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Yes ; especially in the spring, when 

 the first sections are put on. 



AVIiat is the best non-stickina: sub- 

 stance to use in making foundation V 

 Starch, made from rye flour. 



Will the killiuf;- of drones early stop 

 lirst swarming y No. 



Should our section-boxes of honey be 

 glassed V Four of the committee 

 voted ves. one no. 



What is the best package in 

 which to ship extracted honey ; and is 

 it possible to get a practical wooden 

 l)ackage which will not have to be 

 ijoxed y Submitted to the Convention. 



What is the best plan to get rid 

 of fertile workers in a colony of bees? 

 Carry each frame with the bees 

 about 20 feet from the hive and shake 

 them off on the ground. Put the 

 frame back into the hive and give 

 them a queen. 



At what time should sections be 

 placed on the hives 'i The bee-keeper 

 must be the judge of that himself, as 

 he has a knowledge of the honey-tlow. 



How late, as a general thing, will a 

 queen become fertilized V As long as 

 drones are around and the bees fly. 



Is there any gas in honey which 

 should be allowed to escape after ex- 

 tracting, before sealing it in jars ? 

 IProbably some carbonic-acid gas, oxy- 

 gen and hydrogen in the combined 

 state of water, which is gotten rid of 

 by evaporation. 



What is bee-sting poison com- 

 posed of, and is it an acid or alkali ? 

 Poison is composed of the liquid 

 secretion of two glands — one secret- 

 ing an acid liquid, the other secret- 

 ing alkali liquid. The mixture is al- 

 ways strongly acid. 



Shall we practice stimulative feed- 

 ing before flowers bloom in the 

 spring V Yes. No. 



What is the best method of keep- 

 ing combs over winter ? Put them 

 in a moth-proof room. 



To obtain the best results from 

 cellar-wintering, should bees be taken 

 out for a cleansing flight during win- 

 ter ? Cannot say. 



J. Thompson wished to get the 

 views of the Convention on the latter 

 point. Some said no, others yes. A 

 vote was taken, but not " a baker's 

 dozen "' committed themselves one 

 way or the other. 



Mr. Wm. F. Clarke said : " Adopt 

 my hibernating hive-stand and you 

 will neither have to take them into or 

 out of tlie cellar ; and if there is a 

 chance for a cleansing flight, the bees 

 will take it. 



The programme committee reported 

 resolutions of thanks as follows : 



To the Mayor and city authorities 

 for their courtesy in placing the pub- 

 lic buildings at the disposal of the 

 Society. 



To the daily papers, whose report- 

 ers have been very attentive and efH- 

 cient. 



To the brethren who prepared 

 essays for the Convention. 



To the President and oflicers for 

 making preliminary arrangements, 

 and for management of the business 

 of the Society. 



To the hotel-keepers for their polite 

 attentions to members. 



The committee on Mr. Bengough's 

 claim on the Society for sbcu't-hand 

 reporting at the lust meeting, recom- 

 mended settlement on Mr. liengougirs 

 proposition submitted through Wm. 

 F. Clarke, offering to take'S2.") for 

 work already done, and hand over tlie 

 short-hand notes to the Secretary of 

 the Society, to be put on flle. The re- 

 port was adopted. 



Several small bills were ordered 

 paid, and the janitor, who bad been 

 at a large amiunit of trouble, and had 

 been in constant attendance to look 

 after warming, ventilating, and light- 

 ing the building, was voted $10 for 

 his services. 



The question was asked, wliether 

 any official report of this meeting 

 would be published? President Root 

 stated that the A:mekican iiEE Jour- 

 nal had made arrangements to give 

 a full report, and he presumed that 

 Mr. Locke would have a report in his 

 paper. It was not the intention to 

 get out a report at the expense of the 

 Society, but the Secretary of this 

 meeting, Mr. l^enedict, would write 

 out the minutes which he had made, 

 and transmit them to the newly ap- 

 pointed Secretary, who would pro- 

 duce them for reference at the Detroit 

 meeting. 



