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won't get bee-keepers into thinking that 

 they can keep bees profitably in a slip- 

 shod manner. 



James Hedon — I would do everything 

 when nine cents of labor will bring ten 

 cents of pay 



Prof. Cook — I would like to have Pres. 

 Taylor say how many colonies he thinks 

 he can handle. 



Pres. Taylor— Perhaps 300. 



James Heddon — I don't think it pos- 

 sible, nor profitable if possible, for one 

 to handle 500 colonies. The swarming 

 will swamp him. 



Testing Glucose Mixtures. 



Prof. Cook now brought forth the 

 samples of glucose and honey mixed. A 

 testing committee consisting of Messrs. 

 Bingham, Pearce and Hunt proceeded 

 to taste the samples. They reported as 

 follows : 



No. 1, very little honey flavor. 



No. 2, some honey flavor. 



Nos. 3 and 4, nearly all honey. 



Prof. Cook then said that No. 1 was 

 one part glucose and one of honey. No. 

 2, one part glucose and two of honey. 

 No. 3, one part of glucose and three of 

 honey. No. 4, pure honey. 



James Heddon — That is what I was 

 telling you. You say that the sample 

 with one-half glucose is of but little 

 honey flavor. Suppose that the honey 

 had been strong, fall honey instead of 

 clover honey, don't you see that the glu- 

 cose would have improved it ? 



There was also a bottle that had held 

 honey, but it was so nearly empty that 

 only a spoonful or two could be obtained. 

 The committee did not get enough from 

 this to be able to give a report. One 

 thought it was basswood honey. Mr. 

 Heddon thought it was Florida honey 

 from some sort of magnolia. W. Z. 

 Hutchinson thought it California honey. 

 Prof. Cook then said: "That is the 

 bottle that had the sugar-honey in. That 

 is all that I could find. The rest had 

 been used in making analyses." 



James Heddon — I don't understand 

 how the bees add that flavor. 



Wliat Will Michigan Bee-Keepers Do 



in Exhibiting Bees and Honey 



at the World's Fair ? 



Mr. Woodman, the Manager of the 

 Agricultural Department of Michigan's 

 show at the coming Columbian Exposi- 

 tion, came before the convention, and 

 asked what bee-keepers expected, and 

 what they could do. 



After some discussion the following 

 resolutions were passed: 



Resolved, That we, the Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, think it is desir- 

 able for the Slate to make an exhibition 

 of bees and honey at the Columbian Ex- 

 position. 



Resolved, That in our judgment it will 

 require at least $1,000 to make a cred- 

 itable exhibit of the honey and bee- 

 products of the State. 



Resolved, That we think it imperative 

 that an expert be employed to make the 

 collection and exhibit, and we earnestly 

 urge that H. D. Cutting, than whom 

 there is no more competent man in the 

 country, be appointed. 



Mr. Woodman — There is no such 

 amount of money that can be used. Your 

 demands are not exhorbitant, but your 

 only hope will be in future appropria- 

 tions. If further appropriations are 

 made, the purposes should be specified. 

 The State Grange is now in session, and 

 will ask the legislature to make more 

 appropriation for use at the World's 

 Fair. 



Upon motion of Prof. Cook, Senator- 

 elect Geo. E. Hilton was made a com- 

 mittee to look after legislation for this 

 purpose. 



Carniolans — Have they Come to Stay? 



This was the title of an essay by E. R. 

 Root. It was as follows : 



My question is of such a nature that I 

 scarcely know whether I am able to an- 

 swer it except evasively, by saying, with 

 Dr. Miller, "I don't know." But I pre- 

 sume your Secretary means that I shall 

 give briefly the good and bad qualities 

 of the Carniolans ; and, after placing 

 the two in the balance, decide whether 

 they shall be recommended to bee-keep- 

 ers generally or not. I will attempt to 

 give only their general characteristics, 

 good, bad, and indififerent, and leave the 

 other problem to the convention. 



Briefly, what are their good qualities ? 

 First and most prominent, is their in- 

 clination to deposit little or no propolis. 

 In these days, when fixed or spaced 

 frames are receiving such general 

 adoption, it is very desirable to have a 

 bee that is content to let the gluing 

 business alone. Again, I find the Car- 

 niolans to be early breeders, and rather 

 more prolific than the average Italians, 

 though not so much so as the Cyprians 

 and Holy Land bets. 



As to their honey-gathering qualities, 

 I think they average fairly with the 

 yellow race. The cappings of their 

 combs are no whiter; in fact, I am in- 

 clined to think that they have a more 

 water-soaked appearance. In shaking 



