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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Febr uary 



the question here, from personal exper- 

 ience. In the past ten years the little 

 white aster has gained fast hold in uiy 

 locality, and my bees, some seasons, 

 gather honey from the aster bloom dur- 

 ing the month of October with the over- 

 flow ot a white clover or linden honey 

 harvest, and yet my bees are incapable of 

 building combs to store the honey that 

 late in the season. Such late gathered 

 honey can only be saved by supplying the 

 bees with extracting combs and taking 

 the honey with the extractor. There are 

 localities, however, where honey is never 

 gathered as a surplus^ except at a time 

 when the bees can build comb to store it 

 in, and in such localities, under proper 

 management, comb honey may be pro- 

 duced as a specially. In my experience 

 of over twenty years in the apiary, the 

 honey extractor has been the 'stay" and 

 "prop" to the bee business with me. 

 Though my crop consists ever}- season of 

 both comb and honey taken from the 

 combs with the extractor, I often in poor 

 seasons for comb honey foresee failure in 

 time to make the best out of poor prospect.s, 

 by removing the section ca.ses and putting 

 in their places extracting supers to 

 catch the light flow of honey that would 

 result in very little in comb building. 



In concluding this short article, it is 

 clear to ine that ])rofits from the apiar»- 

 must depend largely on the .skill of the 

 apiarist, especially his knowledge of tlie 

 resources of his localitv. 



Christian burg. Ky., Jan. S, 1900. 



New York State Association of Bee» 

 Keepers' Societies. 



Report of their Third Annual Convention. 



CI^HK third aiimial ineeling of the 

 ^11K ^^^^ ^ "'^'^ '^^■A^^ Association of Bee- 



-^^ Kee])ers' Societies was held in the 

 parlors of the Kirkwood Hotel at Geneva. 

 N. v., Jan. 10, 1900. 



Alter the roll call, the first on the pro- 

 gram was a pajier by S. A. Niver, of 

 C'Trotoii, N. Y., on the <;rading of honey; 

 he being absent, the paper was read bv 



the President, and Mr. Niver was re ap- 

 pointed a committee of one on grading. 



In the address of President W. F. 

 Marks he .spoke of what had been accom- 

 pli.shed by the Aasociation, mentioning 

 the assistance obtained from the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, the appointment of 

 three P'oul Brood Inspectors and the 

 heading off of the repeal of the Fruit 

 Spraying I^aw. He also condemned the 

 method of having our product sold on 

 commis.sion, and advocated selling out- 

 right, the same as manufacturers sell their 

 products. 



Mr. E. R. Root, of Medina, Ohio, being 

 present was called upon, and devoted his 

 talk rao.stly to the subject of the so-called 

 foul brood in the eastern part of the state, 

 sa^'ing that the A. I. Root Co. had en- 

 gaged Dr. Howard of Texas to study the 

 disease, so as to ascertain exactly what it 

 is. ' 



Messrs. West and .Stevens, Foul Brood 

 Ins])ectors for the state, al.so Prof. Benton, 

 who had just completed a tour of the in- 

 fected district, were quite unaniuious in 

 believing that the disease is not the old- 

 time foul brood. 



Mr. S. I). Willard of Geneva, one of the 

 largest fruit'growers in the state, was pres- 

 ent by special invitation. He .seemed to 

 lie very enthusiastic in regard to the 

 spraying of fruit trees while in bloom, and 

 heartily in sympathy with the bee-keep- 

 ers. 



Mr. Root gave an account of his trip 

 among the bee-kee])ers and sand storiii.s- 

 of Colorado, which was interesting, and 

 sliowed the elements which they have to 

 contend willi, and from which we are 

 free. 



Prof. Benton delivered a very interest- 

 ing and instructive illustrated lecture on 

 Bees and the Fertilization of I'lowers, 

 which occupied the evening session. 



The following officers were elected: 

 President— \V. 1-. iMarks. Chapiiiville, 

 X. V. Yice President— I-'. S. Ivniens. 

 Iiayette, X. V. Secretary and Treasurer 

 — C. B. Howard, Romulus, N. Y. 



C. B. Howard, Sec'y. 

 Geneva, Jan. 10, 1900. 



