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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mr. James J. H. Gbbgobt of Marblehead, Mass., aims 

 to supply one great want, which many a good farmer, 

 when too late. has felt to his keen sorrow: Garden seeds 

 that know how to come up, and when the crop is gathered 

 prove to be just the kind the label said they were. Mr. 

 Gregory is one of the few seedsmeu in the United States 

 who grows a large portion of the seed he sells, and begets 

 out a live Catalogue, as would be expected of the original 

 introducer of th"e Hubbard Squash. His advertisement 

 will be found in this number. His Illustrated Catalogue 

 will be sent free to applicants. 



Micliigan Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



The following report of the proceedings of that body 

 is just received from the Secretary. He makes an 

 apology for the delay upon the ground that he has 

 been ^getting married, and, therefore, had no time to 

 attend to matters of minor importance. We accept 

 his excuse as being perfectly valid: 



Grand Rapids, Mich., Sep. 17, 1873. 



7:30 P.M. — The sixth annual convention of the 

 Michigan Bee -Keepers Association met, pursuant to 

 notice, in the Court-House, at Grand Rapids, Vice- 

 President A. C. Balch, of Kalamazoo, in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 

 approved. 



A number of those announced for papers not being 

 present, the Secretary proposed that extemporaneous 

 remaks upon some subject of present interest to bee- 

 keepers be made. 



The subject of Hives was decided upon. The point 

 contended was for the most part the relative merits of 

 (jne and two story hives. 



Mr. H. A. Burch, of South Haven, claimed that in 

 his experience the hive with a single story had proved 

 the most successful. 



Mr. James Heddon, of Dowagiac, defended hives 

 of two or more stories. He piled his hives one upon 

 another to the hight of two or three stories, and said 

 by changing the frames from one part to another part 

 of the sections, he had induced the queen to go into 

 all parts of the hive and deposite her eggs, thus filling 

 every part with brood. 



Mr. Tomlinson, of Allegan, used a hive of one 

 story, and very shallow frames, only six inches in 

 width. He had, during the Summer just passed, in- 

 creased his swarms from five to twenty in number, 

 and had taken four hundred pounds of box -honey. 



The meeting was rather informal, and considerable 

 digression from the main subject \\'as indulged m. 



Adjourned until to-morrow 9 A. M. 



THURSDAY MORNING SESSION. 



The President still being absent, the chair was 

 fdled by Vice-President Balch. The order of business 

 was announced to be the consideration of Artificial 

 Swarming and the Honey Extractor. 



The subject of artificial swarming was discussed 

 and the various methods stated by Messrs. A. C. Balch, 

 C. I. Balch, Heddon, Everard and Porter. 



The Secretary then read an interesting paper by 

 A. I. Root, of Medina, Ohio, upon "The Honey Ex- 

 tractor, its Uses and Benefits." 



After the experience of some of the members pres- 

 ent with the Honey Extractor was given, the meeting 

 adjourned till evening. 



THURSDAY EVENING SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order by the President, 

 T. E. Bingham, of Allegan, who had arrived during 

 the day. 



To the great satisfaction of all present. Prof. A. J. 

 Cook, of Lansing, formerly Secretary of the Associa- 

 tion, put in an appearance at the opening of the 

 meeting. 



The topic for the evening, as announced at the pre- 

 vious meeting, was the all important subject of Win- 

 tering Bees. ^ 



Upon this subject Prof. Cook had prepared a some- 

 what lengthy, able and scientific paper, which he 

 read to the convention. The paper drew out a most 

 hearty vote of thanks to Prof. Cook. Some remarks 

 were made, and the experience of members stated on 

 the subject under consideration. 



Mr. A. C. Balch stated that according to his experi- 

 ence very little ventilation was needed in Winter, and 

 gave his jreason for such a position. He stated that with 

 much ventilation there was a constant escape of heat, 

 and that the temperature inside the hive would he 

 more variable. 



After a very interesting evening, the meeting ad- 

 journed until to-morrow morning at eight o'clock. 



FRIDAY MORNING SESSION. 



Meeting called to order by President Bingham. 

 Minutes of last meeting read and approved. The 

 convention then proceeded to transact miscellaneous 

 business. 



Motion made and carried that the Society hold a 

 special meeting at Kalamazoo, the first Wednesday in 

 May of 1S74. 



Motion made and carried to empower the special 

 meeting at Kalamazoo to appoint the time and place 

 of holding the next annual meeting. 



The election of officers was then proceeded with, 

 the following being the result: President, A. C. Balch, 

 Kalamazoo; Vice-President, H. A. Burch, South Ha- 

 ven; Secretary, Frank Benton, Shelby, Oceana Co; 

 Treasurer, T. F. Bingham, Allegan. 



Motion made and carried that the retiring President 

 and Secretary receive a vote of thanks from the So- 

 ciety for the faithful manner in which they have per- 

 formed their respective duties. 



A resolution was then introduced relative to amend- 

 ing the constitution so that instead of the former num- 

 ber of oft~icers, there should be in addition a Vice- 

 President for each of the several counties of the State, 

 so far as represented in the Association. Adopted. 



The convention proceeded to appoint Vice-Presidents 

 for all the counties represented in the Society. 



The meeting then adjourned until the first Wednes- 

 day in May, 1874. J. W. PoRTER, 



Sec'y Mich. Bee-Keepers' Association. 



T. F. Bingham, President. 



To Bee-Keepers. 



The North Eastern Bee-Keepers' Association wil 1 

 hold its fourth annual meeting at the Butterfield 

 House, Utica, N. Y., on the 4th. and 5th. of February, 

 1874. 



Questions of importance will be discussed. Bee- 

 keepers are most urgently recjuesled to attend and 

 take part in the proceedings. In union there is strength. 

 Please respond. ' J. H. Nellis, Stvy. 



M. QuiNBY, Pres. 



The National Bee yoiirnal, Mrs. E. S. Tupper, 

 Publisher, has recently been improved in its appear- 

 ance by the addition of a neat cover. The Journal 

 is well executed, and promises to be a success in the 

 hands of the present Publisher. 



