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some, and can be spread on bread like 

 butter. Few families in large cities do 

 without honey on their tables. 



But the largest business, by far, is done 

 with manufacturers. We alone have cus- 

 tomers to whom we shipped 1,500 to 5,000 

 pounds per week, and we have sold re- 

 peatedly a carload of extracted-honey to 

 single firms. Honey in barrels and half 

 barrels is the shape preferred by manu- 

 facturers, but no particular objections are 

 made to tin cans. The principal requisite 

 seems to be that the honey is put up in 

 clean and tight packages. No excuse is 

 accepted by manufacturers and other 

 buyess for uncleanliness. 



Here I must repeat a remark made be- 

 fore this, that no honey should be barreled 

 direct from the extractor. All extracted- 

 honey should stand in open vessels for a 

 few days at least (the longer the better), 

 for evaporation and ripening, and it must 

 be thoroughly skimmed before it is bar- 

 reled. The thick, ripe honey settles to the 

 bottom, while its thin, watery parts rise to 

 the top, together with the specks of wax of 

 the uncapping of the combs. During the 

 rush of the season, and when evaporating 

 cans are scarce, the thick honey may be 

 drawn off from below, and the new ex- 

 tractings be added to the rest. Honey so 

 treated will form a solid granulation, and 

 no watery pools full of specks of wax are 

 found under the biinghole. No fermenta- 

 tion will take place, even if the honey is 

 kept in a cellar. 



wokld's fair apiarian exhibit. 



The participation of Ohio bee-keepers in 

 the Columbian Exposition should be con- 

 sidered by the convention. 



I recommend the appointment of Ur. A. 

 B. Mason, of Auburndale, O., as General 

 Superintendent of the Bee-Department at 

 the World's Fair. Dr. Mason is a man of 

 experience, and possesses the confidence of 

 the bee-keepers of the country. 



I recommend, also, that a committee be 

 appointed to confer with the Agricultural 

 Commission of the State, as to space, and 

 the appropriation due to the bee-keepers. 

 It seems to me to me that an appropriation 

 of .$5,000 would meet the requirements 

 necessary to be made worthy of the State 

 and the bee-keepers of Ohio. It is neces- 

 sary to impress upon the General Govern- 

 ment the magnitude at stake of the bee- 

 keeping interests of the country. 



CuAS. F. Muxn. 



After the reading of President Muth's 

 address. Miss Dema Bennett moved that 

 Dr. A. B. Mason be recommended as 

 General Superintendent of the Apiarian 

 Department at the Columbian Exposi- 

 tion, to be held in Chicago in 189;>. 

 The motion was carried unanimously. 



James H. Colville suggestcid that Presi- 

 dent C. F. Muth state to the Cincinnati 

 Chamber of Commerce the inequality 



that exists at the present time between 

 the freights , on extracted-honey and 

 molasses in barrels. It was also re- 

 solved that this convention ask the in- 

 fluence of Messrs. C. F. Muth, A. I. 

 Root and Thomas G. Newman, in get- 

 ting extracted-honey put in the same 

 class of freight rates as molasses. 



At this point the convention took a 

 recess, and en masse accepted the in- 

 vitation to visit the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, which was found to be in session. 

 The convention was received and treated 

 with a great deal of courtesy. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



First was an essay by G. W. Demaree, 

 on, " How to prevent swarming." As 

 Mr. Demaree was not present, Miss 

 Dema Bennett read the essay, after 

 which it was discussed. Allcoraplitnented 

 the essay very highly, and regretted 

 that Mr. Demaree could not be present. 



This question was next drawn from 

 the box, " Is it best to put queen-ex- 

 cluders between the brood-nest and the 

 sections ?" It was argued in the main 

 that it is not necessary. 



Mr. O, A. Cory next offered the fol- 

 lowing qujestion, "Is it necessary that 

 the combs all be capped before extract- 

 ing them ?" It was decided by discus- 

 sion that it is not necessary, as honey 

 can easily be ripened after it is extracted. 



" Is melUotus alba, or sweet clover, a 

 good honey-plant? Also, is it a good 

 fertilizer ?" 



Mr. O. A. Cory stated that at one time 

 he had received about 600 pounds of 

 honey from it, but thought it would be a 

 diflicult comb-honey to ship, on account 

 of its brittleness. 



President Muth claimed that it would 

 kill out white clover, while J. B. Hains 

 thought it a pretty good honey-plant. 

 No one rijcommended it as a good ferti- 

 lizer. 



" Should bee-keepers ask the Govern- 

 ment to put a bounty on honey, the same 

 as there is now on sugar? 



Mr. J. B. Hains, with the greatest of 

 emphasis, said " No." All who dis- 

 cussed the question argued against a 

 bounty on honey. 



'- Which is preferable, top or bottom 

 ventilation?" The arguments all favored 

 bottom ventilation. 



Adjoiirned until 7 p.m. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The evening session was opened with 

 the following question : "Do bees punc- 

 ture grapes and other fruit ?" All 

 claimed that bees do not puncture, or 



