at the New York Convention, said that 

 "nowhere in Italy did lie find Italians un- 

 mixed, nor were any of the bees lie saw in 

 Italy as universal in markings as in this 

 country." Mr. J. II. Nellis, of Canajoharie, 

 New York, says: "I confess I am tho- 

 roughly disgusted with the majority of im- 

 ported queens and their progeny." 



Then, gentlemen, what are we to do? 

 Simply this: Breed and rear queens for the 

 special characteristics we want. What do 

 we want? We want the very best honey 

 producers. We want bees that make the 

 best results. Then, let every house-keeper 

 in Kentucky turn his attention to the devel- 

 opment of a race or strain of bees, and we 

 can astonish the world in this department, 

 as we have astonished them in the noble 

 strains of our horses and our cattle. Our 

 genial climate, our central position between 

 the North and the South, our productive 

 soil with its invigorating and distinctive 

 elements entering into its productions, gives 

 to us a home and a nursery for the develop- 

 ment and perfecting of animal life in all its 

 forms unequalled in the wide range of 

 human knowledge. 



Gen. Gano said there is a good demand for 

 pure Italian queens in Texas, and as soon as 

 some good party would make a business of 

 raising the best strains of queens he would 

 assure them of a good market in Texas. 



The President said Central Kentucky is 

 best adapted for queen raising that he knew 

 of; its central position making it a very de- 

 sirable location. 



Mr. C. H. Dean, Sr., offered the following 

 resolution, which was adopted: 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this Convention 

 that our President, Mr. C. Hersperger. be requested 

 to prepare and have published in the Lexington pa- 

 pers, Jessamine Journal, Woodford Sun, and all local 

 papers of the State, an article on extracted honey, 

 explaining the process so that it can be understood 

 by the public generally. 



The following motion was unanimously 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That all newspapers, magazines and jour- 

 nals friendly to this association, and the bee-keeping 

 interests of the State, are hereby requested to pub- 

 lish the proceedings of this Convention. 



Being no further business before the Con- 

 vention, on motion adjourned to meet in 

 Lexington on the first Tuesday in October 

 next, at 10 a. m. 



Mr. C. H. Dean, Sr., did not leave his essay 

 with the Secretary, having forgotten to do 

 so (and being at his home in Woodford 

 county), is the reason his essay is not pub- 

 lished with these proceedings. 



There was on exhibition a large display 

 of all the iatest improved bee-keepers' sup- 

 plies—the Standard Langstroth Hives, the 

 Simplicity Langstroth, Cottage Hive, Van- 

 horn Excelsior, and White's Palace Hive, 

 Muth's Extractor, the best journals and 

 books on bee culture. Altogether, tins has 

 been the most interesting and successful 

 convention the association has ever held.. 

 W. Williamson, Sec'y. 



Igi^The bee-keepers of Mahoning, O., 

 and adjoining counties, met on the last 

 Saturday of February, and organized an 

 association, called "The Mahoning Valley 

 Bee-keepers' Society." A Constitution and 



By-laws were adopted. The following 

 officers were elected : Leonidas Carson, 

 President; C. B. Beardsley, V'ce President; 

 B. T. Stanley, Secretary and George Carson, 

 Treasurer. 



All persons interested in bee culture are 

 invited to join this Association. 



Leonidas Carson, Pres. 



Livingston Co., Mich., Convention. 



This meeting was held in Howell, Mich., 

 April 19, 1879. The morning session was an 

 informal one. Prof. A. J. Cook and Mr. 

 Frank Benton brought in a number of 

 apiarian implements and placed them upon 

 exhibition. 



One of the members asked for the best 

 time to transfer bees. Prof. Cook said it 

 could best be done during the time of apple- 

 bloom, as there was then less honey and less 

 annoyance from robbers. 



Mr! Benton said in answer to some ques- 

 tion in regard to comb-foundation, that it 

 should not go nearer than one or two inches 

 to the bottom of the frames, and might be 

 fastened by stiffening it every one or two 

 inches and ultimately pressing it to each 

 side of the comb-guide, then pressing it on 

 the comb-guide so it would stick. 



At the afternoon session about 60 persons 

 were present, and the first six of the eight 

 questions which had been selected for dis- 

 cussion were gone through with. 



The discussion of the first question on the 

 distance of frames from each other and 

 from the sides of the hives was opened by 

 Mr. H. Blackburn, of LeRoy. He liked to 

 have his frames exactly square. Mr. Ben- 

 ton preferred them slightly narrower at the 

 bottom than at the top, so that the distance 

 between the side pieces of the frames and 

 sides of the hives would be one-fourth of an 

 inch at the top and three-eights of an 

 inch at the bottom, and claimed they would 

 lift out easier ; he also advocated staples in 

 the ends of the bottom-bar to save crushing 

 bees in lifting the frames out. 



Prof. Cook said the most important thing 

 was to have all frames exactly alike and 

 true ; in visiting Mr. Wolcott's apiary he 

 found just such frames and found that his 

 rule was correct. 



All members favored about % inch as the 

 proper distance to give bees free passage and 

 still prevent them from building combs 

 between the frames and the sides of the 

 hive. 



The discussion of the second question, on 

 the best mode of marketing honey, was 

 opened by Mr. Wolcott, who put up his 

 honey mostly in the boxes recommended by 

 Mr. Langstroth ; he had seen in his travels 

 through France, England and Scotland, 

 nothing very new or admirable in the line 

 of honey-packages. 



Prof. Cook recommended section-boxes 

 put first into the brood-chamber until a rush 

 of honey comes, then into top stories above 

 the brood nest : thinks extracted honey will 

 pay best put up in jelly-cups, as they could 

 afterwards be used, while empty bottles, 

 such as Mr. Muth, of Cincinnati recom- 

 mends, would be of no use after being 

 emptied of honey. The Prof, showed some 



