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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



What is meant when consumers say 

 that they miss a peculiar richness in 

 extracted honey, which the comb will 

 give them? Is it all fancy? How 

 many beekeepers have greeted yoa 

 with the remark, after tasting your 

 basswood honey, "Ah, that is pure 

 honey." How many have thought, af- 

 ter tasting the long-exposed clover 

 honey, "That is sugar syrup." The 

 formi'r loses its flavor less readily; 

 the latter more readily. 



Has our comb honey been handled 

 with proper care ? Should it not al- 

 Avays be kept not only dry, but at a 

 temperature that the delicate scales of 

 wax — cell caps — never crack from too 

 low a temperature? Does honey fer- 

 ment in the cells and crack the wax, 

 or does the cell break, permit access 

 to moisture and atmosphere, and that 

 cause tiie honey to ferment? 



Indianapolis, Ind., was selected as 

 the next place of meeting, and it was 

 voted that St. Louis be in contempla- 

 tion for the following year, and the 

 following oflicers were duly elected : 



Prince Edw. Island— Jas. Gourlie, Summer- 

 side. 

 Quebec— H. F. Hunt, Quebec. 

 Khode Island— Wm. J. Tiacy. Burrillville. 

 South Carolina— S. C. Boylston. Cliaileston. 

 Tennessee— W. P. Henderson, aiurfieesboro. 

 Texas— W. H. Audiewe. McKinney. 

 Utah— John I\[orsan. Salt Lake City. 

 Virginia— J. W. Porter, Charlottesville. ^ 



Vermont— A. E. Wanum, Bristol. 

 West Virginia— A. W. Cheney, Kanawha Falls. 

 AVisconsin— Christopher Grhiim, Jefferson. 

 VVj-oming— James Fields, Fort Laramie. 

 Washington— H. A. Marsh, Fidalgo. 



\_To be condnued.'Y 



A meeting of the beekeepers in Som- 

 erset County, Me., was held in the 

 month of August, 1885, and Mr. W. H. 

 Greeley of Clintou reports : 



I began three years ago Avith one 

 nucleus colony and uow have forty 

 swarms and have not lost a swarm 

 during the three winters. He says, my 

 honey crop [this year is rising 2500 

 pounds in one-pound sections. 



How is that for Maine? 



W. H. Watsox. 



Waterville, Maine. 



President— H. D. Cutting. Clinton, Mich. 

 Kecording Secretary— Frank L. Dough- 

 erty, Indianapolis, Ind. 



CORRKSPONUING SECRETARY — MrS. CaSS 



Bobbins, Indianapolis. Ind. 

 TREASURER— C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, O. 



vice-presidents: 

 Alabama— Nelson Perkins, Princeton. 

 Arkansas— George B. Peters, Peters. 

 Arizona— Jas. H. Brown, Prcscott. 



British Columbia— U. Spears, New Westmin- 

 ster. 



California— R.Wilkin, San Bnenaventura. 



Colorado— Philip Reardon, Jamestown. 



Connecticut- H. L. Jeffrey, Washington De- 

 pot. 



District of Columbia— Rev. J. A. Buck, Wash- 

 ington. 



Dakota— J. H. Townley, Asbton. 



Delaware— Geo. Keniingtoii, Wilmingtou. 



Florida— W. S. Hart. Hawk's Park. 



Georgia— Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta. 



Illinois— Mrs. L. Harrison, Peoria. 



Indiana— J. S(^boll. Indianapolis. 



Iowa- J. M. Sliuck, Des Moines. 



Kansas— Chas. Sniitli, Marysville. 



Kentucky— J. M. Egbert, Salvisa. 



Louisiana— P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula. 



Maine— J. B. Mason. Mechanic Falls. 



Manitoba— Hon. J. H. Wallbridge, Winnipeg. 



Massacbuseits— S. M. Locke, VVenham. 



Michigan— Miss Lncv Wilkins, Farwell. 



Missouri— E. M. Hayhurst, Kansas City. 



Mississii)pi— Dr. O. M. Blanton, Greenville. 



Minnesota—*;. F. Greening, Grand Meadow. 



Maryland— Dr. W. G. Phelps, Galena. 



Montana— Clias. I'ruce, Wickes, 



Nebraska— T. L. Von Dorn, Omaha. 



Nevada— A. A. Leeper, Carson City. 



New Jersey— i;. Terryberry, Highbridge. 



New York— Ira Barber, DeKalb Junction. 



North Carolina— II. H. Watson, SladesviUe. 



Nova Scotia— C. T. Jones, Waterville. 



New Hampshire— M. Harie, Keno. 



Oliio— A. I. Root, Medina. 



Oiitario-J. B.Hall, Woodstock. 



Pennsylvania— Arthur Todd, Germantown. 



The next annual meetingof the Maine 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 at Skowhegan, Maine, Jan. 19-20-21, 

 1886. The Maine Central R. \l. will 

 sell tickets at one fare for the round 

 trip. The Grank Trunk will sell tickets 

 at the same rate to Lewis ton. 



Beekeepers everywhere are cordially 

 invited to be present. 



J. B. Mason, President, 

 Wm. Hoyt, Secretary. 



Jiipley, Me., Dec. 7, 1885. 



The sixth annual meetingof the Cort- 

 land Union Beekeepers' Association 

 will be held Jan. 12, 1886, at Cortland, 

 in Union Hall, at ten o'clock, a. m. 



It is hoped that all interested in api- 

 culture will make an extra effort to be 

 in attendance at this meeting, also to 

 be present promptly at tlie time ap- 

 pointed so that there need be no time 

 lost. 



Those unable to attend the meeting 

 arc requested to send a report of their 

 apiary from May 1, 1885 to Dec. 1, 1885, 

 to the secretary. 



M. H. Farbaxks, Pres. 



W. H. Beach, Secy. 

 Cortland, N. Y. 



1 We have been obliged to leave out a por- 

 •tion of the reports, but will give them heie- 

 after and the questions and answers for this 

 number will ai>pear next month. 



