The following committee was ap- 

 pointed to draft questions for general 

 discussion, with instructions to report 

 at the afternoon session : Chas. F. Muth, 

 J. R. Williamson, J. W. Bagby, 



The following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing term : H. C. Hersper- 

 ger, President, Jessamine County ; W. 

 W. Williamson, Secretary, Lexington ; 

 F. P. Scearce, Treasurer, Lexington. 

 Vice Presidents— Chas. F. Muth, Cin- 

 cinnati, O.; J. W. Rose, Fayette ; Dr. 

 Van A twerp, Montgomery ; J. W. Eg- 

 bert, Mercer County ; W. B. Herring, 

 Scott County- John W. Bean, Clark 

 County ; J. T. Wilson, Woodford Coun- 

 ty ; J. W. Bagby, Pendleton County. 

 ' On motion of W. B. Herring, seconded 

 by J. W. Rose, the following resolution 

 was unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That it be the duty of the 

 Vice Presidents of this Association to 

 obtain from every bee-keeper in their 

 several districts, as near as possible, 

 statistics of the number of colonies on 

 hand at the beginning of this season, 

 the increase for the present year, and 

 amount of honey and wax produced, 

 and report the same to the Secretary at 

 the next annual convention, after which 

 the Secretary shall forward the same to 

 the State Commissioner on Agricultural 

 Statistics, etc., at Frankfort, Ky. 



The Secretary said he had a commu- 

 nication from Dr. N. P. Allen, Smith's 

 Grove, Warren County, Vice President 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, requesting his assistance in organ- 

 izing a State Convention at Louisville 

 in October next, it being the intention 

 of the Southern Kentucky Bee-Keepers' 

 Association to disband and merge into 

 the State Association. 



Several members expressed them- 

 selves as decidedly opposed to any dis- 

 solution of the district or county as- 

 sociations, while they were in favor and 

 fully approved of the organization of a 

 State Convention. 



The Secretary offered the following 

 resolution, which was unanimously 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That this Association is in 

 favor of all local associations and con- 

 ventions, and fully approves of the or- 

 ganization of a State Association, and 

 that three delegates be appointed to at- 

 tend the organization of the State Con- 

 vention at Louisville in October next. 



The President appointed the follow- 

 ing committee: W.Williamson, Chas. 

 F. Muth, J. W. Rose. 



Mr. Cunningham asked how long can 

 a queen go unfertile before mating ? 



C. F. Muth thought about a week ; D. 

 C. Hersperger possibly 3 weeks ; J. W. 

 Bagby, in certain instances, 30 days. 



C. F. Muth said there are exceptions 

 in all rules, and freaks in nature with 

 all females. Bees are no exception ; the 

 general opinion is that after 30 days' trial 

 if unfertile, death must be her doom. 



Several other interesting questions 

 were discussed, after which the conven- 

 tion adjourned. 



Afternoon Session. 



Convention called to order, President 

 Hersperger in the chair. 



Committee on questions for discus- 

 sion reported the following : 



1. Best way to transfer bees from box 

 to movable frame hives. 



2. Best manner and time to Italianize 

 a colony or apiary. 



3. Best manner to cure a colony of a 

 fertile worker. . 



4. Best manner of ripening extracted 

 honey. 



5. Why do bees swarm, and how to 

 prevent swarming V 



The questions were then taken up and 

 discussed separately. 



J. W. Bagby said the best time to 

 transfer is the beginning of the honey 

 season, as there is then an abundance 

 of material to patch up all broken comb 

 and fill up crevices. The statement was 

 generally concurred in. 



C. F. Muth said he did not approve of 

 smoking bees drunk, in order to intro- 

 duce a queen for the purpose of Italian- 

 izing colonies ; he had known parties 

 to use tobacco smoke to such excess that 

 the bees were made drunk, sick and ex- 

 hausted from the effects of it. He used 

 only sweetened peppermint w T ater, and 

 sprinkled all the bees with it when let- 

 ting the queen at liberty in the hive. 

 He also said that the best way to cure a 

 colony of a fertile worker is to find her 

 as soon as possible after the fact is as- 

 certained and kill her, and that the best 

 German bee-masters have proven and 

 declared that a fertile worker does not 

 produce perfect or entire drones. 



W. B. Herring got rid of fertile work- 

 ers by taking trie whole of the frames 

 in the hive, with bees on them, and 

 shaking the bees off, some distance from 

 the hive. Most of the bees will return 

 to the hive, but not the fertile worker. 

 These opinions were generally accepta- 

 ble to those present. 



On the question of the best manner 

 of ripening honey, C. F. Muth said : 

 Some advocated the idea of having all 

 honey capped over before being ex- 

 tracted. He does not believe in the the- 

 ory, from the fact that comb honey is 

 as* apt to sour as extracted. He prefers- 

 each distinct kind of honey by itself, as 

 near as possible. Apple bloom honey 

 extracted at that time, locust honey by 



