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ceived, sonu- of them Vieing ladies. 

 The meeting decided to liold its semi- 

 aninial meeting next spring, at St. 

 Joseph, Mo, It was left to the execu- 

 tive committee to clioosethe time and 

 place for tlie next annual meeting. 



The minutes of the \Vediiesday 

 afternoon session were read and ap- 

 proved, immediately after whicti the 

 report of the committee on subjects 

 for discussion was received, and was 

 as follows: 1. "Is it prohtable to 

 extract lioney for the purpose of hnish- 

 ing up partly lilled sectians V" 2. "Is 

 it prolitable to rear queens after the 

 honey season fails ?" 3. " Is it ad- 

 visalile to manage an apiary so as to 

 get a larger part of the honey gath- 

 ered as surplus, for feed in winter V" 

 4. " Taking all things into considera- 

 tion, what time of the year is the best 

 for Italianizing an apiary V -5. 

 "Which is the best method for rear- 

 ing queens ?"' 6. " Is the extra pro- 

 lificness of the queen an advantage to 

 herself and colony V" 



The report was adopted, and the 

 first proposition of the report was 

 taken up for discussion. Mr. A. A. 

 Baldwin regarded the plan as proht- 

 able, from his own experience.and had 

 fed extracted bocey with favorable 

 results. Mr. Conser reported his ex- 

 perience as having met with contrary 

 results, and womd not advise the 

 feeding of extracted honey. Mr. W. 

 B. Thome gave his experience as 

 being, that his bees had a tendency to 

 swarm as soon as he began to feed 

 them. 



The second question was then dis- 

 cussed. Mr. E. M. Hayhurst re- 

 garded it profitable, as did also Mr. 

 Jas. A. Nelson. Mr. A. A. Baldwin 

 expressed the opinion that queens 

 reared at such a time were not as 

 good as they otherwise would be. 



Upon the third proposition, Mr. 

 Armstrong expressed himself as favor- 

 ing the plan. He had done so, using 

 A sugar with good results, Mr, P. B, 

 Thaxton stated that from his limited 

 •experience he had formed the opinion 

 that bees always wintered best on 

 honey, Mr. Jas. A. Jones was of tlie 

 opiniop that either honey or sugar 

 could be used for wintering, and that 

 he would take all the honey jwssible, 

 as could be sold at a price exceeding 

 the cost of sugar. Mr. W. B. Thorne 

 stated, rather to the amusement of 

 the Association, that he would feed 

 his bees on sweet cider, this fall, and 

 report the result at the next meeting, 

 Mr. A. A. Baldwin stated that his 

 plan was to manage so that his bees 

 would store all their honey in sections, 

 and then feed them white sugar for 

 winter food ; that at the present price 

 of extracted honey, the feeding of 

 sugar was advisable. 



The fourth subject was taken up in 

 the regular order, and, as had the 

 other question, it met with general 

 discussion. 



Upon the fifth question Mr. E. M. 

 Hayhurst expressed the opinion that 

 if an apiarist buys his queens, the fall 

 is the best time ; but in case an 

 apiarist rears his own queens, the best 

 time is when the honey-flow ceases. 

 Mr. F. G. Hopkins' opinion was, that 

 the best time was when it best suited 



BEES AND HONEY FOR 1884, 



the apiarist. Mr. Phidel Baldwin re- 

 garded the best time to be during the 

 flow of honey, at which time the bees 

 were less inclined to rob. Mr. E. 

 Armstrong regarded the best time for 

 the apiarist, as well as for the bees, 

 as being as early in the season as pos- 

 sible. Mr. L. W. Baldwin considered 

 the best time during the flow of honey, 

 and regarded queens reared at other 

 times as inferior to those reared dur- 

 ing the flow of honey. Mr. J. D. 

 Meador regards the time as the best 

 during the swarming season. 



The afternoon session was called to 

 order, and the question which had 

 occupied the time just previous to the 

 noon hour was taken up. 



Mr. Conser considers the height of 

 the honey-flow as the best time for 

 Italianizing, and that queens can be 

 reared cheaper at that time. Mr. D. 

 G. Parker concurred in the same 

 opinion. 



The following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year : President, Mr. 

 A. A. Baldwin, Independence, Mo.; 

 Vice-President, Mr. E. Armstrong, 

 Jerseyville, 111. ; Secretary, Mr. G. M. 

 Crandall, Independence, Mo, ; Treas- 

 urer, Mr, Phidel Baldwin, Independ- 

 ence, Mo, 



Immediately upon the election of 

 Mr, Baldwin, as President, he was 

 escorted to the chair, and made some 

 remarks. 



Under the head of miscellaneous 

 business, Mr. P. Baldwin was ap- 

 pointed a committee of one on statis- 

 tics, to report on the following day. 



After some further discussion the 

 session adjourned until 7:30 p. m. 



The evening session was occupied 

 in discussion. The committee on sub- 

 jects for discussion made report of the 

 following additional subjects, viz : 7, 

 " What is the best practical method 

 of controlling swarming 'i*" 8. "Is 

 pollen in the liive detrimental to suc- 



cessful wintering i"' 9. " Which is 

 the most profitable production, comb 

 or extracted honey?"' 10. "Does the 

 bee-keeper or the hive, practically, 

 have the most to do in securing the 

 largest amount of honey V" 11. " Are 

 vicious bees better honey-gatherers 

 than gentle bees of the same race V" 

 12. " Will it pay to plant for honey 

 only V" 13. " What is the best remedy 

 for bee-fever V" 



The discussion of the evening be- 

 gan upon the sixth subject. 



Mr. A, A, Baldwin said that he 

 preferred a queen that would just 

 keep up the colony. Mr. E. Arm- 

 strong said that the present year had 

 been an exceptional season for bees to 

 breed, and asked for information as 

 to how such could be prevented. 



Mr. J. D. Meador said that he 

 thought that it was due to the extra 

 amount of pollen. The most of the 

 members concurred in the opinion 

 that it had been an unusual season 

 for breeding ; and further, that bees 

 had bred later than usual. A vote 

 being taken to decide whether, in the 

 opinion of the Association, it was the 

 queen or bees that caused an excessive 

 production of brood, it was decided 

 that it was due to the bees. 



Mr. L. W. Baldwin said that while 

 his bees were at work on the Spanish- 

 needle, they would return to the 

 apiary and fly around as if lost, and 

 then alight oii the brush and die. His 

 colonies were very much weakened 

 by death in this way. 



The seventh question was discussed. 



Mr. P. Baldwin said that he had 

 been trying to control swarming, for 

 many years, and in his experience, 

 what vi'ould work successfully one 

 year would fail the next. He had 

 tried caging the queens, and they 

 would swarm on the next day, over 

 the caged queen, and so on for several 

 days. 



