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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar. 2, 



North-Eastern Convention. 



THIRD DAY. 



Convened at a.m., Vice Pros. Doo- 

 little in the chair. After the reading of 

 the minutes, a discussion ensued on Mr. 

 Detwiler's essay, read the first day. and 

 the discussion following it, and it was 

 unanimously agreed that as the contro- 

 versy was not within the bounds of this 

 Association. New Fork and the East- 

 ern States), that the whole matter be 

 omitted from the minutes entirely, and 

 not to be allowed to be again brought 



before the Association. 



i -i pbiab i.i.ks. 

 .1. II. Nellie read a paper by Julius 

 Hoffmann, of Port Plain, on "The dif- 

 ferent races of bees and their crosses." 

 He believed a cross between the Italian 



and Cyprian bees to )»■ the best, in 

 breeding we should consider the 

 drones as of as much importance as the 

 queens, and it will be found thai drones 

 are even better for transmitting certain 

 qualities than queens. Mr. .Wilis said 



Be had black. Italian and Cyprian bees. 



The ( /Vprian is anything but a desirable 

 bee. It is very Cross and has no special 

 merit for honey gathering. 



Mr. Boot saiil Mr. Hoffman under- 

 stood his business, and has made as 

 good reports for years past as almost 

 any other bee-keeper. Cyprian bees 

 are desirable for their continuous breed- 

 ing, which is almost miraculous. They 

 continue breeding till late in the tall. 



Italians leave less air between the honey 

 and the capptngS of the cells. People 



who live in buckwheat sections will lind 

 black bees superior to Italians for gath- 

 ering dark honey. 



Mr. H0U8e said Italian bees would 

 gather honey from buckwheat when 

 they could get no other, and could get 

 more than black bees. 



Mr. Rians said he had between ."ill and 



00 queens crossed between Italians and 

 Cyprians. They were very prolific and 



gathered honey late In the fall. 

 Mr. Betsinger favored the Cyprian 



bees because they were prolific. It is 

 balder to produce bees than it is to re- 

 duce the number after they have been 

 produced. That the Cyprians sting 

 more, is in their favor, as they keep 

 away other bees. 



Mr. Bcofield had found the Cyprians 

 to breed very late in the fall. 



Mr. Heche said he could not see much 



difference between Italians and Cypri- 

 ans as to their crossness. Cyprians 

 bred very late in the fall. 



Mr. Hoot said Italians were less liable 

 to sting than natives, if properly ban- 

 died. He hoped the same would prove 



true ,.f the • '\ pi inns. 



I'res. Doollttle said Italians did not 



breed late enough in the fall. Bethought 



the breed could be improved in this re- 

 spect by crossing with the Cyprians. 

 itki: iiiinicv. 

 The Secretary read a letter from I lapl . 

 .1. K. Hetberington, of cherry Valley, 

 who wrote : 



Our Industry In tin- fiitno- will i 



FTofltsbU 1 toasi tb ib Mi. wis of u 

 I n .ii I-, . mi. i iiiui the sale "in bs made In i n 



EmckftKes. nnd mostly In wmer in B iiiiuli 

 loo. ii bo. lome ani win bavs to '"■ tsJtan in 



'luii I,- r. win. mix glucose with II torn Infomred Unit 

 consumer-, partlouiarl] In the Kastern -i 



in a ni-nmti, i. .i.i iiuii prool thai llismixtura 



thujr null i n the Tact tbal 



nun! "r candled ; I lu.t 



1 luivu often thought thai some little state nt cot- 



nrliiKtlu 



iiriinuii on our labels, would help the sale 



aled i I 'u. < "Hi. i . ..in. 



' s in "• Igbl The follow - 



[in: would BUswerJ c i snd bee keepers 



C Owld BOB It Ol IIBS; 



il in r. .'-. Vend ■■( lu'iiuv 



mixed with Rli e, have constantly Im- 

 pressed oonsumers with tnetdea that hard or can 

 died honey in Impure byreasonol tnlsqus 

 On. member ■ "i ' !"■ North Bnstei n Boe-Kei 

 lasoolatlon, in convention Bssembled, a" assure nil 

 oonBumei ■ thai i". oh 

 a few weeka I mo candled nnd that wo 



Mr. Nellie thought the association 

 would act wisely in adopting a standard 



of purity. I le favored the adopt i t 



the resolution. 



