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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



E. J. Oalman : Because they have 

 more pure air. 



Pres. Miller : That is the point. 

 Then if I give my bees pure air in tlie 

 cellar, is it not as well as to pack them 

 in chaff V 



J. E. Hunter: I ventilate my cel- 

 lar with a pipe and keep the tempera- 

 ture even. 



T. G. Newman : At about what 

 temperature tlo you keep the cellar 

 during the winter V 



J. E. ilunter: At about -10 or .50 de- 

 grees, but 4r) J is the best and safest. 

 I have a pipe from the outside to let 

 in pure air, and one leading to the 

 chimney to carry the foul air out. 



Pres. Miller: When warm air is 

 desired for the cellar the outer end of 

 the pipe must be lower than the end 

 inside. 



A. A. Rice : Yes, and it must have 

 ventilation to let tlie foul air out, or 

 you can never get pure air in, because 

 the foul air will rise to tlie top of the 

 cellar and stay there, unless there is a 

 manner of escape provided for it. 



John Hodgson had 70 colonies in the 

 cellar, and ran a pipe ISO feet to admit 

 warm and fre.sli air. 



The articles on exhibition were : 



Bingham's Conqueror Smoker, Dr. 

 Thurston's Wire Frame-Holder, Sco- 

 vell & Anderson's Improved Smoker, 

 Bees from Rev. D.Whitmer's Apiary, 

 Bull's Spacer for the bottoms of brood 

 frames, etc. 



The Convention then adjourned to 

 meet on Wednesday and Thursday of 

 the last week of the Chicago Exposi- 

 tion, of 1883. C. C. MiLLEK, Pres. 



Thos. G. Newman, <Sec. 



Lebanon, Iiid., ConTention. 



Quite a number of persons inter- 

 ested in bee culture met in the Court 

 House, Lebanon, Ind., at 11 a. m., 

 Monday Oct. !), 1882; and effected a 

 temporary organization, by electing 

 Dr. O'Rear, of Lizton, Hendricks Co., 

 President, and W. P. Parr, of Leba- 

 non, Secretary. 



The President briefly stated that the 

 object of the meeting was the organi- 

 zation of a county society, auxiliary 

 to the Indiana State Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation, and a committee, consist- 

 ing of Geo. W. Smith, S. II. Lane and 

 F. B. Williams, was appointed to 

 draft a constitution and by-laws with 

 instructions to report at the next 

 meeting, Dec. 12, 18S2. 



The following permanent officers 

 were then elected: Geo. J. Frey, 

 President; Geo. W.Smith, Vice Presi- 

 dent; S. H. Lane, Secretary and 

 Treasurer ; after which adjournment 

 was taken until 1 p. m. 



The association re-assembled at the 

 appointed time, and, after being called 

 to order, the following persons signi- 

 fied their purpose to become members 

 of the association by itaying the initia- 

 tion fee, 75 cents (which also entitles 

 them to full membersliip in the State 

 Association), and they will sign the 

 constitution and by-laws at the De- 

 cember meeting : Geo. J. Frey, Ora 

 Knowlton and JNIiss Anna F. Weitzel, 

 of New Brunswick; P. B. Williams, 

 Geo. W. Smith, Adolphus Joyson and 



Miss Maggie O. Smith, of Lebanon; 

 S. H. Lane and W. R. Bolianon, of 

 Whitestown; II. Cox, White Lick; 

 John J. Goldsborough, Thornlown; 

 William S. Smith, Pliillip W. Beeler, 

 Zionsville. 



Tlie afternoon was spent in the dis- 

 cussion of various questions relating 

 to the best method of wintering bees, 

 how to obtain the largest yield of 

 honey, etc. Dr. O'Rear exhibited a 

 case of Cyprian bees, and a queen sup- 

 posed to be better than the Italian 

 bee. 



Mr. Frey had quite an assortment of 

 comb foundation and some new styles 

 of smokers. 



One of the ladies gave the following 

 receipt for a cup cake : 2 cups of 

 honey, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of sweet 

 milk and 3 eggs ; warm the honey to 

 make it thin ; use baking powder. 



This meeting developed quite an 

 interest in beeology, and there is no 

 doubt but that the next meeting of 

 the association will be interesting and 

 profitable. 



The following programme was ar- 

 ranged for the next meeting: How 

 to produce the most extracted honey 

 —Geo. J. Frey, Lebanon ; The most 

 convenient hive— F. B. Williams, 

 Lebanon ; Wintering bees — S. H. 

