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Tie California Stale ConYentloii. 



Report sent to the American. Bee Journal 

 BY JOHN H. MARTIN. 



The California State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation was called to order in the 

 Chamber of Commerce at Los Angeles, 

 on Jan. 23rd, at 10 a.m., by President 

 J. F. Mclntyre. 



The minutes of the last meeting were 

 read and approved. Upon motion by 

 Mr. Brodbeck, an opportunity was given 

 for the enrollment of names and the pay- 

 ment of dues. 



Treasurer G. W. Woodbury then pre- 

 sented his report, which was accepted. 



The Secretary reported in relation to 

 the various matters upon which he was 

 requested to correspond, and his report 

 was accepted. 



Mr. Pryal, who was appointed at the 

 last meeting to present the claims of the 

 association to the State Legislature for 

 State aid for the furtherance of our in- 

 dustry, sent in his report, which was 

 read by the Secretary. The report was 

 encouraging for future efforts along this 

 line. 



The President then appointed the fol- 

 lowing committees : 



On Resolutions. — A. Barnett, G. A. 

 Millard, W. T. Richardson. 



Legislation. — Prof. A. J. Cook, Geo. 

 W. Brodbeck, Wm. A. Pryal. 



Marketing Honey. — J. G. Corey, L. 

 T. Rowley, Robert Dunn. 



Transportation. — R. Touchton, M. 

 H. Mendleson, L. E. Mercer. 



BEES AND FRUIT. 



The regular programme was then 

 taken up, and an essay was read by 

 Francis W. Blackford, entitled, "Is the 



honey-bee in California the fruit-pro- 

 ducer's enemy ?" This was followed by 

 a discussion. 



It was claimed that with proper pro- 

 tection of drying fruit that the damage 

 done by bees could be greatly reduced. 

 It had been observed that there was a 

 dozen yellow jackets to one bee in many 

 instances, but the bee was the only of- 

 fender to receive the blame. It had been 

 demonstrated by repeated experiments, 

 that bees were of more use in the ferti- 

 lization of prunes than in the damage 

 they could do to the drying fruit. 



Following this discussion Mr. Corey 

 read an essay upon the topic, "Bees 

 and Fruit-Drying." It was suggested 

 by Mr. Brodbeck that the drying fruit 

 should be covered with cloth. 



Mr. Mclntyre figured that it would 

 take 4,480 yards of cloth to cover an 

 acre, at a cost of $121, which was con- 

 sidered as a little too expensive a remedy. 



Prof. Woodworth suggested that the 

 bees be enclosed in a large tent. This 

 remedy was pronounced impracticable 

 by the experienced bee-keepers. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



A communication was received from 

 the Los Angeles County Convention, 

 upon the subjects of adulteration and 

 the tare on honey-cases, which was re- 

 ceived and put on file for future ref- 

 erence. 



President Mclntyre then read his an- 

 nual address, and touched upon several 

 points of vital interest to the bee-keepers 

 of the State, upon which action was 

 afterward taken by the various com- 

 mittees. 



An ordinance adopted by the San Ber- 

 nardino Board of Supervisors, giving 

 wide powers to its inspector of foul 

 brood for the extermination of the dis- 

 ease, was read by the Secretary. A res- 

 olution was offered commending the 

 Board of Supervisors of said county for 

 their wise action, and a recommenda- 

 tion that other counties follow their 

 example. 



TARE ON HONEY-CASES. 



Tare on honey-cases was the next topic 

 by Mr. Corey. 



Mr. Touchton spoke in favor of con- 

 certed action in relation to establishing 

 a uniform tare. 



Mr. Levering said we should allow 

 tare only on the oases, and not on cans, 

 for they were sold again for other pur- 

 poses for full value. Dealers wanted 

 three cents tare on cans that weighed 

 less than 23^ pounds. This excess was 

 unjust and unfair. 



