Mr. C. F. Muth, 978 Central avenue. 

 He has been in the business over 20 

 years, and has had an apiary at his 

 present stand for 18 years. For the 

 past 15 or 16 years his bees have not 

 swarmed, excepting once about two 

 years ago, which was caused by a slight 

 inadvertence. He says that by keeping 

 the hives large enough for the increase 

 of bees, and at the same time sufficiently 

 small for an abundant supply of honey, 

 all swarming may be avoided. 



Mr. Muth sold over 200,000 pounds of 

 honey last year, and his business lias 

 increased steadily. His apiary perched 

 on top of a two-story roof in the rear of 

 his house is a perfect curiosity and 

 worth a visit. He has 40 colonies, all in 

 active operation. The yield during the 

 past season has been exceedingly poor, 

 only 15 lbs. to each hive; m fact, 

 though the preceding 2 years have 

 been very meager in their honey pro- 

 ductiveness, the present one has been 

 the most meagre of all. There was an 

 abundance of fruit blossoms in the 

 early spring, and locust flowers, and 

 white clover in the month of June, but 

 somehow there were no honey secre- 

 tions, and the bees returned minus the 

 sweet essence. His bees feed on the 

 clover of the hilltops, and the flowers 

 that are found in the immediate 

 suburbs, especially the country about 

 Cumminsville. Three years ago he 

 averaged 198 lbs. of honey for each 

 hive, and the preceeding year 170 lbs. 



Mr. D. A. Jones, of Canada, recently 

 made a trip to the Isle of Cyprus, and 

 brought with him about 200 line speci- 

 mens of queens, which may in course 

 of time supplant the present Italian 

 progeny, on account of their superior 

 skill and productiveness. They are 

 considered more agile and strong than 

 the Italian queens, and some of our 

 home bee- keepers will give them a fair 

 trial. 



Mr. Muth bought a large number of 

 Egyptian queens about 5 years ago, and 

 found them almost superior to the 

 Italian, but they were intractable, and 

 would not allow the honey to be taken 

 away from them, in consequence of 

 which he was obliged to destroy them. 

 The science of bee culture has grown 

 to be very systematic of late years, and 

 the raising of pure stock has been con- 

 ducted on as correct and scientific prin- 

 ciples as the breeding of blooded horses 

 and stock. From certain colonies 

 queens are raised, from others drones, 

 and both at pleasure, and the beauty is 

 that the several families can be kept 

 entirely separate and distinct from each 

 other. 



Eangstroth's hive is the one that is 



generally in use, and has movable 

 combs in the brood chamber. Above 

 the brood chamber is an arrangement of 

 3 sectional boxes, each containing 8 

 small frames for the accumulation of 

 comb honey. Each of these frames 

 holds from \% to 2 lbs. of the product. 

 Other hives are arranged with 10 large 

 frames of comb in the honey chamber 

 for the production of extracted honey. 

 The study of bees is one of the most 

 absorbing and useful, and the work of 

 the coming Convention will be con- 

 sidered with interest by those who can 

 appreciate the animal type of industry 

 and the sweetest product of nature. 



National Society Officers for 1879-80. 



The following is a corrected list of the 

 officers of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Society : 



President— Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 Recording Sec.— Ehrick Parmly, New York. 

 Corresponding Sec— O. Clute, Iowa City, Iowa. 

 Treasurcr-F. A. Dunham, Depere, Wis. 



STATE VICE PRESIDENTS. 

 Alabama— J. A. Austin, Huntsville. 

 Arkansas— Dr. W. W. Hipolite, Devall's Bluff. 

 California— C. J. Fox, San Diego. 

 Colorado— J. L. Peabody, Denver. 

 Connecticut— H. L. Jeffrey, Woodbury. 

 Dakota— Calvin G. Shaw, Vermillion. 

 Florida— Dr. J. M. Keyes, Iola. 

 Georgia— Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta. 

 Illinois— E. J. Oatman, Dundee. 

 Indiana— Kev. M. Mahin, Huntington. 

 Iowa— E. D. Godfrey, Red Oak. 

 Kansas— D. P. Norton, Council Grove. 

 Kentucky— N. P. Allen, Smith's Grove. 

 Louisiana— Paul L. Viallon. Bayou Goula. 

 Maine— J. H. Spaulding, Augusta. 

 Maryland— J. M. Valentine, Double Pipe Creek. 

 Massachusetts— Dr. E. P. Abbe, New Bedford. 

 Michigan— Prof. A.J. Cook. Lansing. 

 Mississippi -Rev. J. W. McNeil, Crystal Springs. 

 Missouri— P. P. Collier, Benton City. 

 Nebraska— George M. Hawley, Lincoln. 

 New Hampshire— J. L. Hubbard, Walpole. 

 New Jersey— Prof. J. Hasbrouck, Bound Brook. 

 New York— A. J. King, New York. 

 North Carolina -T. B. Parker, Goldsboro. 

 Ohio— C. F. Muth, Cincinnati. 

 Ontario— D. A. Jones, Beeton. 

 Pennsylvania— W. J. Davis, Youngsville. 

 Quebec— Thomas Valiquet. St. Hilaire. 

 Tennessee— S. C. Dodge, Chattanooga. 

 Texas— F. F. Collins, Cuerco. 

 Vermont— Jacob Ide, Passumsic, 

 Virginia— J. W. Porter, Charlottesville. 

 West Virginia-E. W. Hale. Wirt C. H. 

 Wisconsin— Christopher Grimm, Jefferson. 



igfSome persons complain of our dis- 

 continuing their papers, if not promptly 

 renewed. To accommodate such as de- 

 sire it continued and wish a few weeks 

 " grace," we will in future so mark their 

 papers and continue a short time, if they 

 will send us a "card" requesting it. 

 We desire to accommodate all, but can 

 not think of adopting the credit system 

 again. 



