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inches wide, inside. Other years I placed 

 only 8 frames in the brood-chamber. In the 

 fall after extracting, I frequently found the 

 brood-nest in the middle, and sometimes in 

 the upper story ; 9 frames in the lower story 

 have a tendency to hold the cluster there. 

 I shall try placing 8 frames in the lower 

 and upper stories, and 9 frames in the 

 middle, next summer, and see if the bees do 

 not prefer close spacing for brood-nest." 



CARBOLIC ACID. 



L. C. Axtell used carbolic acid to 

 stop bees from i-obbiug weak colonies. 

 Sometimes, when working with bees, 

 when uo honey is coming in. it will 

 start robbing quite livel)^ If we take 

 a bunch of grass and wet it. then take 

 the cork out of the bottle of acid 

 and turn it up a time or two against 

 the grass, then mix the grass, through 

 and through, to even it up. then place 

 it around the entrance of the hive— the 

 robbers will disappear. Rub the combs, 

 and around the top, with the grass. 



A. N. Draper used carbolic acid to 

 keep the bees from a watering well, 

 and also on robber cloths while ex- 

 tracting, and had no trouble. 



Dr. Miller asked if there was any 

 unpleasant odor left. 



Mr.Draper said : Yes, for a day or two. 



STATISTICS. 



The reports being very incomplete, 



it was decided not to insert them in 



detail. Fifty of the bee-keepers 



present, reported their colonies and 



crop as follows : 



No. of rnlonies. Fall of 18»9 4,8=3 



No. of Colonies, SpriDg of ls9li 4.765 



No. of Colonies. Kail of 1890 6,050 



No.of Swarms. ISEKi 685 



No. Pounds of E-xtracted Uoney 46,125 



No. Pounds of ('oinb Honey 33,85o 



No. Pounds of Beeswax 535 



AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIOXS. 



Northern Ills. Bee Keepers' Association. 

 Illinois Union Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 Iowa State Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 Ohio State Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 Missouri State Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 S. W. Wis. Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 Wis. State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



DELEGATES. 



P. Baldwin, Independence, Mo. 



J. W. Bitleubender, Knoxville, Iowa. 



W. F. Clarke, Guelph, Ont. 



W. S. Dorn Blasor, Higginsville, Mo. 



E. B. Gladish, Higginsville, Mo. 



R. B. Leahy, Higginsville, Mo. 



R. McKnight, Owen Sound, Ont. 



Dan Shank, Clayton, Ills. 



ANXUAL MEMBEKS. 



John D. Adams, Nira, Iowa. 



A. E. Ault, North Liberty, Iowa. 



L. C. Axtell, Roseville, Ills. 



L. W. Baldwin, Independence, Mo. 



J. W. Barlow, Belfast, Iowa. 



E. J. Baxter, Nauvoo, Ills. 



L. B. Bell, Brecksville, Ohio. 



W. E. Bell, Dounellson, Iowa. 



Geo. Bishoff, Burlington, Iowa. 



J. Blanchard, Brimfield. Ills. 



Levi Booth, Denver, Colo. 



A. O. Calhoun. Victor, Mo. 



M. M. Callen, Moravia, Iowa. 



Chas. Dadant, Hamilton, Ills. 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, Ills. 



A. N. Draper, Upper Alton, Ills. 

 Joseph Dunbar, Mt. Sterling, Ills. 

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

 W. J. Finch, Chesterfield, Ills. 



B. W. Flanagan, Rutledge, Mo. 



E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, Ills. 

 Wm. Fulton, Keokuk, Iowa. 

 J. M. Hambaugh, Spring, Ills. 



C. E. Hargrave, Lacey, Iowa. 

 John Harlan. Hillsboro, Iowa. 



F. M. Hart, Traver, Calif. 



S. P. Heacock, Chillicothe, Iowa. 



Wm. Hill, Prophetstown. Ills. 



