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bine together more closely and en- 

 deavor to regulate the honey market 

 to some extent, and he wanted to 

 know whether the association Ihonght 

 honev should be consigned or sold 

 " out and out '"—also that our Board 

 of Trade should be impressed with 

 the imiiortance of our business. 



The President announced the pres- 

 ence of Mr. Betsinger, and he was 

 unanimously elected as honorary 

 member. 



ilr. Pierce reported a failure, due, 

 he thought, to wintering in Langs- 

 troth frames, out of doors, without 

 chaft' packing. 



Mr. Garrett reported that his bees 

 working in the early spring on the 

 pine trees, had a great deal of spring 

 dwindling, which, he thinks, was 

 caused by the bees working on the 

 pines. 



Mr. Woodward reported, spring 

 count, 72 ; 4,000 lbs. of comb honey in 

 one-pound sections, and 1,500 lbs. of 

 extracted. Wintered part out doors, 

 and part in the cellar. 



Mr. Wright wintered 100 colonies, 

 and saved 7o. was disabled with a sore 

 foot. Bees swarmed when no honey 

 was coming in. He wanted to know 

 what good an extractor was to con- 

 trol swarming, when there was no 

 honey to throw out. 



The President : Spring count 66 ; 

 increased to 77 ; 6,000 lbs. of comb 

 honey, and several pounds of extracted 

 honey. 



Mr. Tennant did not believe in 

 stimulative feeding, but thought if 

 bees were wintered well, they needed 

 no feeding. Wintered 166 in one 

 yard, and 120 in another; both lots 

 were wintered in-doors. 



The meeting elected Mr. E. W. 

 Philo.Assistant Secretary pro tern, and 

 adjourned till 7 p. m. 



Called to order by the President. 

 The question was drawn from the 

 '■ question box " as follows: "How 

 to move bees a short distance, during 

 the working season, witli the least 

 loss '?■' 



Messrs. Browni, Garrett and Ten- 

 nant thought they should be moved a 

 short distance at" a time, on a rainy 

 day. and a board put over the front of 

 the hive to cause the bees to mark 

 their new stand. 



The President would move the 

 strong colonies and leave the weak 

 ones to receive returning bees. 



Mr. Brown would shake the bees up 

 well and get them confused. 



Next question : " What is the best 

 time and way to unite nuclei V" The 

 fall was the best time, and have sev- 

 eral nuclei in a box, and remove di- 

 vision boards to unite them. 



Xext question : " What is the best 

 comb foundation '?'" 



The President : Prefers Van Deu- 

 sen Xo. 3. Prefers it fresh milled. 



Mr. Tennant thinks Van I)eusen"s 

 flat bottom Xo. 3 : also uses Vander- 

 vort, and has used the Dunham. 



Mr. Bro\\'n believes the Given the 

 best. He has used the Oatman, and 

 several other kinds. 



Mr. (xreen said he has used all kinds 

 but the Given and Oatman, and foinid 

 fish bone in all of them except the 

 Van Deusen. 



Mr. Urown presses his foundation 

 in on wired frames. 



Mr. Betsinger thinks it bad policy 

 to put wire in frames and press foun- 

 dation on it ; he thinks wires injurious 

 to brood. Adjourned. 



.SECOND D.VY. 



Called to order at 9:-45 a. m. Presi- 

 dent \'rooman in the chiiir. 



A letter from Mr. Geo. W. House, 

 Secretary of the Xortheastern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, was then read, 

 condemning the discussion of adul- 

 teration, because it gave it too much 

 publicity, and advising a consolida- 

 tion of "this society and the North- 

 eastern. 



A discussion followed, and it was 

 decided that local associations were 

 most beneficial, and the Secretary was 

 appointed a delegate to the ]^orth- 

 easteru Association. 



JSIr. Aspinwall then gave an address 

 on the adulteration of honey. 



The officers were all re-elected. 



The President appointed Messrs. 

 Pierce, Woodward and Green as a 

 committee to report on exhibits. Ad- 

 journed for dinner. 



^Sleeting called to order at 1 p. m. 



^Ir. W. ^V. Gary, who was present, 

 was made an honorai'y member. 



The question : " How to prevent 

 adulteration," was then then taken 

 up. 



^Ir. Tennant said, put all in comb. 