Mr. Clarke, of Ontario, said that 

 this would entail a considerable 

 amount of after- work upon Mr. Bene- 

 dict, which it was not fair for us to 

 expect him to do for nothing. He, 

 therefore, moved that the Secretary 

 be allowed $20 for his services. The 

 motion was seconded and carried 

 unanimously. 



President Root gave a brief address 

 expressive of his satisfaction at the 

 success of the meeting. Though it 

 was not so large as usual, owing to 

 the absence of the Western brethren, 

 it had been most harmonious, and 

 there had been many interesting and 

 useful discussions. He hoped that 

 there would be a general rally at De- 

 troit, next year. 



The Convention then adjourned un- 

 til the fall of 188.5. 



1^ The Mahoning Valley Bee- 

 Keepers will hold their fall meeting 

 in Ravenna, O., on Nov. 14, 1884. A 

 cordial invitation is extended to all. 

 E. W. Turner, ,Sec. 



Newton Falls, O. 



^^ The Central Illinois Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold its next 

 annual meeting in Bloomington, 111., 

 on the second Wednesday in January, 

 188.5, at 9 a. m. 



W. B. Lawrence, Sec. 



i^ The bee-keepers of McDonough 

 and adjoining counties are requested 

 to meet at Bushnell, 111., on Nov. 20, 

 1884, for the purpose of organizing a 

 bee-keepers" association. 



J. G. Norton. 



1^" The Massachusetts Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will meet on Nov. 

 19, 1884, at 432 Soiithbridge Street, 

 Worcester, Mass. All interested in 

 bees are cordially invited. 



J. G. Jeffbrds, Sec. 



D. S. Bassett, Pres. 



A Distilling Insect. 



Livingstone met with a wonderful 

 distilling insect in Africa, on lig-trees. 

 Seven or eight of the insects cluster 

 round a spot on one of the smaller 

 branches, and these keep up a con- 

 stant distillation of a clear fluid-like 

 water, which, dropping to the ground, 

 forms a puddle. If a vessel is placed 

 under them in the evening, itcontaius 

 three or tour pints of fluid in the 

 morning. 



To the question, whence is this fluid 

 derived ? the natives reply that the 

 insects suck it out of the trees, and 

 naturalists give .the same answer. 

 But Livingstone could never find any 

 wound in the bark, or any proof what- 

 ever that the insect pierced it. Our 

 common frog hopper, which, before it 

 gets its wings, is called " cuckoo 

 spit," and lives on many plants in a 

 frothy, spittle-like fluid, is like the 

 African insect, but is much smaller. 



Livingstone considers that they de- 

 rive much of their fluid l)y absorbing 

 it from the air. He found some of 

 the insects on a castor-oil plant, and 

 he cut away about 20 inches of the 

 bark between the insects and the 

 tree, and destroyed all the vegetable 

 tissue whieli carried the sap from the 

 tree to the place where the insects 

 were distilling. The distillation was 

 then going on at the rate of one drop 

 in every 67 seconds, or 5}^ table-spoon- 

 fuls every 24 hours. 



Next morning, although the sup- 

 plies of sap were stopped, supposing 

 them to come up from the ground, 

 tlie fluid was increased to one drop 

 every five seconds, or one pint in 

 every 24 hours. He then cut the 

 branch so much that it broke, but 

 they still went on at the rate of one 

 drop every five seconds ; while 

 another colony of the insects on a 

 branch of the same tree, gave a drop 

 every seventeen seconds. — The World 

 of Wonder. 



Create a Local Honey Market. 



Now is the time to create Honey 

 Markets in every village, town and 

 city. Wide - awake honey producers 

 should get the Leaflets " Why eat 

 Honey" (only 50 cents per 100), or else 

 the pamphlets on " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine," and scatter them 

 plentifully all over the territory they 

 can supply with honey, and the result 

 will be a demand that will readily take 

 all of their crops at remunerative 

 prices. The prices for "Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " are as follows : 



Single copy 5 cts,; per doz., 40 cts : 

 per hundred, $2.50. 500 will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00 ; or 1000 for 

 $15. 00. On orders of 100 or more, 

 we will print, if desired, on the 

 cover-page, "Presented by," etc., 

 (giving the name and address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense— enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 



