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composed of the counties of Los Angeles 

 and Ventura, two well-known honey- 

 centers. A Ventura firm of bee-keepers 

 carried off four premiums aggregating 

 $36, and five for which they received a 

 diploma each. C. N. Wilson, of Los 

 Angeles, walks away with five premiums 

 and $19.50; while the irrepressible 

 Bliss — the Dadant of the Pacific — re- 

 ceived :i?5.00 for the best comb founda- 

 tion. 



If the laws of California were amended 

 so as to do away with the unnecessary 

 printing of the speed programs and 

 much of the other useless matter con- 

 cerning the District " Fairs," and the 

 space devoted to the proceedings of bee- 

 keepers, sheep-raisers, poultry-breeders, 

 etc., it would be space and money put to 

 a much better use. It is a wonder that 

 some enterprising member of the Califor- 

 nia does not endeavor to so amend the 

 statutes of the State and thereby be 

 doing his commonwealth a benefit which 

 will be of lasting worth. 



It would be well for all bee-keepers In 

 the State, who have the interests of 

 their industry at heart, to write the 

 State Board of Agriculture asking them 

 to give the California Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation a liberal amount of space in 

 its Annual Report ; also to allow the 

 reports of the Association to be printed 

 annually in pamphlet form ; and allow 

 such other printing as may be necessary 

 to promote the interests of the industry. 



North Temescal, Calif. 



COWVENTIO^r DIRECTORY. 



Time cmd place of meeting. 



1894. 

 Mar. 15, 16.— S.W.Wisconsin, at Boscobel.Wis. 

 A. A. Arms, Sec, Hurlbut, Wis. 



Mar. 16.— S. E. Kansas, at Bronson. Kans. 



J. C. Balcli, Sec, Bronson, Kans. 



Apr. 4 5.— Texas State, at Greenville, Tex. 

 E. J. Atchley, Sec, Beeville, Tex. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott St. Joseph, Mo. 



Vice-Pres.— O. L. Hershlser.... Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York... Chicago, Ills. 



National Bee-Xeepers' Union. 



President— Hon. E. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 GEN'ii Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



iA^^mnka 



Tie California Stale Conyentlon. 



Report sent to the Anierlccm Bee Journal 

 BY JOHN H. MARTIN. 



(Continued from page 249). 

 Evening Session. 



The evening session was opened by 

 Mrs. Moffatt favoring the audience with 

 a song, entitled, "Simple Little Ostrich, 

 I Know it All." Mrs. Moffatt rendered 

 other songs during the evening, which 

 aided much in enlivening the meeting, 

 and were heartily applauded. 



Prof. A. J. Cook, after a few personal 

 and happy remarks, read an essay on 

 " The Bee-Keeping Industry of Califor- 

 nia." Prof. Cook is now a teacher in 

 the College at Claremont, and will take 

 a lively interest in the welfare and pro- 

 motion of the bee-keeping industry of 

 this State. 



Mr. Mercer showed a small can of 

 glucose, which was as clear as water. 

 He stated that he obtained it in San 

 Francisco, where dealers made no secret 

 of using it for the adulteration of honey. 



Mr. Wilkins moved that a committee 

 of three be appointed to draw up reso- 

 lutions and take measures to have laws 

 passed for the suppression of this evil. 



The motion was amended so as to add 

 two more members to the Mj,rketing 

 Committee. Messrs. Wilkins and Clay- 

 ton were thereupon added to the com- 

 mittee. 



Prof. Cook called for averages of the 

 honey crop for a series of years. Several 

 averages were given by Messrs. Corey, 

 Wilkins and Moffatt, the following being 

 a sample : 1876, good, average, 250 

 pounds per colony ; '77, total failure ; 

 '78, a good season; '79, failure; '80, 

 good; '81, poor, 100 pounds per colony; 

 '82, good ; '83, poor, 100 pounds per 

 colony ; '84, best, 400 pounds per col- 

 ony ; '85, failure ; '86, good ; '87, fail- 

 ure ; '88, failure; '89, good ; '90, good; 

 '91, fair, 200 pounds per colony; '92, 

 failure; '93, fair, 150 pounds per 

 colony. 



It was ascertained that the honey 



