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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



acted, when an interval for conver- 

 sation followed during which Mr. 

 Hahman regaled the assembled 

 company with a sample of his new 

 honey which was much appreci- 

 ated. 



Mr. Shalcross had a splendid 

 microscope under which he dis- 

 played the wonders of the honey 

 bee which to the novices in bee 

 keeping was especially attractive 

 and useful. 



When the meeting came to or- 

 der again, the President called 

 on Mr. Arthur Todd, Vice Presi- 

 dent, to read a contribution en- 

 titled '' A Bee Tour." 



This paper drew forth a vote of 

 thanks, and then in accordance 

 with the Vice President's sugges- 

 tion, tlie following resolution was 

 put to the meeting and unani- 

 mously carried. 



Resolved, That the thanks of 

 this Philadelphia Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation are due to Messrs. Alley, 

 Locke, Hoffman, Soden, House, 

 and Baker for the courtesies and 

 hospitalities extended to our Vice 

 President, Mr. Arthur Todd, while 

 on his recent tour in search of in- 

 formation and experience that 

 might be advantageous to lay be- 

 fore this society, and these gentle- 

 men are cordially invited to meet 

 the members of this society if at 

 any time the}^ find themselves in 

 the city of Philadelphia. 



Sundry questions found their 

 way into the question box and, 

 being answered by a committee, 

 gave rise to pleasant discussion. 

 At a late hour the meeting ad- 

 journed, its members having spent 

 one of the most enjoyajble even- 

 ings since the formation of the 

 " live" young society. 



The June number of "Glean- 

 ings" has arrived, and as usual is 

 brimful of valuable information. 



We take the following note from 

 Nicholl's Journal of Chemistry : — 



One of the subjects for consid- 

 eration at the meeting of the Agri- * 

 cultural congress, to be holden in 

 Paris in Jul}^ next, will be, "the 

 creation of artificial colonies and 

 the most practical means of in- 

 creasing the production of honey." 

 We shall look forward with a great 

 deal of interest for the conclusions 

 of this body on this interesting- 

 subject. 



J. E. Pond, jr., of Foxboro, Nor- 

 folk Co., Mass., desires to obtain 

 the address of every i^erson in the 

 state of Massachusetts who is in- 

 terested in bee-culture, with a view 

 to opening a correspondence in 

 regard to starting a beekeepers' 

 association. Brothers, give him 

 your address on a postal card. 



Since we published the May num- 

 ber, a beekeeping friend in this city 

 has received a $20.00 colony of 

 bees purchased from Mrs. Cotton, 

 and as we have referred to her be- 

 fore, it may be well to describe the 

 colony and its condition when it 

 arrived. 



This was to be a first-class, full 

 colony, Italian queen and bees. 

 Upon arrival we were called upon 

 to examine it and found that the 

 queen was fine looking and quite 

 yellow and the bees well marked, 

 but there were not more than bees 

 enough to fill a two- frame nucleus 

 with one good comb and two others 

 that were broken from the tops and 

 which the bees have completed 

 since the colony arrived ; there were 

 also three empty frames. The hive 

 is quite similar to any otlier with 

 large surplus roofti. But all that 

 our friend obtained for his $20.00 

 were a two-frame nucleus of Ital- 

 ian bees, an ordinary hive and a 

 cheap bee book. 



We have given the plain unvar- 

 nished facts in the case leaving tlie 

 reader to judge regarding her in- 

 tegrity as a dealer. 



