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THE AMERICAN BEE JOUENAL. 



[Nov., 



making in all 212 miles, and when sot upon their 

 smnmer stands he found them in good order. 

 May 11th drones flew for first time. Swarming 

 commenced June 19th. He put the new swarms 

 in the American hives. Surplus honey about 

 2.j0 pounds, and 12 young swarms. No surplus 

 from the young swarms, and but 40 boxes partly 

 full from the old stock. Receive d aft Ital ian queen 

 of Gray ct Winder, of Cincinnati, Ohio, JulylOth, 

 and placed her in a hive of black bees, and now 

 the bees are half Italians. 



J. O. Wood, of Chautauqua, has obtained from 

 18 swarms of black bees in the Beel^e liive l(i 

 new swarms and 500 pounds of surplus. From 

 one hive he obtained 80 pounds. 



H. P. Woodcock obtained t)() lbs. of surplus 

 honey and three new swarms from two stocks. 



Dr. H. B. Arnold, of Pomfret, considered the 

 grea,t want of beekeepers at the present time 

 to be a hive in which bees can be worked ex- 

 clusively to honey. The Common Sense hive 

 with the pi'oper management would f)revent 

 swarming. 



Mr. Knowlton asked if Italians were more apt 

 to rob than the blacks. Beebe and Carpenter 

 said yes, but Jlr. Knowlton had not so found it. 

 W. H. S. Grout, of Poland, commenced in 

 the spring with 25 swarms — six hybrids — from 

 which he had taken with an extx-actor 1700 lbs. 

 of surplus, besides 59 lbs. of box honey. One 

 swarm of hybrids produced two new swarms and 

 125 lbs. of surplus. From another he got 129 

 lbs. and one swarm, and from a third 91 1 lbs. 

 and one swarm. The hybrids are more profit- 

 able than the blacks. 



G. D. Hurd, of Corry, favored artificial swarm- 

 ing and large honey boxes. 



Essays were read by the President and H. A. 

 Burch, of Sheridan. By reqviest of tlie Associa- 

 tion we shall publish Mr. Burch's address iu our 

 next issue. 



J. 31. Beebe having offered an Italian qneen 

 bee, worth $3, to the one who had secured the 

 most liouey froih a young swarm kept in the 

 Beebe hive, the Secretary opened and read the 

 various letters presented, as follows : 



Wm. Smith, of Casadaga, reported 81 lbs. from 

 a single young swarm. He commenced with 11 

 swarms which had produced him 14 new swarms 

 and 120 lbs. of surplus honey, besides $107 worth 

 of honey which he had sold. 



Fayette Munger, of Pomfret, reported 72 lbs. 

 H. P. Woodcock, of Casadaga, 72 lbs. 

 Geo. Landers, of Charlotte Center, 72 lbs. 

 Jos. Cook, of Sheridan, 51 lbs., besides filling 

 the hive. 



J. O. AVood, of Chautauqua, 50 lbs. His bees 

 swarmed late. 



Wm. Smith was awarded the prize. 

 The chair announced that Hon. M. P. Bemus 

 had authorized him to state that if the Conven- 

 tion re-adjourned toMayville, Bemus Hall w'ould 

 be at their service. The hall they now occupied 

 they could also have free. 



Oh motion it was resolved to hold the next 

 spring meeting of the Association at the Amer- 

 ican House in Jamestown, on the 2d Tuesday of 

 April, at 10 A. M., and the annual meeting at 

 Mayville, ou the 1st Tuesday of September. 



The officers for the ensuiug year were elected 

 as follows : 



Prpsident — J. M. Beebe, of Casadaga. 



Vwe Presidents — M. H. Town, Arkwright ; J. 

 H. Davis, Busti ; 0. E. Thayer, Carroll ; Henry 

 Harrington, Cl>erry Creek; Lewis Simmons, 

 Charlotte ; J. B. Knowlton, Clymer ; J. O.Wood, 

 Chautauqua; Jos. Rhodes, Dunkirk; Merritt 

 Cook, Ellicott; N. M. Carpenter, Ellington; L. 

 Weeks, EUery ; L.- Goulding. French Creek ; E. 

 Perrin, Gerry ; C. E. Randall, Hanover ; W. K. 

 Cook, Harmony ; Ira Whittaker, Kiantone ; H. 

 Q. Ames, Mina ; Dr. H. B. Arnold, Pomfret ; 

 Wm. D. Onthank, Portland; W. H. S. Grout; 

 Dr. S. Collins, Ripley ; H. P. Woodcock, Stock- 

 ton ; Otis Skinner, Sherman ; Jos. Cook, Sher- 

 idan, J. Vincent, Villenova ; J. O. Harris, West- 

 field. 



Secretary — D. E. Benton, Fredonia. 



ExecuH'oe CommWee — W. K. Cook, Panama ; 

 Ira Porter, Pomfret ; Jas. Cook, Sheridan ; J. G. 

 Harris, Westfield ; Leroy Whitford, Harmony. 



On motion, the thanks of the Association were 

 tendered to Horace Fox, of the Chautauqua 

 House, for the free use of his commodious, hall. 



The Association then adjourned. 



Fi'om the above repoi-t it is apparent tliat bee- 

 keeping properly conducted is entirely profit- 

 able, aiid that the common stock is being rapidly 

 Italianized, and are deservedly growing in ftivor, 

 notwithstanding their robbing iiabits. It is also 

 apparent that these semi-yearly discussions are 

 of practical benefit to beekeepers. A portion 

 of the members brought specimens of honey 

 produced, naaking a larger honey exhibition than 

 is usual at our fairs. There were also on exhibi- 

 tion four kinds of hive— American, Beebe, Com- 

 mon Sense and Kidder. 



[For the Americaa Bee Journal.] 



Eeport from Albany county, New York. 



The season of 1870 was not a very favorable 

 one for bees in this locality. We prepared for 

 winter eleven colonies— Italians and hybrids-; 

 and wintered tliLsm on their summer stands, in 

 single inch hives, with cotton batting over them. 

 All came out right in the spring of 1871, except- 

 ing that about half of them were weak, in con- 

 sequence of being weak when put up the previ- 

 ous fall. We fed them rye meal as soon as they 

 would work in it, and also fed them sugar syrup, 

 and equalized the brood. Some of them had too 

 much honey, which we extracted, and thus gave 

 the queens "room for laying, which they rapidly 

 improved. We would not do without the in- 

 valuable honey extractor, if used for this object 

 alone. 



We increased the eleven colonies to twenty- 

 five. Two of the increase were natural swarms, 

 the rest were artificial. All have honey enough to 

 winter well— some of them too much. We have 

 taken three hundred and sixtj^-two ' 3G2 ) pounds 

 of extracted honey, and sixty (CO) pounds iu 

 small frames. Nearly all of it is light colored, 

 as there was but little buckwheat honey gath- 

 ered this season in this section. 



