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some similar material. If you have 

 100 colonies, and were sure they 

 would winter safely out-doors, you 

 may calculate it would cost $1.00 per 

 colony, or §100 more to winter out- 

 doors thau in-doors; it therefore pays 

 to have a house. Instead of i)acking 

 hives, he would pack the house the 

 hives are stored in. 



A running fire of questions was here 

 opened on Mr. Jones in regard to 

 various particulars relative to his 

 method of wintering. The discussion 

 gradually drifted ofi" into the subject 

 of ventilation, on which a great vari- 

 ety of opinions was expressed. 



])r. Miller frankly confessed that 

 even yet he knew nothing definite 

 about wintering. Circumstances and 

 conditions differ so greatly, that what 

 succeeds one season, fails another. 



A member spoke of the unsatisfac- 

 t07-y use of enamelled cloth in winter. 



A. I. Root said it was a mistake to 

 suppose that the cloth was to be used 

 in all seasons. In winter he used bur- 

 lap, a coarse species of bagging, which 

 the bees could look through if they 

 wanted to. He also used woven slats. 

 He thought either of these with a 

 packing of forest leaves on top, such 

 as Mr. Dadant uses, made a good 

 winter covering. 



Mr. McKuight had tried various 

 packing materials, but found nothing 

 so good as the ground cork, in 

 which grapes are packed when shipped 

 from France. He found no difficulty 

 in getting all he wanted from the 

 grocers in his town. 



A number of members gave their 

 views of packing for winter, and vari- 

 ous materials were suggested for the 

 purpose. 



At this juncture, A. R. Boswell 

 Esq., Mayor of Toronto, entered the 

 meeting, and was received with warm 

 clieering. A vote of thanks was then 

 enthusiastically passed, expressing the 

 gratitude of the Association to the 

 Mayor and City Council for the use of 

 the City Hall free of cost for these 

 meetings. 



The Mayor replied, cordially wel- 

 coming the Association to Toronto, 

 especially those members who have 

 come across the border. He referred 

 to the grand honey display, and the 

 rapid progress beekeeping was mak- 

 ing, and wished the Association the 

 greatest prosperity. 



On motion of D. A. Jones, seconded 

 by Dr. C. C. Miller, it was resolved 

 unanimously. That in the opinion of 

 this meeting, the time has fully cojne 



for a recognition of the claims of bee- 

 culture by its being taught in all the 

 agricultural colleges throughout the 

 continent of North America. 



In connection with this resolution, 

 a paper was, at the call of the meeting, 

 read by Wm. F. Clarke. It was the 

 only paper specially prepared for the 

 Convention yet presented. 



An interesting episode then took 

 place in the form of an address, from 

 the Ontario Beekeepers' Association, 

 to Rev. L. L. Langstroth, accompa- 

 nied with a purse containimg $56 as a 

 trifling token of esteem. 



Mr. "Langstroth replied in a feeling 

 manner, a"nd referred at some length 

 to the manner in which his motives 

 had been misunderstood many times, 

 and to his earnest wish to promote, by 

 all honest means, the interests of api- 

 culture. 



Vice President Cook expressed the 

 great pleasure it had given him to at- 

 tend this Convention, and to witness 

 the harmony and good feeling which 

 had prevailed. He was especially 

 gratified at the presence of Mr. Lang- 

 stroth, and the manifestations of grate- 

 ful respect to him on all hands. In 

 view of the many auspicious circum- 

 stances which had characterized this 

 meeting, he proposed that all should 

 join in singing the doxology. This 

 was done very heartily, after which 

 Rev. L. L. Langstroth pronounced the 

 benediction. 



As a number of the members were 

 about leaving, there was much cordial 

 hand-shaking at the close of this ses- 

 sion. 



AFTKRNOON SKSSION. 



The Association resumed at 2 p. m.. 

 Dr. Miller in the chair. There was 

 still a large attendance, though a num- 

 ber had left for home. 



The first subject taken up was that 

 of frames. 



Mr. Hart complained that many of 

 the frames he had obtained from the 

 North were too slender, sagged too 

 much, and sometimes broke. 



Dr. Miller expressed surprise at this, 

 and said he had experienced no such 

 trouble. 



Mr. Langstroth described a frame 

 with triangular corner supports for 

 the top-bar. He thought this could 

 be made stronger than any other. 



Mr. Muth said he preferred the frame 

 he now used, which had a heavy top- 

 bar, the whole underside of which was 

 bevelled. 