Mr, House said pure lion 

 to cold for four or live weeks, would 

 become granulated or candied. 



Mr. BetSinger said the reason for 

 granulation was not col. I but moisture. 

 The moisture was caused by Ihe cold. 



Mr. Bacon said it was time that every 

 housewife knew that it was the pure 

 honey which granulated in cold weath- 

 er, anil adulterated honev which did not 



granulate. Granulated honey could be 

 restored to Its original state by beating, 



Mr. Bool oil, nil the following on the 

 pni itj of bonej . which was adopted: 



lir.'iluutliui niul -nlu "I Inuier In 



liquid form, thrown from the comb by centrifugal 

 ttractltig, free from all unpurlUee, la 

 ..f great Interest both t" bee-keepers, dealers and 

 consumers, therefore be II 



i. That we fix as a standard ol purity that 



all ll'julil h"!iuy will Krnntilute. rniiily "r lu- 



Jmrd ut tin- approaeta "' cold weather, and Unit Oil* 



quality I- ill. hi ..f It-, t.urily, ninluu de- 



sire to Inform thi all tnet ll tu'ieasary to 



reetore tin. honey to liquid condition as e hi 



ered fr the Bowers! t to k't-nilo hent, 



i,y placing ii"- v il oontalnlng the honey in warm 



■rater, nut beating it above UOc Fuiin'niu .1 



Secretary (1. W. House read an e&sa] 



on the subject : "HOW Can we make the 

 apiary the most profitable '.'" 



Mr." Heed thought more attention 

 should be paid to raising honey produc- 

 ing plants and presen ing b asswood. 



,\ belated paper on wintering bees, 

 by II. II. Flick was read by Mr. Xellis. 



I,. C. Hoot was appointed on the com- 

 mittee on prize essays, to till the vacan- 

 cy caused by Mr. Bacon going home. 



Mr. Root said it was surprising to him 

 that intelligent bee-keepers should ob- 

 ject to the trouble of carrying bees in 

 and out of doorsin winter. The trouble 

 was of little importance compared with 

 the saving. 



Mr. Xellis offered a form of petition 

 to be forwarded to the different mem- 

 bers of the legislature asking for the 

 passage of the law to prevent adultera- 

 tion of boney ami cane sweets, which 

 after discussion, was adopted. 



We tliu undersigned, residents of the assembly 



district "t the State Of New York, being Informed 

 that a bill Is now before the legislature for thG pre- 

 rentlon "I the adulteration of simur, syrup*, rnolas- 

 ses* noney, and similar aweets, now, therefore, we, 

 the undersigned, heartily approve ol snob a meas- 



ure, and rest tfully nmi' the passage of any law 



that will ti'iui to restrict such adalteral and pun- 

 ish the "ll'ii'l.-i. We lull, appreciate llntl such 



adulterations destroy the tone ol legitimate produc- 

 tion and ruin the tiealth of consumers; therefore, 



we asjprodnceri end oonBumersof sweets pray that 

 you give tin 1 subject earnest attention ami enaet 

 suofa laws as snail compel the adulterators of whole- 

 some sweets with corn sugar anil glnoose t" label the 



spurious nrll. lus Willi lli.'ir truu namSS, and not to 

 ill-run., tlir 1 "u.n ml in.' public by selling the poison- 

 ous adulterations under the sulse of the genuine ar- 

 ticles. 



VI •■I'KllXlitlX SESSION. 



The report of the coniiuittee on ques- 

 tion drawer was first taken up. in reply 

 to one of the questions, Mr. Boot moved 



that this con vent ion considers light det- 

 rimental to successful wintering; adopt 



ed. The questions and answers are 

 given below. 



In this climate do we have weather cold eimuuh t" 



freeze hues, provided they have b y in the hive to 



which they have in uc- I No, 



I- 1 he side box system a success ' Yes, t.\ two ; no, 

 by "iic. 



