tin pails would be the best, and that 

 every bee-keeper should warrant his 

 honey as to purity. For comb honey, 1 

 and 2 lb. sections are the most attract- 

 ive, as the rich will pay % for its beau- 

 tiful appearance,, and the other half to 

 sweeten the palate ; he also said Mr. 

 Clute suggested something very wise 

 when he said that the grocer should keep 

 the honey in some conspicuous place. 



The secretary then read his essay oh 

 the tl Bee Forage of Western Wiscon- 

 sin." [This article is also omitted for 

 want of space ; it will be published here- 

 after. — Ed.] 



Mr. Palleys said the Secretary made a 

 mistake in saying that the hard maple 

 was not very abundant in Western Wis- 

 consin ; some distance from the Missis- 

 sippi, in the interior, the woods are 

 heavily timbered with it; had tested 

 the spider plant the past season, and 

 found it to be an excellent honey plant. 



Mr. Markel thought apiarists would 

 have to plant for honey in the future, to 

 make bee-keeping more reliable ; he said 

 it would be unnecessary where golden- 

 rods and asters grow abundantly ; but 

 in his location he found it necessary. 



Nelson Perkins found bees working 

 very vigorously on hemp some years, 

 when it blooms after Sept. 1st. 



Wra. Lossing. Hokah, Minn., wanted 

 to know on what soil swoet clover grows. 



Mr. Perkins replied it does well on all 

 soils. 



Mr. Pelty found bees working on box 

 elder. 



Question. — What foundation to use ? 



E. Markel said this was a question of 

 great interest to bee-keepers ; he had 

 used the VanDeusen, and the bees 

 would not work on it, while they would 

 on the Dunham. 



N. PerkinsaskedMr. Markel whether 

 he would condemn all foundation, from 

 the fact that they would not work on 

 the Van Deusen. He replied, no. 



Mr. Polley said the bees accepted the 

 Root and Dunham very readily. 



L. 11. Pammel found Dunham thin 

 the best; had tried the Dunham thick 

 but did not answer for all purposes as 

 well as the thin. The Van Deusen his 

 bees will not work, as they gnaw all the 

 cells off and notning remains but the 

 thin shell of wax. 



Mr. Zoules asked if there was any 

 sagging in using foundation. 



Mr. Markel said there was not with 

 the Dunham. 



Mr. Lossing stated there was no sag- 

 ging when the thick foundation was 

 used. 



At 5 p. m. the meeting adjourned till 

 7:30 in the evening. 



Question. — Does it pay to use an 

 extractor in the apiary V 



Mr. Perkins said it was one of the 

 best things to secure strong and vigor- 

 ous colonies and a large amount of 

 surplus honey. 



Mr. Markei thought it would be pro- 

 fitable to use the extractor, but there is 

 so much adulteration in honey, it would 

 be difficult to dispose of it. 



Mr. Pammel said he has used the 

 extractor with profit and in the future 

 would run more for extracted honey. 

 The producer would not adulterate it 

 but he should be responsible for what 

 he sells. 



Mr. Palley thought every one should 

 put it up in jars and label it. 



Mr. Manchester asked Mr. Pammel 

 if he could find a home market for his 

 extracted honey. The Secretary said 

 he found no trouble in doing so. 



Mr. Perkins said he had created a 

 home market for all the extracted honey 

 he produced and that three times as 

 much honey was used where he lived 

 at the present time than nine years ago. 



The following was then unanimously 

 passed : Resolved, that we hereby tender 

 our thanks to the citizens of LaCrosse 

 for the use of their hall and the interest 

 they manifested in the progress of this, 

 society ; and to the press for their kind 

 and appreciative notices. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



The following articles were on exhi- 

 bition : by E. Markel, comb honey ; by 

 John A. Salzer, several kinds of extract- 

 ed honey, an Everett honey extractor, 

 and other implements for the apiary ; 

 by L.H. Pammel, the Gem double-walled 

 hive and extracted honey ; by S. Klich, 

 a swarm-catcher : by W. Lossing, comb 

 honey in sections. 



J. Manchester, President. 



L. H. Pammel, Jr., Secretary. 



Southern Cal. District Convention. 



At the suggestion of many apiarists, 

 who think that a convention of those 

 engaged in honey-producing should be 

 held this fall, and believing that such a 

 general meeting would materially ad- 

 vance the interests of this branch of 

 industry in Southern California. I name 

 the 20th and 21st days of October, 1880, 

 at Los Angeles, California, as the time 

 and place for holding such convention, 

 that being during the session of the 

 Horticultural and Agricultural Fairs. 

 A cordial invitation is extended to all 

 apiarists in the State, and to all who- 

 feel an interest in the science of api- 

 culture. C. J. Fox, 

 Pres. Dist. B. K. Association. 