Mr. Snyder said, to put extracted 

 into pailsunder your own name, and 

 warrant it pure. 



iSIr. Pierce had good success in this 

 way. 



Mr. Tennant said laws were en- 

 acted, but they did no good ; silver 

 gloss syrup was 25 per cent, glucose. 



Mr. Betsinger said there were laws 

 against thieving, but little good they 

 they did, unless efforts were made to 

 catch the thief — that we must work 

 together to stop middlemen from 

 tampering with honey. 



Mr. Tennant believed we could not 

 get along without middlemen. 



Mr. Betsinger said no middlemen 

 dared to adulterate his honey. 



The fourth question : " What can 

 we do to benefit our honey market V" 

 was then taken up. 



Mr. Tennant thought this a very 

 important question, and that we 

 should take active measures to make 

 higher prices. He also said that he 

 thought honey sliould be sold out- 

 right and not consigned, that com- 

 mission men were working the price 

 lower and lower every year ; that 

 these who bought outright, paid the 

 best price. 



Mr. Pierce believed in a home mar- 

 ket ; he got quick sales. 



Mr. Lord thought supply and de- 

 mand regulated prices. After further 

 discussion it was decided to appoint 

 a committee of three to confer with 

 the different honey houses to try and 

 establish some regularity of prices, 

 and to report to the members of the 

 association by next September. 



The President said he would ap- 

 point the committee later. 



The resolutions of regret at the 

 death of the late Theo. Houck were 

 presented by the committee and ac- 



cepted by the association. They were 

 as follows : 



\VuERE.\s, We have lost, by death, 

 our late brother and secretary, Theo. 

 Houck. 



Resolved. That we deeply regret this 

 loss, and that, in his death, we lose a 

 pleasant companion, an energetic fel- 

 low-worker, and an efficient secretary. 



Sesolved, That these resolutions be 

 forwarded to the family of the de- 

 ceased with the deep sympathy, and 

 that these resolutions be sent to the 

 several bee papers for publication. 

 Carried. 



The next question was : " Which is 

 the most profitable section ?" 



After long discussion it was agreed 

 by almost a unanimous vote that the 

 two-pound section was the best. The 

 meeting then adjourned for supper. 



Called to order at 7:15 by the Presi- 

 dent. The question : " Which race of 

 bees are tlie best ?"' was then taken 

 up ; this discussion was very interest- 

 ing, and occupied a good deal of time. 

 Of the several races, Carniolans, Ital- 

 ians, Holy Lands, hybrids and albi- 

 nos, the latter were conceeded to be 

 either a sport, or simply pure Italians, 

 but not a different race. The only 

 one who had tried Carniolans was Mr. 

 Aspinwall, and he thought them the 

 best. Quite a number had tried and 

 liked the albinos, as they were gentle 

 and good workers. Hybrids also had 

 been tried, and for business at both 

 ends, were thought unexcelled. Pure 

 Italians, which included albinos, were 

 then noted by the association as the 

 best, in their "estimation. 



The following questions were then 

 drawii from the box and answered as 

 follows : 



1. " "What degree of heat is best for 

 cellar wintering?" Between 45° and 

 .5.50. 



2. " Can straight combs be produced 

 without separators ?" No. 



3. " Will it pay to make our ovni 

 foundation, if we have 50 colonies ?" 

 Think not. 



4. " Is it customary to put printed 

 paper between sheets of foundation, 

 or simply thin manilla paper ?" Thin 

 manilla paper. 



Adjourned. 



THIRD DAY. 



fleeting called to order at 9:30 ; 

 Vice-President Snyder, of Albany, in 

 the chair, the President having been 

 called home the night before. 



As soon as the meeting opened jSIr. 

 Tennant rose and said that the market 

 question had not been settled to his 

 satisfaction the day before, and 

 moved it be reconsidered. The mo- 

 tion was seconded, and the matter 

 discussed. 



Mr. Aspinwall said that the matter 

 had been fully considered yesterday, 

 when there were more menibers than 

 now. 



Mr. Tennant said he had talked with 

 a number, and there was a general 

 feeling for reconsideration, that a 

 committee to confer with the different 

 honey houses was not the thing, but 

 that "we should appoint the heads of 

 the different honey houses to confer 

 among themselves. 