Is 11 wlruil louiulnlli'Ti 11 success when u-i'il for 11 



by i ohambot I No, by two. 



Is Is advisable to use full slxed -licet- In brood 

 chamber f Yes. 



Which Is prefci utile, a hive without holt .or bot- 

 tom fastened to blve ■ Boitom rnsiencii tohive. 



I- ' I' foundation •; months or a vein "in ncccpt 



ed by tl - us rentlily as that Just made ? No. 



Wool no in "i surplus iiioui for lio\ lion, -V is II 



advl-iilile t" give a colony at one time f What the 



luires. 



What I- the bust method of getting bees started In 



Burplus boxes 1 Pill the boxes with comb. 

 Wiiuiii \"ii recommend fullsneetsol ioundatlon 



t"r surplu ''lie for "lull sheets ;" two for 



"starters 



Which It the best, natural starters 01 '' uiulatlon ? 

 Natural Btarteri 



What objection Is there I riiiii'kinii Ihi'lir I 



chamber? Doei it not make a betterwlnter - 



munlcatlon tluin boring li"l"- through the combs 7 



n ui'T bar ii id 



Wlmt I- the beel 'Pillt for wintering ? Anything 



I - 



What is tin- most convenient arrangement for side 

 case-' our own." i, v two; no side boxes wanted 



in "ii" 



win it pay to construct ;m inner bos lu-t targe 

 eii-iiigh i" h.uii combs to winter 'i Langstruth or 6 

 on i ii i n frames, that will Bel Inl main hive, tb" 



■ .try Ju-t wbal ll I"'l I" the eel 



i ii i . instead ol i ii" blve ! they oan also be used 



for inn bus imc. in summer. No. 



w hat extractor i- best for the beginner to use ? A. 

 I it. mi 9a i-- extractor tor a 1 1 



W bal ii" ' i ear i- it i"-.t i" pi 



a have u 1 1 naUvea and snint to change to 



Italians ou bave ti 



ible toi beestobreed in winter. say 

 ETebruari No bi ling necessary till spring. 



a, re bees re Inclined to supercede clipped iiueens 



in. in queeni nol dipped I X" 



< i keeping be made profltable In i loeantj 



mlnilsbasaw 1. with plenty of while clover, alslke. 



gOldOl ' "l"l Ml. k v. lout li', 



Tbequallti -i wai and weight "f foundation be 



1 1 boi 



es, urn hi.it'.i i "i lotenge shaped i>" nod foun 



'I'll ' Bottoms ii- Hi.' I - biilli] them. 



Would ii be advisable i" in..- a colon) 



be -h"rt i.r i i . mi. thohi use In b n om 



" supplies Oil they n 



and thon nutting them In their summer el 



the rest '" i itc .nil. nil have honey in 



the fall, 



AWARD tu PRIZES. 



Mr. Bos worth, from the committee 

 on implements, reported the prizes 

 awarded as follows : 



M...I pi I - . . I . ■ . I I" J. II \u Hi- 



ll. ■-! .lu.ikcr. awarded the "New Qulnby," made by 

 I. i . Bool .v Bro. 

 it.-.t ii.ui.'i .rutc and boxes, awarded t" \ B. Ha- 



num. lli i t"i. \ t 

 llest crate honey, to s. Snow, Fayctteville. N. V. 



Best package of extracted boney, awarded to L. C. 

 Boot* Mr... 



Besl display of apiarian Implements, awarded to 

 III Nellls. 



It. -i it. foundation for the -urplus boxes. Is 



awarded to the " Vatulervisirt foundation.' aXblD- 

 1 11 Nellls. 



comb foundatluii for the brood chamber, 

 awarded to the "Dunham foundation." shown by C. 

 Dadunt A Son, 



All the other kinds are in close com- 

 petition, ami are a credit to the invent- 

 ors and manufacturers of tie- same. 



Four committee also Bnd articles on 



exhibition, anil call attelitionto them. 



Ilcc feelers exhibited by Ufi Hoot A Hro.. A. K. 

 .Manntn and .1. H . Nellls. ul I worthy of merit, espc- 

 Olally the Van Den-en I 



A machine tor faatenlng comb touudatlou lii sur- 

 plu- boxes, by W. )1. Ha 



u u cage, hy J. II. '• 



A nest ul b > null- in i ' lm r l c- liadant & Son. 



