Published Monthly by The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. 



Vol. XI 



FEBRUARY, 1901 



No. 2 



NOTES FROM THE ONTARIO CO. 



(N.Y.) BEE-KEEPERS'CONVENTION. 



BY F. GKEIXEK. 



THE bne-keepers of Ontario County 

 and vicinity convened in Canan- 

 dai^ua, as had been advertised in 

 the bee journals and local papers, on 

 December 13 and 14, 1900. 



The sessions were well attended, quite 

 a number of counties being represented. 



An important.change was made in the 

 Constitution, which on the face may 

 seem unimportant, viz.: Voted to raise 

 the membership fee from 50 cents to $1. 

 Half of this amount is, to be sent to the 

 National Bee-keepers' Association; thus 

 each member of the local association 

 will also be a member of the National. 



The advantages of belonging to the 

 national body were broughr, vividly to 

 the minds of the bee-keepers by the re- 

 cent Utter case. The interest of the 

 bee-keepers and the safety of the pur- 

 suit are at stake. Awake, brother bee- 

 keeper, send in your mite, join the 

 National Association and thus help 

 carry on the war against ignorance and 

 malice. 



The programme was carried out with 

 some changes. In his address of wel- 

 come Mr. H. L. Case spoke in a very 

 interesting manner. He said: 



The interest in a business is largely 

 governed by the success of those engag- 

 ed in the pursuit. As a rule the bee- 

 keepers are determined and enthusiastic 

 and even after years of small profits 



tliey hold on with hope. If it were not 

 for the fascinatidu and love many a one 

 would diop out of the ranks. \Ve are 

 living in an age of great advancement. 

 I remember well, when a boy, my father 

 keepintr many skeps of bees; yet I don't 

 remember at that time that I ever saw a 

 queen bee, and I don't think my father 

 ever did. At times my father would 

 leave me all alone with the sixty or 

 more colonies of bees, and what a time I 

 had — a swarm hanging in the utmost 

 top of a maple tree, another clustered 

 in a crotch of an old apple tree, or 

 amidst tlie wild grape vine in the fence, 

 prime and after-swarms all in confusion, 

 anougli to drive one mad: and only a boy 

 to untie the Gortlian knot. What a dif- 

 ference between then and now! With 

 queen's wings all clipped my boy can 

 take care of an equally large number of 

 colonies with ease. Instead of the un- 

 sightly six-pound box. the neat one-pound 

 section, bee-escape to remove the tilled 

 boxes, etc.. etc. It was a great step in 

 advance when father bought of Air. 

 Langstroth himself the right to make 

 his hive. I can well remember the 

 pleasant old gentleman. At those times, 

 it seems, we had better honey seasons, 

 one colony sometimes yielding twenty 

 to twenty-eight four-pound boxes. As a 

 class we bee keepers ditfer in many 

 respects from other people. W'e are 

 pleasant to meet, we are hobbyists, ex- 

 perimenters, giving freely to the bee- 

 fraternity anything new we may have 

 discovered etc. To close, now, we extend 

 a cordial welcome to all present, visitors, 

 friends, members of the Association. 



Of the President's address it will suf- 

 fice at this time to say that he outdid 

 himself in all previous eflforts. 



Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson then spoke on 



