THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



or disregai'ded, we shall have 

 trouble. 



— "Rural, jr.," thinks it about 

 time everybody knew that "bees 

 are as deaf as a post," and that the 

 beating of all the tin pans in two 

 counties would not restrain a de- 

 parting swarm. His way is to 

 throw among the flying mass water, 

 or the sun's rays b}' means of a 

 mirror. The latter plan he has 

 never known to fail. 



— We have received from Bag- 

 nail Bros.,Tura Thames, New Zea- 

 land a fine photograph of one of 

 their apiaries. With the tempera- 

 ture here below zero, and snow and 

 ice all about, it makes one almost 

 homesick, as he in his imagination 

 realizes that it is summer there, and 

 the bees are merrily humming about 

 as they flit to and fro, in the warm 

 sunshine. 



— A. S.Wilson, an Englisli scien- 

 tist, has made an elaborate calcula- 

 tion to show the marvellous 

 industry of bees. Starting with 

 the ascertained fact that 125 heads 

 of clover yield approximately 

 15,432 grains of sugar, and that 

 the proportion of sugar in honey 

 may be roughly estimated at 75 

 per cent, he finds that 2,500,000 

 clover flowers must be visited by 

 bees to obtain one pound of honey 

 from that source. 



— Hilas D. Davis of Bradfor(\, 

 Vt., has lately suffered a great loss 

 in the burning of his supply factory 

 vrith a large stock of lumber and 

 his entire outfit of new machinery, 

 a loss of about S3000. He has 

 just visited us and he proposes to 

 rebuild his factory and continue 

 his business. He has just ordered 

 a new lot of machinery. His cour- 

 age and enterprise are commend- 

 able. 



NOBTH EASTEBN BEEKEEPERS^ 



ASSOCIATION. 



The sixteeuth annual convention of 



the N. E. B. A., was held in the City 



Hall at Syracuse, N.Y.,Jau. 21-23,1885. 



FIRST SESSION. 



The convention was called to order 

 at 1.30 p. M., Pres. Root in the chair, 

 Sec'y Geo. W. House at tlie desk. 



After the calling of the roll, the 

 Sec'y read the minutes of the last 

 meeting, which were adopted and 

 placed on file. 



Treasurer Bacon made his annual 

 report, showing a balance on hand of 

 $43.39. On motion, this report was 

 accepted and placed on file. 



On motion of Sec'v House, it was 

 agreed that the Standing Committees, 

 and all other committees, report on the 

 morning of the 23rd. 



Sec'y House, at this point, appointed 

 Silas M. Locke as reading clerk. An 

 address on "The coming Bee," by Mr. 

 James Heddon, was then read and dis- 

 cussed. 



The next topic for discussion was, 

 "Is stimulative feeding profitable and 

 practical?" 



Messrs. Root, Bacon, Snow, Vander- 

 vort, Locke, Clark, Betsinger and 

 others took part in tlie discussion ; and 

 it was the geuei'al opinion, that bees 

 should not be stimulated to undue ac- 

 tivity in early spring, as it causes them 

 to breed too rapidly and waste while 

 on wing, in search of water, etc. 



Different methods of feeding were 

 described, all of which are well known. 

 The convention seemed to favor plac- 

 ing the food inside of the hive, in pref- 

 rence to feeding in the open air. 



All agreed that it was beneficial to 

 feed the bees between fruit-bloom and 

 white clover. 



The topic "Will it pay to sow or plant 

 for honey?" was next taken up for dis- 

 cussion, Messrs. Root, King, Bacon, 

 Vandervort, Locke and others, taking 

 part. ° 



It was generally concluded, that it 

 would pay, especially on poor land, to 

 sow for bee-pasturage; and abundant 

 evidence was given to prove, that 

 alsyke clover not only yielded well as 

 a honey plant, but also made a 

 fine quality of hay. Mr. Root preferred 

 one-third of this clover, and two-thirds 

 timotiiy, to any other quality of hay. 

 It was advised by one member, that 

 the alyske clover be cut early, as the 

 second crop was very valuable for 

 honey. 



