back 18 inches from the'posts, it will bring 

 the shade where it is most needed. 



The subject of "Italian vs. Black Bees" 

 was discussed at length. President Roop 

 enumerated the superiority of the Italians 

 over the blacks as honey gatherers, con- 

 venience in handling, and illustrated his 

 method with a hive and comb. 



Adjourned until 1:30 p.m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The President in the chair. 



It was resolved that questions for discus- 

 sion should be submitted to the Secretary in 

 writing. 



The first question'/' What advantage has 

 artificial swarming over natural swarming?" 

 This question was discussed very freely, 

 without arriving at any discision. 



Wm. Daniels described his method of 

 transferring. 



D. Gardner, Wm. Daniels and President 

 Roop gave their methods of returning 

 swarms. 



Mr. Daniels explained his winter hive 

 which was on exhibition. 



The Secretary was appointed a committee 

 to examine articles on exhibition, and men- 

 tion those most worthy in his minutes. 



O. H. Townsend was made an honorary 

 member. 



The next place of meeting was left with 

 the officers. Adjourned to the third Tues- 

 day of Dec, 1879. Hiram Roop, Pres. 



O. R. Goodno, Sec. 



[The enumeration of articles on exhibition 

 is omitted for want of room.— Ed.] 



Muscatine, Iowa, Dist. Convention. 



Pursuant to call, a number of the bee- 

 keepers of Muscatine and vicinity met at 

 the court-house in Muscatine, Iowa. 



The meeting was called to order at 10:30 

 a. m.; W. J. Ronald, of Grand View, was 

 elected Chairman, and W. T. Kirk, Secretary. 



The object of the meeting was stated by 

 Messrs. Lord, Allen and Van Camp, to be to 

 form an association of bee-keepers embra- 

 cing at least the counties of Scott, Cedar, 

 Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, in Iowa, and 

 Rock Island and Mercer, in Illinois, or parts 

 of the same. 



On motion of A. N. Van Camp, the Asso- 

 ciation was named the Muscatine District 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



On motion, the chair appointed A.N. Van 

 Camp, George: Parks and Lewis Coe, com- 

 mittee on permanent organization, and con- 

 stitution and by-laws for the Association. 

 Then followed enrollment of members, as 

 seen annexed to the constitution. On mo- 

 tion, adjourned until 1 p. m. 



On re-convening, the constitution and by- 

 laws, as reported by the committee, were 

 adopted. On motion, proceeded to election 

 of officers for the succeeding year, by ballot, 

 with the following result : Maj. Lvman 

 Allen, President ; W. T. Kirk, Vice Presi- 

 dent ; A. N. Van Camp, Secretary ; Richard 

 Lord, Treasurer. 



On motion, it was decided to hold the next 

 meeting at Muscatine, and time of meeting 

 fixed for Thursday and Friday, May 8-9, 1879. 



After a few brief remarks on subjects of 

 interest to members present, the Association 

 adjourned. A. N. Van Camp, Sec'y. 



P. S.— I would add that all bee-keepers 

 residing in the above territory, are requested 

 to join the Association, and can do so by 

 sending their names and 50 cents to L. Allen, 

 President, or to the Secretary, at Wilton, 

 Iowa, or the Treasurer, at Muscatine. La- 

 dies free. Readers of the American Bee 

 Journal, in the District, are requested to 

 talk the subject up with neighboring bee- 

 keepers, and let our first regular meeting be 

 a big success. Come ! 



A. N. Van Camp, Sec'y, Wilton, Iowa. 



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Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1879. 

 I send the following recipe for a severe 

 cold : Take 1 ounce of hops and 4 ounces 

 of rock candy. Boil in 1 quart of water till 

 1 pint is left, then strain, and add 8 ounces 

 of comb honey. Take 3 to 4 tablespoonfuls 

 a day. M. J. Wagner. 



Brandywine Summit, Pa., Jan. 9, 1879. 

 Last month some one stole 3 colonies of 

 my bees, taking 1 each night. I hope some 

 electric machine may be made and sold 

 that will protect our bees. My bees are 

 enduring the cold weather well, and are all 

 wintering good. J. T. Williamson. 



Light Street, Pa., Jan. 8, 1879. 

 I have several volumes of the Bee Jour- 

 nal when published by Mr. Wagner, and 

 find that it still holds its place as the best 

 bee periodical published. It advocates the 

 best interest of its patrons, and as long as 

 it does this it shall have all my influence. 

 My bees went into winter quarters with 

 plenty of stores, but had mostly old bees— 

 the late honey resources being cut short by 

 the drouth. Do not let up on glucose, until 

 a law is enacted with severe penalties for 

 its use in adulteration of honey and syrups. 

 Success to the Bee Journal. 



H. EL. Brown. 



Bellevue, 111., Jan. 7, 1879. 



On page 18, January number, Mr. Dadant, 

 says : " There can be no fear of being 

 prosecuted for selling pure liquid honey, for 

 the lack of granulation is not a proof of 

 adulteration ; yet if, in December, I was 

 offered a lot of liquid honey I would be 

 very suspicious about its purity, because I 

 know unquestionably that all honey 

 gathered in Illinois will granulate in the 

 fall." 



Now I think Mr. Dadant is mistaken, fol- 

 ate honey does not granulate in the fall that 

 is gathered in Illinois ! I have some 

 liquid honey that was gathered in Illinois ; 

 it was taken out of the hive in the past fall, 

 and has not granulated up [to this 'date. 

 Also have some liquid honey that was taken 

 out in the fall of 1877 ; it still remains 

 liquid, and does not show any signs of 



