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stand, with surplus cases removed from 

 the old colony to the new, had a majority 

 vote. 



Which gives the best results, open or 

 closed-side sections ? Only one member 

 had any experience with open-side sec- 

 tions, but he made a good report. 



Which is the best method of introduc- 

 ing queens ? Several plans were dis- 

 cussed, most of the members having no 

 special way, but used various plans most 

 suitable to the particular time and con- 

 ditions. One member was quite success- 

 ful in losing his queens, and on being 

 questioned, stated that he had introduced 

 them in a dearth of honey. 



How best to keep out the moth ? This 

 was answered by an address from W. D. 

 Pyron. His best plan was to have strong 

 colonies of Italian bees, and give a wide 

 berth to patent bee-hive venders. He 

 thought the latter the worst moth a bee- 

 beeper had to contend with. 



How best to keep the small bee-keep- 

 ers from spoiling the honey market? 

 After discussion it was decided that the 

 best thing to do in this case, was to edu- 

 cate small producers to put their honey 

 in a neat, marketable package before 

 putting it on the market. 



Essays of interest were read by several 

 members. 



A. I. Root and Thomas G. Newman 

 were elected honorary members of this 

 Association. 



The Constitution was amended to hold 

 the meetings annually instead of quar- 

 terly. 



It was further agreed to hold the ses- 

 sion in the month of July, at which time 

 all the members are requested to make a 

 creditable exhibit of bees, bee-fixtures, 

 and all things that go to make up an 

 apiarian outfit. After some discussion, 

 it was suggested that in order to create 

 interest, local societies be formed at any 

 convenient place, where as many as five 

 persons could be found, who were suffi- 

 ciently interested. These societies to 

 work in harmony with the parent 

 society. 



The election of officers for 1891 re- 

 sulted as follows : 



President, S. L. Kluttz, of Clear Creek; 

 1st Vice-President, B. C. Griffith; 2d 

 Vice-President, H. E. Bost, of Davidson 

 College ; Secretary, A. L. Beach, Pine- 

 ville ; Treasurer, Capt. E. W. Lyles, 

 of Charlotte. 



Charlottee, N. C, was selected as the 

 next place of meeting. 



Twelve members reported 263 colo- 

 nies, and an aggregate surplus of 4,550 

 pounds of honey. 



B. C. Griffith, Sec. pro tern. 



Clipiiig the Wings of Qneens. 



N. D. MARKHAM. 



The plan of G. W. Demaree, on page 

 13 of the Bee Journal, is about ray 

 idea of clipping the wings of queens. I 

 have practiced it 10 years, never have 

 hurt a queen, and do not think I have 

 lost one. I clip them for two reasons : 

 1. It is a good deal less trouble in 

 swarming-time. 2. I know the age of 

 every queen. I have 100 colonies ; all 

 hives are numbered, and I keep a record 

 book for the purpose ; each colony has a 

 record of its own, and when I clip a 

 queen's wing, I make a note of it. I 

 know where my good and poor queens 

 are all the time, and if I wish to super- 

 sede any queen at any time, by referring 

 to my book, I know where to commence. 

 My theory is, the more familiar I am 

 with my bees, the less trouble they are 

 to me, and the more profitable they are. 

 I generally do my clipping all at one 

 time, when I am getting them ready for 

 the summer harvest, say in May, or the 

 first of June. 



I have a neighbor who has adopted the 

 plan of following the queen around on 

 the comb, and clipping her on the run ; 

 he is an expert. But once he clipped 

 the queen in halves, when he was giving 

 one of his students a lesson on the clip- 

 ping of the queens' wings. 



Hart, Mich. 



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Reader, the Bee Journal is working 

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