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think there was any great difference in any 

 of the meals, as they all contained a great 

 deal of nutrition. They did not contain 

 any saccharine matter, but did contain 

 starch and gluten. 



Mr. St.\ple3 read extracts from a manu- 

 script which he had prepared on feeding; 

 at the conclusion of which he stated that 

 it might be found in full in the bee jour- 

 nals. 



Mr. Jones. — Last spring, a year ago, 

 moved his apiary to a new place in cold 

 weather. Soon after it turned warm, and 

 the bees came out, and seemed lost. Many 

 of them entered other hives, one in par- 

 ticular, which caused it to be very full of 

 bees. When the blooms put forth, and the 

 season came for honey, he found this 

 strong colony gathered a great deal more 

 than any of the others. Yet they had had 

 no feeding. The stronger the colonies the 

 more they would gather. 



Mr. Staples said that when feeding was 

 commenced, it should be done regularly, 

 and kept up until the honey season opens, 

 but would not commence until it was ap- 

 proaching near enough to the honey 

 season to keep it up, as they would start 

 too much brood, and, by dropping it off, 

 it would be destroyed. 



The members of the society were invited 

 to the apiary of Staples and Andrews, 

 which was accepted, and afterwards re- 

 considered and postponed until the regu- 

 lar meeting in April. 



Wm. J. Andrews offered the following 

 as a substitute for Article 3d of the Con- 

 stitution : 



"That any person can become a member 

 of this society by a vote of two-thirds of 

 the members present, and paying a fee of 

 fifty cents, and signing the Constitution." 

 The amendment was adopted. 



Dr. Boyd offered the following reso- 

 lution, which was adopted: 



Resolved — That the Executive Com- 

 mittee inquire into the propriety of em- 

 ploying some one to sell the crop of 

 honey raised by the members of this so- 

 ciety, and report upon what terms it can 

 be done at the next meeting. 



Dr. Boyd moved that the Secretary as- 

 certain of the members of this society the 

 number and kind of hives they have on 

 hand. Motion adopted. 



Mr. Vaughn moved that the Executive 

 Committee be instructed to ascertain the 

 best sliape to have honey in, for market. 

 Adopted. 



The Secretary stated that he had been 

 requested to have the rearmg of poultry 

 connected with the society. 



Mr. Staples moved that we unite with 

 the chicken men. 



Mr. Evans would favor the motion if it 

 was so amended as to give bee questions 

 the precedent, and added that he was very 

 fond of chicken meat, but when it came to 

 the table, could not tell the best blood 



from the common Dunghill. (Mr. E. is a 

 preacher.) The motion was rejected, as it 

 was thought it would occupy too much of 

 the time of the society. 



The Secretary moved that the question 

 of "Queen Rearing" be postponed until 

 the next regular meeting, and be the ques- 

 tion for that meeting. Adopted. 



The Secretary offered the following 

 resolution, which was adopted: 



Resolved — That the President appoint 

 two members to write and read, at the next 

 meeting, an essay on queen rearing and 

 Italianizing. 



The President appointed Mr. Jones and 

 Mr. Vaughn. Mr. Jones declined, as he 

 was not a queen breeder, and Mr. McLean, 

 appointed in his stead. 



The society then, by special request of 

 a new beginner, briefly discussed the best 

 hive to use, without arriving at any defi- 

 nite conclusion; all agreeing that it 

 should be movable frame, containing 

 above 2,000 cubic inches, be easily en- 

 tered, and all be of one uniform pattern. 



On motion, the society then adjourned 

 to the first Saturday in April. 



Wm. J. Andrews, 

 Secretary and Treasurer. 



Michigan Bee-Keepers' Association. 



(Continued from page 25.) 



Julius Tomlinson read a paper on "The 

 Diffusion of Apicultural Science." He 

 advocated the idea of a friendly inter- 

 change of ideas and experiences, with a 

 view to mutual benefit and the advance- 

 ment of apislical science. The discussion 

 of the subject was introduced by 



Pres. Baloh — Heddon, that calls for 

 you. 



James Heddon — Mr. Tomlinson's pa- 

 per contains many facts. The principles 

 are good. Who can say auglit against 

 the glorious princijileot communism? But 

 such is not the system under which we 

 live. All conventions in the ditterent 

 branches of business are held for the ex- 

 press purpose of furthering their interests. 

 Why are we as 7ioney producers so anxious 

 to allure all classes of people into this 

 " most fascinating (?) pursuit." Is it not 

 a fact that many of us have failed to real- 

 ize anj' profit in real production, and 

 changing our tactics, now toot our horns 

 to others about the wealth that lies be- 

 neath it, hoping to be able to furnish them 

 with apiarian supplies? ("Send stamp 

 for circular.") Who are the editors of 

 our bee journals ? Are they retired honey 

 producers, and as such, capable of teach- 

 ing us who are on their rovid to wealth? 

 Or have they failed as producers and are 

 now chiefly interested in hunting up those 

 who are " in any way interested in Bees or 

 Honey"? Does swelling the ranks of 

 apiculturists, and the consequent increase 

 of production, have a tendency to further 



