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-weak. He now has 9, and obtained 

 150 pounds of comb honey as a sur- 

 plus, which, with 38 or 40 pounds left 

 on one hive, will increase his report 

 to that extent. 



J. A. Taber reported 31 colonies in 

 the spring. He disposed of 9, and 

 used 3 colonies for queen-rearing ; 

 from the remainder he took 1,500 

 pounds of comb honey, and had 18 

 swarms. One swarm that came off in 

 the afternoon he placed on the scales, 

 and found that it gathered \0% 

 pounds tlie first day, and averaged 7 

 pounds per day for the first four days 

 after being hived. 



Jon. M. Mowl had 5 colonies, spring 

 count, increased them to 12, and took 

 450 to 460 pounds of surplus comb 

 honey. One colony that did not swarm 

 produced 110 pounds of surplus. 



Mark Thomson commenced the sea- 

 son with 6 colonies, increased by nat- 

 ural swarming to 13, bought 7 colo- 

 nies, and obtained nearly 400 pounds 

 of comb honey. 



After the reports were all given, a 

 general discussion of the best way to 

 fasten foundation into sections and 

 frames followed. Dr. Tinker said 

 that the best plan he had ever used 

 was to take pure beeswax heated over 

 a spirit lamp, place the starter or 

 sheet of foundation in position, and 

 with a camel's-hair brush run the 

 ■wax along where the foundation came 

 in contact with the top-bar. 



The convention then adjourned to 

 meet on the second Tuesday in April, 

 1887. Mahk Thomson, Sec. 



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ExMMt at tlie Western Fair. 



■W. H. WESTON. 



The exhibit of bees, honey, and 

 apiarian supplies at the Western Fair 

 which has just been held in London, 

 Out., has far surpassed all previous 

 efforts. Nearly 10.000 pounds of 

 honey, both comb and extracted, was 

 on exhibition, and went far to show 

 the visitors that the honey-industry 

 is rapidly on the increase. The 

 county of Middlesex contributed 

 nearly all the honey shown. The 

 amount of honey wliich is annually 

 gathered in this county must be 

 enormous when it is known that the 

 bees of live of the exhibitors gathered 

 over 22.000 pounds of honey during 

 the past season, which has been a 

 very unfavorable one for honey-gath- 

 ering. Mr. J. B. Aches, of Poplar 

 Hill, secured more than half of the 

 above amount. 



The exhibitors from this county 

 were Messrs, Jno. Rudd. of London ; 

 R. H. Smith, of Ealing ; J. B. Whealy, 

 of Lakeside; Wm. Coleman, of De- 

 vizes ; all of whom made very tasty 

 displays. Mrs. Rudd had a large 

 trade in supplying visitors with sam- 

 ples of honey, charging each person 5 

 cents, and allowing them to eat all 

 they wanted. One would think by 

 the mass of bee-literature that is con- 

 stantly being circulated through the 

 ■country, that nearly everybody would 



know the difference between ex- 

 tracted and strained honey ; but just 

 stand in the honey hall for one day of 

 the Fair, and you can meet thousands 

 who do not know what a honey-ex- 

 tractor is, and are about on a par with 

 one of the judges at the Provincial 

 Exhibition, which has been held at 

 Guelph, who said that there was no 

 difference between a wax-extractor 

 and a honey- extractor. 



Messrs. E. L. Goold & Co., of On- 

 tario, made a very fine show of api- 

 arian supplies. Mr. Holterman had 

 charge of the exhibit. They have 

 been fortunate enough to secure 25 

 prizes at Toronto, Guelph, and Lon- 

 don. 



Mr. F. H. Macpherson, represent- 

 ing the D. A. Jones Company, showed 

 the largest amount of apiarian sup- 

 plies, and the hundred and one things 

 needed (and not needed) about an 

 apiary, could be seen in this exhibi- 

 tion. 



