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Mu. Locke.— Mr. Hoffman of Fort 

 Plain winters his bees quite similar to 

 the method described by Mr. Barber 

 with equally good success. The shop 

 in which he manufactures his supplies 

 contains both a planer and a circular saw 

 and is directly above his bee cellar ; and 

 has in connection with it in an adjoin- 

 ing room a horse-tread power. All 

 the noise in running this machinery 

 and making his hives, etc., in no way 

 affects his bees. The hives set on an 

 earth bottom in the cellar, and are in 

 no way connected with the walls or 

 ceiling over head. Many times during 

 the winter the water runs through his 

 cellar, but it is free from that cold 

 clammy temperature which is a great 

 detriment to bees. The only cellar 

 ventilation he has is an upward 

 one. Ills hives are closely covered 

 with an enamelled cloth. In the early 

 part of the winter he likes a tempera- 

 ture between 45 and 50°. In the latter 

 part of winter it runs as liigh as sixty 

 degrees when the bees cluster on the 

 outside of hives. 



The following subject was reopened 

 for discussion : 



MARKKTING OUR PRODUCTS. 



Mr. Bacon. — In regard to market- 

 ing our products I will give some of 

 my experience. Speaking of those 

 small producers selling their honey at 

 10 to 12 cents per pound as was stated 

 yestei'day, shows that they were very 

 anxious to dispose of it. I care 

 very little for such producers. I was 

 very much discouraged in selling my 

 honey in such markets. I will suggest 

 to those who are in the business that 

 'they find a good market, place their 

 honey there, keep it pure and place 

 their mark upon it, get the confidence 

 of the dealers and give them to under- 

 stand that they are selling only the pure 

 article. 



Mr. Clark. — I am not opposed to 

 selling honey to dealers but think that 

 we could create a greater interest with 

 our own dealers at home. The ques- 

 tion is how shall we create a larger 

 sale. If the consumers cannot get pure 

 honey they will go without it. I am 

 opposed to selling honey to any firm 

 th^ adulterates our products. If we 

 get our honey in a good marketable 

 shape we shall have no trouble in mar- 

 keting it. 



Mr. Bacox rei; t^d Ids experience in 

 selling honey, i nd said if we would 

 brand our honey with labels containing 



our name and address, we should have 

 better results. If our honey was all 

 sent to New York or some other max*- 

 ket, do you not see that the market 

 would be flooded and thus discourage 

 the dealers who purchase honey? I 

 believe we should dispose of a good 

 share of honey in our home markets. 

 Our western friends claim that they 

 produce honey successfully and in 

 proper marketable shape without sep- 

 arators. 



Mr. J. Van Deusen. — While on a 

 western trip, I saw some honey which 

 had been on exhibition, was claim- 

 ed to be a choice, article, and said 

 to be produced by W. Z. Hutchinson 

 without separators. Now this honey 

 would not be considered in good mar- 

 ketable shape in our eastern market, 

 and was a marked proof to me of the 

 necessity of separators. 



This question was further discussed 

 pro and con by many others who agreed 

 with what had been said. 



At this point the following resolutions 

 were adopted : 



Whereas, Mr. H. Segelken, a repre- 

 sentative of the firm of H. K. & F. B. 

 Thurber and Co., has acknowledged be- 

 fore this convention that the firm he 

 represents adulterates honey put up 

 in glass jars : 



Itesolved, That this convention 

 strongly censures Messrs. Thurber &. 

 Co., for indulging in such a pi'actice, 

 and urge beekeepers to shun them and 

 everii other house, or individual, who in- 

 dulges in the adulterdtiou of honey. 



Besolved, That these resolutions be 

 printed in at least six different papers, 

 selecting those that have the largest 

 circulation, and the most influence. 



After some further discussion, Mr. 

 Mc Caul of the firm of Mc Caul & Hil- 

 dreth, addressed the convention in re- 

 gard to placing their honey upon the 

 New York market giving some valua- 

 ble hints in regard as to what that 

 market demands, and gave some valua- 

 ble advice in regard to the beekeepers 

 of New York State in the way of pro- 

 tecting their interests. 



The matter of exhibiting our prod- 

 ucts at the ••American Institute Fair " 

 in New York next fall, and as an asso- 

 ciation exhibit, was discussed at some 

 length when it was voted that we send 

 samples of honey to Mr. J. M. Mc Caul 

 of New York who agreed to exhibit it 

 at said fair. Forty of the members 

 present agreed to send samples of ten 



