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officers of the Bee-Keepers' Union to 

 lay our application for lower rates on 

 extracted-honey before the Western 

 Classiflcation Committee. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Mr. Kirkland, of Jefferson, and Mrs. 

 Winans, of Janesville, were introduced 

 as members of the State World's Fair 

 Co'mmission ; they gave assurance that 

 the commission would render all the 

 assistance in their power to aid the bee- 

 keepers of the State in making a worthy 

 display of their sweet product at the 

 World's Fair. 



An essay on the "Mutual rights of 

 bee-keepers " was read and discussed. It 

 was said that while there was nothing 

 legally wrong in the bee-keeper bringing 

 bees into a field already occupied, it was, 

 as a rule, unwise and not neighborly. 



Mr. Hoffman, of Monroe, advised that 

 bee-keepers buy up the honey offered by 

 small producers, and thus prevent its 

 being thrown upon the market at a low 

 price ; thus ruining the market for 

 others. 



Mr. Turner, of Sussex, said he had 

 succeeded in educating the small pro- 

 ducers in his locality so that they would 

 come to him and ask what honey is 

 worth. This he had done by offering 

 to buy their honey when offered at a 

 price lower than the market justified. 



Mr. C. A. Hatch read an essay on 

 " Extra Combs." He considered it very 

 important to have a good supply of extra 

 combs on hand, and the amount should 

 be three extra sets of combs for each 

 working colony. Spring count. The use 

 of comb-foundation, he said, was an 

 advance in bee-culture, second only to 

 the movable frame hive. It should be 

 used in full sheets as much as possible, 

 to prevent the building of drone-comb. 

 Mr. Freeborn said there were times 

 when an extra set of extracting combs 

 would be of great advantage to comb- 

 honey producers ; they should be placed 

 on the hives in cases of sudden and 

 heavy flows of honey, as the bees could 

 not at such times build combs fast 

 enough to receive it. 



Mr. Hatch stated that the managers 

 of the Wisconsin State Fair had offered 

 to increase the premiums on honey from 

 $40 to $100, and hoped thereby to 

 induce bee-keepers to make a display 

 worthy of the State. 



The following were appointed a com- 

 mittee to revise the State Fair premium 

 list : Arthur Wilcox, J. J. Ochsner and 

 C. A. Hatch. 



FRIDAY MORNING SESSION. 



The Committee on Election reported, 

 recommending the following for officers 

 for the ensuing year : 



President — C. A. Hatch, Ithaca. 



1st Vice-President — Mr. Standish. 



2nd Vice-President — J. J. Ochsner, 

 Prairie du Sac. 



Recording Secretary — H. Lathrop, of 

 Browntown. 



Corresponding Secretary — Dr. J. W. 

 Vance, of Madison. 



Treasurer — M. J. Plumb, of Milton. 



A resolution offered by Mr. Standish 

 that R. L. Joiner, of Wyoming, and 

 Joseph Henderson, of Springdale, be 

 made honorary members of this society 

 on account of services rendered by them 

 to the bee-keepers in connection with 

 the foul-brood act, was unanimously 

 adopted. 



Mr. Danniher, of Madison, asked if 

 any one could tell how to get the most 

 surplus honey from a colony in a box- 

 hive, without increase. This seemed to 

 be a stunner. 



Some suggested to knock the box-hive 

 to pieces, and transfer to movable 

 frames. 



Mr. Danniher answered as follows : 

 When the lower part of the combs in the 

 box-hive are whitening with new honey, 

 take a hive full of frames of empty 

 comb, and place it on the stand occupied 

 by the box-hive, cover it with a board, 

 out of which a large hole has been cut ; 

 place the box-hive over this hole, and 

 fasten up all other openings, the bees 

 will then fill the frames in the lower 

 hive, which can be extracted and re- 

 turned. The bees will rarely swarm 

 when treated in this way, and they are 

 sure to winter well, having a good sup- 

 ply of honey in their own hive. 



Mr. Danniher also stated that he was 

 wintering a " colony of bees in a jug,'" 

 this caused a ripple of laughter. Those 

 present will never forget the fun and 

 good humor caused by his quaint ex- 

 pressions. One thing was evident to all, 

 he is no novice, but one who understands 

 the bees-ness. 



It seemed to be the almost unanimous 

 decision of the convention that it was 

 best to allow the bees to do as they 

 pleased in regard to pollen, and not go 

 to the trouble of removing it from the 

 hive, as advocated by Mr. Heddon, of 

 Michigan. In most localities artificial- 

 pollen feeding was unnecessary. 



Out-door protection in Spring was 

 taken up. It was thought by most of 

 the members that special out-door pro- 

 tection of hives in Spring would not pay 



