Mrs. Fannie Dunham exhibited a speci- 

 men of comb foundation, made on a machine 

 of her own invention, the peculiarity of 

 which consists in making the base of the 

 cells very thin, and using more wax in the 

 sides of the cells ; also making the face of 

 the foundation comparatively trr.e and 

 smooth, instead of following the indenta- 

 tions of the base. She exhibited a comb 

 built on it. which, was inserted in her strong- 

 est colony in the hot weather of July. The 

 frame was filled from top to bottom ; it did 

 not sag nor bulge. It has more the appear- 

 ance of natural comb, as the bees begin to 

 build it, having the base of the cells thin, 

 and more wax in the side walls. 



Moved and carried that this meeting be 

 adjourned till the first Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day after the 20th of May, 1S79, to meet at 

 Hartford, Washington County. 



. A. H. Hart, Pres. 



Mrs. Frances Dunham, Sec. 



Central Ohio Convention. 



This Association met at Columbus, Ohio. 

 Dec. 11. 1878. J. O. B. Kenick in the chair, 

 and S. D. Reigel, Sec. 



Pickaway Co., has 1,808 colonies of bees, 

 which produced in 1877, 18,627 lbs. of honey. 



C. J. Huston offered a resolution which 

 was adopted, to the effect that the Legisla- 

 ture be asked to have inserted in assessors' 

 blanks a column for the collection of statis- 

 tics as to the number of improved and 

 unimproved hives, and the number of 

 pounds of honey produced by each. 



Specimens of extracted honey, sections, 

 hives and other articles were on exhibition. 



T. F. Bingham, Abronia, Mich,, exhibited 

 his bee-smoker and uncapping knife ; also 

 specimens of the new comb foundation with 

 and without wire, to prevent sagging. He 

 also addressed the Convention upon the 

 subject of the honey market and its present 

 low prices. 



J. O. B. Renick spoke of production, and 

 what might be. It required but little capital, 

 and might pay off the State debt in one 

 year. 



S. D. Riegel read an able paper on " The 

 Importance of Bee-keeping." He remarked 

 that there are 2,000,000 colonies of bees 

 in America and 70,000 bee-keepers, with a 

 yield of 35,000,000 lbs. The waxis estimated 

 at 2,000,000 lbs. The sale of extracted honev 

 has been injured by the adulterators. 



Mr. Bingham said the same was true of 

 New Orleans molasses and other articles, 

 and Congress had been petitioned to prevent 

 this imposition on the public and injury of 

 honest dealers. He also read a paper against 

 the use of glucose for feeding bees, showing 

 it very dangerous, and holding that pure 

 honey is adulterated with this same article. 



Mr. Riegel spoke of the adulteration of 

 honey in the Columbus market, and that the 

 Association should take measures to eradi- 

 cate it. 



Dr. R. G. Warner read from the Ohio 

 State Journal an article on the " Constitu- 

 tion of Sugar, written by Prof. H. Snyder, 

 of the Ohio State University. 



In the discussion of this paper Mr. Bing- 

 ham said there was a great difference 



between the natural and manufactured glu- 

 cose, and he read a paper prepared by Pro. 

 R. F. Kedzie, of Michigan v State University, 

 Lansing, and read before the Michigan Bee 

 Keepers' Association. 



Mr. Joseph McBeth, of Columbus, spoke 

 of the relative values of black ;and Italian 

 bees, preferring the latter. He favored 

 raising buckwheat for bees as well as white 

 clover. A general discussion ensued. 



The Association finally adjourned to 

 meet at Lancaster on the second Wednesday 

 in January next. 



Michigan State Convention. 



Met at Grand Rapids Dec. 4. Hon. A. B. 

 Cheeney in the Chair, T. F. Bingham Sec- 

 retary. After the routine business, discus- 

 sion was introduced on 



ESTABLISHING AN APIARY. 



Mr. Jas. Heddon, of Dowagiac. said much 

 depended upon location and the supply of 

 white clover, basswood, buckwheat and fall 

 flora, which go toward making the honey 

 crop. 



Mr. Steele, stated that the northern sec- 

 tion of the peninsula were admirably 

 adapted to bees and honey ; far superior to 

 the southern section of the State. 



Mr. Van Ness of Newaygo county 

 remarked that a single colony of bees in his 

 possession had produced an average of 10 

 lbs. of honey per day, from red raspberries. 

 The whole country for 50 miles around was 

 covered with them. The bees worked upon 

 raspberries when there was plenty of white 

 honey in the country. 



J. D. Husted, purchased 8 colonies of bees 

 last year ; he divided them in April ; they 

 had little honey and nearly starved. He 

 had 3 acres of red raspberries from 

 which the bees filled the combs in 5 weeks 

 when there was plenty of white clover. He 

 has now 20 colonies and had 600 lbs. of 

 honey. His bees must have died but for the 

 raspberries. 



President Cheeney said he had plenty of 

 berries but his bees did not work upon them. 



Mr. Heddon said it was important for any 

 one contemplating the establisment of an 

 apiary to get 6 miles away from an v one else 

 engaged in that business, and keep that far 

 away. His bees went from l^to 2 miles for 

 food, and spoke of the great danger of over- 

 stocking and the destruction of the business 

 from too many persons in one locality en- 

 gaging in it. 



Prof. Cook, spoke of the pine regions of 

 Northern Michigan as being admirable for 

 apiary purposes. He had traveled through 

 that region during the past year and was 

 surprised at the quantity and quality of 

 honey produced, mainly from red and black 

 raspberries. Mr. Roop, who lives near Car- 

 son City, had made $2,300 this year upon his 

 honey, and was urging every one to engage 

 in the business. Speaking for himself 

 Prof. Cook said he preferred a large field for 

 his bees. In the pine regions there is plenty 

 of fall flowers and a great yield of fail 

 honey. 



The following resolution was passed 

 unanimously : 



