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ever saw. An intelligent young man, 

 whose opinion should justly be represented, 

 was visiting this siclc man and tasted some 

 of this honey, and said that it was sour 

 honey; that it was extracted too soon. Now 

 if he had known that this acid taste was 

 peculiar to the linden honey, I know that 

 he never would have said that it had soured. 



EXTRACTING HONEY 



It has been my practice for years to ex- 

 tract honey just after the bees have com- 

 menced capping. After this time there is 

 but little uncapping to do, and it makes less 

 work for the bees in repairing the combs. 1 

 use a large barrel with one head out and 

 well waxed inside; into which 1 put uiy 

 honey as I extract, and until it is full; after 

 which I let it stand a few liours, and then 

 draw the honey off into another barrel, al- 

 ways leaving a few gallons in the former 

 barrel. This will save skimming, and will 

 give you nice pure lioney in your barrels. 



SELLING HONEY. 



This is the most important point in bee- 

 keeping. We know that ours is a good lo- 

 cality for bees, and we know that tiiey will 

 gather large quantities of lioney, but how 

 to turn our honey into cash at a fair price is 

 a question for our consideration. 



We may dispose of a few liundred pounds 

 of honey at home in the way of barter, but 

 get very little cash. 



From the little experience I have in ship- 

 ping honey, 1 cannot make a very favorable 

 report. Although we have been selling our 

 honey at 25 cents per pound, the expenses 

 liave been so great that I do not think that 

 we have realized more than ten cents per 

 pound for our honey. But I think if our 

 bee-keepers society could agree and get up 

 some kind of a co-operative arrangement to 

 sell our honey, we would do much better 

 than tliis. 



PKE.JUDIOE. 



There is much prejudice by the unin- 

 formed against extracted honey. Some say- 

 ing that it is not as good as comb honey; 

 and others say that we bee-keepers extract 

 our honey to soon, or before it gets thick 

 enough, and the consequence is that it sours, 

 and some go so far as to say that extracted 

 honey will sour any way. And when we go 

 into the city to sell honey we find that there 

 are but few who will buy extracted honey- 

 that is in the granulated state; they say and 

 believe that it is artificial honey. 



Now while these notions of clever people 

 may be anuising to intelligent bee-keepers- 

 still these notions are an injury to us, and 

 we liave to meet them the best we can, 



HONEY AS FOOD. 



Almost everybody is fond of honey, and 

 the number who are not is very small. 

 Honey has been used as food by man from 

 the earliest ages of the world down to the 

 present time. And some of the wisest men 

 that the world has ever produced have said 

 that honey was good. 



yamson on his way to get married took 

 honey from a colony of bees in a frame hive 

 of his on the way and ate and gave it to his 

 partiK*r and mother, and they did eat. 



One of the Pr()i)Iit'ts said of Ciu-Jst, " But- 

 ter and Honey shall he eat. that he may 

 know how to refuse the evil and choose the 

 good." 



The last food Christ ate on earth, and that 

 was just after his resurrection and before 

 his ascension was honey. 



On motion the appointment of Mr. M. G. 

 Grigsby to read an essay at this meeting 

 was continued until the next. 



S. D. McLean— as one of the committee to 

 experiment on " what age the larva passes 

 the stage of being reared into a queen'' sub- 

 mitted the following report: 



1 deprived a colony of bees of their queen 

 on the 25th of September, and on the 7th 1 

 destroyed all cells. 1 again destroyed all 

 cells on the 9th; on the 11th 1 destroyed 

 three moie, after wliich time there was no 

 more constructed. 



W. J. Andrews— of the same committee 

 reported that he made a colony queenless 

 July 5th; on the 8tli he cut out three cells; 

 on the Hh one cell; on the 10th one cell; on 

 the 12th two cells; on the 13th one cell: on 

 the 14th four cells; on the 15th and 16tli he 

 found no more ceils, and inserted more 

 brood on the IGth. 



S. D. McLean— thouglit that the experi- 

 ment was conducted at the wrong season of 

 the year, that it ought to have been in the 

 Spring. 



J. J. Jones— Had had queens of the same 

 sitting to hatch some as early as the 11th, 

 and others as late as the 16tli day. 



D. Staples— Had had them to hatch from 

 9 to 19 days. 



C. C. Vaughan— Had tliem to hatch this 

 season on tlie 10th day from the egg. 



S. D. McLean— Thought that bees worlced 

 from instin'ct altogether, and never do any- 

 thing wrong. 



The President— If that be true, then why 

 do they eat sorghum, which you think will 

 probably do them injury? 



S. 1). McLean— I am not sure that it does 

 injure them, as I stated at the outset, 1 have 

 no experience in that way. 



After considerable discussion, it was 

 agreed that it would be about ten days be- 

 fore eggs and larva would pass the stage of 

 being converted into a queen. 



The Secretary then submitted his annual 

 report, showing the receipts and disburse- 

 ments, which was received, accepted and 

 ordered to be spread on the minutes. 



The Society then proceeded to the election 

 of olhcers tor the ensuing year. 



J. J. Jones moved that all the officers be 

 re-elected by acclamation. Adopt»d. 



S. D. McLean moved that C. C. Vaughan, 

 D. Staples, R. H. Caskey be elected as Exe- 

 cutive Connaittee by acclamation. Adopted. 



On motion the Secretary was instructed 

 to secure a permanent place of meeting. 



It was moved by S. I). McLean and adopt- 

 ed that the Pn-sident be requested to de- 

 liver an address in January. 



S. D. INIcLean moved that tlie Secretary 

 address a conununication to prominent bee- 

 kee))ers reciuesting them to write essays to 

 be read at our meetings. Adopted. 



It was moved and ailopted that the Secre- 

 tary i)repare a suitable blank for annual 

 reports to be made in April of each year, 

 and furnish the same to the members to be 

 filled u)). Adopted. 



S. 1). McLean moved that in view of the 

 fact that our Secretary contemplated visit- 

 ing the Centennial — he be requested to at- 

 tend the meetinfj of the National Bee- 

 keei)ers' Association to b(! held in Philadel- 

 phia, and that the President give him a 

 letter to said society, reijuesting them to 

 extend to him such courtesies as they can 

 consistently, &c. Adopted. 



Wm. J. Andkews, iScejy. and Treas. 



