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35th Year. 



CHICAaO, ILL., SEPT. 26, 1895. 



No. 39. 



Report of the Proceedings 



OF THE 



Twenty -Sixth Annual Convention 



OF THE 



North Ainericaii Bee-Keepers' Association, 



HELD AT 



TORONTO, Ont., Sept. 4, 5 and 6, 1895. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, SEC. 



(Continued from page 599.) 



Selling: Honey. 



At the first eveniug session Mr. Meyer, a grocery mer- 

 chant of Toronto, gave a short history of his experience in 

 building up a trade in honey. He had found it necessary to 

 do a great deal of educational work in getting people to buy 

 honey. It was necessary to talk to people and call their at- 

 tention to the honey. If poor people could not afford to buy 

 butter, they were advised to get honey. Customers fear adul- 

 teration. The fact that extracted honey is cheaper than 

 comb honey leads people to think it must be adulterated. 

 During the last year he had retailed four or five tons of honey. 



A. E. Hoshal — I have sent a great deal of honey to this 

 market, and found that it must be first-class. There is no use 

 in trying to palm off second grades. Better send that some- 

 where else — down to Quebec, or some other place. 



Allen Pringle — I must protest against the use of the words 

 "palming off" in speaking of disposing of second-grade 

 honey. Buckwheat honey is good, pure honey, and we ought 

 not to call it " poor stuff." Don't say we " palm it off." 



Mr. Hoshal— It is often gathered late, and is not then 

 thoroughly ripened. It may then be "poor stuff'." 



J. K. Darling — Buckwheat is all sealed over and is thick. 

 It can scarcely be thrown out with the extractor. 



Wm. Couse — The one great thing necessary in selling 

 honey is cleanliness. Mr. Moyer keeps his place exceedingly 

 clean and neat, and it is a great aid to him in bulling up his 

 trade. 



John McArthur — I have sold a ton of buckwheat honey in 

 Toronto. At our exhibitions we show too much liquid honey 

 and not enough in the candied state. 



S. T. Pettit— I agree with Mr. McArthur, that we should 

 show honey in the granulated state. 



Mr. Hoshal — All packages for extracted honey should be 

 sealers. If they are not sealed, a id a customer picks up a 

 package and tips it up, as is usually thecase, a small quantity 

 of honey ruus out under the cover, and then down the side of 

 the jar. The flies soon attack it, and the result is a miissy 

 affair. It is no wonder that many grocers are disgusted with 

 honey. I use a three-pound pail that seals. The pail and all 

 weighs three pounds. The customer pays for the pail by pay- 

 ing so much a pound for it, the same as he pays for the honey. 

 Such a package costs five cents. The tin should be bright, 

 and the labels of such a color that they harmonize with the 

 tin. Bronze and red harmonize with the bright tin. 



J. T. Calvert — A new package for honey has lately come 

 to our notice. It is made primarily for butter or lard, and a 

 rubber band is used to make it tight. 



The Delayed Report of Last Vear. 



Mr. Benton having come in, he was asked to explain why 

 he had failed to send in the whole of his report of last year's 

 proceedings. 



Frank Benton — The report has been ready for months, 

 and if it has not been published it is the fault of Mr. York. 

 He has 75 pages now on hand, and neither publishes it nor 

 will he return it, although I sent him stamps to pay the post- 

 age on its return. 



G. W. York — It is true that he sent in 85 pages, but 75 

 pages of it was all one essay — Mr. Benton's — and it was so 

 long that it would have taken up nearly one whole number 

 of the Bee Journal. Another thing, it was never read at the 

 last convention. He did send stamps for its return, but I sent 

 them back. I told him that when he sent in the whole of the 

 report I was ready to go on with its publication, but until I 

 had it all in hand so that I could see how it was coming out, 

 and plan accordingly, I should publish no more. Only a pub- 

 lisher knows how aggravating it bad been to wait, and wait, 

 each week, for " copy," and not know whether it was coming 

 or not ; to hold bick other matter to leave room for the re- 

 port, and then not have it come, and at the last moment have 

 to put in something else that may not be what would have 

 been selected if time could have been had for its selection. 

 When Mr. Benton sends in the whole report, I am ready to go 

 on with its publication. 



Dr. Mason — If the whole report is sent in when Mr. Ben- 

 ton should send it, then if Mr. York does not publish it, he Is 

 to blame. 



Mr. Benton — Mr. York says the essay was not read at St. 

 Joseph. I said at the beginning that it was not all read, as it 

 was too lengthy to read. I did not send in any more because 

 I could not be assured that it wcuild not be changed and 

 altered as the other matter had been treated. When 1 make 

 out a report I do not want one word changed. As I have to 

 sign the report as Secretary, I think that I have this right. 



Mr. York — I have made no changes except to correct 

 errors, and that I will do every time, when I see them, I don't 

 care who has made them. I will not knowingly publish errors. 



J. T. Calvert — 1 don't see how Mr. York can publish a re- 

 port unless he has it to publish. 



Dr. Mason — Mr. Benton was employed by this Association 

 to get out a report, and paid $'25 for doing this worlf. It is 

 his business to get out the report and turn it over to the man 

 appointed to print it. He would then have cleared Itis skirts. 

 Then if Mr. York did not do his duty we should sit down on 

 him. Perhaps they are both to blame, but just now it looks as 

 though Mr. Benton needed to be sat down on the hardest ; but 

 there is no use of taking valuable time in discussing this mat- 

 ter, and I move that a committee of three be appointed by the 

 chair to investigate the matter and report. Supported by J. 

 T. Calvert. The following committee was then appointed : 

 Dr. A. B. Mason, Ira Barber and J. T. Calvert. 



The convention then adjourned untH 9 a.m. the next day. 



SECOND DAY— Thursday Morning Session. 



The following members paid their annual dues: 



Allen Pringle, Selby, Ont. 



W. L. Cosgshall, West Groton, N. Y. 



W. C. Wells. Philipston, Ont. 



J. B. Hall, Woodstock, Ont. 



H. J. Bi^am, Black Greek, Ont. 



E. H. Stewart, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 



