Let tracts on these subjects be published 

 by the National Association, unaccompanied 

 by any man's advertisements, for gratuitous 

 distribution, and in the meantime petition 

 our State legislatures for the enactment of 

 laws for our protection, similiar to our New 

 Jersey law, under which Prof. Hasbrouck 

 and our District Attorney are soon to com- 

 mence suits against the most prominent 

 adulterators of honey in Jersey City, and 

 which will, doubtless, result in a glorious 

 victory of tins first application of our new 

 law. 



Let the bills presented to our Legislators 

 be in the interests of honey alone, for if 

 framed to cover other sweets, they will be 

 sure to meet with defeat, on account of the 

 immensity of the interests of the opposition 

 and the amount of money they would wil- 

 lingly sacrifice in their defense. 



In offering these plans to this Convention, 

 we do not arrogate to ourself any wisdom 

 above our hrethern, and shall gladly accept 

 and work for any method by whomsoever 

 proposed, which seems calculated to ad- 

 vance and protect the cause of bee-culture 

 in the United States. A. J. King. 



New York. 



President Newman remarked that it 

 was exceedingly encouraging to witness 

 the spirit in which Mr. King had writ- 

 ten, and of his kind allusions to the 

 Rev. L. L. Langstroth, whom some un- 

 wise enthusiasts are now trying to mis- 

 represent and abuse. Mr. Newman said 

 that he had not the pleasure of even a 

 personal acquaintance with Mr. Lang- 

 stroth, but revered him only for his no- 

 ble work and devotion to the science and 

 art of bee-culture. Mr. King's allusions 

 to the necessity of adopting the newest 

 and most perfect methods, as well as to 

 keep abreast with the times in every 

 department of apiculture, he regarded 

 as the very key-note to success. The 

 speaker very heartily endorsed the posi- 

 tion taken by Mr. King, that "the liv- 

 ing issues" of to-day demanded of us 

 something else besides bickering and 

 strife, begotten of envy and malice. In 

 the great work before us, he was happy 

 in the thought that generally we were 

 alive to our duty and united. Himself, 

 the editor of the Bee Journal in Chi- 

 cago, he had been gallantly supported 

 on his right and left on the platform at 

 this meeting by the editors of Gleanings 

 in Ike-Culture and the Bee-Keepers' 1 In- 

 structor, the two Ohio bee papers. He 

 had noticed in the auditorium the editor 

 of the Bee-Keepeer's Guide, of Indiana, 

 who was taking a lively interest in the 

 discussions, and the paper just read was 

 from the editor of the Bee-Keepers 1 Mag- 

 azine, of New York, and he noticed on 

 the programme an essay from the edi- 

 tor of the Bee-Keepers 1 Exchange. These 

 six editors are now all arranged in solid 

 phalanx, ready for the fray, and will 

 give the common enemy a tierce and de- 



termined battle. This is not only flat 

 tering to the Society, but inspires all to 

 look for a successful and triumphant 

 issue. He congratulated the Society 

 upon the self-evident union, peace and 

 harmony now prevailing, and earnestly 

 desired that it might be permanent. He 

 felt happy that his term of office as Pres- 

 ident concluded under such auspicious 

 circumstances. 



Samuel Fish, Ohio, thought this Con- 

 vention should take some action regard- 

 ing legislation enactments to prevent 

 the indiscriminate adulteration of honey 

 now so largely practiced. 



President Newman, in some elaborate 

 and convincing remarks, endorsed Mr. 

 Fish's views. 



D. A. Jones, Ontario, explained that 

 they had a law to punish adulterations 

 in Canada. Not only was the party per- 

 petrating the adulteration punished, 

 but also all parties keeping the adul- 

 terated article on sale. 



II. G. Burnett, Indiana, moved the 

 appointment of a Committee to draft 

 resolutions condemnatory of adultera- 

 tions, and especially looking to the 

 adulteration of honey. Carried unani- 

 mously. 



The following committee w T as then 

 appointed : Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Geor- 

 gia ; Dr. N. P. Allen, Kentucky; Chas. 

 F. Muth, Ohio ; Melville Hayes, Ohio ; 

 H. G. Burnett, Indiana. 



Kev. L. Johnson, Kentucky, thought 

 the permanence of bee-keeping de- 

 pended much on the intelligence of the 

 bee-keepers and the enlightening in- 

 fluence of the bee-papers and Conven- 

 tions may accomplish all in this way. * 

 He thought bee-keeping an occupation 

 as well adapted to females as to the 

 sterner sex, and any woman of intelli- 

 gence and nerve could run an apiary 

 with profit and success, and in many 

 instances could contribute more to the 

 support of herself and family in that 

 manner than in any other he could call 

 to mind. 



Mrs. L. Harrison, Illinois, being called 

 up, said she found she could sell a pound 

 of honey for just as high a price as any 

 man could. Most avenues of employ- 

 ment were entirely closed to women, or, 

 if they were given work in competition 

 with men, it was always at reduced 

 wages. She instanced a case where a 

 woman dressed in male attire had ob- 

 tained work in a tailor shop, thus to 

 sustain herself and family, at regular 

 wages, but when her sex was discovered 

 she was obliged to don female attire and 

 go to work at reduced wages. In keep- 

 ing bees it was different ; a woman's 

 bees would get just as much and just as 

 nice honey as those kept by a man, and 



