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hear special subjects discussed, and 

 was disappointed every time. 



On a similar occasion, Mr. O. O. 

 Popplelon said to me: "I'm not 

 going to be here this afternoon, as 

 comb honey ' will be under discus- 

 sion, and I'm not interested as I work 

 for extracted honey, and I'm going to 

 attend to some business matters in 

 the city." If the programme is car- 

 ried out, then members can choose 

 their time for rest, pleasure, or busi- 

 ness, and not be deprived of hearing 

 the discussions, for which they have 

 spent time and money. 



It would be well for the Society to 

 engage a separate room for the exhi- 

 bition of supplies, and the more im- 

 plements tlie better. Then let the 

 exhibitors give the President notices 

 like the following : All those desir- 

 ing to hear Mr. describe his 



hive, can have the pleasure tomorrow 

 at 10 a.m., in Room No. 2. At 5 p.m. 



Mr. will describe, and tell how 



to use his bee-smoker. 



In the old days of lighting with 

 candles, there was in use extinguish- 

 ers to put out the light. If some of 

 our inventors would turn their atten- 

 tion in this direction, they might get 

 up an extinguisher to put out "lights" 

 when they have shed "their rays" 

 long enough. The ABC class are 

 generally not satisfied for their outlay, 

 and they might organize in the "bee- 

 keepers' supply room," and choose 

 some of the glib talkers to instruct 

 them. 



Peoria,© Ills. 



[The points made by Mrs. Harrison 

 are all important and strictly correct. 

 There is nothing more important than 

 good ventilation. "When we were 

 present no fault could be found with 

 the ventilation. 



As to following the programme in 

 any convention, we fully agree with 

 Mrs. Harrison. It should be strictly 

 followed. If there is any time to 

 spare, it should be occupied with new 

 business or discussions, and not by 

 transposing the order of the pro- 

 gramme. The latter causes confusion, 

 disappointment, and often disgust. 

 When the programme is strictly fol- 

 lowed, there is no chance for any one 

 to find fault, and no one can then be 

 disappointed. — Ed.] 



For tbe American Bee JoomaL 



Selling Honey on Comniission. 



M. M. BALDBIDQE. 



Since the Chicago bee-meeting I 

 have received the following from a 

 Chicago commission house : 



"Have you any honey at present 'i* 

 "We get from 20 to 22 cents per pound 

 for tlie best. It is not so plenty as 

 usual this season. When it is scarce 

 and high, it tastes better. If you 



have none to ship now, please keep 

 our address for next season." 



Of course honey "tastes better" 

 when it is " scarce and high !" that is, 

 if reasonably high and scarce; and 

 honey-producers have the power to 

 secure both of these conditions when- 

 ever they choose to exercise it. Mr. 

 A. I. Root stated at the Chicago con- 

 vention, that he did not see that the 

 present prices for honey materially 

 lessened the demand, and this seemed 

 to be a new revelation to him. For 

 several years past Mr. Root and many 

 others have advocated low prices for 

 honey, honestly believing that this 

 would educate the people to use it 

 freely, and thereby increase the de- 

 mand. Hut this was contrary to my 

 experience, and I think I have had 

 about as much as any one. 



It appears from the above that the 

 "best "comb honey will now bring 

 from "20 to 22 cents per pound" at 

 wholesale. That, so it seems to me, 

 is about as high a price as choice comb 

 honey, in small sections, should ever 

 bring at wholesale. The retailer, 

 however, cannot afford to put his 

 cash into such honey and sell the same 

 to his customers for less than 25 cents 

 per pound. But how much better it 

 would be for him to keep his money 

 out of it, and sell the same on com- 

 mission, and pay for it when sold. 

 Even 10 per cent, commission on the 

 retail price, would pay him a better 

 profit than to buy it outright at 20 or 

 22 cents per pound. Reader, please 

 ask him and see what he says about 

 it, and then report. 



St. Charles, 5 Ills. 



For cne American Bee Joomal. 



The Pan-Hanille, W.Va., Coniention. 



