Bond ; report as a delegate to National Con- 

 vention, by A. E. Maimm ; adulteration of 

 honey, by E. A. Hasseltine. 



Mr. Crane made a statement on winter 

 packing, claiming that he was the first one 

 to use it, that he knew of. He said the ob- 

 ject to be obtained was to keep the cold and 

 damp out, and the heat in ; for this purpose 

 he used refuse wool, woolen cloths, saw 

 dust or chaff, and that he did not think it 

 would hurt the bees to leave the packing on 

 all the summer. The main benefit of pack- 

 ing he said, was to secure an equable tem- 

 perature during the changeable weather of 

 spring, when the young bees were hatching, 

 and which was necessary. In answer to an 

 inquiry he said that his brood chambers con- 

 tained 2,200 to 2,300 cubic inches. 



Then followed a short discussion on comb 

 foundation, brought out by the inquiry of 

 E. J. Wolcott about its sagging. It was 

 generally thought by old bee-keepers that it 

 did not bother much in that way. It was 

 further stated that 1 lb. would fill '5 frames. 



Dr. Bond read an essay, which was very 

 interesting and instructive. 



A discussion regarding the size of sections 

 followed, led by H. L. Leonard. The drift 

 of the discussion and feeling of the mem- 

 bers was in favor of the Addison county 

 section. 



Mr. Manum's paper was read next, which 

 gave a detailed account of his trip to New 

 York and his attendance at the National 

 Convention, to which he was sent as a dele- 

 gate. 



E. A. Hasseltine read an essay on adul- 

 teration, which was followed by a discussion 

 on the subject. Mr. Crane thought it would 

 be well to apply to the next legislature to 

 have a law passed prohibiting the sale of 

 honey adulterated with glucose. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The evening session was commenced by 

 a very able and interesting extemporaneous 

 lecture on "The constituent qualities of 

 different kinds of Sugar," by Prof. H. M. 

 Seely, illustrated by samples of the different 

 kinds. A vote of thanks was tendered the 

 Professor. 



The subject, "The best method of intro- 

 ducing queens," was next discussed. Mr. 

 A. E. Manum led the discussion with a 

 method which was novel to the most of 

 those present. He recommended taking a 

 virgin queen but a few hours old and placing 

 her in the hive to which he wished to intro- 

 duce her, and put her into a cell among the 

 hatching brood, and seal her up, breaking a 

 little hole in the back of the cell, and let- 

 ting the bees dig her out. He stated that 

 this method had proved very successful. 



Mr. Newton stated that he had practiced 

 this method and bad introduced queens in 

 this manner which were two days old. 



After some discussion, Mr. EL. L. Leonard 

 was called on for his paper, " The best loca- 

 tion for bee-keeping." He recommended a 

 situation ne^r a basswood forest, a small 

 stream and good white clover and raspberry 

 pasturage. He also made the statement that 

 there was a vast difference in the amount of 

 honey to be found in vegetables growing on 

 strong or light soils ; the difference being in 

 favor of a strong soil. 



The last discussion for the evening was 

 " Shall we glass sections for market ?" Mr. 

 Geo. O. Goodhue, of Danville, Canada, P. 

 Q., had a very neat sample of wood side 

 section, with sides secured with rubber 

 band ; these bands cost 10 cents per 100 and 

 the wood sides cost very much less than 

 glass, besides there is a great saving of time 

 in putting up honey in this manner, besides 

 to the buyer there is a saving of con- 

 siderable weight which is lost in the glass. 

 Mr. Goodhue stated that he marketed a great 

 deal of honey that way, last year, and that 

 retailers preferred it, with the exception of 

 a few boxes glassed to place in the window. 



Mr. Crane said that honey had a nicer 

 appearance behind glass; that there would 

 always be a call for glassed sections, and 

 that they would bring a higher price. 



Dr. Bond said that when the novelty of 

 glassed sections wore off, people would pre- 

 fer to buy honey at 20 to 25 cents per pound 

 rather than glass. 



As a whole, the meeting seemed to be 

 divided as to the different plans, though the 

 wood sides were favorably looked upon. 



FRIDAY MORNING. 



Mr. Geo. O. Goodhue was called upon to 

 state the conditions of bee-keeping in 

 Canada, but he called upon Mr. Newton of 

 Middlebury, but formerly of Canada, to do so. 

 Mr. Newton stated that he thought that bee- 

 keeping was not in so advanced a state in 

 the Provinces, as in the States ; most bee- 

 keepers practicing the old methods, though 

 they were alive to the importance of the 

 new systems of bee-keeping and were fast 

 adopting the customs of the States, led on 

 by the various bee papers. 



"The best method of securing surplus 

 honey." The method of securing it from 

 brood chamber was rejected at once as im- 

 practicable. 



Mr. Crane and Mr. Manum gave their 

 views as to the side, and top box methods 

 and without going into the details of their 

 arguments, we would say that they as a rule 

 favored top boxes, though when brood 

 chambers were high and narrow it was 

 thought that side boxes would be beneficial. 



Dr. Bond stated that he had once been 

 enthusiatic on tiering up, that is placing one 

 box above another, but had given it up as 

 impracticable. 



Mr. Crane said that was the usual experi- 

 ence. 



The next question for discussion was 

 "Feeding to induce bees to finish boxes, 

 already commenced." 



Mr. Crane stated that this might be done 

 successfully if the feeding commenced as 

 soon as the honey supply ceased, but if a 

 few days intervened before commencing to 

 feed, there was a loss. He had made an 

 improvement on extracted honey for feeding. 

 He took boxes partly filled, broke the caps, 

 placed them inside the hive and let the bees 

 extract their own honey. 



Mr. Manum said he had pursued this 

 method successfully only when the boxes 

 were laid down flatwise, otherwise the bees 

 would repair the broken cells and not extract 

 the honey. 



" Comb foundation " was recommended as 

 a good thing. J. R. Jones stated that he cut 



