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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



December 



man had secured a good crop by 

 stimulative feeding. 



Secretary Benton, Washington, D. 

 C, was positive stimulative feeding 

 was at the bottom of all bee keeping. 



Then came for consideration the 

 race*. 



President Abbott thought yellow 

 bees sports. Some who had yellow 

 and other bees in the same apiary 

 claimed superiority for the former, de- 

 claring the supers could be readily 

 distinguished by their weight. It was 

 generally conceded there was no such 

 thing as lazy bees. 



Following the discussion of this 

 paper was an address of welcome from 

 Major Hardwick, president of the 

 commercial club, which had so gen- 

 erously opened the doors of their com- 

 modious apartments to us. While he 

 seemed delighted to welcome the bee 

 keepers to the free use of their ele- 

 gant rooms, it was evident that he 

 took especial pride in the city of his 

 apoption and its business. He stated 

 that St. Joe sold more goods than 

 Kansas City and Omaha combined, 

 and employed from 2,000 to 2,500 

 girls in the manufacture of overalls 

 alone. Dr, Miller, in his cheery 

 pleasant manner, responded in behalf 

 of the members of the convention. 



Next we listened to a paper on " Bee 

 Keeping in Germany," by C. J. H. 

 Gravenhorst, Wilsnack, Prussia, 

 (translated by Frank Benton). His 

 hive, instead of having the movable 

 frames, had movable combs, or combs 

 attached to top bars only. Secretary 

 Benton claimed that the Greeks many 

 years ago used movable combs (not 

 frames) without any knowledge of 

 what the remainder of Europe was 

 doing, indicating that the idea must 



have originated with them. He 

 thought we should carefully distin- 

 guish between the yellow sports and 

 yellow Cyprians. 



President Abbott then read a letter 

 from G. B. Lewis, Watertown, Wis., 

 offering congratulations and good 

 wishes, and expressing regret of ina- 

 bility to be present; also a message 

 from Mrs. Sherman of Salado, Tex., 

 sending greeting, desiring a pleasant 

 and profitable meeting, and of course 

 regretting her absence. Hon. Mr. 

 Hambaugh of Illinois, also sent a com- 

 munication to the effect that he 

 wished to dispose of his apiarian in- 

 terests, and C. P. Dadaut explained 

 that Mr. Hambaugh intended going 

 to California, which was greatly to be 

 regretted, as thereby Illinois would 

 lose one of her most earnest workers. 



Adjourned to 7:30 p. m. 



WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



Wednesday evening exercises 

 opened by th e singing of the sacred 

 song, " Lead me to the Rock that is 

 higher than I," by Dr, Miller, which 

 was followed by a recitation by George 

 W. York, recounting the troubles of a 

 young man afflicted by the sneezing 

 habit. Then appeared Dr. Miller in 

 his inimitable " Sockery," after which 

 we were treated to an address of wel- 

 come from Mayor Sheppard. Re- 

 sponse on the part of the members of 

 the United States by George W.York 

 of Chicago, and on the part of the 

 Canadian members by R. F. Holter- 

 man, Brantford, Out. Then came a 

 song, "Away off in the West," by Mr. 

 Hardeman of St. Joseph, which was 

 followed by •' Found a Peanut," in 

 response to an encore. Miss Gregg 

 then favored us with two choice selec- 

 tions in song, the rendition of which 



