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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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reported the followiiis resolutions which 

 were unauiously adopted : 



WiiKitKAs, Tliis Society has sustained a 

 great loss since its last annua! nieetinu, in 

 tlie death of the late Dr. llaniiin, of Ten- 

 nessee, one of its Vice-Presidents; we 

 desire to put on record the hiffli estimation 

 in which the tlt^ceascd gentleman was de- 

 servedly held hy his fellow agriculturists 

 for his thorough knowledge of the science 

 and art of bee-keeping; the zealous inter- 

 est nianifestatcd by him in tills organiza- 

 tion, from its inccpliou ui> to tlie tinu^ of 

 the annual mecliiig, siiowing before his 

 death, at which he wortliily jiresidcd in the 

 unavoidal)le absence of the President ; and 

 linally for his upright character, urbane 

 manners and kindness of lieart. Honor to 

 ills nu'niorv, -and peace to his aslies ! 



Rcsnlvid. That the thanks of tliis Society 

 be, and are, hereby i)res(>iited to Ex-Presi- 

 dent lloagland, for the interest shown by 

 him in the prosperity of this organization, 

 and for his ellicient, (•(un-teous, and praise- 

 worthy occupancy of the chair. 



licsdlvcd. That the thanks of this Society 

 be tendered to the railway companies and 

 hotel keepers, who have encouraged attend- 

 ance at this meeting by a reduction of their 

 usual rates. 



Rexiilval, That this Society, having re- 

 ceived in every city wiiere it has met, the 

 most polite aiid kind attention from the 

 local press, is plenssii to lind the members 

 of tlie fourth estate in IMttsbnrg not a wliit 

 behind the fraternity elsewhere ; and for 

 their patient attendance, courteous behavi- 

 our and excellent reports of our proceed- 

 ings, we desire to tender them our best 

 thanks. 



Ecsoli'ed, That any and all of the officers 

 of this Society are hereby authorized to or- 

 nanize auxiliary or branch socith's, mem- 

 bership in which shall (;arry membership in 

 this society ; provided always tliat the 

 'uiembership fee shall be one dollar annual- 

 ,ly, and that one-half thereof shall be pay- 

 able into the treasury of this Society. 



A communication was read from the 

 firm of Jesse H. Lippiucott & Co., of 

 Pittsburgh, claiming to deal iu genuine, 

 unadulterated honey, and inviting bee- 

 keepers to deal with them. 



A standing committee, consisting of 

 ■Messrs. King, Benedict, and Mrs. Tup- 

 per, was appointed to arrange a system 

 of premiums for Italian queens and full 

 colonies, for the next annual meeting. 



A committee of local arrangements for 

 next meeting was appointed, consisting 

 of the Secretaries, Messrs. Day, Zimmer- 

 man, and Smith. 



After some routine business and in- 

 formal discussion on one or two points 

 not thought necessary to be embodied in 

 the resolutions, the subject of publication 

 of the proceedings of the Society was 

 taken up. The Secretaries could not en- 

 gage to prepare a report iu time for the 

 December Bee .Journals, and as Dr. Rush 

 volunteered to furnish an abstract of 

 the discussions in time for the Decem- 

 ber journals. The Dr's generous otter 

 was thankfully accepted, and the Society 

 adjourned to meet in Toledo, O., on the 



first Wednesday in Deccml)er, 1875. 



jj@^ Since the foregoing Report was 

 "in type," we have received another from 

 Dr. Rush, Simpson's Store, Pa. From it 

 we select such portions as was not elabor- 

 ated in the former Report. 



This annual meeting is reported as 

 one of unusual harmony and interest, 

 which must result in good, not only to the 

 members present, but to the bee-keepers 

 at large whom they represent. — T. G. N. 



QUEEN KEAKTXO, DRO'E rKESEKVATION 

 AND BEST .METIIOIJ OF INTKODUCING 



fJl'EENS. 



Mr. Benedict — I generally have a hive 

 that holds a half barrel, such a hive keeps 

 a great many drones, though large hives 

 keep drones untd late or very cold 

 weather, while small colonies will kill 

 them as soon as the honey season is over 

 if they have a fertile ciueen. I am gener- 

 ally successful with this kind of a hive 

 and they fly out strong and seem to enjoy 

 themselves and fly finely. Large hives 

 also raise drones two wa^eks earlier, and 

 they are better ones and more active. 

 To introduce queens, put them right in. 

 I sometimes wait a day and sometimes 

 wait longer. I make no difference be- 

 tween a frame or box hive. I use a drum 

 box, take old queen out and kill her, take 

 esence of cinnamon in my mouth and wet 

 them completely and put the ciueen in the 

 top of the hive and let her go down 

 among the bees. Sometimes I cage the 

 queen and put her between the frames and 

 leave her twenty-four hours, then I go to 

 liberate her. I see whether the bees are 

 inclined to sting her, and if they are, I 

 shut the hive and go back the next day 

 again, and they generally are all right. 



Mr. A. Chapman — I generally intro- 

 duce same way as Mr. Benedict does ; but 

 another way is to put her in a wire cage 

 and put in a cork of comb, not very thick 

 or loosely, cut a comb the size of the hole 

 in the cage and stick it in, they find the 

 queen caged and loose her by eating the 

 end out and liberating her. I never loose 

 one queen in this way. 



Mr. Zimmerman — When I introduce 

 her I take her to, and put this comb and 

 honey in the end of the cage and to make 

 it more sure, put in a lot of strange bees 

 at the same time ; and thereby disorgan- 

 ize the colony ami they are less disposed 

 to kill the queen. 



Mr. Chapman — I take a comb of bees 

 from another hive with brood in it, and 

 a strange queen from another and put 

 them together and they do well. 



