THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



the securing of sufficient space was ap- 

 pointed and there will doubtless be no 

 trouble about their securing all the 

 S[)ace wanted. It is hoj)ed that every 

 beekeeper will make some display at 

 the World's fair in 1S93. The com- 

 mittee will ask for the privilege to enter 

 honey exhibits after the new honey crop 

 is taken off. It was thought poor taste 

 to require the exhibition of last year's 

 honey at this great fair. The Api will 

 inform its readers of the above matter 

 as soon as the committee have matters 

 arranged and it is hoped that all will 

 combine in making the Bee Department 

 at Chicago in '93 the grandest the world 

 ever saw. 



Agricultural hall was well filled Thurs- 

 day morning at ten o'clock when the 

 convention was called to order by Pres- 

 ident Elvvood. The first business done 

 was that of designating a place to hold 

 the next meeting. New York, Buffilo, 

 Cincinnati, Denver, Chicago, Toledo, 

 Pittsburg and Washington were pro- 

 posed. A vote taken decided in flivor 

 of Washington, D. C. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows : President, Eugene Secor ; Vice- 

 Presitlent, Captain John Hetherington ; 

 Secretary, W. Z. Hutchinson ; Treas- 

 urer, Ernest Root. Volunteer contribu- 

 tions were taken up for the benefit of 

 the Association. A general discussion 

 followed on *■• The Prices and Uses of 

 Honey and Sugar." 



Dr. C. C. Miller was unable to be 

 present on account of ill heaUh. His 

 paper, on "Can we settle on two sizes of 

 sections as standard?" was delivered by 

 ]\Ir. Ernest Root in a clear and very in- 

 teresting manner. Several of the lead- 

 ing commission men of New York were 

 present and they all showed a prefer- 

 ence for the narrow, short-pound sec- 

 tion either glassed or in cartoon. 



A large committee made up of the 

 commission men and leading honey 

 producers were to report a preference 

 of size and shape of sections best 

 adapted to the American market. It 

 is probable that a narrow box having a 

 larger comb surfece than the 4;^ x 4|- 



box will be recommended. To save 

 the expense of new supers or clamps 

 for the later patterns of bee-hives to 

 hold the 4^ dimension in depth and 

 make them of a length that three will 

 fill our regular section holders, perhaps 

 seven-to-the foot or i|- inches in width. 



The question of spraying fruit trees 

 during bloom was taken up before one 

 of the leading professors of entomol- 

 ogy of New York State and a hot dis- 

 cussion ensued. It was resolved that 

 the North American Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation condemn the practice of spray- 

 ing fruit trees during blossom. 



The professor's decision on the mat- 

 ter was hailed with general applause by 

 the apiarists present. He said "I shall 

 recommend, as I have heretofore, that 

 spraying be not done until after the 

 petals begin to fall ; and in the mean- 

 time I hope you will furnish us for ex- 

 amination, specimens of bees that have 

 been poisoned from sprayed fruit trees, 

 and if it can be proved beyond a doubt 

 that spraying with weak solutions while 

 trees are in full bloom is injurious to the 

 bees, every effort will be turned to a dis- 

 continuance of the practice throughout 

 the country." 



Specimens of the different races of 

 bees were asked for to place in the 

 N. Y. museum of entomology. 



It was suggested by the Association 

 that a separate department under the 

 head of agriculture be asked for to in- 

 clude apiculture and that experimental 

 stations be established ami reports made 

 and that a modest appropriation be 

 made to cover the cost of printing re- 

 ports, etc. 



WOULD XOr TAKE $10 FOIl HIS QUEEN. 



Friend Alley: Tlie queen you sent me 

 came in Hue couclition iintl is clnimr all I 

 could ask of her. I yot but tliirLy drones 

 from her, and they were tlie lai'jrest lever 

 saw. The bees from this queen are ui the 

 flel<ls and I am hinhly pleased with their 

 lool<s and the way they move. I would. 

 not take $10 for her as she just suits me, 

 and when that is the case perfection is 

 about reached. 



Poplar Flat, Ky. L. C. Calvert. 



