North American Bee-Keepers' Society. 



Programme of the Eleventh Annual Meet- 

 ing, to be held in the Pavilion Hall of 

 the Bellevue House, Cincinnati, O. 



This Pavilion is capacious enough to hold 

 the meeting, with abundant shade trees if 

 the weather be warm, and a good hall if it 

 be cool or wet. There is also a good place 

 to put out colonies of bees for exhibition. 

 Meals can be obtained at the Bellevue 

 House at a small cost. 



WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29. 



MORNING SESSION. 



10 to 12.— Convention called to order. 



Reading minutes of the last meeting. 



Reading of correspondence. 



Calling the roll of members for last year, 

 and payment of annual dues. 



Receiving new members. 



President's annual address. 



Reports of Secretaries, Treasurer and Stand- 

 ing Committees. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



1 to 5.— Report of honey crop of 1880. 



Appointment of committee to nominate of- 

 ficers for the coming year, to report Thurs- 

 day morning. 



Addresses to be followed by Discussion. 



The Tongues of Different Races of Bees 

 Compared.— Prof. A. J. Cook, Lansing, 

 Mich. 



Honey-producing plants, trees and shrubs. 

 — Dr. N. P. Allen, Smith's Grove, Ky. 



EVENING SESSION. 



7 to 0.— Receiving new members. 



Addresses to be followed by Discussion. 



Improvement of the Race of Bees.— Thos. 

 G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 



New Discoveries in the Cure of Foul Brood. 

 C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, 0. 



Peculiarities and Advantages of Cyprian 

 Bees, illustrated by samples of bees- 

 queens, drones and workers— from Cy- 

 prus, Palestine, historic incidents and 

 sketches of their native management, etc. 

 — D. A. Jones, Beeton, Canada. 



THURSDAY, SEPT. 30. 



MORNING SESSION. 



9 to 12.— Report of Nominating Committee. 



Election of Officers. 



Installation. 



Addresses to be Followed by Discussion. 



Queens— their fertilization and peculiarities. 



—Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga. 

 Comb Foundation ; its Uses, and the Best 



Kinds for all Purposes.— C. C. Coflinberry, 



Chicago, 111. 

 Permanence of the Bee-Keepiug Industry. 



—A. J. King, New York. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



1 to 5.— Balloting for time and place of next 

 meeting. 



Addresses to be Followed by Discussion. 



Honey— Past, Present and Future.— J. H. 

 Nellis, Canajoharie, N. Y. 



Artificial Swarming, or How to Profitably 

 Divide Colonies.— Chas. F. Muth, Cincin- 

 nati, O. 



Wintering Bees, Nortb and* South.— T. F. 

 Bingham, Otsego, Mich. 



EVENING SESSION. 



7 to 9.— Election of Executive Committee for 

 the coming year. 



Addresses to be Followed by Discussion. 



How to Make Honey a Staple Product.— R. 



Bacon, Verona, N. Y. 

 Best methods for placing honey upon the 



market.— Thos. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 Do Bees Make or Gather Honey V— Paul L. 



Yiallon, Bayou Goula, La. 



FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. 



MORNING SESSION. 



9 to 12.— Introduction of new business, res- 

 olutions, etc. 



Addresses to be followed by Discussion. 



Apicultural Failure.— James Heddon, Do- 

 wagiac, Mich. 



Which is the Most Profitable, Comb or Ex- 

 tracted Honey ?— Charles Dadant, Ham- 

 ilton, 111. 



Systematic bee-keeping.— Rev. O. Clute, 

 Iowa City, Iowa. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



1 to 5.— Reading of Correspondence. 

 Addresses to be Followed by Discussion. 



Fine Comb Glucose Honey ; with speci- 

 mens and samples of my own production. 

 This is intended to illustrate the dangers 

 arising from '• feeding back," etc.— Prof. 

 J. Harbrouck, Bound Brook, N. J. 



Bee Pasturage.— L. H. Pammel, LaCrosse, 

 Wis. 



Final business, auditing bills, etc. 

 Adjournment. 



Ig^~ Articles for exhibition should be sent 

 to C. F. Muth, 976 Centre avenue, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio, at least one week in advance of 

 the time of meeting, with charges prepaid. 



As the Cincinnati Exposition will then be 

 in session, excursion tickets at greatly 

 reduced rates may be obtained at nearly all 

 railroad depots when the time comes. 



The Railroads centering in Cincinnati 

 have agreed to issue Excursion Tickets, at 

 about one-half the usual fares. Hotels have 

 also reduced their rates. A Transportation 

 Circular, giving all particulars, is issued, 

 and may be obtained by addressing Mr. H. 

 McCollum, Exposition Sec, Cincinnati, O. 

 By order of the 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



