that the Canadian 

 exhibit would depend upon the action 

 of the Canadian Government, and 

 thought it would be unreasonable to 

 ask for a special location for the bee- 

 exhibit of all countries. A great deal 

 of money was needed for the exliibits, 

 and this had to be furnished by the 

 dift'erent States and Provinces to their 

 exhibitors. This would place the ex- 

 hibitions under the sepai'ate control of 



the dififerent Governments. He thought 

 that the bee-keepers of each State 

 should ask for appropriations from 

 their Legislatures, if they wished to 

 succeed. He was on the committee 

 sent for a four-months' exhibit in Lon- 

 don, of Canadian bee-culture, in which 

 they exhibited eleven tons of honey, 

 and had the people sample it by tea- 

 spoonfuls, to advertise Canadian pro- 

 ductions, and the English people 

 tasted it. to the amount of four tons, 

 all by tea-spoonfuls. He had the ex- 

 hibit of 26 different bee-keepers, and 

 after an expenditure of over .f2,000 in 

 cash, returned to the exhibitors from 

 14 to 18 cents per pound for comb, 

 and 11 cents for extracted honey. The 

 exhibiting committee was composed of 

 four members. He thought that the 

 United States should have sufficient 

 pride not to be outdone by Canada in 

 such matters. 



Dr. Mason said : At the Interna- 

 tional Exposition of New Orleans, the 

 State of Ohio gave $500 to a bee-keeper 

 to take charge of the State's exhibit. 

 Whether we go to the Columbian 

 Fair as International or as separate 

 States, does not matter. I expect to 

 ask the State of Ohio to grant $1,500 

 for the Ohio bee-exhibit, and each 

 State ought to have a grant, in order 

 [ to make an exhibit worthy of the in- 

 terests represented ; but there is no 

 reason why we should not have the 

 exhibit all in one location. I must 

 say, however, that I object to the 

 motion as stated, and desire that the 

 bee-keepers' committee be instructed 

 to ask, not only for space, but for an 

 assignment, that will secure us a 

 recognition and liberal offers of pre- 

 iums, etc. 



Further consideration of the ques- 

 tion was then postponed until to-mor- 

 row at 11 a.m., when the committee 

 would be heard from on this matter. 



BEES AND OTHER PURSUITS. 



The .subject, "Can poultry raising 

 be carried on successfully in connec- 

 tion with bee-keeping?" was discussed 

 by Dr. C. C. Miller, who read a humoi'- 

 ous letter from an imaginary German 

 to an editor, telling him about how 

 Sockery prepared to set a hen. 



At the close of his remarks the Asso- 

 ciation was favored with some choice 

 selections of music by Fields Brothers 

 orchestra. 



An informal recess of five minutes 

 was taken, and when called to order. 

 a committee was appointed to examine 

 the exhibits, and make a report. The 

 committee consists of Dr. J. Oreu, E. 

 R. Root, and S. A. Shuck. 



BLACK ANTS. 



The following question was then 

 discussed : "What can be done to do doubtedly 



away with the black ants, that destroy 

 solid bottom-boards of hives ? 



Ernest R. Root said that he knew of 

 the use of coal-oil but could hardly 

 recommend it, on account of its offen- 

 sive odor. 



Dr. Oren used tar on the undei'sidfr 

 of the bottom-board. 



Dr. Miller had seen bottom-boards 

 which were honey-comed by ants in 

 such a way as to destroy them in a 

 short time. He thought the only rem- 

 edy was to keep the bottom-boards off 

 the ground. 



J. Blanchard said that white ants 

 troubled him ; he had to set hives on 

 tiles, and this effectually got rid of the 

 ants, as they do not like to work in the 

 light. These ants were very injurious, 

 as they destroyed everything in reach 

 of them. 



J. D. Adams said that petroleum 

 soaked into the wood ; coal-tar applied 

 hot on the under side of the bottom- 

 board, would prevent them. Corrosive 

 sublimate spread on the ground will 

 kill the ants. 



R. McKnight asked if any had 

 been troubled with ants, who keep- 

 their hives off' the ground ? 



Dr. Miller said : I do not think that 

 if the bottom-boards are raised from 

 the ground, any one will be bothered 

 by ants. 



S. A. Shuck said : I had a few hives 

 bothered by ants, but never when they 

 were 3 inches or more from the 

 ground. 



R. McKnight said that some told 

 him to scatter salt about the bottom- 

 board, to prevent the ants from injur- 

 ing the hives. 



Wra. Lyon, of Burlington, thought 

 that the salt would be objectionable to^ 

 the bees. 



Dr. Jesse Oren sated that he painted 

 even the inside of the hives with coal- 

 tar. 



J. D. Adams stated that if coal-tai' 

 was applied hot. it would harden on 

 the boards, so as not to be objection- 

 able to the bees. 



APICULTURE AS A SPECIALTY. 



The next question was : •■ Does api- 

 culture pay tinancially as a specialty if 

 run independent of the supply business 

 or journalism ?" 



R. McKnight said that bee-keeping 

 paid him, and that although he did 

 not make his living by bee-keeping, he 

 could do it, if necessai-y. He consid- 

 ered himself a specialist, and hi» 

 neighbors also considered him as such. 

 He°thought bee-keeping gave as good 

 profits for the investment as any other 

 special business. He believed that 

 bee-keeping was preferable to many 

 other vocations. A man could make- 

 bee-keeping pay as a specialty, un- 



