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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Besolved, That the thanks of this Association 

 are due, and are hereby tendered lo its oflBcers, for 

 the efficient manner in which they have conducted 

 this convention. 



To M. H. Hunt, and George B. Hilton, for their 

 ardent and unselfish efforts in insuring the success 

 of this meeting; 



To the proprietor of the Hotel Normandie, for 

 manv courtesies, and especially for kindly providing, 

 free of charge, such a commodious room for holding 

 this convention. 



We also extend thanks to those brother bee- 

 keepers coming from a distance, from Ohio and 

 Canada, who by their presence and untiring zeal, 

 have contributed so largely to our enjoyment and 

 profit. 



We also acknowledge the liberal treatment of the 

 daily papers, in reporting the proceedings of this 

 convention. 



Resolved, That we view with alarm, not unmixed 

 wilh disgust, the fact that at this time of compara- 

 tive scarcity of pure honey, increasing amounts of 

 adulterated liquid honev are being offered for sale, 

 in many cities of our State, by certain unscrupulous 

 corporations, who make a business of adulterating 

 food products, and we denounce this business as a 

 gross fraud, not only upon the honey-producers, 

 but also upon the consumers and venders of pure 

 honey. We would therefore caution the public 

 against purchasing glass packages of so-called 

 '•White Clover," or "Michigan Strained-Honey," 

 etc., etc., which may usually be disiinguished from 

 the pure article, in that they never CAXDV ( owmg 

 to the presence of glucose) even when exposed to 

 the coldest weather for a long time. These goods 

 are put on the market, in violation of a special 

 Statute of our Legislature:— having no label to 

 vouch for the character of the contents, of these 

 packages, or the responiibility and identity of the 

 parties putting them up for sale. We would further 

 urge the consumers to purchase, only such glass 

 packages as are properly labeled— (with the name 

 and address of the producer', as pure honey. 



Your committee would also respectfully refer the 

 matter of dealing with the adulterators of our 

 product, as provided by law, to the careful consider- 

 ation of "The Bee-Keepers' National Union," with 

 whose aid, and the co-operation of the public, and 

 the press, we may confidently expect to speedily 

 banish this infamous traffic from our midst. 



We would also recommend, in order to further 

 promote this object; that this Association adopt a 

 trade-mark to be used by its members in marketing 

 their extracted honey; and that the daily papers be 

 requested by our secretary, to publish the law in 

 relation to the sale of adulterated honey. 



BYRON WALKER, 



Chairman of Committee on Resolutions. 



The 25 who reported, give the follow- 

 ing statistics : 1,50 < colonies of bees in 

 the Spring, and 1,629 in the Fall. 

 7,024 pounds of comb honey; 11,145 

 pounds of extracted honey, and 645 

 pounds of beeswax. 



The Committee on exhibits reported as 

 follows, and the report was, on motion, 

 adopted : 



We find on exhibition, several samples 

 of foul-broody comb, by R. L. Taylor. 



Extracted honey, by Geo. E. Hilton. 



vSeveral kinds of extracted honey ; 

 some white, fall and raspberry comb- 

 honey ; and honey cartons , J. P. Berg. 



Samples of comb-honey in glassed sec- 

 tions, J. A. Foster. Samples of different 

 kinds of extracted honey and of Italian 

 bees, Jacob Timpe. 



Dove-tailed hive corner and frames, J. 

 G. Kundinger. One-piece sections, L. 

 frames, some brood, sections, foundation 

 and samples of extracted honey, M. H. 

 Hunt. One-piece sections, and samples 

 of adulterated honey, Byron Walker. 



Two photos of his honey display at 

 Toronto, R. McKnight. 



Samples of the "Illustrated Home 

 Journal," and "American Bee Journal," 

 by T. G. Newman & Son. 



Sample copies of " The Review," and 

 copies of the book on "The Production 

 of Comb Honey," by W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 A. B. Mason, ) 

 A. 0. Quick, J- Committee. 

 R. D. Parker. ) 

 Moved and carried that the matter of 

 a " trade mark " be referred to the Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, for consideration. 

 The Convention then adjourned. 



CONVENTIOIV DIRECTORY. 



1891, 



Time and place of meeting. 



Jan. 16, 17.— Indiana State, at Indianapolis, Ind. 



Geo. C. Thompson, Sec, Southport, Ind. 

 Jan. 19, 20.— Colorado State, at Denver, Colo. 



E. Milleson, Pres., Box 2522, Denver. Colo. 

 Jan. 20-23.— Minnesota State, at Minneapolis, Minn. 



C. Theilmann, Sec, Theilmanton, Minn. 

 Jan. 22, 23, 24.— Eastern New York, at Albany, N. Y. 



W. S. Ward, Sec, Fuller's Station, N. Y. 

 Jan. 22-24.— New York State, at Albany, N. Y. 



Geo. H. Knickerbocker, Sec, Pine Plains, N. Y. 

 Jan. 28.— "Vermont State, at Middlebury, Vt. 



J. 11. Larrabee, Sec, Larrabees Point, Vt. 

 Feb. 10, 11.— Ohio State, at Toledo. O. 



Miss Dema Bennett, Sec, Bedford, O. 

 Feb. 11, 12.— Eastern Iowa, at Maquoketa, Iowa. 



Frank Coverdale, Sec, Welton, Iowa. 

 May 7.— Susquehanna County, at Montrose, Pa. 



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



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



Nortli American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— P. H. Elwood. ..Starkville, N. Y. 

 Secretary— C. P. Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowag-iac, Mich. 

 Sec'y and Manager— T. G. Newman. Chicago. 



Bee and tlojiey Gossip. 



Frames for a Migratory Apiary. 



A frame like the modified Hoffman 

 (for brood chambers) would be less 

 bother, through the season, than it 

 would be to fasten all the frames twice a" 

 year for hauling. About 1% spacing is 

 right for the brood chamber, and 1^ to 

 1% is right for the extracting super, 

 with a queen excluded between the super 

 and brood chamber. My crop this year 

 is 27,000 pounds, all white and thick, 

 and put up in new 5-gallon cans, 2 in a 

 case. J, F. McIntyre. 



Ventura. Cal. 



