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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



N. J. Master, of Amo, Iiid., made 

 plain his method of transferring from 

 box-hives. 



W. S. Ponder demonstrated the im- 

 portance of having straiglit combs, and 

 that, year after year, the master of the 

 bee-yard should improve his colonies by 

 cutting out drone-combs and crooked 

 combs, and replacing with comb- founda- 

 tion. That the solar w^ax-extractor is a 

 necessity in a vv'ell-kept apiary, it being 

 just the thing into which to shave off the 

 cappings, when extracting, etc. 



Joe Meyers, of Gray, Ind., gave an 

 excellent talk on "Summer Manage- 

 ment." His method was of especial in- 

 terest to beginners, as he used a 10- 

 frame Langstroth hive to make the 

 demonstration clear. He used a division- 

 board feeder made large enough to con- 

 tain a float. 



President Collins delivered an address 

 on "The Anatomy of the Honey-Bee," 

 which showed that Mr. Collins had been 

 a close observer. 



Mr. Manford led a discussion on " The 

 Extractor, and How to Manipulate It." 

 He used the 10-frame Langstroth hive, 

 tiered three stories high, the first and 

 second stories being used for brood. 

 Once in twelve days he thought was 

 often enough to extract. 



The committee consisting of R. S. 

 Kitley, R. S. Russell and J. P. Wilson, 

 appointed to nominate officers for the 

 coming yeai", reported the following, and 

 they were elected : 



President — R. S. Russell, Zionsville, 

 Ind. 



Secretary— J. P. Wilson, Toll Gate, 

 Ind. 



Treasurei- — Walter S. Pouder, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. 



First Vice-President — Chas. F. Muth, 

 Cincinnati, O. 



Second Vice-President — Joseph Myers, 

 Gray, Ind. 



Third Vice-President — N. J. Master, 

 Amo, Ind. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



faliasli Valley Conyention. 



FRANK VAWTEK. 



The Wabash Valley Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation convened at the Mayor's office 

 ou Thursday, Jan. 7, 1892, in the 

 afternoon. There was a good attend- 

 ance, and an interesting session. A 

 constitution and by-laws were adopted, 

 and officers for the next year elected as 

 follows : 



President, Albert Wittenmeyer, Emi- 

 son, Ind. ; Vice-President, S. D. Cox, 

 Washington, Ind. ; Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, Frank Vawter, Vincennes, Ind. 



The afternoon was spent in lively 

 discussion about bees, queens, hives, 

 supers, and other topics of interest to 

 honey-producers. 



Ex-Mayor Wm. S. Ewing was loudly 

 applauded when he announced that he 

 would donate $100 to the association to 

 be offered as special premiums for bee 

 and honey displays at the next Knox 

 County, Indiana, Fair. Messrs. Ewing 

 and Wittenmeyer were appointed a com- 

 mittee to confer with the managers of 

 the Agricultural Society on the subject 

 of space, exhibits and premiums at the 

 next Fair. It is the opinion of the bee- 

 keepers that the managers of the Fair 

 can be induced to offer liberal premiums 

 and pay more attention to the bee- 

 products in the future. The next bee- 

 keepers meeting will be held on the 

 afternoon of Tuesday, March 1, 1892. 



A vote of thanks was extended to the 

 Mayor, the Sun, Commercial, and Ex- 

 Mayor Ewing, for favors shown. 



The Secretary was instructed to 

 furnish for publication notes to the 

 Commercial and Sun, to Oleanings, 

 American Bee Journal, and Review. 

 Frank Vawter, Sec. 



California Stale Bee-Keepers' Conyention. 



.JOHN H. MARTIN. 



The Southern California Bee-Keepers' 

 Association assembled in Los Angeles at 

 10 a.m. on Jan. 6, 1892. The Presi- 

 dent and Secretary both being absent, 

 Vice-Pi-esident Mclntyre called the 

 meeting to order, and Mr. J. W. Ferree 

 was chosen Secretary pro tern. 



About 50 bee-keepers responded to 

 the call, and among the number was 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, Professor of Ento- 

 mology in the Michigan Agricultural 

 College, and author of a standard work 

 on bee-culture, and lecturer. 



Mr. A. I. Root, of Medina, O., editor 

 of Oleanings in Bec-Culhirc, was also 

 present ; also J. H. Martin, a bee-keeper 

 recently from New York, now located in 

 Riverside, Calif., correspondent, and 

 well-known to the bee-keeping fraternity 

 as " Rambler." 



Poor Honey Seasons and their Cause. 



Prof. Cook opened the meeting with 

 the question, "Why do we have poor 