H"ii. v knives and Cheshire rukes for supp'Tting 

 comb foundation while being built out In the brood 



frame- exhibited by I 1. Si 

 W, V. BOtXWOBTH, K. II. 11 It KM >. o. IUNE8, Com. 



Tlie Secretary offered the following, 

 which was adopted : 



BaBOlVSd, That the thanks of this association are 

 due. and an- hereby tendered to the representative 



: ii :i Morning Herald for the very complete 

 report of our luocceillngs as published In that pa- 

 per, and for other oonrteslee -h two us. 



The Secretary asked what should be 

 done about prizes for essay s next year. 



President Doolittle said the medals 

 had brought in essays, but it hail short- 

 ened the time for debate. 



Mr. Xellis thought offering prizes for 



essays and implements were progessive. 

 The matter was discussed without ac- 

 tion, the Bublect being left with the ex- 

 ecutive committee. 



PBIZE Kss\i -. 



Mr. Doolittle. from the committee on 

 prize essay, reported awarding the gold 

 medals ami premiums as follows : 



Gold medals for best essays : "The 

 different races of bees and their cross- 

 es," J. Hoffman, Fort Plain, N. V.: 



"How can we make the apiary most 

 profitable/' George W. House. I'ayette- 

 ville. x. V.: "wintering Bees," Chas. 

 Dadant, Hamilton, Ills.; "Marketing 

 Honey." C. I'. Dadant, Hamilton. Ills. 

 Cyprian queen offered byL. C. Boot 

 for ihe best essay on any other subject, 



awarded to W. A. House, Fayctteville, 

 X. V., tor his essay on "Foul Brood." 



SKPAKATllKS. 

 Mr. Xellis asked, hail anyone had any 



experience with perforated separators. 

 Mr. Snow said a year ago he bad used 

 perforated wooden separators, ami he 

 found perforated w len separators 



were better than tin ones. This season 

 he hail replaced his glass and tin sepa- 

 rators with with wood. In some cases 

 the bees worked a little faster when 

 wood separators were used. 



Mr. Rians said aome of the bee-keep- 

 ers of his section claimed that they got 

 whiter honey with wood separators than 



with tin, the lues clustering on the 

 wood where they would not on tin. 

 Mr.ScolicliI said the warmth of wood 



was preferred bj 1 1" bees to tin or glass. 

 Mr. Betsinger said he hail used wood- 

 en Separators some years ago, anil his 



neighbor had tried and abandoned them 



because he lound that bees made ni.iii\ 

 more bars on the wooden separators 

 than on the tin. 



Mr. Doolittle said he bail used perfor- 

 ated separators, but came to the conclu- 

 sion that the cost anil trouble did not 

 pay; he therefore abandoned them. He 

 used tin separators, not perforated. 



Mr. Root said the reason of fastening 

 combs to the side might be due to the 



weather ami atmosphere, and not be 



ilue to the fact whether tin separator 

 was wood or tin 1 le had tested wood 

 anil tin Bide by side many times. Il\ 

 using separators of wood the entrances 

 wire spread and made larger. The ad- 

 vantage is that the bees will store honey 



more readily. 



Mr. Snow said that m using tin sepa- 

 rators he was Obliged t" put them with- 

 in ' | inch of the bottom of the boxes, 



which was about right, By usingwood- 



en separators he got his boxes full of 

 bees sooner. 



Mr. Root said be had no doubt you 



■ id ii"i . bj offei ing Capt. Hethering- 



ton $500 a \ ear. induce bim to use en- 

 i ranees le - 1 than ', of an Inch wide. 



Mr. Doolittle said his experience was 

 contrary to that of Mr. Root, lie did 



not see the advantage of a largei en- 

 trance. To ex per in lent he took the bot- 

 toms entirely off, and saw in difference 



between those with the bottoms entire- 

 ly off and those with the '.( inch open- 

 ing he coniinoiih used. 



The convention then adjourned. 



Barren County, Xy., Convention. 



