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The standard does not in any way 

 exclude small quantities of honey dew 

 from honey. We realize that bees often 

 gather small quantities of honey dew 

 that cannot be detected in the finished 

 product by chemical means, and does 

 not dam;ig-e its quality. It is only 

 when relatively larg-e amounts are 

 firathered that the quality of the honey 

 is impaired, and it fails to meet the re- 

 quirements of the standard. It is g-en- 

 erally agreed that such a large amount 

 of honey dew is injurious to the quality 

 of the product, which cannot then be 

 properly regarded as honey. 



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Onlario Bee-Keepers' Convention. 

 The Ontario Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual convention in 

 Toronto, November 15th, 16th and 17th. 

 The place of meeting will probably be 

 near Massey Hall, where will be held 

 the Fruit, Flower and Honey Show. 

 The Honey Show will be a really im- 

 portant part of the meeting, as nearly 

 $200 have been offered in premiums on 

 honey, bees, wax, implements, etc. 

 Those interested should send for a list 

 to the Secretary, Wm. Couse, Streets- 

 ville, Ont. The following is the pro- 

 gram for the convention:— 



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IStH. 



2:00 p. m.— Minutes aud discussion. 



2:30— President's address. Vice-Presi- 

 dent to open discussion. 



3:30— Address by Hon. Nelson Mon- 

 teith. Minister of Agriculture. 



4:00— Paper read by Mr. R. H. Smith, 

 St. Thomas, on "Systematic Ad- 

 vertising and Marketingof Honey," 

 G. A. Deadman to open discussion. 



5:00— Question Drawer, Mr. W. J. 

 Brown, Chard, in charge. 



7:30— Address by Prof. F. Shutt, Ot- 

 tawa, on the "Food Value and 

 Various Uses of Honey." 



8:30— Paper by Mr. R. Lovvey. Cherry 

 Valley, on "The Production and 

 Care of Comb Honey," Mr. Morley 

 Pettit to open the discussion. 



9:30— Question drawer. 



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16tH. 



9:00 a. m.— Paper by Mr. F. J. Miller, 

 London, "Are Amendments Neces- 

 sar3' to the Foul Brood Act ?" Mr. 

 A. E. Hoshal to open the discus- 

 sion. 



10:00— Paper by Mr. John Fixter, C. 

 E. F., Ottawa, "On Results of Ex- 

 periments " Discussion opened bv 

 M. W. A. Chrysler, Chatham. 



11:00— Official reports. 



2:00 p. m.— Paper by Mr. Morley Pettit 

 Belmont, on "Wliat Can be Done to 

 Make the Association More Useful 

 to Bee-Keepers," Mr. J. L. Byer to 

 open the discussion. 



3:00— Election of officers. 



4:00— Question drawer, Mr. J. Al- 

 paugh. Gait, in charge. 



7:00— Address by Prof. F. C. Harri- 

 son, O. A. C, Guelph. 



8:00— Addresses by American visitors. 



9:00— Address by Mr. Arthur Laing, 

 Ash, on "Bee-Keeping in Canada 

 vs. Bee-Keeping in Jamaica." 



9:30— Question drawer, Mr. John New- 

 ton, Thamesford, in charge. 



FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17tH. 



9:00 a. m.— Unfinished business. 



10:00— Paper by Mr. Dennis Nolan, 

 Rewton Robinson, on out-apiaries, 

 discussion to be opened by Mr C 

 W. Post, Trenton. 



11:00— "Points in Judging Honey, and 

 Where Exhibitors Failed at the 

 Honey Show," by the .judges. 



Selling the Honey. 

 The short honey crop of the present 

 year has not been wholly an unmixed 

 evil. It has been more or less ot a 

 blessing in disguise. Had there been 

 a bounteous crop all over the country, 

 to add to the old crop that was left, the 

 bottom would have dropped out of the 

 honey market. The Honey Producers' 

 League did not accomplish what had 

 been hoped for, but Nature stepped in 

 and reduced the supply to such an ex- 

 tent that prices will certainly be sus- 

 tained. There has been much talk, 

 and some hope, of successful National 

 co-operation in the selling of honey, 

 but thus far the obstacles have proved 

 insurmountable. Upon a small scale, 

 locally, co-operation has been asuccess. 

 Aside from all this, much can be done 

 by each bee-keeper selling his own 

 honej', either at retail, or to men who 

 retail honey. Nothing crowds down 

 the price of honey like piling it up in 

 the g-reat, commercial centers. Many 



