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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1882. 

 March n 



Time and Place of Meeting. 

 -New Jersey State. New Brunswick. N.J. 



April II— Eastern Michigan, at Detroit. Mich. 

 A. B. Weed. Sec, Detroit. Mich. 



19, 20— Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley, 

 at Coshocton, O. 



J. A. Bucklew, Sec, Clarks, O. 



25— Texas State, at McKinney, Texas. 



Wm. R. Howard, Sec. 



2R. 27— Western Michigan, at Grand Rapids. 

 Wm. M. S. Dodge, Sec, Coooersville, Mich. 



27— Kentucky Union, at Eminence. Ky. 

 G. W. Demaree, Sec, Christiansburg, Ky. 



May Champlain Valley, at Bristol, Vt. 



T. Brookins. Sec. 



16— N. W. 111. nndS. W.TVIs., at Rock City, 111. 

 Jonathan Stewart, Sec, Rock City, 111. 



25— Iowa Central, at Winterset. Iowa. 



Henry Wallace, Sec. 



1^~ In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward lull particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.- Ed. 



Eastern N. ¥. Bee-Keepers' Union. 



This Society tield its ninth semi- 

 annual Convention at Central Bridge, 

 Schoharie county, JST. Y., on tlie 10th 

 and 11th of Jaiiy., 18.S2. The meeting 

 was called to order by President Vf. 

 D. AV right, at 10:3.5 a. m. The Secre- 

 tary's and Treasurer's reports were 

 read and adopted. 



The following officers were elected 

 tor the ensuing year: President, W. 

 L. Tennant, Schoharie, C. H., N. Y.; 

 Vice President, S. Vroman, Seward, 

 N. Y.; Secretary, Chas. Quackenbush, 

 Barnesville, N. Y.; Treasurer, Zadok 

 Brown, Esperance, N. Y. Also tlie 

 following honorary Vice Presidents: 

 Benj. Van Wie, Cobleskill, N. Y.; 

 Jas. Markle, New Salem, N. Y.; 

 Isaac G. Quinby, Quaker Street, N. 

 Y.; Theodore Houck, Canajoharie, N. 

 Y.; J. W. Mallory, Worcester, N. Y.; 

 I. Nickels, North Harpersfield, N. Y. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



A committee, appointed by the 

 President, consisting_ of S. Vroman, 

 W. D. Wright, and Theodore Houck, 

 reported the following questions for 

 discussion: 



1. What size honey-box is the most 

 prolitable for the producer? 



2. What kind of comb foundation is 

 best for use in surplus boxes? 



3. What is the best method of in- 

 troducing queens? 



4. Which is the most profitable: 

 side and top boxing, or top boxing 

 alone? 



Discussion of the above subjects as 

 follows: 



W. D. Wright. I have been using 

 the 2-lb. box, and do not want any- 

 thing smaller; I think I can get more 

 honey, with much less labor, than 

 with the 1-lb. box. I have all the fix- 

 tnres for the use of the 2-lb. box, and 

 shall continue to use it. 



5. Vroman. I have been using both 

 1 and 2-lb. boxes; use the 1-lb. box be- 



cause they sell in market more readily 

 and for a better price; but think I can 

 get a little more honey using the 2-lb. 

 box. I shall continue the use of both 

 another season, and compare the two 

 more closely as to the amount pro- 

 duced. 



M. D. West. I have been using the 

 21b. box, and think it is the most 

 profitable, as I can secure more honey 

 by its use than by using smaller ones; 

 but if I was going to change, I would 

 change to the 1-lb. box. 



President Tennant delivered quite 

 a lengthy address on the different 

 sizes of honey boxes, as to the 

 difference in the cost of the 1 and 

 2-lb.; the cost being only about 34 less 

 for the 1-lb. than for the 2-lb. box. 

 The extra amount of labor and ex- 

 pense it would require to prepare the 

 1-lb. box for use after being filled, 

 laking just as long to clean and glass 

 a 1-lb. box as it does a 2-lb. box. and 

 many other remarks in favor of the 

 2-lb. box. 



Theodore Houck thought there 

 could be more honey disposed of, and 

 at better prices, by using the 1 and 

 2-lb. boxes; that the working class of 



Eeople in the large cities would often 

 uy honey in the 1 lb. box, when they 

 could not afford to buy 2-lbs, and, 

 therefore, thought the 1-lb. box 

 brought it within reach of the poorer 

 class. 



