AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Report of the Illinois State Bee. 

 Keepers' Convention. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY JAS. A. STONE. 



The 4th semi-annual meeting of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 met in the Senate Judiciary Room of 

 the Senate House at Springfield, Ills., 

 on Dec. 14, 1892, at 10 a.m., for a 

 two days' session, with President J. M. 

 Hambaugh in the chair. The meeting 

 was opened with prayer by Rev. T. D. 

 Logan, of the 1st Presbyterian Church 

 of Springfield. 



The minutes of the last meeting were 

 read and approved. 



The following members paid their an- 

 nual fees for 1893 : 



J. M. Hambaugh, Spring. 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton. 

 Chas. Dadant, Hamilton. 



A. N. Draper, Upper Alton. 

 S. N. Black, Clayton. 

 Geo. E. Robbins, Mechanlcsburg. 

 P. J. England; Fancy Prairie. 

 Jas. A. Stone, Bradfordton. 



D. D. Cooper, Sherman. 



W. J. Finch, Jr., Springfield. 

 Geo. Poindexter, Kenney. 

 Chas. Becker, Pleasant Plains. 

 A. Phelps, Springfield. 

 Elias Robinson, Carmi. 

 C. V. Mann, Riverton. 

 Jas. Poindexter, Bloomington. 

 A. W. Spracklen, Cowden. 

 J. Q. Smith, President Central Illinois 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, Lincoln. 

 Jas. Forncrook, Watertown, Wis. 



The following sent in their fees by 

 mail just before or after the meeting : 



Peter Blunier, Roanoke. 

 M. Bevier, Bradford. 



E. T. Flanagan, Belleville. 

 Aaron Coppin, Wenona. • 



Advancing Bee-Interests — Caring for 

 Honey. 



Remarks on " How to Advance the 

 Interests of Bee-Culture," and "How to 



Care for Honey," brought out some good 

 thoughts. 



Mr. Robbins said that honey, whether 

 comb or extracted, if properly cared for, 

 would grow better by age. He waited 

 for his honey to be sealed before ex- 

 tracting. 



Mr. Becker never waited for his bees 

 to seal or cap the cells before he began 

 to extract, and he never had any to spoil. 

 He did not approve of too small a pack- 

 age for extracted honey ; while Mr. 

 Robbins thought we ought to have very 

 small packages for it. 



Mr. Dadant said the sealing of honey 

 had nothing to do with the ripening of 

 it, and that the package ought to be 

 larger when honey was cheap, and 

 smaller when it was high. He said the 

 time was coming when honey would be 

 as common as butter. 



Mr. Finch said that when a trade in 

 honey is established, it can be sold in 

 small packages. 



Mr. Dadant said that it only takes five 

 or six days to ripen honey. 



Mr. Hambaugh said the consumer will 

 buy it in whatever shape it is put up. 

 He compels his buyers to furnish the 

 cans to put the honey into. He thought 

 the amount of the blooms had nothing 

 to do with the flow of honey. It was the 

 conditions of the weather which caused 

 the blooms to furnish honey, or not to 

 furnish it. 



Mr. Black thought there ought to be 

 a large package for wholesale, and a 

 small one for retail trade. 



On motion, a committee of three was 

 appointed to confer with the other asso- 

 ciations in session in the State House, in 

 regard to a union meeting at night. The 

 committee were Chas. Dadant, Jas. Poin- 

 dexter, and S. N. Black. 



Adjourned until 1:30 p.m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



At 1:30 p.m. the meeting was called 

 to order with President Hambaugh in 

 the chair. The President's address, 

 which will be published in full in our 

 next Report, was highly applauded. 



On motion of Mr. Becker, a committee 

 of five was appointed for a legislative 

 committee to recommended legislative 

 measures, and report the following 

 morning. The committee were, C. P. 

 Dadant, Jas. A. Stone, Chas. Becker, 

 Geo. S. Robbins and Geo. Poindexter. 



The Secretary's report was then read, 

 received and placed on file. 



On motion, the further distribution of 



