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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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periments in what lie termed " bumbleizing" the 

 black bee. In the latter process he introdnced a 

 bumble bee in his hive and failed. 



Mr. Fiirman had met and conquered the diffi- 

 culty complained of by Gen. Adair by removing 

 the Ijees from the hive, putting the queeja in with 

 the comb left in the old hive, then taKing to a 

 distance the hive to which the colony has been 

 transferred, and allowing the bees to return a few 

 at a time to the original hive. The queen to be 

 supplanted must first be removed. 



A letter was read from Mr. K. P. Kidder, of 

 Vermont, first excusing his absence from the 

 convention, then off'ering suggestions for that 

 body. He suggested that it would be better for 

 bee keepers to strengthen and increase the size 

 of their stocks than to multiply their number. 

 It also recommended the new swarming system. 

 Received and ordered to be placed upou the 

 records. 



Mr. King off^ered a resolution that the associa- 

 tion tender a vote of thanks to the various roads 

 that had reduced fares to delegates attending it ; 

 also a resolution of thanks to the hotel keepers 

 of the city that have entertained delegates. 



Both resolutions were adopted unanimously. 



On motion of Mr. Peck, the matter of electing 

 honorary members was referred to a committee 

 of three, viz. : Messrs. Peck, Moon and Adair. 



Adjourned to meet at 9 o'clock next morning. 



THIRD AND LAST DAY— MORNING SESSION. 



The convention was called to order at 9 o'clock 

 yesterday morning, Vice-President Van Slyke in 

 the chair, and a comparatively large number of 

 members present. 



Honorary Members. 



Mr. Peck, of the Committee on Honorary Mem- 

 bership, reported as follows, viz. : 



"The Committee on Honorary IVIembership 

 would report that in their view the title of hono- 

 rary member of the American Bee Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation should be conferred as a distinguished 

 mark on those who have assisted the bee keepers 

 of North America in improvement and progress 

 in the science of apiculture, and that such title 

 shall be relieved from all taint of a mutual admi- 

 ration society, and would therefore recommend 

 the following persons for honorary membership : 

 T. W. Woodbury, Mount Radford, England ; F. 

 W. Vogel, Lekmanshofel, Prussia ; Rev. George 

 Kleine, Luethorst, Prussia ; Andrew Schmid, 

 Eichstadt, Bavaria ; Rev. John Dzierzon, Carls- 

 markt, Silesia ; Baron A. and Baroness L. Von 

 Berlepsch, Munich, Bavaria ; Prof. C. T. E. Von 

 Siebold, Munich, Bavaria ; Maj F. Von Hruschka, 

 Dolo, Italy ; Doctor A. Dubini, Milan, Italy ; Vis- 

 count De Salietto, Milan, Italy : A. S. Packard, 

 Salem, Mass. ; C. V. Reily, St. Louis, Mo. It 

 might be claimed that some of the prominent 

 bee keepers of this country should be included in 

 the above list, but as they have already been 

 voted members of the great family of bee keepers 

 of North America, the committee deem it improp- 

 er to again reiterate the universal expression of 

 such opinion. "E.J. Peck, 



" A. T. Moon, 

 "D. L. Adaiu, 

 "Committee." 



Mr. Clarke, of Canada, objected to the pream- 

 ble and to the explanation in the conclusion, as 

 an implied criticism ujjon the action of the North 

 American Bee Keepers' Association, formed at 

 Indiannpolis in December. 



Mr. Peck said that the preamble and conclu- 

 ding explanation would prevent all misinterpre- 

 tation of the report, and neutralize all tendency 

 to mischievous influence. 



On motion of Mr. Peck, a vote of thanks was 

 given the Associated Press and the press of the 

 city for full reports. 



On motion of Mr. Peck, a standing committee 

 of five on transportation was appointed to pro- 

 vide for reduced rates of fare to the Cleveland 

 meeting, viz. : Messrs. Moon, of Michigan ; 

 Mitchell, of Indiana ; King, of New York ; 

 Waite, of St. Louis, Mo., and Clarke, of Canada. 



Dr. Dillard, of Kentucky, moved to appoint a 

 committee to select persons to prepare papers to 

 be read at the next annual meeting of the asso- 

 ciation. Carried. 



A resolution was passed recommending the 

 forming of auxiliary State, county and city 

 organizations in all parts of the country, and 

 that the journals of apiculture and agriculture in 

 general be hereby solicited to publish this re- 

 quest. 



Gen. Adair wished to explain his remarks, on 

 a former occasion, during the session of the con- 

 vention, about two varieties of bee in the United 

 States. He said that he had stated that he be- 

 lieved the gray bee, in its purity, might be proba- 

 bly as good as the Italian bee. He did not 

 state it was as good. The cross of the Italian 

 bee with the graj' bee was less vicious than the 

 black bee cross. As you go in the extreme South 

 the black bee disappears, and as you go North 

 tlie gray bee disaj^pears. The gray bee was 

 found, in its jjurity, on the Rio Grande. He 

 wanted, in speaking of the gray bee, to call atten- 

 tica to the possibility of our having a bee in this 

 country whose value we may have underestima- 

 ted, or not yet learned. 



The Testimonial Committee. 



Mr. Clarke, of Canada, of the Committee on 

 the Langstroth Testimonial, i-eported as follows : 



"The coinmittee to whom was referred the 

 matter of a testimonial or donation to the Rev. 

 L. L. Langstroth, beg to report that after a pro- 

 tracted, thorough, and to some extent, con- 

 fidential investigation they have come to the fol- 

 lowing results : 



"1. They find that owing to a series of unto- 

 ward events, Mr. Langstroth has received but 

 very meagre compensation for his great services 

 to American apiculture. 



"2. That Mr. Langstroth, in his old age, is 

 not only in straiglitened circumstances, but is 

 afflicted with a malady which renders close and 

 continuous thinking perilous to him, so that he 

 is precluded from a])plication to study or business. 



"3. That in view of all that Mr. Langstroth 

 has done to promote the interests of bee culture, 

 it is incumbent on the apiarians of America to 

 make an effort for his comfortable maintenance 

 in the decline of life. 



