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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPEB. 



February 



(From Ontario Co. Journal). 



ONTAEIO OOUNTY BEE KEEPEES' 



ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL 



MEETING. 



At the Ontario County Bee Keep- 

 ers' association's annual session held 

 in this village last Frida}"^ and Satur- 

 day, various subjects of interest to 

 apiarists were discussed. 



Walter F. Marks, president, in his 

 annual address, advocated the adop- 

 tion by the society of a system of 

 marketing, whereby the producers of 

 a first class honey would be assured of 

 securing first class prices. He would 

 have an inspector appointed by the 

 society to place a stamp upon all No. 

 1 honey, which stamp would bear the 

 seal of the association, and be a guar- 

 antee to purchasers of the quality of 

 the product. The plan was adopted, 

 and E. H. Perry was appointed honey 

 inspector. 



The secretary read a translation 

 from a German Apiarists' publication, 

 entitled " Gravenhorst on Apis Dor- 

 sata," which contained comments on a 

 paper read before the local association 

 last year, prepared by Frank Benton, 

 of Washington, D. C. After the 

 reading of the paper, it was moved 

 by H. L. Case, that the petition offer- 

 ed at the last annual meeting, for the 

 introduction of the Apis Dorsata be 

 endorsed by the association. This 

 was done, and the executive commit- 

 tee was instructed to have the petition 

 printed and distributed. The Apis 

 Dorsata is the giant bee of India. 



The following officers were elected : 

 President, W. F. Marks, Chapin villa ; 

 Vice Presidents, Lee Smith, Vincent ; 

 H. L. Case, BristolCenter ; E. H. Perry, 

 South Bristol ; Secretary, Ruth E. Tay- 

 lor, Bellona; Treasurer, Heber Roat; 

 Reed's Corners; Honey Inspector, E, 

 H. Perry, South Bristol. The Asso- 

 ciation has a membership of forty, in- 

 cluding honorary members. 



The question box was an interesting 

 feature of the meeting. Among the 

 exhibits were different samples of 

 comb foundation, manufactured by J. 

 VanDeusen & Son, of Sprout Brook, 

 N. Y. ; A.I. Root Co., of Medina, O.; 

 Schmidt & Thiele, New London, Wis.; 

 and Aug. Weiss, Hortouville, Wis. 

 J. Van Deusen, of Sprout Brook ; F. 

 A. Saulsbury, of Syracuse, and C. B. 

 Howard, of Romulus, Secretary of 

 the Seneca County Bee Keepers' As- 

 sociation, were welcome visitors and 

 participated in the discussions of the 

 meeting. A vote of thanks was given 

 the Village Trustees for extending 

 the use of the Hall for the meeting 

 gratis, and the newspapers and exhib- 

 itors were thanked in like manner. 



CRIMINAL BEES. 



HONEY GATHERERS THAT HAVE VERY 

 LOOSE MORAL IDEAS. 



Almost every form and variety of 

 human crime is to be found among 

 animals, ('ases of theft are noticed 

 among bees. Buchner, in the 

 " Psychic Life of Animals," speaks of 

 thievish bees which, in order to save 

 themselves the trouble of working, 

 attact well stocked hives in masses, 

 kill the sentinels and the inhabitants, 

 rob the hive and carry off the provis- 

 ions. After repeated enterprises of 



