how he came to the conclusion his plan 

 was practicable. 



Mr. Clement, of Iowa, said he wanted 

 nothing better than a properly-packed 

 double-wall hive on the summer stand. 



Mr. Heddon, Michigan, found the 

 matter of light in a cellar made but 

 little difference. He thought the dis- 

 asters in wintering mainly attributable 

 to the same cause— bad food. He thinks 

 the honey becomes infested with a par- 

 asite, which creates the so-called dys- 

 entery and causes the death of the bees. 



F. W. Chapman, Illinois, wanted to 

 know how Mr. Heddon accounted for 

 some colonies perishing and others 

 alongside suffering but little. 



Mr. Heddon thought the bees had not 

 all gathered food from the same source, 

 and cited some instances in support of 

 his theory. The fact that the disease 

 is not uniformly found is due to the 

 other fact that the micro-coccus fungus 

 is not equally distributed. Some bees 

 found the nectar that was infected, 

 others did not. Some years ago he 

 wintered 39 colonies, all from his home 

 apiary but one, which was brought from 

 four miles in the country. All were pre- 

 pared alike, but only three survived the 

 winter, and and one of them was the 

 colony from the country. 



C. S. Schotield, Indiana, inquired if 

 Mr. Chapman had old or young queens. 



Mr. Chapman. Mostly or all young 

 and prolific queens. 



Mr. Rice, Illinois, packed with leaves 

 in a shed, with a loss of four colonies. 

 He called upon Mr. Ellerton to explain 

 his method, who, he said, had lost none 

 for years. 



Mr. Ellerton, Illinois, said he put his 

 hives on scantling four inches high, 

 then packed between, behind and over 

 them with straw, and placed a board 

 in front to shield them from storm and 

 sunshine. He lost none out of forty 

 colonies thus protected. Four left out- 

 side perished. 



Mr. Rice thought this knocked Mr. 

 Heddon's theory in the head. 



Mr. Jones, Ontario, being called up, 

 said he wintered 300 colonies without 

 loss. He extracts the unripe honey in 

 the fall, and feeds with granulated 

 sugar. He breeds till late, and fills 

 each hive with all the bees it will hold ; 

 winters in a bee-house, and uses only a 

 cotton blanket over the frames, keep- 

 ing the temperature at 42- to 45° ; to 

 winter satisfactorily he wants strong 

 colonies and mostly young bees ; leaves 

 20 to 30 tt)S honey in each hive, but feeds 

 till late frost ; gives no flight in winter. 

 Is not fully satisfled out-door winter- 

 ing, with proper packing, is not as 

 good, but the saving in honey consumed 



will more than pay for the house. Has 

 used sub-earth ventilation with suc- 

 cess. 



Mr. Heddon thanked Mr. Jones for 

 proving his theory, in regard to bad 

 honey, to be correct. 



Afternoon Session. 



Convention resumed regular order of 

 business, Prof. Cook in the chair. 



Communication was received from 

 J. Y. Detweiler, delegate from North- 

 western Ohio Association, inquiring if 

 the North American Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention for 1878 had any connection 

 with the American Institute Fair. 



Rev. O. Clute, Iowa, said that he sup- 

 posed the inquiry was instigated by 

 some party who had a private axe to 

 grind, and therefore moved to lay the 

 communication on the table. Carried 

 unanimously. 



F. W. Chapman, Illinois, Chairman 

 of the Committee on Dissection and 

 Analysis of President's Address, sub- 

 mitted a report recommending that the 

 Society take some decided action to 

 render assistance to Rev. L. L. Lang- 

 stroth, the amount raised to be placed 

 in the hands of the President for im- 

 mediate remittance to the recipient. 

 As to the adulteration of honey, they 

 believed that by the earnest efforts of 

 the honey producers the matter will 

 regulate itself. They believed the mat- 

 ter of creating a home demand for 

 honey was only secondary to the pro- 

 duction of it," and a more general 

 endeavor on the part of apiarists to 

 introduce it into every home was earn- 

 estly recommended. In relation to that 

 portion of the address relative to rail- 

 road tariffs on apiarian supplies and 

 products, the committee recommended 

 the matter to be placed in the hands of 

 the Executive Committee with power 

 to act. The report was accepted and 

 adopted. 



Rev. O. Clute moved a committee of 

 one be appointed to solicit contribu- 

 tions for Rev. L. L. Langstroth, which 

 was carried, and Mr. Clute was ap- 

 pointed said committee. 



The subscription amounted to $153.50. 



F. W. Chapman, Illinois, moved the 

 adoption of a resolution, requesting 

 commercial reporters of newspapers to 

 use the words "'extracted honey," in- 

 stead of '"strained honey." Carried. 



Rev. W. F. Clarke, Canada, Chair- 

 man of Committee on Report of Rep- 

 resentative to Europe, reported the fol- 

 lowing resolutions, which were adopted 

 unanimously. 



Resolved, That this Association has lis- 

 tened with much pleasure to President 

 Newman's report of his trip to Europe, and 



