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were talking about. Beeswax does not 

 boil until it reaches about 600°. 



E. R. Root — What we meant by this 

 was at the boiling point for water — 

 21 20. 



C. P. Dadant — If bee-keepers will 

 keep their wax away from iron, and 

 melt it over water, they will have very 

 little dark wax. For cappings and light 

 combs the solar wax extractor is all 

 right. With old combs the skins of the 

 larva; soak up the wax. 



S. Cornell — Make a solar extractor 

 with double walls and double glass, and 

 when the rays of the sun get in then 

 they are "trapped," and the heat will 

 rise to above that of boiling water. 



C. P. Dadant — I do not wish to be 

 understood as saying that heat alone 

 injures wax, but heating it over boiling 

 water does. 



Foul-Brood. 



J. M. Hambaugh — Are we in need of 

 any more legislation upon foul-brood ? 



E. R. Root— I think that foul-brood is 

 diminishing ; hence, I think no more 

 legislation is needed. 



S. Corneil— If you had a law, as we 

 have in Canada, compelling each one to 

 report the existence of foul-brood, I 

 think you would be surprised at the 

 amount of it. 



Foundation vs. Empty Comb in Sec- 

 tions. 



The question was asked, "What is the 

 value of foundation as compared with 

 empty combs for use in the sections ?" 



Answer — Except as a "bait," founda- 

 tion is preferable to drawn comb. 



Passage-ways. 



Query — Are passage-ways needed 

 through the combs; if so, how shall 

 they be kept open ? 



J. E. Hetherington — We take refuse 

 tin and cut it into strips about % of an 

 inch in width, and roll it up into small 

 tubes. These tubes are pressed into the 

 comb, the pieces of comb punched out, 

 and the tube left in. The bees do not 

 fill the tube. 



The Quinby Hive and Frame. 



size of the 

 use the old 



the 



A member asked 

 Quinby frame. 



J. E. Hetherington — I 

 »)ninby. It is 11x17. 



How many in a hive ? 



.1. E. H('th«Mington— Oh, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 

 0, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1, 20 or 80, as the case 

 may be. That is the beauty of the 

 (^>iiinby hive, it can be made any size. 



The Treasurer, E. R. Root, read his 

 report, which was as follows : 



RECEIPTS. 



Cash from former Treasurer 



Interest on average monthly balance. 



LIFE MEMBERSHIP FEES. 



A. I. Root 



E. R. Root 



J. T. Calvert 



C. P. Dadant & Son 



Dr. C. C. Miller 



Chas. F. Muth 



A. N. Draper 



Mrs. L. Harrison 



Eugene Secor 



AFFILIATION FEES. 



59.75 

 5.38 



10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 20 00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association 5.00 



Colorato State •' , " 5.00 



Connecticut " '• " 5.00 



ANNUAL DUES. 



J. S. Barb 1.00 



E. Calvert 1.00 



F. A. Hayes 1.00 



Membership Fees at Albany 84.00 



Total $267.13 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



To Rev. L. L. Langstroth $50,00 



For Incorporation 3.00 



For 25 Medals, dies and cases 77.75 



900 Programmes 6.00 



Stationery and Postage (C. P. Dadant).. 10.00 



Badges 12.00 



Expen«es of Thomas Pierce arranging 



Hotel Rates 2.00 



W. Z. Hutchinson, reporting Proceed- 

 ings at Albany 20.00 



Janitor's fee at Albany 5.00 



Total. 



RECAPITULATION. 



J5.75 



Total Receipts $267.13 



Total Expenditures 185.75 



Cash on hand $81.38 



The report was accepted and ap- 

 proved. 



A vote of thanks was given to Secre- 

 tary Dadant for his very efiBcient labors 



in behalf of the association. 



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The Secretary then read a letter from 

 Mr. Frank Benton. Upon motion of P. 

 H. Elwood, Mrs. F. Benton was made a 

 member of the society. 



[This letter was published on page 

 16.— Ed.] 



The Grading of Comb-Honey. 



The report of the committee on the 

 grading of comb-honey is as follows : 



Honey shall be grad(Hl in two grades, 

 the first to be known in the trade as 

 " fancy," or " fancy white," and to be 

 marked " A." It shall be composed of 

 well-filled sections of light-colored 



