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the Reports of 1892 was left to the dis- 

 cretion of the Secretary. 



The committee on programme foi- the 

 evening, made a report, which was ac- 

 cepted, that the other associations had 

 all adjourned until the next day, and 

 that they had left an invitation with the 

 chief janitor, that any further attend- 

 ants upon any of the associations, be in- 

 vited to attend our meeting. 



Empty Combs and Extracted Honey- 

 Packages. 



An essay was then r^ad by P. J. Eng- 

 land, on " Empty Combs and Packages 

 for Extracted Honey," which will be 

 published in full in the Report. 



In the discussions which followed Mr. 

 England's essay, there was quite a differ- 

 ence of opinion in regard to drumming 

 the bees out of the old hives, some claim- 

 ing they could not do It, while others 

 spoke of it as a matter of no difficulty. 



Mr. Robbins never would drum bees » 

 out of old comb until about swarming 

 time. 



Mr. Becker would drum bees out, tak- 

 ing care to save all the brood. 



Mr. Dadant would take great care in 

 saving all the brood, when drumming 

 out of old hives. 



Mr. Hambaugh would always transfer 

 about the time of fruit bloom, smoking 

 the bees a little before he started to 

 drum them out. He used string to tie 

 old combs in the frames, and the bees 

 would pick them to pieces and carry 

 them out, by the time the combs were 

 fastened. 



Mr. Dadant said strings bothered the 

 bees too much ; and that the bees some- 

 times got tangled in them. He used 

 wire, bent L shaped at the ends, and 

 drove them into the frames. 



Standards for Judging Italian Bees. 



The question-box was taken up next, 

 and the following question asked : 



" Should there be two standards for 

 Judging Italian bees at fairs ? If so, 

 what should those standards be ?" 



Mr. Hambaugh did not see how we 

 could have two standards for a single 

 race of bees. 



Mr. Dadant said the standard should 

 be three yellow bands, whether they be 

 bright yellow or leather-colored. 



Mr. Smith said his experience had 

 been that light-colored combs made 

 light-colored bees. 



Geo. Poindoxter said he believed in 

 rearing the Italians that produce the 

 most honey, regardless of color. 



Mr. Dadant thought we could not de- 



cide which color was the best, as we did 

 not know. 



On motion a committee of three was 

 appointed to investigate as to the steps 

 to be taken for the affiliation of other 

 bee-keepers' associations of the State 

 with the State association. The com- 

 mittee were S. N. Black, J. M. Ham- 

 baugh and J. Q. Smith. 



On motion, the convention adjourned 

 to meet at 7 o'clock, for an evening ses- 

 sion. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The convention met at 7 o'clock, and 

 the order was unfinished business. 



The treasurer's Report was read, and 

 showed a balance on hand of $31.10 of 

 the association fund, and $60.85 of the 

 State appropriation. 



Heport on Afi3.1iating Associations. 



The committee on affiliation reported 

 as follows : 



We, your committee, appointed to ex- 

 amine Constitution with a view of adopt- 

 ing an article admitting bee-keepers' 

 associations to affiliate with the Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, beg 

 leave to submit to you the following re- 

 port : 



In view of the fact that we have no 

 application for affiliation from other 

 societies, that we deem it the part of 

 wisdom to discourage the plan of affilia- 

 tion, and recommend that the bee-keep- 

 ers of the State join personally, thus 

 placing every bee-keeper in the State on 

 an equal footing with us. Mr. Smith 

 assures us that their society prefers this 

 plan, and will join us personally. 

 S. N. Black, ) 



J. M. Hambaugh, yCom. 

 J. Q. Smith, ) 



The report was discussed, and finally 

 laid on the table. 



The convention then adjourned to 

 meet at 9 o'clock the following morning. 



SECOND DAY— Morning Session. 



On Thursday morning, at 9 o'clock, 

 the meeting was called to order by Presi- 

 dent J. M. Hambaugh. 



An essay by Dr. C. C. Miller was read 

 by the Secretary, on the subject, "Do 

 Bee-Keepers Need an Experimental Sta- 

 tion ?" The essay was discussed, but no 

 further action was taken than that 

 taken at the Chicago meeting in October. 

 [Dr. Miller's essay will soon appear in 

 the Bee Journal. — Ed.] 



The Committee on Code of Rules and 

 Standards for Grading Apiarian Exhibits 

 at Fairs, made their report, but the 



