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keepers had asked for a Superintendent, 

 and recommended Dr. A. B. Mason for 

 the position. The request had been ig- 

 nored. If they ignore us in the past, 

 they will in the future. 



Secretary J. A. Stone— If things go 

 on as they have, and they find that those 

 big glass cases remain empty, they may 

 run after us. By the way, a committee 

 from the State Board of Agriculture has 

 been appointed to meet us at this con- 

 vention, and learn what is wanted, and 

 I would suggest the propriety of ap- 

 pointing a committee to confer with the 

 committee when it comes. 



J. H. Larrabee— We have been mak- 

 ing propositions to them, and I suggest 

 that we let the proposals come from 

 them. 



Thomas G. Newman— I am not in 

 favor of a committee to confer with this 

 committee that is to come here, but I do 

 favor a committee to meet and introduce 

 the visiting committee. 



Frank Benton— I do not agree with 

 the idea that honey must be classed as 

 a manufactured article. If honey is 

 used in making wines, cakes, etc., it 

 might then be. classed as manufactured. 

 Bee-keepers ought to urge that they be 

 recognized the same as is the case with 

 dairymen and others. 



After some further discussion, a com- 

 mittee consisting of Thomas G. Newman, 

 James A. Green, J. H. Larrabee and 

 Frank Benton was appointed to receive 

 the committee from the State Board of 

 Agriculture. The Secretary was in- 

 structed to inform the committee that 

 the bee-keepers were in session, and 

 ready to meet them, and the convention 

 then adjourned to meet at 2 p.m. 



FIRST DAY— Afternoon Session. 



The convention was called to order at 

 2 p.m., with President Hambaugh in 

 the chair. 



What the Government is Doing, and 

 Ought to Do, for Apiculture. 



Thomas G. Newman spoke of the 

 great importance of this subject, and 

 said there could be no more effectual 

 way to bring it before the convention 

 for discussion than to read the article by 

 Prof. Cook, entitled, "Importance of 

 Experiments in Apiculture," and pub- 

 lished on page 498 of the American 

 Bee Journal for Oct. 13, 1892. He 

 then read the article. 



S. N. Black— Private individuals can- 

 not so successfully conduct experiments 

 as can some one appointed and paid by 



The 



the Government for so doing, 

 private purse is not long enough. 



Frank Benton — All Government work 

 in the apicultural line is done under the 

 head of entomology. Professor Cook is 

 wrong in saying that all governmental 

 aid has been withdrawn, as I am still 

 retained. He could not expect the ento- 

 mological department to drop some of 

 the regular work to experiment in api- 

 culture. The cut in the appropriations 

 has compelled this suspension in experi- 

 mental work in bee-keeping. It is a 

 pity that Prof. Cook did not sign his 

 name two paragraphs higher up in his 

 article, and thus omit the last two para- 

 graphs. The unkind allusion to Dr. 

 Riley is uncalled for, as he is certainly 

 in sympathy with the movement that 

 has apicultural experiments for its end. 

 It was he who instituted the experimen- 

 tal work at Lansing, Mich. In the cut 

 that was made in the appropriations, he 

 was not consulted. 



James A. Green wrote to Prof. Riley, 

 and the reply showed that it was im- 

 possible for him to do more at present 

 than he was doing. 



J. H. Larrabee— Dr. Riley has assured 

 me that he is in sympathy with bee- 

 keepers, and in favor of experiments. I 

 believe that more can be expected now 

 from the State experimental stations 

 than from the general government. 



Frank Benton — Of course nothing can 

 be done at present by Dr. Riley. 



H. D. Cutting — Don't you believe that 

 by urging the making of experiments by 

 the general government, or the establish- 

 ing of a Division of Apiculture, that it 

 will tend to centralize work, and take it 

 away from the State experimental sta- 

 tions ? 



Frank Benton— Not at all. If you 

 want work done at the State experimen- 

 tal stations, you must apply to the 

 Directors of the stations. If you want 

 something of the general government, 

 then apply to Dr. Riley. 



Thomas G. Newman— I think that too 

 much stress should not be laid upou the 

 manner in which Prof. Cook referred to 

 Dr. Riley. Professors, lawyers, doctors, 

 etc., get off these "squibs" on one 

 another, and they must not be taken too 

 seriously ; at least this part of the sub- 

 ject is not for us to waste time over. 

 What we need is, to appoint a commit- 

 tee to look after this matter at our State 

 experimental station, and I offer the 

 following : 



Resolved, That a committee of three 

 be appointed to submit resolutions on 

 the subject of our obtaining recognition 