Mrs. Z. HoUingsworth, Montrose, Iowa. 



R. F. Holtermaun, Romney, Ont. 



H. Kellogg, Alexandria, Mo. 



G. H. Knickerbocker, Pine Plains, N. Y. 

 J. B. Lindle, Muscatine, Iowa. 



Wm. Lyon, Burlington, Iowa. 

 Dr. A. B. Mason, Aubuindale, O. 



D. W. McDaniel, Hamilton, Ills. 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, Ills. 

 Rev. E. Milleson, Denver, Colo. 

 Chas. F. Muth. Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 John Nau, Middletown. Iowa. 

 John Nebel, High Hill, Mo. 

 Howard Ogle, Paloma, Ills. 



A. Osborn, Mystic, Iowa. 



Dr. Jesse Oren, Mount Auburn, Iowa. 



E. C. Porter, Lewistown. Ills. 

 J. T. Powell, Rutledge, Mo. 

 W. Riley, Breeds, Ills. 

 Daniel E. Robbins, Payson, Ills. 

 W. J. Roberts, Keokuk, Iowa. 



A. I. Root. Medina, O. 

 Ernest R. Root, Medina, O. 



F. W. Schafer, Eddyville, Iowa. 

 Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 

 S. A. Shuck, Liverpool, Ills. 



W. H. Smith, Burlington, Iowa. 

 S. Glen Spencer. Payson, Ills. 

 J. P. Snyder, Breeds. Ills. 

 Henry Stewart. Prophetstown, Ills. 

 J. C. Stewart, Hopkins, Mo. 



B. Taylor, Forestville, Minn. 

 R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 

 J. A. Thornton. Lima, Ills. 



C. B. Turner, Keokuk, Iowa. 



J. VanDeu.sen. Sprout Brook, N. Y. 

 August Wadartz, Burlington, Iowa. 

 B. Wells, Fostoria, Ohio. 

 H. Weyand, Keokuk. Iowa. 

 J. S. Willard, Bedford, Iowa. 

 Geo. B. Worthen. Warsaw, Ills. 

 Jesse Worthen, Warsaw, Ills. 



LIFE MEMBERS. 



D. A. Jones, Beeton, Ont. 

 Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, Ills. 



Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Roseville. Ills. 

 Mrs. E. Baxter, Nau^joo, Ills. 

 Mrs. M. P. Bell, Donnellson, Iowa. 

 Mrs. Fannie Berthe, Winona. Minn. 

 Mrs. Levi Booth, Denver, Colo. 

 Mrs. L Harrison, j -foria, Ills. 

 Mrs. Z. HoUingsVvcyth. Montrose, Iowa. 

 Mrs. C. S. Jackson, Sigourney, Iowa 

 Mrs. E. J. McGavie, Keokuk, Iowa. 

 Mrs. L. J. Milleson, Denver, Colo. 

 Miss Cora Powell, Rutledge, Mo. 

 Mrs. John Springer, Fostoria, Ohio. 

 Mrs. Geo. B. Worthen, Warsaw, Ills. 



HONOBARY .MEMBERS. 



*F. W. Vogel, Lekmanshofel. Prussia. 

 Kev. George Kleine, Luethorst. Prussia. 

 ♦Andreas Schmidt, Eichsliiilt. Bavaria. 

 Rev. John Dziorzou, Karlsmarkt, Silesia. 

 ' *Baron A. Von Berlepsch, Munich, Bavaria. 

 Baroness L. Von Berlepsch, Munich, Bavaria. 

 *Prof. C. T. E. VnnSiebold. Munich, Bavaria. 

 *Major F. Von Hruschka. Dolo, Italy. 

 I)r. A. Dubini. Milan. Italy. 

 Visconti De Saliccto. Milan. Italy. 

 Rev. L. L. Langstroth. Dayton, O. 

 *Saniuel "Wagner. Washington. D. C. 