 Lane, Wliitestown ; Honey in best 

 marketable shape— Geo. W. Smith, 

 Lebanon ; Queen breeding — A. Cox, 

 White Lick ; Best method of produc- 

 ing comb honey — W. R. Bohanon, 

 Whitestown ; Forage for bees— Ora 

 Knowlton, New Brunswick : Increase 

 of bees — J. J. Goldsborough, Thorn- 

 town. 



Essays— Miss Anna Weitzel, New 

 Brunswick and Miss Maggie O. Smith, 

 Lebanon, who will select their own 

 subjects. 



Saunders County (Neb.) Convention. 



The Saunders county Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, held its semi-annual 

 meeting at Wahoo, Oct. 7th, 1882. 

 After the opening of the meeting, 

 reading and approval of the minutes 

 of the last meeting, and the treasurer 

 and secretary's reports, the following 

 officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year: President, C. C. Gurney; Sec- 

 retary, J, J. Burtch ; Treasurer, S. V. 

 Decker ; Vice President, L. P. Whit- 

 beck; Keeper of Supplies, G. Rouse. 



The meeting was then open for 

 general discussion, and auite an inter- 

 esting discussion ensued on the price 

 of bees, the preference of Italians 

 over black l>ees, wintering bees, the 

 color of Italian bees, etc. It was 

 then announced that the State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association wished to liold 

 its annual meeting at Wahoo, and a 

 motion was unanimously carried that 

 we send them a pressing invitation to 

 meet at Wahoo, next January. After 

 some experience had been given in 

 bee culture, the meeting adjourned. 

 Mrs. C. L. Stocking, tiec. 



ig^PostaOT stamps, of -one, two or 

 three cent denomination, accepted for 

 fractional parts of a dollar; but money 

 is preferred. 



Local Convention Directory. 



18«2. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Nov. I — New Jersey & Eastern, nt New Brunswick. 

 J. Husbrouck, Sec, Bound Brook, N. J. 



3.— Iowa Central, at Winterset. Iowa, 



Henry AVallace. Sec. 

 1883. 

 Jan. 16.-Eestern N. V., at Albany. N. Y. 



E. Quakenbush, Sec. Barnersville, N. Y. 



16-18, Northeastern, at Syracuse, N. Y. 



G. W. House, fayetteyille, N. Y. 



t3^ In order to haye this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetiUKS.— ED. 



i^Tlie annual meeting of the Ma- 

 honing Valley Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at Berlin Center, 

 Mahoning County, in the town hall on 

 Friday and Saturday the I!)lh and 20th 

 of January, 1883. All bee-keepers are 

 invited to attend and send essays, pa- 

 pers, implements, or any thing of in- 

 terest to the fraternity. A full at- 

 tendance is requested of all who are 

 interested. In fact, the meetings will 

 be so interesting that you cannot 

 afford to miss them. We expect a 

 lecturer from abroad on the evening 

 of the 19th. 



Leonidas Causon, Pres. 



l^The Iowa Central Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will liold its annual meet- 

 ing at the office of Graham & Steel, 

 Winterset, Iowa, on Friday Nov. 3, 

 1882, at 10 a. m. All interested in bee 

 culture are invited. 



Henry Wallace. 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the Amerlcun Bee Journal and 



any of the following periodicals, one year, at the 

 prices quoted in the last column of fleures. The 

 first column gives the regular price of both. All 

 postage Is prepaid by the publishers. 



Publiahera' Price. Club 



The Weekly Bee Journal »2 00. . 



and Gleanings inBee-Culture(A.I.Root) 3 00., 2 75 

 Bee-Keepers' Magazine (A.J.King). 3 00.. 2 60 

 Bee-Keepers'Kxch'nge(Houk&Peet)3 CO.. 2 80 



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.IIill) 2 60.. 2 36 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 2 60.. 2 40 



The 6 above-named papers 6 00. . 5 50 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 



Prof. Cook's ManuaKbound in cloth) 3 26. . 3 00 

 Bees and Honey, (T, O. Newman) " 2 75.. 2 50 



Binder for Weekly, 1881 2 85.. 2 75 



Binderfor Weekly for 1882 275.. 2 50 



The Monthly Bee Journal and any of tbe 



above, $1 less than the figures in the last column. 



Bee Pasturage a Necessity.— We have 

 just issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

 gravings, and will be sent postpaid to 

 any address for 10 cents. 



i^"Renewals may be made at any 

 time ; but all papers are stopped at 

 the expiration of the time paid for, 

 unless requested to be continued. 



