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hive to weigh 60 pounds gross when put in the cellar. 



In discussing the sale of honey Mr. Pettit stated that there was 

 sold 20,000 pounds annually in the City of Guelph, which is only 

 16,000 population. He attributed this to personal solicitation on the 

 part of bee-keepers. 



A report was made that large bakers are using inverted sugar 

 in place of honey. It was reported that this is made by a firm in 

 Philadelphia, is a recent invention, and fear was expressed that it 

 would cut in on the sale of our poor grades of honey. 



E. D. Townsend, of Northstar, Michigan, was elected delegate 

 to the National convention in Februar3^ L. A. Aspinwall, of Jack- 

 son, was elected alternate. 



Motion was made and carried allowing the Secretary 25% of the 

 membership fees for his services. 



Resolutions of respect were adopted for the late Hon. R. L. Tay- 

 lor, of Lapeer, Michigan. Mr. Taylor was one of the foremost of 

 Michigan bee-keepers, an offtcer of the National Association, and 

 highly respected by all bee-keepers. 



The meeting adjourned to meet in December next year in De- 

 troit. 



Do Bees Reason? A Brief for the Insect. 



IF NOT, HOW DO BEES KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH COMB FOUNDA- 

 TION? WHY DO THEY FILL CRACKS IN THE HIVE WITH 

 PROPOLIS DURING HOT WEATHER? AN ANT STORY- 

 BEE SCOUTS. REFLEX THEORY INSUFFICIENT. 

 A PROBLEM FOR THE BREEDER. 



By FRANK G. O'DELL, Lincoln, Neb. 



[In a recent article published in The Review the writer discussed briefly some 

 psychological conditions arising from the shaking of bees to stimulate working 

 activity, closing with the suggestion that the repeated treatment of the same 

 colony on these lines induces a condition analogous to that which is produced by 

 the control exercised by a hypnotist over his subject. It is not to be presumed 

 that such a statement would pass unchallenged, even among those whose daily 

 life is spent among the bees. This article is written as a defense of the psycho- 

 logical viewpoint of bee-life which has enlisted the studies of the most noted of 

 savants from Huber and Sir John Lubbock to the delightful writings of the 

 great Belgian poet Maeterlinck.] 



The above article, ik'hicli will run thmugh two or three issues of the Review, 

 itnll begin in the ]''ebriia<-y number. The Tebruary Review zvill not come to you- 

 unless you have either renezved or requested it to be continued. Act [^rouit^tly. — 

 E. B. Tyrrill. 



