THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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recover damages from all the owners 

 of bees in the vicinity. 



Mr. James Heddon suggested the 

 formation of a Beekeepers' Union in 

 defence of their rights and to protect 

 theii- interests. Such a union was 

 formed, and officers elected as follows : 

 President — James Heddon. 

 rive Vice Presidents— G. M. Doolittle, 

 G. W. Demaiee, A. I. Rooc. 



Prof". A. J. Cook, Dr. C. C. Miller. 



Manager, Secretary and Treasurer— T. G. 

 Newman. 



The officers were made an Advisory 

 Board, with full power to act. 



This Union had employed attorneys 

 and obtained such other assistance as 

 ■was deemed necessary, and when the 

 case came up the Judge decided that 

 there were no laws nor rulings upon 

 which he could instruct a jury; hence 

 the case was dismissed. 



Other cases were cited where the 

 Union had rendered valuable assist 

 ance ami still others where it would 

 probably be able to do good work in 

 behalf of the interests of the bee- 

 keepers. It was shown that California 

 apiarists were being persecuted and 

 and that unjustly. 



Mr. Newman urged the beekeepers 

 to join hands with the Union and by 

 becoming members assist in deciding 

 these battles for the right. 



This*vas followed by discussion, the 

 majority of beekeepers being in favor 

 of using pacific measures whenever 

 possible, resorting to law only as a last 

 resort; after which Mr. W. F. Clarke 

 offered the following resolution which 

 was adopted : 



Resolved, That a committee of seven 

 be appointed to consider and report 

 upon the best methods of protecting 

 the interests of beekeeping from legal 

 attack prompted by ignorance. 



The resolution passed and the com- 

 mittee was appointed as follows : W. 

 F. Clarke, T. G. Newman, W. E. 

 Clark, James Heddon, C. F. Muth, S. 

 T. Pettitt, and Prof. A. J. Cook. 



The President then delivered his an- 

 nual address which we have not given 

 as Mr. L. C. Root wishes to make some 

 alterations when it will be given in the 

 " Apiculturist". 



After reading of the address the fol- 

 lowing discussion took place. 



Mr. C. F. Muth remarked that in 

 New York they principally demanded 

 honey in glassed sections or in paper 

 boxes. In the west, such are unsala- 

 ble. We, here, require it in unglassed 

 sections with the crates glassed. 



j\Ir. C. 11. Isham said that our honey- 

 producei-s can sell all their honey in 



glassed sections, and it is desirable to 

 do so in order to preserve its beauty 

 and purity. 



Mr. Thompson said that he wa-ote to 

 New York asking for a bid for best 

 glassed honey, and he was offered only 

 10 cents per pound for it delivered in 

 New York. 



Mr. Hall proposed a vote of thanks 

 to Pres. Root for his able address. 



Mr. G. M. Doolittle then read an es- 

 say on 



THE PRODUCTION OF COMB HONEY. 



He said that there were four things 

 important in the production of comb 

 honey: First, a good queen; second, 

 the getting of the bees at the right time 

 to secure the harvest; third, a skilful 

 apiarist; and fourth, the right kind of 

 a hive. Remarks were made on each 

 of these points, tuid Mr. D. said that 

 we could divide and subdivide these 

 four heads, especially the last three, 

 yet the fundamental principles would 

 not be changed. 



The discussion on comb foundation 

 took a general and rather desultory 

 course. Mr. J. B. Hall was asked to 

 state his method, and confined himself 

 to his experience with comb founda- 

 tion. 



Rev, W. F. Clarke said that Mr. 

 Doolittle's essay was professedly on 

 the production of comb honey, but 

 what he said was just as applicable to 

 the production of extracted honey. A 

 good queen, plenty of bees to gather 

 in the honey harvest, a skilful apiarist, 

 and a good hive— were not these just 

 as needful for the production of ex- 

 tracted as comb honey? What we 

 want is the points of a skilful apiarist 

 required to get large crops of coml) 

 honey. We want to know how to do 

 it. Our most successful producers of 

 comb honey rather tell us "how not to 

 do it." They appear not to like to ex- 

 plain things. They take Burns' advice 

 to iiis frieml Andrew: 



"Still keep a secret in your breast 

 Ye never tell lo any." 



For several years at these conven- 

 tions he had tried to get Mr. Hall to 

 explain how he gets such large crops 

 of splendid comb honey, but he had 

 never done it. 



Mr. Hall: "I should have to make 

 the man." 



Mr. Clarke: "Well, here he is; take 

 the raw material and make the num." 



''That's just what I want." 



Much amusement and bantering of 

 Messrs. Doolittle and Hall to explain 

 the how, but the wily veterans did not 

 come to the scratch. 



