with a cap similar to the Dadant hive. 

 As this hive so arranged, is intended 

 especially for obtaining honey in the 

 comb in small sections, to be of ready 

 sale, it has a brood-chamber very shal- 

 low in order to compel the bees to work 

 in the boxes ; such a result being more 

 difficult to obtain with deeper frames. 



Mr. Newman also exhibited some 

 magnificient samples of comb founda- 

 tion of every kind in use ; some 

 thick ; for use in the brood-chamber ; 

 and some very thin for use in boxes : 

 also some with flat-bottomed cells, and 

 wires inserted, to prevent sagging in 

 the brood-chamber. We have already 

 spoken of this invention in the Bulletin. 

 Our experiments with it were successful 

 and satisfactory. 



Mr. Newman also exhibited to the 

 Convention, an American bee-veil, 

 made of very light material; and also 

 phials containing some Italian workers 

 and drones, which were very remark- 

 able on account of their bright color 

 and size ; they are of the brightest 

 yellow. 



At half-past 1 o'clock about 50 guests 

 sat down to a Banquet, after which one 

 of our members propounded this ques- 

 tion : " Should we sell our honey cheap 

 or dear ?" A humorous discussion 

 followed between Mr. Newman and 

 some guests, on this subject, which is 

 now becoming one of the most impor- 

 tant questions of the day. 



We cannot report all the pleasantries 

 which provoked considerable mirth. 

 Mr. Newman remarked that we should 

 use every endeavor to make honey a 

 staple article, even if we have to place 

 it upon the market at much lower prices 

 than now. The prices demanded in 

 Europe were very high when compared 

 with the prices of honey in America. 

 It should become a favorite article of 

 food, because of its health-giving pro- 

 perities, and medicinal qualities. 

 Anciently it was considered to be 

 "food for the gods" but we read that 

 " man did eat angel's food," so let all 

 eat honey, and rejoice in " the fat of 

 the land." We must develop a market 

 in full accord with honey-production, 

 and then the sale of honey will be im- 

 mensely increased. 



Mr. Nouguier, of Locle, would be 

 glad to sell his honey cheap, but his 

 location was not favorable to the pro- 

 duction of honey. Could Mr. Newman 

 promise him such results as they had in 

 America ? 



Mr. Newman remarked that he had, 

 before dinner, given descriptions of 

 American management of the apiary 

 — all the rest depends upon the apiarist 

 and the honey secretions in the flowers. 



A member referred to the wholesale 

 importation of foreign honey, which 

 may be found in every land. His 

 friend, Mr. Newman had just told him 

 that the importation of American comb 

 honey to England was last year, 180 

 tons, besides that in the extracted form, 

 and two car-loads of it had been brought 

 to Switzerland. If Mr. Nouguier does 

 not increase his production a car-load 

 may be sent on to the Locle. 



Mr. Nouguier : What would Mr. New- 

 man think if we should send to the 

 United States of America 180 tons of 

 honey ? 



Mr. Newman said he should think 

 that there had been a grand change in 

 the state of affairs — that American 

 honey-producing flowers, trees and 

 shrubs had been transported to Switzer- 

 land, and that the increased demand 

 for honey had been the cause of this 

 change. Of this he should be glad, be- 

 cause even if the prices were reduced a 

 little the universal demand would go 

 far to compensate the producer. What 

 we most earnestly desire is to hear a 

 cry for more honey, coming up from 

 every land, till all shall eat of it from 

 the rising of the sun to the setting of 

 the same. 



Mr. Rochat-Reisser after speaking at 

 length on the question, concluded with 

 Mr. Newman, that honey should be put 

 at such prices as to make it a regular 

 article of food. 



By request Mr. Newman gave a 

 detailed description of the honey-pro- 

 ducing plants of America, with their 

 time of blooming. While the honey 

 crop lasts there with a few interruptions 

 from spring till fall, in Switzerland we 

 have, except in a few choice locations, 

 no second crop. In the Northern States 

 of America, the winters are cooler and 

 longer, than ours, thereby increasing 

 the difficulties of wintering bees ; the 

 spring is also later and the summer 

 warmer than ours, but the honey yield 

 lasts longer, giving better results. 



Several members expressed their ap- 

 preciation of the linden tree, and would 

 like to have their government select it 

 to plant in the towns and by the road- 

 sides and promanades. 



Mr. Nouguier said that, before leaving 

 the banquet-table, he desired to express 

 the warm thanks of the Convention to 

 Mr. Newman for his kind visit, and all 

 the pleasure that he has imparted to the 

 session by his interesting addresses and 

 cordiality. The whole assembly then 

 arose and gave three rounds of ap- 

 plause in honor of qur American rep- 

 resentative, and then followed it with 

 a double three-times-three of applause 

 in true Swiss fashion. 



