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THE AMERICAN APICULTUBIST. 



ciatlon of his services and said, as I 

 am interested in tlie welfare and inter- 

 ests of this association I will liereby 

 donate twent}' dollars of that amount 

 to the association as a fund towards 

 the payment of a stenographer next 

 year. 



Some appropriate and effective re- 

 marks were made by members of the 

 convention, when a vote of thanks was 

 tendered Secretary House, for his 

 kind and very liberal offer and the in- 

 terest he has shown in making the as- 

 sociation what it is at the present time, 

 the largest and best in America. 



Mr. Aspinwall, as chairman of com- 

 mittee on "analysis of honey, " very 

 kindly offered to pay all expenses for a 

 chemist in analyzing honey, for wliich 

 the convention tendered him a hearty 

 and sincere vote of thanks. 



A letter, received from a citizen 

 of the city asking if the association 

 had any facts to show the comparative 

 value of honey and cane sugar as an 

 article of human food, was read by Mr. 

 Dickinson. 



The question was discussed by Mr. 

 Aspinwall, Mr. Betsinger and others, 

 and then referred to the committee on 

 analysis. 



Mr. Aspinwall thought wax was indi- 

 gestible. Mr. Locke said he could not 

 see that any more injury was done by 

 eating wax than by eating crystal blue 

 and tlie other adulterants with which 

 many of our sugars and syrups were 

 filled. 



Mr. Warner thought the association 

 should procure some pamphlets or 

 circulars similar to Newman's " Honetj 

 as Food and Medicine," and circulate 

 them broatlcast. 



Messrs. Root, Betsinger and others, 

 agreed with Mr. Warner, when the fol- 

 lowing resolution was adopted. 



Besolved : That Geo. W. House and 

 S. M. Locke be appointed a committee 

 to procure designs and prices for cir- 

 culars to be printed and circulated 

 with our honey, instructing the public 

 of the healthfulnessof honey— both as 

 food and medicine — and report to the 

 members of this convention. 



The question of separators was again 

 taken up and discussed by Messrs. 

 Isham, Root, Snow, Betsinger, Waters 

 and others, after which the following 

 was unanimously adopted : 



Eesolved, That it is the opinion of this 

 convention that separators are indis- 

 pensable for the production of comb 

 honey in sections in good marketable 

 shape. 



Resolved, The time of meeting for 

 next convention be left to the execu- 

 tive committee. 



Secretary G. W. House was made a 

 committee on arrangements for next 

 convention. 



Adjourned to meet at Syracuse, N.Y., 

 upon call of the secretary. 



G. W. House, Sec'y. 



BEE-CULTURE IN THE 

 SOUTH. 



By G. W. Demaree. 



As far as my observation extends 

 fruit trees in the south never yield 

 more tlian enough honey to keep 

 brood-rearing going forward during 

 the period in wliich they are in 

 bloom. This I think is owing to tlie 

 fact that our fruit trees open their 

 flowers so early in the spring, and at 

 a time wlien the weather is too fitful 

 to give better results. 



Hence if the hives are not pretty 

 well provided with old stores of the 

 previous season, our bees are hardly 

 self-sustaining from the time the 

 earliest bloom makes its appear- 

 ance till the poplar and locust open 

 their flowers. 



This being the case it will be seen 

 that when the first shower of nectar 

 comes from the locust and poplar, 

 it comes to empty hives, and at a 

 period so early in the season that 

 it is hazardous to put the surplus 

 arrangement in position ; and 

 whether the surplus arrangement is 

 in place or not, the bees persist 

 in cramming the brood combs to 

 their utmost capacity, leaving the 

 queen without a cell to ply her oc- 

 cupation, and this at a time when 

 brood-rearing is of the greatest con- 

 sequence. The only remedy is the 

 judicious use of the extractor. I 

 say judicious use of the extractor, 

 for it required a good deal of study 

 on my part to find out what to do 



