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of Beeton, Dr. Shaver, of Stratford, and 

 other gentlemen in the course of the 

 discussion, gave their opinions backed 

 by relations of their own experience, the 

 preponderance of opinion being evi- 

 dently in favor of artiticial swarming, 

 save under exceptional circumstances. 



Mr. Jones was asked " How far apart 

 would you keep the hives on one farm ?" 

 Mr. Jones replied that the distance 

 between his hives in the row was 3 feet, 

 and between the rows 6 feet. 



Question. — Have you any choice in the 

 direction in which your hives face V 



Mr. Jones answered that it might be 

 a notion of his, but he preferred the 

 hives facing east and south. 



Mr. Hall, I think it is a notion. My 

 hives faced in every direction. I have 

 noticed no difference. 



Mr. McKay claimed that the bees in 

 the hive on which the sun shone early 

 got to work early, and that was an ad- 

 vantage. 



Several important and interesting 

 subjects were discussed. The best 

 method of " breeding pure queens " was 

 considered at some length, as was also 

 "the province and value of drones in 

 breeding." 



On the subject, " The best method of 

 marketing honey," Mr. D. A. Jones 

 gave some information calculated to be 

 of use to bee-keepers and of no little 

 interest to the general public. He 

 stated that while in England he had 

 made particular inquires as to the means 

 of marketing honey. He had been told 

 by one firm that they would gladly give 

 22c. per pound for 100 tons of extracted 

 honey. He trusted that they would be 

 able to so arrange that they could send 

 their honey direct to the dealer in Eng- 

 land, and he believed that the Associa- 

 tion could be so well organized, and be- 

 come so well known, that the English 

 dealer would order direct from them. 

 If this was done, he had no doubt that 

 they could find a market at good prices 

 for all the honey they could produce. 

 He believed, however, that if the honey 

 was put up in small and appropriate 

 packages, held until the market was 

 ready for it, and judiciously distributed 

 throughout the country, there was no 

 fear that within the next ten years they 

 Avould raise enough honey to overstock 

 the market of Canada. 



The Association then proceeded to 

 the election of their officers, with the 

 following results: — President, D. A. 

 Jones, Beeton ; Dr. Shaver, Stratford, 

 1st Vice President ; Hon. Lewis Wall- 

 bridge, Belleville, 2nd Vice President ; 

 R. McKnight, Owen Sound, Secretary 

 and Treasurer. F. Webster. Toronto ; 

 Rev. W. F. Clarke. Listowel ; J. G. A. 



Wallace, Brighton; J. B. Hall, Dr. 

 Duncan, Embro, Executive Committee. 



The duty of filling up the list of 

 county representatives was left to the 

 Executive Committee, as was also the 

 duty of drafting a set of by-la a t s. 



Mr. D. A. Jones and Rev. W. F. 

 Clarke were appointed delegates of the 

 Association to the National Bee-Keep- 

 ers 1 Convention of America, to be held 

 in Cincinnati. 



North American Bee-Keepers. 



ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 



The Eleventh Annual Convention of 

 the North American Bee-Keepers 1 So- 

 ciety, met in Bellevue House Hall, Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 

 1880, at 10 a.m., President Thomas G. 

 Newman in the chair. 



The Secretary, Dr. E. Parmly, read 

 the minutes of proceedings of the 10th 

 Annual Convention, which were ap- 

 proved. 



The roll of membership of last year 

 was read, after which the payment of 

 annual membership fee and distribution 

 of badges took place. 



The Secretary read the following cor- 

 respondence, which was ordered placed 

 on file : 



Abbot's Hill, England, Aug. 9, 1880. 

 President Newman : 



My Dear Sir.— 1 am very much obliged 

 for your kind and cordial invitation to at- 

 tend your animal National Convention at 

 Cincinnati, on Sept. 29th, 30th and Oct. 1st. 

 I should have had great pleasure in accept- 

 ing it and in being present, bad I not con- 

 sented to act as secretary of the Hemel 

 Hempstead Poultry Show, which falls on 

 the two last days of September, and which 

 I must remain' at home to arrange. We 

 have just brought our annual show at South 

 Kensington to a conclusion. It was a very 

 successful one and remained open for a 

 week. 



Mrs. Peel and all the members of my 

 family beg to be most kindly remembered 

 to you, and I remain yours very truly, 



Herbert R. Peel. 



Nyon, Suisse, Aug. 27, 1880. 

 To the Hon. T. G. Newman, President of 



the North American Bee-Keepers' Society. 



Dear Colleague and Friend:—! 

 have received your letter of July 24th, by 

 which vou do us the honor to invite my 

 wife and myself, also ray colleagues M. C. 

 de Kibeaucourt. President of the Romande 

 Society, and M. .J. Jeker, editor of the 

 Schweizerische Biencn Zeitung, to attend 

 your Convention at Cincinnati, Ohio. 



1 have communicated your amiable invi- 

 tation to my colleagues; they have requested 

 me to inform you that they appreciate your 

 kind invitation, but on account of their 

 duties as pastors, and for other reasons, they 

 cannot absent themselves ; and my wife and 



