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Laws " proposed by Mr. Thomas G. 

 Newman, reported as follows : 



We recognize, with no light grati- 

 tude, the great labor and thought be- 

 stowed by Mr. Newman upon the 

 plan of organization he has presented. 

 We have given it all the thought and 

 consideration that our limited time 

 would permit, and in view of the 

 sweeping changes suggested, and the 

 somewhat intricate and involved plan 

 proposed, we recommend that the 

 consideration of the matter be post- 

 poned for one year, and that the pro- 

 posed Constitution and By-Laws be 

 printed with the proceedings of this 

 convention, and that after a year's 

 thought and careful consideration we 

 may be better able to present a re- 

 port commensurate with an impor- 

 tant subject. 



The request of the committee was 

 granted, and it was requested to re- 

 port at the tirst session of the next 

 annual meeting. 



The following letter from. Mr. John 

 Aspinwall, of Barrytown, N. Y., was 

 read by the Secretary : 



I am extremely anxious to see a 

 national representative organization, 

 and I believe that it can be made a 

 great success if we will all " put our 

 shoulders to the wheel." I hope that 

 the members of the convention will 

 advance as much as is in their power, 

 the formation of a representative 

 organization. I will send the Bee- 

 Keepers' Magazine free to every mem- 

 ber (National, State and County) who 

 shall be afSliated to the organization, 

 as soon as such is formed ; and will 

 stand by this offer for two years Ht 

 least, after the organization is ef- 

 fected. 1 wish you all the greatest 

 success, and say, hurrah for the new 

 representative organization ! 



A discussion then followed on. 



The Chapiuau Houey-Plaiit. 



Prof. Cook— I should like to know 

 the feeling in regard to whether it is 

 advisable to try to induce the govern- 

 ment to add the Chapman honey- 

 plant to the list of seeds that it sends 

 out free. 



M. M. Baldridge— I do not favor 

 planting anything for honey alone. 



A. I. Root — If the Chapman honey- 

 plant were like Alsike clover, or buck- 

 wheat, it might be well for the gov- 

 ernment to add it to its list. I be- 

 lieve that there is no plant that it 

 will be profitable to cultivate for 

 honey alooe. 



James Heddon — Unless a plant 

 would spread and take care of itself, 

 I would not fuss with it. 



Upon an expression (not a vote) be-: 

 ing taken, it was found that the mem-- 

 hers were equally divided upon the 

 subject, and the matter was dropped. 



The President then appointed the^ 

 following committee on exhibits: 

 H. R. Boardman, East Towusend, O.; 

 R. L. Taylor. Lapeer, Mich.; and Geo.' 

 Thompson. Geneva, Ills. 



The following discussion then took 

 place on the topiio. 



How to SUl|i Houey. 



In reply1» a qn^ti^on, J1t.>R; tA., 

 Burnett said that 'hone^'oiight always." 



to be sent by freight. When honey is 

 sent by express, the rapid handling 

 breaks out the combs; he had never 

 been able to collect any damages from 

 an express company, while he had 

 done so from a railroad company. A 

 difference in size of crates and pack- 

 ages is desirable. As a rule, single 

 tier cases are better, and about ten 

 small cases are sold to one large case. 



James Heddon — The commission 

 houses are dirty places for keeping 

 honey. The honey is soiled in bring- 

 ing it in on a dray ; then the dust and 

 rolling out and in of boxes, barrels, 

 hen-coops, etc., still further soils the 

 cases. The only clean honey I saw in 

 your store to-day, Mr. Burnett, was 

 some sent there by Mr. Hutchinson, 

 and he had paper wrapped around it 

 when shipped. 



R. A. Burnett— Yes ; and he re- 

 questedlme to remove it upon its 

 arrival. 



N. N. Betsinger— The crates are 

 soiled by being put on a dirty floor in 

 some depot before shipment ; then 

 they are placed in a dirty car, from 

 that they are loaded upon a dirty dray, 

 and in all this handling the dirt is 

 rubbed from one crate to another. 



The convention then adjourned un- 

 til 9 a.m.. on Friday. 



(Continwd next week.) 



