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were elected for the coming year : Presi- 

 dent, G. Barber; Vice-President, Miss 

 Ash ; Secretary-Treasurer, D. Anguish. 



The essays read were, "Apiarian 

 Exhibits," by G. Barber. "The Best 

 Method of Wintering Bees," by D. 

 Anguish. Mr. C. Edmonson was to liave 

 read an essay on "Which was the most 

 Profitable, Comb or Extracted Honey ? " 

 but not having prepared it, he addressed 

 the meeting, and told them what his 

 experience had been. 



It was brought out in the discussion, 

 that the public looked upon and believed 

 that honey, when candied, is adulterated 

 with sugar ; but that was a mistake, the 

 majority of the members preferred it to 

 become candied. 



The meeting was a profitable one to 

 those who were present. The attend- 

 ance was greater than ever before, and 

 many enrolled themselves as members. 



The retiring President, Mr. J. R. 

 Howell, was appointed a delegate to the 

 Ontario Association. He thanked the 

 members for the honor conferred upon 

 him, and gave them some good, sound, 

 practical advice, in regard to their 

 Association. — Canadian Bee Journal. 



Mm of Geraan Bee Perloflicais. 



J. DENNLER. 



Die Bienenpflege (Wurtemberg). No. 

 10 contains a report of M. Baelz to the 

 Strasburg Congress on "Our Work and 

 our Duty." The learned writer first 

 refers to the different apicultural works, 

 the difficulties encountered by the bee- 

 keeper, not only from neighbors, but 

 also from the local authorities and others, 

 the competition which various substances 

 having the designation of honey make 

 with our flower honey, &c., and lastly, 

 he proposes to submit to the government 

 an Act which would have the effect of 

 protecting apiculture, and more espe- 

 cially the product of the bees. 



In the same number is published a 

 concise report of the congress of German 

 and Austrian bee-keepers at Gratz, in 

 Austria, which states that the exhibition 

 was a poor one, and that lectures were 

 given by MM. Vogel, Ambrozie, Bendu, 

 Spiess, Kultenegger. Glock, and Mayer. 

 Dr. Von Beck, of Vienna, was elected 

 Vice-President. The next congress, in 

 1891, will take place in Lubeck, and in 

 1892 at Budapest. The bee-season has 

 been a very poor one in Wurtemburg. 

 It may be summed up in these words : 

 Many swarms, and little, or hardly any, 

 honey. 



Die Bien und Hire Jncht (Grand Duchy 

 of Baden). The annual general meeting 

 of the Society was held this year at 

 Huslach, in the beautiful valley of the 

 Kinzig, and was a complete success. 

 Amongst the subjects discussed should 

 be mentioned that referring to heating 

 hives in Winter and Spring, a system 

 originated, and so warmly advocated, by 

 Pastor Weygandt, of Hess. To pay 

 proper attention to the bees, and to 

 guard against losses, was the opinion of 

 all the speakers. 



The President, who had tried the 

 heating system last Winter, said that 

 brood-rearing is commenced too soon, 

 and young bees, not able to get out, die. 

 The stove " Carbon-Natron-Of en " does 

 not answer the purpose properly, and 

 the American slow-combustion stoves 

 give off too much heat. 



Husser, who had also tried this system, 

 says the queens become exhausted too 

 soon, and that the consumption of food 

 is no less than without the heating. In 

 adopting the heating system, the bee- 

 keeper becomes the slave of his bees. 



MM. Weiss and Schoflin-Lauger also 

 spoke against heating. 



M. Weiss, of Karlsruhe, said that the 

 essential requisites for good wintering 

 were a numerous population, a young 

 queen, wholesome food, and a good hive. 



Nordlinger Bienenzeitimg. Editor, 

 Vogel, in a lengthy report recommends 

 willows as bee-plants, which supply a 

 good deal of honey and pollen in the 

 Spring. The writer gives a list of 35 

 different species of willows. 



Schlcsisclie Bienenzeitung (Prussia). 

 Theise recommends Trifolinmincarnatum 

 as an excellent bee-plant. This clover 

 attains to 3 feet in height, or even 

 more, and yields a good nutritious and 

 abundant forage for cattle. It is sown 

 in April, and it is harvested in July and 

 August. Is may also be sown in Summer 

 and cut in the Autumn, or sown in 

 Autumn and cut in Spring. 



Der ScUissche Truker (Austria). The 

 editor recommends a swarm-catcher, 

 which has been improved by Junginger. 

 An extract from the weekly medical 

 journal of Prague recommends stings of 

 bees as an excellent remedy for rheu- 

 matism. An Austrian bee-keeper has 

 just invented a brood comb made of tin, 

 having cells the natural size. 



Munchener Bienenzeitung. The Munich 

 Exposition, called " Octoberf est-Anstel- 

 lung," which takes place every year in 

 the month of ^October, was'this year very 

 fine. Bee-keeping was also:well repre- 

 sented.— B7'itls?i Bee JounKd. 



