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ion that if we air to make money in tlie 

 apiary, we must j;et our surplus in small 

 glass boxes, instead of waxeil barrels. 



T. F. l>iuj;lKUii— Dadaiit says that if hon- 

 ey canilies. it's pure, but we can't always 

 wait ; glucose is made from starch, treated 

 in a retort, witli sulphuric acid ; tliis can 

 only be removed witii Vunc ; the addition 

 of water will lessen the acidity ; substances 

 containing tannin mUWd to it will turn it 

 black, but not good syrups. 



A. C. Balch— According to good authority 

 our "goldcn-drip'' syrui)s are largely adul- 

 terated. 



James Ileddon— All honey contains acid 

 —formic aced— as is fully demonstrated by 

 analysis. 



Julius Tondinson— Extracted honey is 

 finding favor in my home market, thougli 

 for profit, box honey is the thing. 



A. C. Balch— Even if we are compelled to 

 nse licjuid honey in making vinegar, it will 

 pay ; even for the good of tiie bees, espec- 

 ially in times of great honey secretion. 



James Ileddon— Extracting honey to give 

 room in the brood chamber, is giving room 

 for more honey, ratlicr than more brood. 

 While Italian bees are inclined to fstore hon- 

 ey in the brood chamber, w'e can coax them 

 to store honey above and out of they way. 

 Black bees are much better, however if we 

 can only induce them to survive our awful 

 winters. 



E. J. Oatman— What would your black 

 bees do in a "tough" honey season ? 



James Ileddon— About as well as Italians, 

 better early in the season. 



E. J. Oatman— In times of scarcity I have 

 had Italians rear abundance of brood and 

 store a little honey when the blacks were 

 losing ground. 



Julius Tomlinson— I think Mr. Balch is 



right about the value of the extractor in 



keeping the brood-chamber clear of honey. 



James Heddon— And keep your surplus 



out of the honey boxes at the same time. 



A. C. Balch — Though bees don't know 

 much, they are not fools altogether. Honey 

 in the hive is detrimental to brood rearing 

 in sunnuer, and too nuich of it, to success 

 in wintering. They will store it in the brood 

 combs in excess of what is best fur their 

 own welfare. 



II. E. Bidwell— If your combs get full, 

 raise them up and let llieni store in empty 

 frames below. 

 A. C. Balcli — And always get drone comb, 

 .lames Ileddon — If I am to get box honey, 

 and they are bent on storing in the hive, 

 then it follows that I nnist wait till the hive 

 is full below before they will store above, 

 when I haven't the bees to do it? yuch 

 logic hurts my theories of obtaining box- 

 honey. 



T. "F. Bingham— We are told that the Ex- 

 tractor will save our bees ; but, practically 

 speaking, our bees have all gone to — well, 

 a warm climate. Years ago, before there 

 was any such thing, bees wintered well. 

 Oh, that beautiful •iioney-sliuger." 



James Ileddon— Will "Sir. Burch state if 

 he is able to keep his combs full of brood and 

 get honey stored in boxes without the aid of 

 an extractor? 



II. A. Burch— Even Italians, properly 



managed, will keep the brood below, and 



honey above, in Ijoxes, and two, without 



any aid from an extractor. 



A. C. Balch— If for no other reason than 



obviating troubles with the moth, I .should 

 prefer the Italian bee. 



T. F. Bingham— I hope the President will 

 rule out this Italian bee (lucstion. I have 

 been uialigued, abused and chunu'd for dar- 

 ing lo say a word derogatory of tiieir merits. 

 If' Dadaht hears of it lie'lfgive us poor fel- 

 lows ''Hail Coluiiihia." Let us avoid this 

 mellow subject altogether. 



.lames lletldon— Mr. ningham should re- 

 meuibcr that he is at perfect liberty to e.x- 

 incss the opinions of the majority — not the 

 minority. 



A. A. Knapj! preferred a hiye that would 

 admit of removing frames in the rear ; 

 thought preferable to lifting out of the top ; 

 frames are a foot square. 



James Ileddon— I once saw a hive on the 

 "lake shore," while visiting II. A. Burch, 

 that the frames came out at the rear ; 'twas 

 a nice rattle trap ; it wants 20 yoke of oxen 

 to remove frames when the bees stick them 

 fast ; have had "hive" on the brain ; tested 

 other peoiile's hives, and experimented on 

 my own delusidus. 



A. C. Balch— How would you swarm "ar- 

 tificially ?" 



J. Ileddon— Drum out swarm, and]nit it on 

 the old stand, reuioving the old hive ; Use 

 a shallow drum box with slats on the opeii' 

 side, and be sparing of smoke. 



A. C. Balch— Oftentimes the queen don't 

 want to go. 



James Ileddon— But we make them go ; 

 can get them in this way much easier and 

 more speedily than by hunting for them. 

 To be of value a jjrocess or implement must 

 possess more advantages than disadvan- 

 tages. 



The subject of making a display of our 

 products at the Centennial Exhibition was 

 considered at some length. Various opin- 

 ions were expressed, wlien the subject was 

 finally committed to the charge of the Pres- 

 ident to act in the best interests of the As- 

 sociation. 



T. F. Bingham read a paper on the re- 

 quisites of the successful apiarian. The 

 subject was considered from a facetious 

 standpoint, causing csnsiderable merri- 

 ment. 



A. J. Pope gave a description of Seth 

 Iloadland's device for hiving bees. He also 

 related instances of nuiking bees cluster 

 wherever desired by whistling for them. 



Ezra Rood— I also tried tlie whistle— a 

 regular pig-tail quiii— but failed to strike 

 the key-note. 



A member — .V cluster of mullen heads at- 

 tacks rheui (piite successfully. 



James Heddon— I wisli to call attention to 

 these honey jars from Charles ^luth, of 

 Cincinnati. Tliey give tlie honey a nice ap- 

 pearance, and Mr. :\[uth is a perieictly hon- 

 orable dealer, and liberal withal. Those ia 

 want of jars should patronize him. 



H. A. Burch exhibited a san)]ile of a very 

 neat glass honey-l)ox, made by C. K. Isham, 

 Peoria, N. Y., which attracted much atten- 

 tion. It was universally admitted tn be the 

 neatest thinadf the kind yet devi>ed. 



Considerable discussion followed, mostlv 

 of a desultory character, on topics, which 

 we omit, the main points being enibodied in 

 the report of our last annual meeting. 



Mr. Biiighaiu, as chairman of the com- 

 mittee on resolutions, reported, tendering in 

 very appropriate terms our heart-felt thanks 

 to the good people of Kalamaz(>o for the 

 many favors which we, as a society, were 