The Pan-Handle Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation met on Oct. 26, 1887, at 

 Wheeling, W. Va. The convention 

 was called to order at 10 a.m. by the 

 President, Henry Lewedag. The 

 Secretary called the roll, and then 

 read tlie minutes of the previous 

 meeting, which were adopted. 



On motion, it was decided to em- 

 ploy a stenographer to report the 

 proceedings of the convention. After 

 further routine business was trans- 

 acted, the convention adjourned un- 

 till :30 p.m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention was called to order 

 at 1:30 p.m., and the President then 

 delivered his annual address, giving a 

 short history of the Association, and 

 saying he hoped that all the members 

 would work for its success. 



The election of officers for the en- 

 suing year was then held.and resulted 

 as follows : President, Henry Lewe- 

 dag ; Vice-President, L. C. Seabright; 

 Secretary, W. L. Kinsev ; and Treas- 

 urer, August Goetze. On motion the 

 President was authorized to appoint 

 a "V^ice-President from each county 

 represented, as follows: D. N. Mil- 

 ner, for Jefferson county, O. ; II. J. 

 Shriver, Preston county, W. Va. ; 

 Philip Tisher, Monroe county, O. ; 



and J. A. Buchanan, Brooke county, 

 W. Va. 



The question, " How do you know 

 when a queen is fertilized V" was dis- 

 cussed at some length, many good 

 points being brought out, after which 

 the convention adjourned until 7:30 

 p.m., when an evening session was 

 held. The questions considered were, 

 " Is it profitable to double up colonies 

 in the spring 'i*" and " When and how 

 do you prepare colonies for winter "i"" 

 After much discussion the convention 

 adjourned until 9 a.m. the next day. 



SECOND DAY. 



The convention was called to order 

 at 9 a.m., and after the usual opening 

 business was completed the following 

 named ladies were made honorary 

 members : Miss Bessie B Baron, 

 Miss Bird Wickham, Mrs. Margtvret 

 Seabright, Miss Gertrude A. Sea- 

 bright and Miss Esther A. Seabright, 

 Mrs. Mary E. Deary. Miss G. E. 

 Edwards, Mrs. E. Z. White, and Mrs. 

 W. S. Taggart. 



The following were admitted as 

 regular members : Chas. C. Schword, 

 J. VV. Weiler, Wm. J.McHugh,Lindly 

 Bracken. 



The questions, " How many bees 

 should a colony have to winter well V" 

 and " Is careful breeding necessary 'P"' 

 were then discussed in a very inter- 

 esting manner. 



The convention then adjourned un- 

 til 1:30 p.m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention was called to order 

 at 1:30 p.m. The question, "Does it 

 pay farmers to keep bees ":"' was then 

 considered, Mr. Taggart arguing that 

 a good, practical farmer would find it 

 profitable to study bee-culture, and 

 keep some colonies of bees. 



Mr. Seabright differed from Mr. 

 Taggart's views very decidedly, and 

 argued that it was not practical ; that 

 farmers did not know, and would not 

 learn, how to handle bees; that they 

 hived them in old boxes, and that a 

 lack of proper care in other ways 

 made the bees produce a poor quality 

 of honey, which was put on the mar- 

 ket at a low price, and thus injuring 

 the trade of the regular beekeepers. 



Mr. Weiler said that he had experi- 

 ence both as a farmer and a bee- 

 keeper, and he knew that a farmer 

 could produce good honey, and make 

 more money (considering the amount 

 invested) than he could in almost any 

 other branch of agriculture. He found 

 the bees to be of considerable use 

 about the farm, aside from their 

 honey-gathering qualities. 



Mr. Wendelkohn said that he had 

 commenced keeping bees in 1836. and 

 in the spring of 1839 his bees had an 

 attack of foul brood, but by careful 

 treatment, and using sulphuric acid, 

 he had been enabled to save all his 

 colonies. 



The number of colonies represented 

 at this meeting were 4-59. 



The convention then adjourned to 

 meet in Wheeling, W. Va., on the 

 third Wednesday and Thursday of 

 October, 18S8. 



W. L. KiNSEY, Sec. 



