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tious performance of the duties in- 

 trusted to them. On motion, it was 

 voted that each member of the associa- 

 tion be requested to send a copy of the 

 resolution of this society, relative to 

 adulteration, to their various members 

 of Congress, with the solicitation of 

 their assistance in having it enacted into 

 law. 



Resolutions of greeting were sent to 

 and received from the State Horticul- 

 tural Society, and the State Grange, all 

 in session in the State House at the 

 same time. 



Mr. C. P. Dadant read an essay at the 

 evening meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society, on " The Importance of Bees in 

 Horticulture," which was received with 

 the best of feeling among the horticul- 

 turists, many of whom are also bee- 

 keepers. 



A resolution was reported as follows, 

 and adopted : 



Resolved, That the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association desire to return 

 their sincere thanks to the Hon. E. L. 

 Merritt, Chairman McKinley, and others 

 in the House, and Senator Dunlap and 

 others in the Senate, for their valuable 

 services in obtaining the appropriation 

 for the honey display at the World's 

 Fair. 



The resolution of greeting from the 

 State Horticultural Society was as fol- 

 lows : 



To our fellow co-laborers, the mem- 

 bers of the Illinois Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion : 



Bretheen : — Feeling that our inter- 

 ests are identical, although we each aim 

 to accomplish the same end by different 

 means, you by extracting the sweets 

 from our blossoms ; we (while you are 

 deriving benefits from the mixing of the 

 pollen to fertilize and make our trees 

 and plants fruitful) expecting to derive 

 our reward from the sale of the beauti- 

 ful fruit ; we desire to extend to you the 

 right hand of fellowship, and wish you 

 success in your effort to extend the pro- 

 duction of honey ; and notwithstanding 

 the fact that your bees may get their 

 heads together and plot for the eating 

 of our grapes and other fruits, yet we 

 still have faith in the utility of the little 

 bee as a helper to the fruit-grower, and 

 admire her industrious and business 

 habits. Henky Augustine, Pres. 



H. M. Dunlap, Sec. 



REPORTS OF BEE-KEEPERS. 



C. P. Dadant, of Hamilton — Number 

 of colonies, 350 ; increase, 30; honey 

 produced, 400 pounds of honuy-dew and 



500 pounds of Spanish-needle honey. 

 Bees in good condition for winter, 

 packed out-of-doors. 



Geo. Poindexter, of Kenney — Number 

 of colonies, 90 ; increase, 3. Amount 

 of honey obtained, 2,000 pounds of 

 clover, and 800 pounds of extracted fall 

 honey. Bees wintered in the cellar, and 

 are in good condition now. He clips the 

 queen's wings to prevent swarming, and 

 believes in ventilation to induce the bees 

 to work in the supers. 



A. N. Draper, of Upper Alton, had 

 about 300 colonies in the spring, and 

 sold 60 colonies, with no increase dur- 

 ing the season, He had about enough 

 honey to winter the bees out-of-doors, 

 packed in forest leaves. His bees are 

 kept in four apiaries. He says that 

 white clover was a failure this year. He 

 prevents swarming by having large 

 hives, and plenty of ventilation. He 

 harvested the most honey from aspara- 

 gus, of which there are a hundred acres 

 in the neighborhood. This honey is of 

 poor quality. 



Chas. Becker, of Pleasant Plains, had 

 53 colonies in the spring, and increased 

 to 62. He took about 700 pounds of 

 honey. The bees are in good condition 

 for winter. He grows small fruit in 

 connection with bee-keeping. For ex- 

 tracting he uses three sets of full frames 

 — supers full of comb to each hive. In- 

 duces the bees to go into the supers by 

 placing partly-filled sections in the mid- 

 dle of the supers. He raises the hives 

 from the bottom-board during the 

 swarming season, and thinks it prevents 

 swarming, and induces the bees to work 

 in the supers. 



J. Q. Smith, of Lincoln, had 53 colo- 

 nies in the Spring. Increase 23. He 

 had no honey until August, except 

 honey-dew, which he fed to the young 

 swarms. In the latter part of August 

 he got 1,800 pounds of fair fall honey, 

 principally heart's-ease and sweet clover, 

 with Spanish-needle at the last. He 

 wintered his bees on the summer stands, 

 packing the top with leaves, and no pro- 

 tection on the sides. 



Geo. F. Bobbins, of Mechanicsburg, 

 had 60 colonies, spring count, and in- 

 creased to 80. He produced 1,100 

 pounds of honey, half comb and half 

 extracted. There was some honey-dew, 

 and the balance heart's-ease and Span- 

 ish-needle. Bees are in good condition 

 for wintering out-of-doors. He covers 

 the brood-frames for winter with honey- 

 boards made of cheap lumber and bur- 

 lap, with chaff or leaves above. He 

 covers some of the smaller hives with 



