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E. R. Root — To a certain extent I 

 agree with Mr. Doolittle. I will say 

 this much : If we look at a bee care- 

 lessly, or, perhaps, I should say casually, 

 we would say that it was one or two- 

 banded, when the same bee filled with 

 honey and placed upon a window would 

 show three bands. 



C. P. Dadant — The bee-keepers' asso- 

 ciation of Italy asserts most emphatically 

 that all the bees of Italy are yellow. 



J. E. Crane — We know that many 

 three-banded bees " sport," but, for all 

 that, I see no objection to the adoption 

 of a " standard of excellence." 



O. L. Hershiser — Have imported bees 

 ever shown more than three bands ? 



C. P. Dadant — I believe we were the 

 first to import Carniolans, but we quit 

 importing them, and said nothing about 

 it, because we found out that we were 

 getting nothing but black bees. The 

 bees from the other side of the mount- 

 ains were of a different brown. This 

 proves what I told Mr. Doolittle, that 

 black bees do differ. 



To save time a committee was ap- 

 pointed to draft a standard of excellence 

 for Italian bees, to be laid before the 

 convention for its consideration. The 

 following were appointed : G. H. Knick- 

 erbocker, G. M. Doolittle, C. P. Dadant, 

 and J. E. Crane. 



Next came a communication from Dr. 

 A. B. Mason, on " The Outlook for Api- 

 culture at the Columbian Exposition." 

 The Doctor was unable to be present. 

 His duties as postmaster were such that 

 he could not leave at this time. W. Z.. 

 Hutchinson read the communication. 



[This was published on page 19. — Ed.] 



J. E. Hetherington — At the Centen- 

 nial we were allowed to enter our honey 

 as late as September; yet there were 

 only four exhibitors. It is difficult to 

 keep honey over, and have it look well. 

 I think it should be so managed that we 

 can have at least until the first of 

 August before placing honey on exhi- 

 bition. 



S. Cornell — I think bee-keepers should 

 overwhelm them at Chicago with letters 

 stating what is wanted. Unless space is 

 granted in advance, when the time 

 comes for it to be used, it will be occu- 

 pied with something else. 



J. E. Hetherington — There should be 

 a committee appointed that will attend 

 to this matter from now until the 

 World's Fair opens. 



O. L. Hershiser— By July half the 

 number of visitors to the World's Fair 



will have made their visit. We might 

 have extracted-honey on exhibition 

 early, and then change to comb-honey 

 after the new crop had been harvested. 



J. E. Hetherington — That would be 

 all right. Let us shqw honey and im- 

 plements, and then make a grand show 

 of honey at one particular time, but all 

 this can be arranged and looked after 

 by a committee. 



J. M. Hambaugh — I think it would be 

 better and grander to have all the 

 honey show, from all the States, in one 

 grand display. 



It was finally moved and carried that 

 a committee of three, with Dr. A. B. 

 Mason as chairman, be appointed to 

 look after the apiarian interests at the 

 coming Columbian Exposition. By vote 

 it was decided that P. H. Elwood and J. 

 M. Hambaugh should be the other two 

 members of the committee. 



The Use ot Separators- 



The question was asked, through the 

 question box, does the use of separators 

 pay for the loss of honey caused by their 

 use ? The committee appointed to an- 

 swer these questions replied that it is 

 not admitted that there is a loss attend- 

 ing their use, but even if a loss did 

 occur, they ought to be used. 



J. E. Crane — I have had sections filled 

 in which a bee-space had been allowed 

 around the outside of the sections. The 

 combs were well attached, much better 

 than when no such space was given. 

 Combs are more travel-stained when no 

 separators are used. I secure no more 

 honey by abandoning the use of separa- 

 tors. 



N. D. West — I can get more honey 

 with less trouble by using separators. 



Place of Holding the Next Meeting. 



Buffalo, New York, Toledo, Cleveland, 

 Denver, and two or three other places 

 were mentioned as being desirable places 

 for holding the next convention, but the 

 choice finally fell upon Washington, 

 D. C. 



Election of OflBlcers. 



The election of ©flicers resulted as 

 follows : 



President — Eugene Secor, Forest City, 

 Iowa. 



Vice-President — Capt. J. E. Hether- 

 ington, Cherry Valley, -N. Y. 



Secretary — W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, 

 Mich. 



Treasurer — E. R. Root. Medina, O. 



