Lausanne, Switzerland, Convention. 



The Soeiete Romand d' Apiculture con- 

 vened at Lausanne, (Canton of Vaud), on 

 August 21st. There were about 80 present, 

 four being ladies. The date of the meeting 

 had been advanced in order to suit the con- 

 venience of the Hon. Thos. G. Newman of 

 Chicago, President of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, who had kindly 

 promised to attend. He occupied a position 

 at the right of Mons. C. de Kibeaucourt, the 

 president. 



The minutes of the last meeting were 

 approved. 



The president delivered an address which 

 was well received. Owing to the success 

 of Mons. Bertrand's Bulletin the number 

 of members has increased from 96 to 161 

 and will soon attain a much higher figure 

 by the union of the Soeiete Vaudoise whose 

 members will be united to our society. 



The President wished a hearty welcome 

 to Mr. Newman and explained that this 

 gentleman was appointed by the American 

 National Association to attend the different 

 bee conventions and the honey shows of 

 Europe, to officially represent the bee-keep- 

 ers of America and aid in establishing a 

 bond of union. 



The Treasurer presented his annual re- 

 port which was, on motion, accepted. 



After the enrollment of new members, 

 the President and two members of the com- 

 mittee were re-elected. 



Then the assembly wishing to give a 

 mark of sympathy and gratitude to men 

 who have labored assiduously for the pro- 

 gress of bee-keeping, elected the following 

 persons as honorary members: Hon. Thos. 

 G. Newman, of Chicago, 111.; Mr. Chas. 

 Dadant, of Hamilton, III.; Mons. Ph. Ritter, 

 of Bern, President of the German-Swisse 

 Association, and the Rev. J. Jeker, of Lub- 

 ingen, Redactor of the Calendar for Mons. 

 Bertrand's Bulletin. 



The annual dues for each member for the 

 year 1879 were then fixed, after discussion, 

 at 3% francs. A discussion then ensued on 

 the formation of sections (branches) of the 

 Society. 



Mr. Newman, after having delivered a 

 short address in reply to that of the Presi- 

 dent, gave most interesting and detailed 

 explanations of a model of the Langstroth 

 Hive, which he brought with him, as well 

 as on different kinds of wax foundations, 

 far superior to our Europeon foundations, 

 including the new wire foundation, which 

 would be exceedingly useful to those bee- 

 keepers who are in the habit of carrying 

 their bees to the mountains, for a second 

 crop. 



There was a show of implements for the 

 apiary, such as Swiss, Layens, Quinby- 

 Dadant and Burky hives, honey extractors, 

 and a great many samples of Swiss and 

 foreign honey, including Chili honey, which 

 was found very bad, California and New 

 York honey, in tin cans, two years old, of 

 very good quality, but perhaps not quite 

 equal to the fresh Swisse mountain honey. 



At dinner a humorous discussion took 

 place between Mr. Newman and several 

 members on the topic of "Shall we sell 



Honey at low or high prices," (M. Bertrand, 

 interpreter.) Messrs. Newman, Rochert, 

 Bertrand and others spoke in favor of cheap 

 prices, while M. Nonguier and others de- 

 clared they would be glad to give their 

 honey at low figures if they could only learn 

 from Mr. Newman how to get American 

 quantities of honey, to pay the expense and 

 trouble. Mr. Newman replied he had pre- 

 viously explained American bee manage- 

 ment and that the Swiss flora and the Swiss 

 bee-keepers must do the rest. 



M. Bertrand told the assembly that the 

 American honey would come by tons to the 

 Swiss market if they kept the prices of their 

 honey so high— more than double the price 

 of American honey. 



By general request Mr. Newman gave an 

 interesting report of the different crops of 

 honey obtained in the Northern States, and 

 the time of blooming of the greatest honey- 

 producing flora of America. 



After dinner, before going to visit Mons. 

 Dumoulin's apiary in the town of Lausanne, 

 M. Nonguier thanked Mr. Newman, in the 

 name of the assembly, for his kind visit, 

 and three enthusiastic cheers were given in 

 the Swiss way, by the beating of hands, 

 "three times three" in honor of the bee- 

 keepers of America. We shall all long re- 

 member that most interesting day. 



Ed. Bertrand, 

 Secretary of the Society RomaJide. 



Nyou, Swisse, August 22, 1879. 



The Austro-German Convention. 



More than 700 bee-keepers assembled at 

 the Hall at Prague, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 

 1879, at the opening of the 24th annual Con- 

 vocation of the Austro-German Association. 

 From all the provinces of Germany and 

 Austria, from France, Italy, Russia and 

 America came the representatives of ratio- 

 nal apiculture, to compare notes as to what 

 had been attained during the past 10 years, 

 and to discuss the most important points in 

 this very interesting branch of husbandry. 



Herr Ritter Von Comers, the President 

 opened the session by a nice speech, wel- 

 coming the visitors to the Convention, and 

 the Mayor of Prague gave a hearty wel- 

 come to the Association. 



Before proceeding with the discussions, 

 the Russian Councillor of State, Herr Prof. 

 Dr. Butlerow, who was entrusted with the 

 mission of presenting in person to Dr. 

 Dzierzon, the Order of Saint Anna from the 

 Emperor of Russia for his efforts for the 

 elevation of apiculture. Dr. Butlerow said it 

 gave him great pleasure to present this 

 mark of high esteem to Dr. Dzierzon, and 

 then placed the badge upon the Doctor's 

 coat. Dr. Dzierzon was much affected by 

 the transaction and said that he regretted 

 that the programme was interrupted by an 

 act of such a personal nature, but still he 

 was glad to see that so high a persouage had 

 so acknowledged his modest efforts on behalf 

 of rational apiculture. 



Herr Werner then stated that the Emperor 

 of Germany had recently conferred upon Mr. 

 Hilbert, of Maciejewo, the Order of the 

 Crown, for his remedy for foul brood. 



After reading the minutes of the last 