President Tennant then called on 

 the balance of the members present 

 to state the kind of box each used. A 

 short experience from each member 

 showed that there were many different 

 sized boxes in use, but all held nearly 

 the same amount of honey — from IJ2 

 to 214 lbs, averaging nearly 2 lbs, or 

 what would be termed a 2-lb. box. 

 After the conclusion of the discus- 

 sion, a vote was taken to ascertain 

 the sentiment of the Convention, 

 which was unanimously in favor of 

 the 2-lb. box. 



Question No. 2 was next taken up, 

 which showed quite a difference of 

 opinion among members, as follows: 



S. Vroman had at first used the 

 Root, in three-cornered starters; but 

 of late has used the VanDeusen flat- 

 bottom in full sheets, to his entire 

 satisfaction. 



W. D. Wright had also used Root 

 in small starters, but of late has used 

 VanDeusen fiat-bottom in full sheets. 



W. L. Tennant had used Root 

 foundation in small quantities, but 

 has used mostly VanDeusen and 

 Vandervort,and tliink these are among 

 the best in use, and shall continue to 

 use them the coming season, weigh- 

 ing about 10 square feet to the nound. 



J. J. Bivens had used both kinds on 

 one hive— the Vandervort and Van- 

 Deusen— and the bees would fill the 

 boxes which contained the Vander- 

 vort, and leave the flat-bottomed un- 

 touched. 



Zadok Brown said his bees would 

 work quicker on foundation than they 

 would on natural comb. The Presi- 

 dent again called on each member 

 present to state the kind he used; 

 there was quite a large number of be- 

 ginners that had not used foundation 

 of any kind, while those that had 

 were the same as already mentioned. 



SECOND DAY— MORNING SESSION. 



The next question for discussion 

 being, which is the best method of in- 

 troducing queens? Vice President 

 Vroman gave a short address on the 

 subject. He had tried various methods, 

 and favored introducing as soon as 

 the colonies are deprived of a queen 

 — has no particular method. 



Theodore Houck had introduced 

 about 1,000 queens during the last two 

 years, with good success, and had in 

 most cases introduced immediately 

 after depriving the colony of their 

 queen. Had used ' the Peet cage 

 almost wholly, and thought the best 

 time to introduce queens was just 

 when the bees found out they were 

 without a queen; and in order to do 

 this successfully, would first cage the 

 queen in the Peet cage and fasten it 

 on the comb, according to directions, 

 and pull the tin slide out, giving the 

 bees a chance to release her by gnaw- 

 ing through the comb on the under 

 side of the cage, and in most cases 

 they will at once accept her. 



Zadok Brown said he had some ex- 

 perience in introducing, and had par- 

 tial success with the Peet cage. 



It was universally conceded that 

 the proper time was just after remov- 

 ing the old qiieen. 



Question No. 4, opened by J. J. 

 Banta. I have used side and top- 

 boxes; but prefer top-boxing, and of 

 late have used top-boxing alone; use 

 2-lb. boxes, 21 to the colony. 



P. Palmatier. I have been using 

 side and top-boxes, but shall discard 

 side-boxes the coming season, and 

 use top-boxes alone. 



S. Vroman used broad frames and 

 top-boxes; used them because he 

 thought that top-boxes did not give 

 surplus room enough for a good strong 

 colony of bees; he did not like to dis- 

 card the broad frame, as he was 

 afraid he would not get as much 

 honey. 



A committee was appointed to act 

 with the secretary to revise the con- 

 stitution and by-laws of this Union, 

 consisting of M. D. West, W. D. 

 Wright, and J. J. Banta. 



A vote of thanks was tendered to 

 Theo. Houck for his display of apiar- 

 ian supplies, such as smokers, honey- 

 knives, bee-feeders, comb foundation, 

 wire nails, queen cages, honey labels, 

 etc. 



The meeting then adjourned to 

 meet again May 2d and 3d, 1882, at 

 Cobleskill, Schoharie county, N. Y. 

 : W. L. Tennant, Pres. 



C. Quackenbush, Sec. 



^"The semi-annual meeting of the 

 Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention, will be held 

 in the Town Hall atCoshocton, O., on 

 April 19 and 20, commencing at 10 a. 

 m. A cordial invitation is extended 

 to bee-keepers everywhere. 



J. A. Bucklew, Sec, Clarks, O. 



l^The Texas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention will hold its meeting at 

 Judge W. H. Andrews' Apiary, at 

 McKinney, Texas, April 2-5, 1882. 



Wm. R. Howard, Sec. 



