Several bee smokers were on exhibi- 

 tion, and Mr. Newman pointed out 

 several defects in them, and remarked 

 that the American bee smoker made by 

 Mr. T. F. Bingham, gave a large lati- 

 tude for the choice of materials to be 

 used for making the smoke, viz : rotten 

 wood, dry hard wood, split up small like 

 large matches, brown paper in rolls. 

 rags, &c, and Mr, Siebenthal, the 

 maker of the smokers on exhibition has 

 profited by these criticisms, 



Indiana State Convention. 



In response to a call, the bee-keepers 

 of Indiana met at Indianapolis, on 

 Tuesday, January 13th. President C. 

 S. Schofield stated that the object of 

 the Association was the advancement 

 of the science of apiculture' among its 

 members. Mr. Kuick from the ex- 

 ecutive committee, reported a draft of 

 the constitution (and by-laws, which 

 after some little changes were adopted. 



The Secretary announced the books 

 now open for the reception of new 

 members, when about 60 persons were 

 enrolled. 



Mr. Hicks suggested the propriety of 

 having a question box, for the purpose 

 of bringing out any questions that 

 members might want to have discussed, 

 which was agreed to. He said he had 

 been keeping bees for 27 years and only 

 considered himself a beginner. 



Dr. Moore objected to such assertions 

 going out from this Convention, for he 

 did not want to discourage beginners 

 with the idea that it would take half a 

 lifetime to become a bee-keeper. He 

 had not been in the business half so 

 long and he felt that he was far from 

 being a beginner. 



The balance of the morning was con- 

 sumed in the discussions of the work 

 of conventions, etc. The chair an- 

 nounced that the first thing after din- 

 ner would be the election of officers, 

 when on motion the meeting adjourned 

 to meet at 1:30 o'clock. 



On re-assembling, the meeting pro- 

 ceeded to the election of officers. The 

 names of Messrs. Bellman, Schofield, 

 Peacher, Cotton and Hicks were placed 

 in nomination. Mr. Bellman was 

 elected, and on taking the chair made a 

 few appropriate remarks. The Vice 

 Presidents being next in order the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen were chosen, one 

 from each congressional district. 



2d. Geo. Drier. Green county. 

 4th. H. C. White, Jefferson county. 

 5th. J. M. Brooks, Bartholomew county. 

 6th. M. G. Reynolds, Wayne county. 

 7th. C. S. Schofielrl, Marion county. 

 8th. Geo. Small. Montgomery county. 

 9th. J. M, Hicks, Tippecanoe county. 



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10th. Mr. Gill, Pulaski county. 

 11th. Daniel Christie. Huntington county. 

 12th. A. G. Hill, Noble county. 

 1st, 3d and 13th were left to be Hlled by the chair. 



Frank Dougherty was made Secre- 

 tary and I. N. Cotton Treasurer, both 

 by acclamation. 



By resolution, the President, Secre- 

 tary and Vice President of the 7th dis- 

 trict were made the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



The Secretary then read a communi- 

 cation from the Michigan Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, sending greetings to the 

 Indiana Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 which was received and placed in the 

 minutes and the Secretary directed to 

 return a like compliment. Several 

 other communications were read and 

 placed on file. 



An essay from Rev. M. Mahin. of 

 Logansport, was then read, and laid on 

 the table for future discussion. 



Then followed an article from Prof. 

 G. W. Neihardt. 



" Untested Queens/' from A. G. Hill, 

 in which he favored the so-called cheap 

 queen business. 



Mr. Hicks objected to queens being 

 raised in nuclei. He said they were not 

 so good as queens raised in full colonies 

 and they were short lived, and did not 

 think there was sufficient animal heat 

 for full development. 



The Secretary thought them good 

 only when fully developed in a full 

 colony, and given to the nuclei when 

 just ready to hatch, or already so. 



"Bee-keeping," byG. W. Hollenbeck 

 was next, and after some discussion 

 was passed. 



" Our Society," by L. M. Wainwright. 



"• Artificial Swarming," was the next 

 question for discussion. 



Mr. Hicks did not believe it a good 

 plan. 



Mr. Brown divided his bees but al- 

 ways waited until they were about 

 ready to swarm naturally. 



Several plans were given for dividing, 

 when the meeting was adjourned to 

 meet at 7 o'clock. 



On re-assembling Mr. Ruick offered 

 the following resolution, which was 

 passed unanimously : 



Resolved, That no member shall speak more than 

 once mi the same question to exceed five minutes 

 and then not until all who wish to speak have done 

 so, except by permission of the house. 



The next subject " Comb Founda- 

 tion," was then called up, Mr. T. G. 

 Newman, editor of the American 

 Bee Journal, being present, was 

 called upon to give his opinion. Mr. 

 Newman said that comb foundation 

 was one of the most useful inventions 

 of the age, for the apiary. In fact he 

 considered it next in importance to the 



