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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



tees on award appointed, and the asso- 

 ciation adjourned to enjoy a most excel- 

 lent spread of biscuit and honey and 

 coffee, prepared by the Northern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. 



At the afternoon session the following 

 essays were read : " World's Fair Ex- 

 hibit," E. Mileson, Denver; "Brood- 

 Frames," S. M. Carlzen, Montclair; 

 " Some of My Experience," Mrs. McDan- 

 iel, Arvada; "Comb Foundation," Wal- 

 ter Martin, Broomtield; "Foul Brood," 

 by five county inspectors. 



The display of honey was not large, 

 but exceedingly attractive. That made 

 by Mr. R. F. Coffin was the most notice- 

 able, and was universally admired. It 

 showed honey in every form, and the 

 comb in many curious and fantastic 

 shapes, the entire display being flanked 

 by two great jars of milk, and the whole 

 being suggestive of the fact that the 

 country is overflowing with " milk and 

 honey," as in truth it is. 



THE BEE-INDUSTBY IN COLORADO. 



Very few people in Colorado appre- 

 ciate the extent to which the honey in- 

 dustry has grown. The first colony of 

 bees was brought to Colorado in 1860, 

 by Isaac McBroom, of Bear Creek, and 

 the second by ex-Gov. Hunt, in 1866. 

 Both colonies died soon after being 

 brought here. In 1870 a carload of 

 bees was brought to Denver, which 

 brought $25 a colony. From this dates 

 the beginning of the industry in the 

 State. It did not really thrive, however, 

 until the large sowings of alfalfa and 

 clover began, and now Colorado is rap- 

 idly taking rank as a leading honey- 

 producing State. 



The State Association was organized 

 in 1880, by J. L. Peabody, E. Milleson 

 and Mrs. Olive Wright. At that time 

 there were not to exceed 250 colonies in 

 the State. In 1888 the Association 

 was incorporated. In 1890 the Uncom- 

 pahgre Valley Association was organized 

 at Montrose, and in 1891 the Northern 

 Colorado Association, at Longmont, was 

 formed. The latter now numbers 73 

 members. 



The second day's session opened with 

 an increased attendance. Professor C. 

 P. Gillette, of the State Agricultural 

 College, spoke at length the previous 

 night in regard to foul brood, illustrat- 

 ing his lecture with charts and micro- 

 scopic specimens of the bacillus or mi- 

 crobe that is the cause of this disease. 

 His paper was one of great value to the 

 bee-keepers, and the association decided 

 to have it published and sent to the 



absent members. After the Professor's 

 address the newspaper reports that the 

 honey crop of the past season was an 

 average crop were severely criticised by 

 a number of speakers, who placed the 

 crop at one-third or one-fourth of the 

 average. 



This morning's session was devoted 

 to the discussion of essays, prominent 

 among which were "The Cause of Fail- 

 ure in Honey Crops," by D. L. Tracey, 

 Ni-Wot ; " Agricultural Notes," by Mrs. 

 M. M. White, of Broomfield; "Bee- 

 Hives'" by E. B. Porter, of Longmont ; 

 " Bees for Money," by R. C. Aiken, of 

 Loveland; and "The Honey Market," 

 by Charles Adams, of Greeley. 



At the afternoon session G. C. Miller 

 gave an interesting bee-talk. 



The committee of awards were as fol- 

 lows : 



Honey — V. Devinney, A. D. Stryker, 

 Dr. Cussman. Implements — A. Beeson, 

 R. H. Rhodes, R. F. Coffin. 



Secretary Knight's report showed that 

 there are 64,000 colonies of bees in 

 Colorado, Boulder county having 18,000. 

 This year's honey crop is 1,760,000 

 pounds, which, at an average of 11 

 cents, will net $193,600. About $320,- 

 000 is invested in the industry. 



NEW CUKE FOR BEE-STINGS. 



In a conversation with J. B. Adams, 

 the Boulder county bee-inspector, he 

 detailed a new cure for bee-stings that 

 relieves the pain instantly. The inspec- 

 tor uses a disinfectant solution of a one 

 three-hundreth part carbolic acid mix- 

 ture to each pint of water, to which is 

 added a table-spoonful of salt. Acci- 

 dentally punching the business end of a 

 bee, and feeling pretty warm when the 

 bee sat down on him, he thought to cool 

 the spot by applying some of his disin- 

 fectant solution, when, to his astonish- 

 ment, every particle of pain left him. 

 He has used it frequently since then, 

 and it has proven successful in every 

 case. 

 The following is the list of awards : 

 Section press — S. M. Carlson, E. B. 

 Porter. Hive — Aiken Booth. Imple- 

 ments — A. M. Preston. Veil — R. H. 

 Rhodes ; ridiculous veil— A. M. Preston. 

 Bee-escape — Aiken Booth. Queen-cage 

 F. Ranchfuss. Comb honey— Walter 

 Martin, Mrs. Booth. Extracted— R. F. 

 Coffin, Aiken Booth. Largest display— 

 J. B. Adams. Silver Medal— A. M. 

 Preston. Ten sections — Mrs. Booth, 

 Mrs. Plum. Observatory hive with bees 

 — J. B. Adams. Artistic display — R. F. 

 Coffin. 



