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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



set apart for the ladies of the World's 

 Fair Committee. 



GRADING OF HONEY. 



The committee on Mr. demons' essay 

 on " Grading Honey " reported by rec- 

 ommending the adoption of the system 

 recommended in the essay. The report 

 was accepted, and the committee dis- 

 charged. The grades recommended are 

 as follows : 



No. 1 White Comb should be all white, 

 good flavor, combs straight, even thick- 

 nees, firmly attached to sections. Cells 

 well filled, with white cappings, except 

 those next to the wood. Wood slightly 

 soiled with travel stains not barred from 

 this grade. 



No. 2 White Comb should be white, 

 good flavor, white or light amber cap- 

 pings. Sections not less than three- 

 fourths filled and sealed. 



No. 1 Amber Comb should include all 

 amber honey of good flavor, combs 

 straight, and even thickness, firmly at- 

 tached to the sections. Cells well filled 

 and sealed, except those next to the 

 wood. Wood slightly soiled from travel 

 stains not barred from this grade. 



No. 2 Amber Comb should include all 

 honey of good flavor, irregular combs, 

 and any color. All sections at least 

 three-fourths filled. 



Extracted, White, should be light, 

 good flavor and clean. 



Amber, should be light, good flavor, 

 and clean. 



Dark, should include all honey of 

 good flavor and too dark to grade amber. 



The Secretary then read an essay by 

 Mr. E. T. Flanagan, of Belleville, Ills., 

 entitled, "The future outlook for honey 

 production." The essay was discussed, 

 the weight of the discussion being that 

 the future outlook of the honey produc- 

 tion is favorable. 



Mr. P. P. Collier was appointed to 

 serve on the Executive Committee on 

 the World's Fair subject, the committee 

 to report at 3 p.m. 



It was decided that the convention be 

 held over until Friday, and a telegram 

 to this effect be sent to Mr. Gwinn, of 

 the World's Fair Commission. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The place of the next meeting was 

 declared the first order of business. 

 Independence and Appleton City were 

 proposed, and Independence was then 

 selected. 



On motion, the time for holding the 

 fall meeting was placed between the. 1st 

 and the 15th of October. . 



The report of the Executive Committee 

 was read as follows : 



The committee recommends that we 

 ask the State to give an appropriation 

 of $5,000 for an exhibit at the World's 

 Fair of the products of the apiary, such 

 as honey, beeswax, foundation, honey- 

 vinegar, bees, hives, sections, honey ex- 

 tractors, wax extractors, etc. 



We also recommend that we pay about 

 20 cents per pound for the amount of 

 comb honey, and 10 cents per pound 

 for extracted honey necessary to make 

 the display, honey to be shipped to Kan- 

 sas City or St. Louis for inspection and 

 acceptance. 



We further recommend that the asso- 

 ciation authorize your worthy President 

 (after we know that we will get an ap- 

 propriation sufficient to justify an effort 

 in preparing an exhibit) to proceed to 

 investigate where he can get the neces- 

 sary products for the display, and that 

 the association bear the expense of the 

 correspondence. 



Also, that the association empower 

 him to call a meeting of the Executive 

 Committee at any time he may deem it 

 necessary. John Conser. 



P. P. Collier. 

 C. C. Clemons. 

 J. S. Atkins. 

 G. P. Morton. 

 Committee. 



The report was adopted. 



The financial report of the Secretary 

 was read, and it was ordered that the 

 amount due him be paid. A special con- 

 tribution amounting to $7.50 was taken 

 to pay the account. 



QUESTION-BOX. 



The following questions were taken 

 from the question-box and answered : 



What can be done to prevent the use 

 of propolis by the bees ? But little, as 

 our best honey producers are great pro- 

 polizers. 



. What is the best method to prevent 

 increase ? Let the colony swarm once, 

 and double back all after swarms. 



What objection have the honey pro- 

 ducers to paying 10 per cent, commis- 

 sion for selling their honey. No objec- 

 tion, when commission men give it their 

 special attention. 



Mr. J. W. Rouse then read an essay 

 entitled, "Some Light on the Winter 

 Problem." The subject was discussed 

 at length, and condensed by J. H. Jones, 

 of Buckner, as follows : 



Prepare your bees well in early fall 

 by feeding, if necessary, with good, 