At the last session of the Ontario 

 legislature an amendment to the 

 agriculture and arts act was passed, 

 incorporating the Ontario Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society, which places it on the 

 same footing with the Dairymaus' 

 and Fruit-Growers' Associations, and 

 will be the means of advancing this 

 industry to a very great extent. The 

 society receives annually a grant of 

 $500. This year the grant is used by 

 the society, as well as a special grant 

 of §1,000. for the purpose of opening 

 up a market in England, for the sur- 

 plus stock of honey, by making an 

 exhibit at the Indian and Colonial 

 Exhibition, now being held in Lon- 

 don, England. 



London, Out. 



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Sflutlierii Illinois Conyention, 



Tl>e Southern Illinois Bee-Keepers' 

 Association met in the Court House 

 at Benton, Ills., on Oct. 21, 1886, and 

 was called to order by the President, 

 Wm. Hutchinson. 



The President gave a talk on the 

 advantages and benefits of the asso- 

 ciation, the scores of publications on 

 the subject of " apiculture," and how 

 well informed we ought to be in 

 theory. He said that conventions 

 would help us to put these theories 

 into practice, by giving our experi- 

 ence in the business and the result. 



Mr. Thos. C. Stanley spoke of " api- 

 culture as a business." He has been 

 successful in the pursuit, and has 

 made a better living for himself and 

 family in the bee-business than in 

 anything else that he had ever tried. 

 The qualifications for bee-keepers are 

 vigilance, energy and industry, or a 

 mind to stick to the business for the 

 pleasure and profit there is in it. 



Mr. C. M. Dixon then gave his ex- 

 perience with the different races of 

 bees. The Italians were conceded to 

 be the best. He gave a short talk on 

 the use of foundation, saying that he 

 could not do without its use. He also 

 gave a plan for a sun wax-extractor 

 made out of a Simplicity hive, with a 



tin reflector and tin pans with tin 

 screen. 



The constitution was then read, 

 and signed by several. Mr. Hutchin- 

 son read an essay from the Bee 

 Journal. Mr. Dixon gave his ex- 

 perience in getting 140 sections of 

 honey from one colony from the fall 

 honey flow. 



The election of ofticers resulted as 

 follows : President, C. M. Dixon ; 

 Vice-Presidens, F. M. Atwood, W. 

 R. Silkwood, and Thos. C. Stanley ; 

 Secretary, F. II. Kennedy. It was 

 decided that we meet next spring in 

 Benton, Ills., at the call of the com- 

 mittee. F. H. Kennedy, Sec. 



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Pan-Hanille Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



In response to a call, a number of 

 bee-keepers of Ohio and AVest Vir- 

 ginia met at Wheeliug, W. Va., at 10 

 a.m., Oct. 13, 1886, for the purpose of 

 organizing. The meeting was called 

 to order by Henry Leweday, of Wheel- 

 ing, upon whose motion Mr. H. N. 

 White, of Martin's Ferry, was called 

 to the chair, and W. L. Kinsey was 

 appointed Secretary. 



Representatives from the counties 

 of Hancock, Brook, Ohio and Mar- 

 shall, VV. Va,, and Jefferson, Bel- 

 mont, Morrow and Harrison counties, 

 Ohio, were in attendance. The morn- 

 ing session was taken up in discussing 

 preliminary business, and at 12 o'clock 

 the meeting adjourned until 1:30 p.m., 

 at which lime it was decided to name 

 the association the '" Pan-Handle 

 Bee-Keepers' Association." 



Permanent officers were then elect- 

 ed as follows : President, Henry 

 Leweday, of Wheeling; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, L. C. Seabright, of Blaine, O. ; 

 Secretary, \V. L. Kinsey, of Blane, 

 and Treasurer, August Goetze, of 

 Wheeling. 



The programme consisted of the 

 following : Mr. Henry Leweday read 

 a report from the Bee-Keepers' Guide ; 

 Mr. August Goetze gave his experi- 

 ence of two years in bee-culture ; L. 

 C. Seabright, on fall treatment ; Mr. 

 Fred Mehleman, liis experience in 

 wintering bees; Mr. W. L. Kirtsey, 

 description of locust honey; Mr. H. 

 jSf. White, on wintering bees and the 

 coming hive ; Mr. Thorborn, on cellar 

 wintering of bees. 



The convention then adjourned 

 until the first Thursday in March, 

 1887. W . L. Kinsey, iSec. 



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