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If any one was found adulterating 

 lioiiey, tlie other members would see 

 that he was punished. In unity is 

 strenstli, and the members of the As- 

 sociation luive a ccinimon interest in 

 keeping Itieir product pure. 



Ttie resolution was amended so that 

 members sliall buy tlieir own stamps, 

 and adopted. 



Air. Dickinson, from the committee 

 on implements, presented its report, 

 which was adopted. 



Mr. liautn asked that all wlio intend 

 to use the Vandervonrt foundation 

 next season, to arise. Eighteen mem- 

 bers out of 31 piesent, rose. 



The following resolutions were 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of this 

 Association are due and are hereby 

 tendered to the reiiresentatives of the 

 Ul-icii^ MoiDini/ Uendd, and Obserrer. 

 for the very complete report of our 

 proceedings as published in their re- 

 spective pai>ers, and for other courte- 

 sies shown us. 



Ikf^dlvfd, That the tlianks of this 

 Association are due, and are hereby 

 tendered to all the essay writers. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



There Ijeing no report from the com- 

 mittee on question box. because no 

 box had been iirovided, Air. Root 

 moved that a standing committee of 

 three beajipointed, to which questions 

 can be sent <luring the year to be an- 

 swered at the next annual Convention. 

 Carried. The chair appointed L. C. 

 Root, I. L. Scotield and K D. Clark. 



Mr. Lo(;ke exhibited i- ■■•eral races 

 of bees preserved in alcoh"' including 

 tlie pure Syrian, jiure II ian, pure 

 Cyprian, Syrian hyl>rid. C I'rian hy- 

 brid and Italian "mated u 'th both 

 Syrian and Cyi>rian, all from D. A. 

 Jones. Beeton, Out. 



Mr. Barber said his ))lan of keeping 

 lioney was to place it in a room thor- 

 oughly aired, every day, until it is to 

 be shii)pecl. He left it unglassed. He 

 found spiders around in the corners, 

 and he believed the spiders killed off 

 the millers if any hatched. lie stored 

 his honey on the ground floor, and, by 

 leaving it o)ien continually, kept the 

 temperature of the room the same as 

 the outside air 



Mr. Peet, from the committee on 

 seal, presented a design, whicli was 

 adoijted. 



Ttie roll was called, and 13 members 

 answered that they intended to use 

 the rubber stamps ; 9 were undecided, 

 and 3 answered no. 



Speaking of the different woo :s of 

 which the lioney boxes are made, most 

 of the lueiiibers favored basswood. 

 Tliis is even preferable to white pop- 

 lar, which warps very much when it 

 becomes wet. Mr. Bacon said he had 

 used white spruce and found it very 

 good. It did not warp or split, nor 

 (lid it stain as easily as poplar or bass- 

 wood. The President. Jlr. Baum, and 

 others, also favored white spruce. 



After further discussion, the Con- 

 vention adjourned. 



Local Convention Directory. 



^ The Texas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention will be held at McKinney, 

 Texas, on Tuesday, April 2-5, 1882. 



1882. Time and Place o/ Meeting. 



April 11— Eastern Michieiin, nt Detroit, Micb. 

 A 1). Weed. Sec, Detroit. Micb. 



L'.^— Texas State, at McRinney. Texas. 



Wm. R. Howard, Sec. 



:2li. 27— Western Michigan, at Grand Ratdds. 

 Wm. M. S. DodKC. Sec, Cooper?viiIe. Mich. 



27— Kentucliy Union, at Eminence. Ky. 

 G. W. Demaree. Sec, Uhristiansburg, Ky. 



May Champlain Valley, at Bristol, Vt. 



T. Brookins. Sec 



1(!-N. W. Til. and S. W.Wis., at Rock City. III. 

 Jonathan Stewart, Sec, Rock City. III. 



2.->— Iowa Central, at Wintersct. Iowa, 



Henry Wallace, Sec 



tW In order to have ttiis table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— ED. 



1^ The Union Bee- Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will meet at Eminence, Ky.. 

 on tlie 27lh day of April, 18S2, A full 

 attendance is very much desired, as 

 important business will be transacted. 

 G. \V. Demaree, !Sec. 



Christiansburg, Ky. 



Building Straight Combs.— Please 



tell the readers of the Bee .Iouknal 

 how to extract honey from the comlis 

 where built irregular ; also, if there is 

 any method to cause bees to build their 

 combs uniform on the frames without 

 using foundation V 



.TOHN SnERIiETTS. 



