ject to serious failures some seasons, in 

 consequence of drouth, insects, &c; whole 

 herds of swine are sometime cut down with 

 cholera ; cattle also, in some sections, and 

 seasons, fall victims to fatal diseases, and 

 in view of these, failures are just as liable 

 to occur in these industries as in bee-keep- 

 ing ; but not when such care and attention 

 is given to the latter, as is generally given 

 to t! e former industries. 



Mr. McBeth said he had but little experi- 

 ence in farming, but had considerable in 

 bee-keeping, and thought the difference in 

 favor of the latter would equal the formar 

 two to one, with similar care and attention. 



Mr. Oldham thought bee-keeping, if well 

 managed, was no more subject to failure 

 than farming or stock-raising. 



Mr. Chambers asked if there, was any 

 difference in hives with reference to failure 

 or success in bee-keeping ? 



Mr. Oldham answered that bee-keepers 

 should keep but one kind of hives for con- 

 venience sake, and none but movable-frame 

 hives were considered of any value. 



In answer to the questions to the compara- 

 tive value of comb or extracted honey, Mr. 

 McBeth said, we must produce comb honey 

 to meet the demands of the market. 



Mr. Culp said he produced mostly ex- 

 tracted honey, and intended to continue its 

 production. He put nothing on the market 

 but a pure and good article, put up in neat 

 packages, properly labeled, and was creating 

 a market for it in this way. 



Bee and Honey Shows. 



Vice President Newlove thought some 

 action should be taken by the Association to 

 have the State Board of Agriculture offer 

 more encouragement to the bee-keeping 

 industry ; he thought they did not appreciate 

 its importance, as no suitable place for ex- 

 hibiting bees, honey, hives and other apia- 

 rian supplies has, as yet, been furnished at 

 their fair. More liberal premiums, includ- 

 ing a larger class, should be offered by the 

 Board. 



The Secretary thought it was probably an 

 oversight on the part of the Board, coupled 

 with the neglect of the bee-keepers, that 

 the claims enumerated have not received 

 attention before. That the Board would no 

 doubt, do what was fair and right, if the 

 matter was properly presented to them. 



A committee of three was appointed to 

 confer with the Board at its annual meet- 

 ing, and present the claims of bee-keepers. 



State Association. 



Some discussion was had as to the feasi- 

 bility of organizing a State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, composed of the district and 

 county Associations throughout the State, 

 and to be held at some central point. There- 

 upon a committee of two was appointed to 

 confer with kindred Associations in regard 

 to the same. Dr. L. C. Vernon, of Circle- 

 ville, and S. D. Riegel, of Adelphi, were 

 constituted said committee, and will report 

 at the next meeting. 



The Secretary was requested to select a 

 suitable subject for discussion at the next 

 meeting. The following was selected: Who 

 should keep bees. 



A vote of thanks was tendered Jas. Flem- 



ing, Secretary of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture, for favors extended to the Associa- 

 tion during the meeting. 



J. W. Newlove exhibted a case of nice 

 honey, in single comb sections. 



Mr. Oldham exhibited a new bee-feeder,, 

 which seemed to possess some valuable 

 points. He also exhibited samples of Bing- 

 ham's Smoker. 



The next meeting will be held at Circle- 

 ville, on the third Wednesday in November 

 next, at 10 a.m. J. W. Newlove, Pres. 



S. D. Riegel, Sec. 



West. 111. & East. Iowa Convention. 



The sixth semi-annual meeting of this 

 Society was held at Burington, Iowa, Oct. 

 30 and 31 1879. Called to order at 10 a.m., by 

 President L. H. Scudder. The attendance 

 being small in the morning, the forenoon 

 was passed in social converse. 



Messrs. E. D. Godfrey, Rev. O. Clute and 

 L. H. Scudder, were appointed a committee 

 on programme for discussion. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Admission of new members. The follow- 

 ing persons were added to our membership: 



Mrs. S. J. Rider, Fairfield, Iowa. 

 W. E. Baker, Trenton, Iowa. 

 Perry Morrison, Trenton, Iowa. 

 John Hanna, Danville, Iowa. 

 Wm. Parr, Burlington, Iowa. 

 E. L. Dunn, Alexis, 111. 

 Mrs. Wm. E. Bell, Dover, Iowa. 



The unprecedented failure of the honey 

 yield throughout the United States, caused 

 a great many bee-keepers to lose heart and 

 feel discouraged ; hence many were not 

 present who otherwise would have been ; 

 but the attendance was quite large, and 

 among our best members were those present. 

 All were enthusiastic and full of "grit" to 

 go ahead and try it again. 



The report of the meeting at Hamilton, 

 was adopted as published in the American 

 Bee Journal. 



The chairman of the committee on adult- 

 eration, Mr. Ch. Dadant, not being present, 

 the report was postponed. 



Mr. Clute said that at the meeting of the 

 National Association at Chicago, the mem- 

 bers expressed themselves as being not 

 afraid of adulteration as much as formerly, 

 as the low price of honey debared the 

 adulterators from the profitable use of a 

 spurious article. 



Mr. Scudder said that we ought not to give 

 up the warfare until this adulteration busi- 

 ness was completely dead ; for if honey 

 rises in price again, dishonest parties will 

 go to work again. Our Representative 

 thinks Congress will reach our case some 

 time this winter. 



Rev. O. Clute gave a short address of wel- 

 come on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, 

 He said : "We come together at this time 

 at the end of a bad season ; the prospects in 

 the spring were very flattering ; the season 

 opened well, but white clover quickly failed, 

 and the fall harvest proved no better, and 

 now we find ourselves not very rich so far 

 as honey is concerned, but we must not get 

 discouraged ; bad times will come as well as- 



