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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



February 



red clover for seed if for no other 

 purpose. 



Resolutions were adopted recom- 

 meuding the passage of a law to pre- 

 vent the spraying of fruit trees while 

 in blossom, a practice which is not 

 only unnecessary but injurious to 

 both the fruit and bees. 



The freight rates on extracted honey 

 are considered excessive, and a peti- 

 tion to the official classification com- 

 mittee was prepared for circulation 

 and extensively signed, asking that it 

 be rated the same as syrup. 



According to the secretary's report 

 the finances of the association are in a 

 good condition. 



Election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, Walter F. Marks, of 

 Chapinville. Vice presidents, Lee B. 

 Smith, Vincent; Herbert L. Case, 

 Bristol Center ; F. Greiner, Naples. 

 Secretary, Miss Ruth E. Taylor, 

 Belona. Treasurer, H. C. Roat, Reed's 

 Corners. Honey inspector, E. H. 

 Perry, South Bristol. 



An amendment to the constitution, 

 changing the time of holding the an- 

 nual meeting to the last Thursday and 

 Friday of January, was unanimously 

 passed. 



Visiting apiarists were N. N. Bet- 

 singer, of Onondaga County; Cory don 

 Peck, of Cayuga county; W. L. Cogg- 

 shall and David H. Coggshall, of 

 Tompkins county. — Ontario County 

 Journal. 



Clubbing List. 



We will send the American Bee-Keeper with 



The W. T. Falconer M'f'g Co., 

 Gentlemen — You recently asked me to 

 verify my statement as to the amount 

 of honey my bees gathered on the 6th 

 day of July last and on Aug. 14th. I 

 am absolutely sure of my statements 

 as I took the actual weights. The 

 hive I had on the scales contained a 

 medium swarm and gained 16 lbs. in 

 ten hours. I have many swarms that 

 must have gained 20 lbs. in the same 

 time. 



I will give below a record of the 

 amount gained on basswood for 12 

 days: 



On June 30 at noon I took a swarm and 

 put them on the scales and thej' gain- 

 ed 1 lb. 



July 1 gained 1 lb. 

 July 2 gained ih lbs. 

 July 3 gained 7 lbs. 

 July 4 gained 2^- lbs. 

 .Ivily 5 gained :H lbs. 

 July gain 16 lbs. Lost during night 1^ 

 July 7 gain li lbs. Lost during night 1 

 July 8 gain 9| lbs. Lost during night \ 

 July 9 gain IHlbs. Lost during night 2 

 July 10 gain G lbs. Lost during night If 

 July 11 gain (if lbs. Lost during night 3 

 July 12 gain 3i lbs. Lost during night H 



I started each morning at where the 

 scales set in the morning so as not to 

 reckon the loss by evaporation during 

 the night. After the 12th of July 

 they gradually lost until the buck- 

 wheat flow. I have of the buckwheat 

 flow only the data of the day they 

 gained the most, the 15th of August, 

 on which day they gained %\ lbs. So 