Local ConTention Directory. 



1887. Time and place of MetUng. 



Dec. 7-a.— MichlKan State, at East Saginaw, Mich. 

 H. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



Dec. 15.— Southeastern Michigan, at Adrian. Mich. 



A. M. Gander, Sec, Adrian, Mich. 

 1888. 



Jan. 7.— Susquehanna County, at New Miiford, Pa. 

 H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



Jan. 10, 1 1.— Ontario, at Woodstock. Ont. 



W. Couae, Sec. 



Jan. 11.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



Henry Patterson, Sec, Humboldt, Nebr. 



Jan. 20.-*-Haldimand, at Cayuga, Ontario. 



E. C. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont. 



9~ In order to have thia table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Gi>. 



Uncapping Can for Bee-Keepers.— 



John Rey, East Saginaw,© Mich., on 

 Nov. 23, 1887, writes : 



I have something new in store for 

 every bee-keeper that attends the 

 Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Conven- 

 tion on Dec. 7 and 8, at this place. I 

 think that I can safely say that it is 

 my own invention— at least I have 

 never seen or heard of anything like 

 it. I have no patent on it, nor do I 

 want any. I wish to give it to the bee- 

 keepers, for their good-will. • It is an 

 " uncapping can." to be attached lo 

 an extractor. When the combs are 

 ,unoapped, the cappings. will fall into 

 the axtached uncapping; can, and the 



drippings will run right in with the 

 extracted honey in the extractor, 

 thereby saving just half the work,and 

 not one drop of honey is lost on the 

 floor, as sometimes is the case when 

 lifting an uncapped comb from the 

 uncapping can to the extractor. This 

 " uncapping can " is detachable— it 

 can be taken off the extractor, and 

 laid on the shelf when not in use. I 

 have two four-frame Langstroth 

 honey-extractors, with one of these 

 " cans " on each extractor. They 

 can be made to fit any honey-extrac- 

 tor in use ; besides, they cost only 

 one-fourth as much as any ordinary 

 one. I am sure that every bee-keeper 

 that sees this new uncapping can, will 

 have one made to be used on his ex- 

 tractor. 



Bees Ready for "Winter.— Ed. S. 

 Eden, Eastwood, Ont., on Nov. 12, 

 1887, writes : 



Bees are about all housed, with one 

 or two exceptions, and in a very light 

 condition, some not exceeding 35 

 pounds, hive and all. I have hopes 

 of bringing my bees through in better 

 condition than they were the spring 

 of 1887. 



Improved Demand for Honey, etc. 



— L. G. Purvis, Forest City,x5 Mo., on 

 Nov. 19, 1887, writes : 



My crop for 1887 is about 4,000 



Sounds, mostly extracted honey. 

 Fearly all of it is sold. The demand 

 for honey is much better this fall 

 than usual. My crop is only a little 

 over one-half of an average yield, 

 being 60 pounds per colony, spring 

 count. The crop is nearly a failure 

 here on the up-lands ; my honey, ex- 

 cept a little linden, was gathered 

 from the bottom along the Missouri 

 river. My bees 're well supplied for 

 winter. I winter them on the sum- 

 mer stands, packed in straw and 

 chaff. 



The Bees Ordered Removed.— Jonas 

 Scholl, (66), Lyon's.Station,o« Ind., on 

 Nov. 12, 1887, says : 



A few days ago every bee-keeper in 

 Connersville, Ind., received an ofticial 

 notice from the city marshall, to re- 

 move their bees outside of the corpor- 

 ation, within five days. There are 

 about 150 colonies in the town. Some 

 are moving their bees out, while 

 others are not, but propose to contest 

 the order. 



Not Discouraged Yet.— O. B. Bar- 

 rows, Maishalltown,© Iowa, on Nov. 

 23, 1887, says : 



The past has been the poorest sea- 

 son for honey ever known here. 

 There was uo surplus honey. Light 

 colonies had to be fed to keep them 

 from starving, and will have to be 

 fed again in ilie spring. All are in 

 the cellar at this date. But with all 

 the bad luck this season, I am not dis- 

 couraged. 