The Bee-keepers of this countv met 

 at Walnut Hill. Ky.. Feb, 12th, for the 

 purpose of organizing a county bee- 

 society. II. C. Davis stated 

 ihe object of ihe meeting, after which 

 Dr. X. 1'. Allen was called to the chair, 

 and J. M. Holman made secretary, pro 

 tern. 



On motion, the chair appointed the 

 following committers : J. T. Gray, I. 

 N. (ireer. II. C. Davis and . I. M. Hol- 

 man. to draft constitution and by-laws, 

 which, on motion, were adopted ami the 

 committee discharged. 



The convention then elected the fol- 

 lowing officers for the ensuing year: I. 

 N.Greer, President, .1. T. Gray, Viet 

 President, ami .1. M. Holman, Secretary. 



On motion, the president appointed 

 the following committee to select ques- 

 tions for discussion : J. T. (Jray. Ii. 0. 

 Davis and D. W. Hodge; after which 

 the meeting adjourned. 



At 1 p. m. the president called the 

 convention to order. The committee 

 , on questions reported a programme, 

 which was adopted. 



WINTERING BKKs. 



J. T. Gray recommends putting bees 



in the lower story, covering them with 

 a quilt, filling the top story with old 

 clothes or rags, well covering the hive 

 with straw. 



II. C. Davis put his bees in the lower 

 story, put a quilt on. with old clothes or 

 rags in top story ; set them on a plat- 

 form, six inches apart, with plank on 

 west side. 8 inches from hive, with grass 

 packed around and under the hive, ex- 



I cept the entrance, which faces east; 

 then cover with boards for shelter. 



X". P. Allen approved tbe plans recom- 

 mended by Gray ami Davis, only be did 

 not like the plan of moving bees to a 

 platform, but prefers them to remain on 

 the summer stands, with chaff cushions 

 as absorbents; he said the cushions 

 were convenient, and kept the bees dry 

 ami warm, ami that it was important to 

 put them down in the lower story early 

 in the fall, give them plenty of stores, 

 and arrange the combs so as to have the 



; ones partially filled, in the centre of 

 the hive for the bees to cluster on. 



BEST PLAN OK lll'ILDING UP IN SPRING. 



II. C. Davis built up weak colonies by 

 feeding sugar syrup ami wheat or rye 

 Hour, unbolted. 



I. N. Greer said be united weak colo- 

 nies, ami fed honey. 



X. P. Allen saiil very weak colonies 

 should be unitcdand fed on sugar sryup, 

 honey or candv. as the season advanced; 

 he would build up the weakest by tak- 

 ing brood from the stronger colonies. 

 lie spread the brood and put combs in 

 the centre of the brood nest, until the 

 low ei story was full of brood ; continue 

 feeding until honey was abundant in 

 the flowers, ami thus raise a large army 

 of bees to gather the harvest when it 

 came. 



Hi. X. 1'. Allen was made an honora- 

 ry member. 



' The following resolution was adopted: 

 /o.Mi/r.i/.By the Barren countv bee-keep- 

 ers, in convention assembled, that the 

 thanks of this society be tendered Dr. 

 X. P. Allen. President of the Xorth 

 American Bee-keepers' Society, for his 

 presence anil able advice while we were 

 organizing. 



lusiih-itl. That the thanks of this So- 

 ciety be tendered the ladies of Walnut 

 Hill anil vicinity, for the sumptuous 

 dinner furnished on the ground. 



On motion, the president appointed 

 II. C. Davis, J. f. Gray ami D. \V. 

 Hodge a committee to select subjects 

 lm discussion at the next meeting, 

 whereupon the committee reported the 

 following: 1st Which is the best meth- 

 od of increase, division Ol colonies or 

 natural swarming V il— Which is the 

 most profitable, extracted or comb hon- 

 ey'/ :id — The best method of marketing 

 boney? 



On motion, the secretary was in- 

 structed to have the proceedings of this 



meeting published in the Glasgow Times 



anil the Amkkii an Bkk Joi'UNAl.. 



Adjourned to meet at this place April 

 1Mb. lssl, at III o'clock a.m. 



1. \. (JttEER, Prcs. 

 J. M. Holman, ike'y. 



