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the firstseason from being placed in an extra 

 strong colony. As it is well known that a 

 queen placed in a very strong colony will 

 lay a great many more eggs than the same 

 queen placed in a weak colony; brood rearing 

 being always carried on just in proportion to 

 the strength of the colony. The old queens 

 removed being only one year old and tested 

 will (if pure Italians) always find a ready 

 market. If the apiarist desires both honey 

 and increase, he may follow this plan, omit- 

 ting the uniting process. If he desires to 

 increase his number of colonies rapidly, he 

 may find it best to practice some of the 

 methods of artificial swarming recom- 

 mended in the various books on bee culture. 

 But lie should always remember that in- 

 crease of colonies is at the expense of the 

 honey crop, and as bees only breed rapidly 

 while honey is coming in, it will be 

 necessary when running for increase, to 

 feed whenever the bees are not gathering. 



Southern Michigan Convention. 



The bee-keepers' of Battle Creek and 

 vicinity, met on the 6th inst, and organized 

 an association called the " Southern Michi- 

 gan Bee-keepers' Association." A Consti- 

 tution and By-Laws were adopted. The 

 following officers were elected: A. J. 

 Robinson, President ; Geo. M. Evarts, Vice 

 President ; B. Salisbury, Secretary ; L. 

 Hume, Treasurer. 



All persons interested in bee culture are 

 invited to join this association. 



B. Salisbury, Sec. 

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Sanilac Co. (Mich.) Convention. 



The Sanilac county Bee-keepers' Conven- 

 tion met pursuant to call. Mr. George 

 Smith, of Amadori, was called to the chair, 

 and Mr. James Anderson, of Washington, 

 was elected Secretary. A treatise on mod- 

 ern and ancient apiculture by the chairman. 

 The cause of some honey »emaning in a 

 liquid state while other honey granulates 

 was discussed by James Madison, of Sani- 

 lac. A jar of honey produced in 1871 was 

 presented by the chairman which was 

 partly liquid. After a thorough discussion 

 of the merits and cause of the above, the 

 following resolutions were passed unani- 

 mously: 



Resolved, That poor honey gathered late 

 in the fall, is the prime cause of our late 

 bee disasters in wintering. 



Resolved, That all impure honey gathered 

 late in autumn be removed and pure honey 

 in frames be substituted. 



Resolved, That we advise the apiarists of 

 Sanilac county to secure their honey crop 

 in the "prize box," and to ship in the 

 "prize crate." 



Resolved, That we recommend that 

 honey be fed to stimulate early brood rear- 

 ing ; that our apiaries may be in the best 

 possible condition to gather a full supply 

 of honey from the early spring flowers, and 

 thus enable us to exchange for that gathered 

 later in the season. 



Resolved, That our warmest thanks are 

 due, and are hereby tendered to the Ameri- 



can Bee Journal, and to Mr. Ch. Dadant 

 for the bold and fearless exposures of the 

 adulterations of our " sweet of sweets." 



The officers elected after effecting a per- 

 menent organization were as follows : 

 President, George Smith, of Amadori ; Vice 

 President, James Madison, of Sanilac ; 

 Secretary, James Anderson, of Washington. 



After some desultory conversation the 

 meeting adjourned. 



James Anderson, Sec. 



N. W. 111. & S. W. Wis. Convention. 



The North-western Illinois and South- 

 western Wisconsin Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion held their annual meeting at Shirland, 

 111., on L»ec. 17, 1878. After adopting their 

 new constitution and by-laws, proceeded to 

 elect their officers for the ensuing year as 

 follows : H. W. Lee, President ; Mrs. W. 

 W. Kinney, Vice President ; Levi Keister, 

 Treasurer ; Jonathan Stewart, Secretary. 

 Owing to the inclemency of the weather the 

 attendance was small, but the different 

 localities of the district were pretty well 

 rcnrGSGntPcl. 



Mr. T. G. Newman, editor of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, gave a splendid address 

 on the interesting subject of preparing and 

 shipping our surplus honey to market ; he 

 also touched upon many other subjects 

 which would only interest the persons who 

 toil to procure one of the most delicious of 

 sweets. 



The next meeting will be held at H. W. 

 Lee's, 2 miles north of Pecatonica, on the 

 first Tuesday in May, 1879. 



The Association voted thanks to the 

 friends at and around Shirland for their 

 kindness and splendid entertainment of the 

 members of the Association. 



Jonathan Stewart, Sec. 



Rock Run, Stephenson Co., 111. 



Addison Co. (Vt ) Association. 



The annual meeting of this Association 

 was held in Middlebury, Jan. 30th and 31st. 

 The President, J. E. Crane, called the 

 meeting to order, which then|proceeded to the 

 election of officers for the ensuing year as 

 follows : J. E. Crane, President ; A. E. 

 Manum, J. D. Clark, W. Newton, Vice 

 Presidents ; Dr. F. Bond, Secretary ; A. C. 

 Hooker, Treasurer. 



A committee, consisting of Dr. F. Bond, 

 E. P. Wolcott, A. E. Manum, H. L. Leonard 

 and T. Brook ins, was chosen to make 

 arrangements. 



The name of this association was changed 

 to the " Champlain Valley Bee Keepers' 

 Association." 



Mr. Manum made some valuable state- 

 ments of his experience in bee-keeping, and 

 Mr. Crane followed him on the same subject. 



Mr. Crane recommended the use of the 

 Langstroth hive and Mr. Manum recom- 

 mended his hive ; samples of both were on 

 exhibition. 



The committee on exercises made the 

 following report : 



Essays — Afternoon.— The condition and 

 prospects of the honey interest, by Dr. F. 



