THE AMERICAN APICULTUEIST. 



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dian beekeepers to make a large 

 display of honey at the Indian Exhi- 

 bition at London next season, says, 

 "We can only hope that our Cana- 

 dian cousins will abstain from send- 

 ing us glucose with a 'spice' of comb 

 honey floating in its centre." 



In our opinion this note will mis- 

 lead the public regarding the value 

 of American and Canadian honey 

 and the character of its producers. 

 Is it right or just to leave the public 

 to suppose that on this side of the 

 water beekeepers do place such a 

 mixture on the market? 



The question of the adulteration 

 of honey is coming up on every 

 hand and as we yet have to learn of 

 the practice of adulteration by the 

 honey producers of America, we 

 must protest against any statement 

 that would seem to convey the idea 

 that they do practise adulteration, 



— Have you told all your beekeep- 

 ing neighbors what they have to 

 gain in reading the "Apiculturist?" 

 or have you given them a sample 

 copy ? 



Every effort that you make to in- 

 crease the circulation of the "Api- 

 culturist" will tend to improve the 

 honey market and assist you individ- 

 ually in making a success of apicul- 

 ture. We are hard at work gleaning 

 from every known source all the val- 

 uable information possible and you 

 cannot afford to lose one opportu- 

 nity to increase the circulation of 

 our Journal. Our offers are more 

 than liberal and we are only too 

 pleased to send you such sample 

 copies, circulars, etc., as may assist 

 you in obtaining subscriptions. 



If you wish to help us, thus help- 

 ing yourselves, let us hear from you 

 at once. 



— We have just received trom Mr. 

 Frank Cheshire, the first four parts 

 of his new work entitled Bees and 

 Beekeeping and we are so pleased 

 with it that we heartily endorse Prof. 

 Hasbrouck's review given in our Dec. 

 2 



No. Mr. Arthur Todd, of German- 

 town, Phila., Pa., is Mr. Cheshire's 

 agent, and will answer all questions 

 regarding prices, etc. 



No apiarist can possibly afford to 

 do without it. Next month we hope 

 to give our readers a review of it. 



— As some of our old subscribers 

 have not renewed their subscriptions 

 we shall send them the January num- 

 ber, and we trust that if they do not 

 wish to continue, they will drop us a 

 postal card to that effect. We take 

 this course as so many of our readers 

 wish us to continue their subscrip- 

 tions until otherwise ordered. 



CONVENTION NOTES} 



THE NORTH AJIERICAN CONVENTION. 



The sixteenth annual convention of 

 the American Beekeepers' Society met 

 at Detroit, Midi., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 

 at 10 A. M., President L. C. Hoot in the 

 chair. 



Quite a large number of beekeepers 

 were present, representing ten of the 

 States and Canada. As usual, general 

 enthusiasm i)revailed. 



The Rev. L. L. Langstroth opened 

 the convention with an impressive in- 

 vocation, after which the membership 

 roll was called. Six ex-presidents 

 of the society were present. 



The treasurer reported ^48.90 in the 

 treasury, and it was decided to omit 

 the reading of the secretary's report 

 of the last meeting. 



Mr. A. F. Man'ura, Vice President 

 for Vermont, reported the honey crop 

 of that state, for the present season, 

 to be 100 tons. 



Mr. W. E. Clark reported for New 

 Yoric, about a two-thirds crop. 



Mr. Wm. G. Gibbons, Vice President 

 for Delaware, in his report, says : 



The year 1885 has been an exceed- 

 ingly unpropitions one for beekeepers 

 iu this part of the country. The warm 

 weather which usually sets in Ijy April 

 10 was procrastinated until near the 

 beginning of May, and during both 

 April and May cold raiu storms were 

 frequent. The result was that the 

 bees got to work fifteen days later 

 than usual. The white clover, which 



1 We have to thank Messrs. Thos. G. New- 

 man and R. F. Holterman for the reports from 

 which these have been taken. 



