ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



Dr. N. P. Allen and W. Cook were nomi- 

 nated for President. Dr. Allen did not 

 want the place, said lie had served the asso- 

 ciation as President since its organization, 

 and hoped the memhers would vote for Mr. 

 Cook, who was accordingly elected. Dr. 

 Allen was elected Secretary* and Mr. W. 

 W. Wright, Treasurer. 



The following Vice Presidents were 

 elected : R. S. Munford, Hart Co.; N. H. 

 Holinan, Barren Co.; T. McGoodnight, Al- 

 len Co.; W. L. Dulaney, Warren Co.; T. E. 

 Shelton, Logan Co.; J. G.Allen, Cumberland 

 Co. 



The time and place for holding the spring 

 meeting of this association was then voted 

 upon, and Gainsville, Allen Co., was selected 

 as the place, and the first Friday in May 

 1879, as the time. 



The Committee on the state of bee culture 

 reported as follows : From the information 

 before us, we conclude that the past season 

 has been a very poor one, with but little 

 increase, and tlie honey crop almost a fail- 

 ure. We are satisfied that hundreds of colo- 

 nies will perish during the coming winter, 

 unless fed. We advise all to examine and 

 give them the necessary care. 



The Committee on apiarian supplies re- 

 ported as follows : We would respectfully 

 report the following articles on exhibition : 

 From Thomas G. Newman & Son, honey 

 jars, Van Deusen' bee feeder, and books, all 

 of which we would recommend to bee- 

 keepers. 



Dr. N. P. Allen exhibited Bingham's 

 smoker, which we heartily recommend, also 

 comb foundation made on a machine of his 

 own manufacture, which he sells at $1.00. 

 It seems to be as good as foundation made 

 on $40 to 3100 machines. The foundation 

 and machine we would recommend to bee- 

 keepers. 



J. W. Elder has a section bee-hive on ex- 

 hibition. 



The Treasurer, Mr. W. W. Wright, sub- 

 mitted a report showing $2.05 in the 

 treasury, which was approved. 



On motion, the convention went into the 

 discussion of questions according to the 

 programme. 



WHO SHOULD KEEP BEES AND HOW SHOULD 

 THEY KEEP THEM ? 



Dr. Whitlock opened the discussion with 

 an earnestness that gave life and ambition 

 to the subject. Among the many good 

 things he said, an ignorant, lazy, or a high, 

 tempered man should not keep bees, only 

 intelligent and industrious men and women 

 would make bee-keeping a success. As to 

 how they should keep them, he said in 

 movable frame hive, near the ground, with 

 saw dust around the hive, and a lighting 

 board to reach the ground ; he preferred the 

 Langstroth hive. 



Mr. Cook followed with a short and stir- 

 ring speech. Said farmers and all profes- 

 sional men should keep bees, but there 

 were some so careless and negligent that 

 they could have no luck ; said these " bad- 

 luck" fellows could raise no corn, the hogs 

 would get in and destroy it ; could raise no 

 wheat, for the cattle would get in and 



destroy it all, for the want of good fences to 

 keep them out ; bees were eaten up witli 

 moth on account of old box hives, with 

 cr-cks and openings in them. He said to 

 keep bees right we should have good frame 

 hives, made of well seasoned stuff, and by 

 a good workman ; the poor man should keep 

 bees to furnish his table with a sweet mor- 

 sel, and make his wife and children happy 

 in the enjoyment of one of God's greatest 

 blessings to man. He said there was a 

 spark of intelligence in all of God's 

 creatures, and that bees could be trained to 

 know a white hat from a black one, to know 

 their owner, etc. 



HAS A MOTH-PROOF HIVE BEEN INVENTED? 



Dr. Whitlock said there had not. 



li. S. Munford said he had his hives made 

 of seasoned lumber, by a good workman, and 

 all the cracks and corners inside sealed with 

 rosin and beeswax ; said the moth fly 

 deposited her eggs on the outside of the 

 hive, and when the moth worm hatched, it 

 crawls in at the entrance of the hive, unob- 

 served by the bees ; the said fly never 

 entered the hive. 



Dr. Allen said he thought friendfMunford 

 was certainly mistaken, as the moth miller 

 can be seen entering the hive and is often 

 found inside the hive of weak colonies ; that 

 the moth egg was deposited on the combs in 

 the bottom of the cells ; and that he believes 

 the moth egg was often deposited in the 

 flowers and carried in the hive with the 

 pollen gathered by the bees. 



TRANSFERRING BEES. 



N. H. Holman, the alternate on that ques- 

 tion, gave in a few appropriate sentences, 

 bis mode of transferring. 



OVEK-STOCKING. 



The Secretary read the following essay : 

 As this subject has never been discussed 

 before this association, I know of no better 

 method of bringing it intelligently before 

 you than giving my individual experience. 

 When I had but few colonies of bees I got 

 more surplus honey per hive than I did 

 after increasing them to a larger number, 

 say from 50 to 100. I am fully satisfied that 

 we can overstock our bee pastures, as well 

 as our clover and grass pastures, and none 

 will question that this can be and is often 

 done. I am aware that during our poplar 

 and white clover harvests, especially in 

 some sections, that it would require a very 

 large number of colonies to gather the 

 honey in reach of the apiary, from the mil- 

 lions of flowers that bloom in our fields and 

 forests, but, as this great flow of honey lasts 

 but a few days, or weeks at most, it would 

 be unwise, to say the least of it, to have in 

 an apiary a larger number of bees than 

 would be able to gather a sufficient amount 

 of stores to keep up brood-rearing to a mini- 

 mum point during the warm season. It is 

 well known by all specialists in bee cul- 

 ture that during the early spring and sum- 

 mer months that there is often but little to 

 be gathered from nature's flora, and that 

 where bees are collected in very large num- 

 bers that they lose much valuable time in 

 visiting flowers already robbed of their 

 stores. It is an admitted fact by our largest 