Norfolk, Ore., .Ian. 14, 1882. 



[It is better to shave the combs down 

 as near a straight surface' as possible 

 with the uncapping knife; though any 

 of the extractors in general use will 

 throw the honey from crooked or un- 

 even combs when uncapped. The best 

 method we know of to get uniform 

 combs without the use of foundation, 

 is to level the hives perfectly, then use 

 frames with triangular or V shaped 

 top-bars, having the apex or point 

 hang downward ; rub~comb or bees- 

 wax along tliis lower edge, but not far 

 up on the level or slope, spread the 

 frames evenly in the hive, and as fast 

 as an objeciionable comb is built out 

 and tilled, remove it, extract the 

 honey, and melt up into wax. — Ed ] 



Fall and Spring Record. — I have 

 bees (irepared in four different ways 

 for wintering on the summer stands. 

 I made a record of the condition of 

 each colony Oct. 28, since which time 

 they have not been disturbeil. This 

 record is very minute in detail. I 

 shall make a like record in thesprinsr, 

 and I will then send it for publication. 

 My idea is that some might draw con- 

 clusions that would benefit them. 



IIenuy Jones. 



Chesaning, Mich., Jan. 27, 1882. 



Cotton Frauds.— On page 40 of the 

 Bee Jouknal for this year, Mr. R. E. 

 Holmes conies to the defense of Airs. 

 Cotton, and among other things says : 

 " I do claim that since the business 

 has been done in Airs. Cotton's name, 

 that it has been (lone straight." I 

 would ask .\Ir. Holmes if he regards 

 the transaction described by Air- 

 Fletcher in tlie preceding article, 

 '"straight." To be sure he received 

 something for his money, but not the 

 goods he ordered as described in lier 

 circular. Aly mother has had an ex- 

 jierience with Airs. Cotton exactly 

 parallel with Air. F."s, with the ex- 

 ception that she refused to pay 95 cts.. 

 express cliarges, and the box was sent 

 back to Airs. C. It was nothing but a 

 small, roughly-made model of a bee 

 hive, not uearlt large enough for a 

 hen's nest. Tlie circular which in- 

 duced my mother to send Airs. C. S4, 

 is the same as the one quoted by Air. 

 F. In both cases, instead of sending 

 a " sample hive," as advertised, there 

 was .sent a poor model not worth the 

 express charges. Is that fraud? I 

 do not, any more than Air. Holmes, 

 desire to injure Mrs. C. in " trying to 

 get an honest living,'' but until she 

 returns the S4 we sent her, and Air. 

 Holmes reconciles these facts with 

 his statements. I must continue to- 

 think her a swindler. 



J. W. AIerrifiei.d. 



Penn Yan, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1882. 



Advice Without Reasons. — In the 



Bee JotMiNAL, Mr. Heddonsays"! 

 think no siiiinder advice can ever be 

 given than to say use the standard 

 Langstroth frame." I will say I think, 

 there can be no more unsound advicfr 

 given, than tliat. There you have 

 Air. Ileddon's say and you have my 

 say. Ko reasons on either side: which 

 is the heaviest':' I think neither is of 

 any more account than a feather in a 

 gaie of wind. A man that gives his- 

 advice without his reasons, insults 

 (unless the reasons are apparent with 

 the advice, as " I advise you to experi- 

 ment and learn for yourself ") those to- 

 whom the advice is given, for he in- 

 directly says I know, you don't, I do- 

 not say that is theintent,for I believe 

 Mr. Ileddon, and all others that write 

 for tlie JotiKNAL, do so with the de- 

 sire to beneht its readers. I will state 

 some of the reasons given f(u' using 

 the Langstroth frame, "everybody 

 uses it, everybody admits that it is- 

 the handiest' frame to use.'' A. I. 

 Root's reason to me, was, that he 

 must make the hind wheels of wagons 

 track with the fore ones. These are 

 all strong reas(uis, but they will apply 

 just as well to the use of whisky and- 

 tobacco. Some may use the Lang- 

 stroth frame so long'that they get use- 

 to it, think it is handy, and perhaps 

 like it. Women may clean up tobacco- 

 spit, empty spittoons, help drunken 

 husbands to bed, until they get so- 

 used to it that they do not mind it, but 

 I hardly think they get to like it un- 

 less they have ac(niired a taste for the 

 stuff and occasionally And a half 

 emptied bottle or a paper of tobacco 

 and appropriate it. 



E. B. SOUTHWICK- 



Mendon, Alich., Jan. 25, 1882. 