 *M. Quinby. St. Johnsville. N. Y. 

 L. Gerster, Berne, Switzerland. 

 *T. W. Woodbury. Mount Kadt'ord, England. 

 Mrs. F. A. Dunham, Ue Pore, Wis. 

 T. F. Bingham, Abronia, Mich. 



E. Bert rami, Nyon, Switzerland. 

 Frank U. Cheshire, l<c)iif1on, England. 

 Kev. Wm. K. Clarke, Guelph. Ont. 

 Prof. C. V. Kilev. Washington, D. C. 

 Hon. Eilwln E. Wlllots. Lansing, Mich. 

 Prof. Wra. Saunders, Ottawa, Ont. 

 *Dcccased. 



REPORT (IF COMMITTEE ON EXHIBITS. 



In a small anteroom, communicating 

 with the Convention Hall, were the exhibits 

 of hives and appurtenances, bees, queens, 

 and honey. By the time your committee 

 came to examine, the articles had been 

 considerably shitted, and in some cases the 

 names had been left off entirely, hence we 

 are not able to give credit to all sources. 

 We submit the following report : 



B. Taylor, of Forestville,Minn., exhibited 

 a divisible brood-chamber hive, which he 

 has had in use for over twenty years. The 

 frames are fixed, and hang on nail points. 

 The hive possesses several good features. 



James Wallace, of Clayton, Ills., exhibited 

 a queen-cage, and an observation-hive of 

 nice Italian bees. 



Charles Dadant & Son, of Hamilton, 

 Ills., exhibited samples of their superb^ 

 foundation, copies of their " Revised Lang- 

 stroth," beautiful samples of yellow bees- 

 wax, and small packages of their extracted 

 honey. 



Bingham & Hetherington, of Abronia, 

 Mich., samples of their standard goods, 

 a Bingham smoker, and a Bingham & 

 Hetherington honey-knife. 



S. A. Shuck, of Liverpool, Ills., some 

 very attractive cases of comb honey. 



James Forncrook, of Watertown, Wis., 

 samples of nice sections, both open and 

 closed top. 



J. Van Deusen & Son, of Sprout Brook, 

 N. Y., fine samples of flat-bottomed comb- 

 fouudation. 



Jacob T. Timpe, of Grand Ledge, Mich., 

 some beautiful specimens of histive-banded 

 Italian bees. They were admired by all 

 the committee. 



E. C. Porter, of Lewiston, Ills., a bee- 

 escape; probably as perfect a working 

 device as anything yet designed for the 

 purpose. 



J. W, Bittenbender, of Knoxville, Iowa, 

 a foundation fastener, a novel honey-board 

 bee-feeder, and samples of red-clover 

 honey. 



John D. Adams, of Nira, Iowa, samples 

 of extracted honey,both liquid and candied, 

 and fyom white and red clover. 



Joseph Hambaugh, of Spring, Ills., a 

 hive ventilator and an entrance-screen ; 

 also some fine samples of Spanish-needle, 

 linden and clover honey. 



A. N. Draper, of Upper Alton, Ills., sam- 

 ples of his square honey-jars, both empty 

 and filled with heart'sease and Spanish- 

 needle honey. 



L. W. Baldwin, of Independence, Mo., a 

 sample case of nice comb honey. 



The following articles were exhibited by 

 unknown parties : T tins and perforated 

 zinc ; also a hive made entirely of plaster- 

 of- Paris. Respectfully submitted. 



Dr. Jesse Oren, S. A. Shuck, E. R. Root^ 

 Committee. 



Both of the daily papers of Keokuk gave 

 good reports of each session of the Interna- 

 tional Convention, and the following items 

 will show their estimate of those who were 

 in attendance : 



Increased interest, and a larger attend- 

 ance characterized the second day of the 

 21st Annual Convention of the Interna 

 tiional American Bee-Association. One- 

 half of the Grand Army Hall was crowded. 



