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young bees for Winter." There was 

 some talk on ventilation, and the ma- 

 jority thought it better to have an open- 

 ing for moisture to escape, and it was 

 thought perhaps more under ventilation 

 would be better. 



Last year, in May, there was are-union 

 at President Blackmer's, in Orwell, en- 

 joyed by all present, about 25, and a 

 cordial invitation was extended to all 

 to enjoy another re-union at the same 

 place next Spring. 



At the evening session of Jan. 28, R. 

 H. Holmes, the committee appointed at 

 the last annual meeting to investigate as 

 to a proposed exhibit of Vermont honey 

 at the coming World's Fair, reported but 

 little enthusiam, as the ruling requiring 

 all articles to be in place the first of the 

 season, would shutout the crop of 1893, 

 thus only allowing the crop of 1892, 

 which had been kept over Winter to its 

 detriment. It was the idea of the meet- 

 ing that it would be better to change the 

 ruling so as to admit the crop of 1893, 

 after Sept. 1, 1893, and a committee 

 consisting of R. H. Holmes, J, E. Crane, 

 and H. W. Scott was appointed to look 

 up the matter. Those interested will 

 please correspond with R. H. Holmes, 

 chairman. 



The Treasurer's report showed a small 

 deficit, and the annual dues were raised 

 to 50 cents. 



The following officers for the ensuing 

 year, were elected : 



President — V. V. Blackmer, of Orwell. 



Vice-Presidents — W. C. Larrabee, of 

 Larrabee's Point, for Addison county ; 

 F. H. Walker, of Manchester, Benning- 

 ton county ; J. D. Goodrich, of East 

 Hardwick, Caledonia county; H. H. 

 Dodge, of Shelburne, Chittenden county; 

 J. W. Smith, of Moscow, Lamoille coun- 

 ty ; M. F. Cram, of West Brookfield, 

 Orange county ; H. L. Leonard, of Bran- 

 don, Rutland county. 



Secretary and Treasurer — H. W. Scott,- 

 of Barre. 



A committee of the President and Sec- 

 retary was appointed to procure mem- 

 bers' badges. 



An informal discussion of the case of 

 the apiarists vs. commission men was 

 then taken up, and many interesting 

 facts were brought forth. 



The next discussion, on stimulative 

 feeding in the Spring to increase brood- 

 rearing and get the bees ready for the 

 honey harvest, was led by J. E. Crane. 

 Nearly all who took part agreed that 

 honey was far superior to sugar syrup 

 to increase brood. 



"How I sell extracted-honey," was 

 the topic of W. G. Larrabee. He said 

 it was hard to make the public believe 

 that candied honey was unadulterated, 

 although it is the very best proof of its 

 purity. 



The reports of the members showed 

 an increase of about 50 per cent, in bees 

 and over 75,000 pounds of honey from 

 about 2,000 colonies, yet this would 

 hardly cover half of the total State crop 

 for 1891. 



Throughout the convention there was 

 much enthusiasm manifested, and the 

 meetings were very interesting and in- 

 structive. H. W. Scott, Sec 



MteiinE Wire ly Eleclrlcily. 



W. E. DAGES. 



Place the wired frame over a smooth 

 straight board, a trifle smaller than the 

 frame, until the wire is 1/16 of an 

 inch (or half the thickness of heavy 

 foundation) above the board from end to 

 end, then place the sheet of foundation 

 on the wire ; let a current of electricity 

 pass through the wire, from 3€ to 3^ 

 second, when the foundation will drop 

 to the board, and the wire will be im- 

 bedded as perfectly as though it grew 

 there. The colder the foundation the 

 better. The battery I use for imbedding 

 wire is an ordinary plunge battery — one 

 I made myself from refuse electric- 

 light carbqns. The battery complete 

 cost me 10 cents, and a like amount was 

 invested in the acids. The current is 

 strong enough to heat a No. 80 wire, 6 

 feet long, to 200° or 250° Fahr. If I 

 had much wiring to do, I could rig up a 

 table where one man, after the frames 

 were wired, could imbed from 5 to 10 

 frames per minute. 



Morris, Ills. 



A Striking; illustration in last 

 week's "Frank Leslie's Illustrated 

 Weekly" shows just the condition of 

 affairs on the grounds of the World's 

 Columbian Exposition, at Chicago. This 

 representation of the different buildings 

 is alone worth the price of the paper. It 

 also has liandsome pictures of the pro- 

 posed new Episcopal Cathedral in New 

 York, and the obsequies of the late Duke 

 of Clarence. Price, 10 cents. To be 

 had of your newsdealer. 



