Mr. House. Where men have been 

 bothered with millers, I think that the 

 trouble is with themselves. Keep no 

 old combs in the hives ; keep the hives 

 clean. 



Mr. Betsinger, to the President. In 

 sulphuring the honey it does not kill the 

 eggs. You cannot kill the eggs. The 

 eggs will hatch at 80°. 



Mr. Alexander. I think the eggs will 

 hatch at a much lower temperature. 



Mr. House. I think they will hatch 

 at 45 or 5(P. 



Mr. Betsinger. There are two kinds 

 of worms, one of which, of a reddish 

 color, hatches at a lower temperature. 



Adjourned till 9 a. m. 



Met at9:30 a. m., on Feb. 12th. After 

 appointing some committees, two essays 

 on tl Swarming" were read. They were 

 by A. B. Weed and D. D. Palmer. 



..N. N. Betsinger. I can not see that 

 any new ground is assumed. 



President Root. New ideas are what 

 we are in search of, and Mr. Betsinger 

 is the man to furnish them. 



R. Bacon. These papers take the 

 ground that I took several years ago. 



After some discussion on this topic, 

 the Secretary read an essay entitled, "A 

 Neglected Field," by H. A. Burch. The 

 paper suggested that the honey trade 

 ought to be more concentrated, and only 

 one or two houses in each city engaged 

 in it. This would give greater uniform- 

 ity in prices. This also gave rise to a 

 discussion. 



President Root. As was suggested 

 by Mr. Burch, why would not a commit- 

 tee appointed by the Convention be a 

 good plan, to report to bee journals on 

 this subject? If we have men who 

 have the time and means to investigate 

 this matter, we can give them a big job. 



A. G. Thurber. The honey business 

 should be concentrated. We have found 

 that small consignments have in great 

 measure hurt our market. The time is 

 not far off when honey will become more 

 staple ; but before that, producers have 

 got to put up stock more uniformly. If 

 we can adopt a more uniform style of 

 box, and get a certain number of combs 

 in the box, it would be much better for 

 the trade— boxes as nearly the same 

 weight as possible. You can just as well 

 make an even 24 lb. box as 24% lbs., by 

 placing in light or heavy combs as re- 

 quired. I do not believe in having com- 

 mission men compete in bee-keepers' 

 goods. As soon as the business gets 

 down to buying and selling only, we 

 stand ready to take hold of it. 



The Secretary moved the appointment 

 of a committee to carry out the objects 

 of the paper of Mr. Burch. 



adjourned to 1:15 p. m., when all the 



officers of the Association were re-elec- 

 ted. Rome was selected as the place, 

 and the first Wednesday in February, 

 1881, as the time for the session of the 

 next Convention. 



The President then delivered his an- 

 nual address, which was a dissertation 

 upon the " Best Method of Increase." 



Mr. A. G. Thurber then addressed the 

 Convention on the subject of "•Market- 

 ing Honey." He recommended a uni- 

 formity in the style of preparing honey 

 for market, and of grading it. 



The Secretary then read his paper en- 

 titled, lw Past Events," after which some 

 resolutions were passed, when the Con- 

 vention adjourned until evening, which 

 was devoted to an examination of the 

 articles on exhibition, and receiving ex- 

 planations from the exhibitors. Articles 

 were on exhibition from the following 

 persons : J. H. Nellis, A. J. King, C.F. 

 Muth, L. C. Root, J. VanDeusen, J. Y. 

 Detwiler, Mrs. Dunham, IS". N. Bet- 

 singer, H. H. Cheney, J.E.Moore, J. 

 Hoffman and A. G. Thurber. 



Feb. 13.— At9:30 a. m. the Convention 

 met; Vice President Clark in the chair. 



The prize essays were then read on 

 " The Races and Different Crosses of 

 Bees," by Julius Hoffman, and " Comb 

 Foundation," by Mrs. Dunham and J. 

 Van Deusen. 



After some discussion, President 

 Root said : 



I have tried foundation in almost 

 every way. The fact that 100 combs 

 were well sealed would not prove its 

 grand success. What we want to know 

 is whether, all things considered, it is 

 profitable to use. I claim that it is so. 

 We secure straight, handsome combs ; 

 straighter combs than in any other way. 

 I think we need something in the brood 

 case to prevent sagging, but it wants 

 further testing. I should not advise 

 using the foundation in brood without 

 wires. As to comb in boxes, I have ta- 

 ken ground in my book against it; but 

 if I were to express my views to-day, 

 I should modify my opinions. That is 

 because so much improvement has been 

 made in its manufacture. I am opposed 

 to having the foundation built out in 

 the hives. It makes extra work. As 

 to the amount of foundation to be placed 

 in the box, it should reach from the top 

 of the box so nearly to the bottom that 

 the bees can reach it. 



[The afternoon session was devoted 

 to the awarding of prizes and answer- 

 ing of questions, for which we have no 

 room left in this issue of the Journal. 

 These, together with the essays, we may 

 give hereafter.— Ed.] 



