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Something about the Convention. 



The Cincinnati; Gazette has the fol- 

 lowing notice of the National Conven- 

 tion, and facts and figures concerning 

 bee-culture which will be read with 

 interest : 



The American National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold their Convention 

 in this city, on the 29th and 30th of 

 September and 1st of October. There 

 will be delegates present from all parts 

 of America. Every State of the Union 

 will be fairly represented, and a large 

 number of bee-keepers are expected to 

 participate in the proceedings. One re- 

 publican feature of the Convention will 

 be that not only delegates will be ad- 

 mitted to the various discussions, but 

 every one who has an interest in bee 

 culture. Among the topics to be con- 

 sidered will be the progress of the 

 science of bee culture and the present 

 and future state of the honey market. 

 A most interesting item will be the 

 discussion of the many improvements 

 which have been made in the various 

 departments of bee raising within the 

 past few years. The progress in this 

 direction has simply been wonderful. 

 The honey extractor, an invention of 

 Maj. V. Hrushka, improved upon by 

 numbers of others in many ingenious 

 ways, has been in use now about 12 

 years, and has wrought quite a revolu- 

 tion in the production of honey. 



It works on the principle of centri- 

 fugal force, somewhat in a manner of a 

 winnow, and preserves the honey comb 

 entire. This fact, together with the 

 invention of comb foundation, winch is 

 far more perfect and suitable than the 

 natural comb, has been instrumental in 

 increasing the honey yield more than 

 four fold, for under the old system, 

 when the bees were obliged, after every 

 destroyed layer of honey, to build one 

 afresh' with long and continuous toil, 

 they consumed between 20 to 30 lbs. of 

 honey in order to manufacture 1 lb. of 

 comb. 



Before the invention of this extractor, 

 the so-called Cuba honey flooded our 

 markets. It was produced wild in the 

 trees of the West India Islands, and 

 with larvse in different stages of de- 

 velopment, and bee bread and other 

 impurities mashed into a promiscuous 

 mess, and thus shipped to New York 

 and Boston. Druggists then pretended 

 to cleanse and clarify it, but it was not 

 always done, and besides it was almost 

 impossible to make it a palatable article, 

 or lit for the use of the sick. Now a 

 much finer article is used, even for 

 manufacturing purposes. 



Bakers, tobacconists, meat curers, 

 druggists, compounders of liquors, and 

 other manufacturers use honey exten- 

 sively, though they do not require for 

 their purposes the choicest of all brands 

 the white clover honey, but instead the 

 linden, buckwheat, or poplar honey. 



The white clover honey is confined to 

 table use and medicinal purposes. 

 Jacob Vogel, pork packer in this city, 

 buys a barrel of honey every other week 

 from Mr. Muth for curing hams. 



The business in this sweetest of all 

 products has grown to be immense in 

 the United States. Thurber & Co., in 

 New York, in 1879, sold in one week 

 65,000 lbs., and during the year over 

 1,000,000 pounds of honey. In regard 

 to the capacity of the States, California 

 produces the largest quantity, being the 

 most abundantly blessed with a variety 

 of honey producing flowers. 



As regards quality, no better honey is 

 raised than in our immediate vicinity, 

 because the bees can scarcely feed on 

 anything else here save white clover. 

 If the Southern people showed the same 

 energy in the cultivation of bees as is 

 displayed in the Northern States, they 

 would outdo even California in an im- 

 mensely productive yield of honey. 

 There is an inexhaustible supply there 

 of honey producing fiowers. Carloads 

 of the product are shipped from the 

 States of Michigan, Wisconsin, Louisi- 

 ana and Mississippi. Mr. Muth re- 

 ceived recently a shipment of several 

 thousand pounds of honey from Dr. O. 

 M. Blanton, Greenville, Miss., and pro- 

 nounces it the finest that he has ever 

 received from the South. He has a 

 large apiary, and bestows all his care 

 and attention upon the subject of bee 

 culture. Cincinnati and vicinity have 

 not been slow in cultivating this in- 

 teresting science, and most profitable 

 investment. There fire several large 

 apiaries in and about the city, among 

 which may be mentioned those of Chas. 

 F. Muth, Joseph Savage, Ludlow, Ky., 

 who bestows most of his time to queen- 

 rearing ; J. S. Hill, of Mt. Healthy ; 

 King Kramer, Dry Kidge ; Richard 

 Curry & Bros., East Walnut Hill; J. 

 Coates, White Oaks. 



Mr. J. S. Hill has 120 colonies and 

 possesses the finest apiary in the West- 

 ern country, beautifully laid out, and 

 artistically managed. 



Mr. Curry is also an enthusiast in the 

 science, and has been very successful in 

 the plentiful production of honey. It 

 is safe to say that in a good season the 

 yield of Cincinnati and vicinity will 

 amount to over 100,000 pounds. 



No one here has bestowed more time 

 and careful study to the subject than 



