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Fathers, Jas. Brodker, J. H. Best, Jas. 

 Armstrong, Wm. Kindree, M. Richard- 

 son and John Bell. It was voted that 

 this Association affiliate with the Onta- 

 rio Bee-Keepers' Association. Carried. 



OUT-DOOR vs. CELLAR WINTERING. 



Mr. Armstrong favored out-door win- 

 tering in clamps and chaff hives. He 

 never wintered his bees in the cellar, as 

 he did not think his cellar was suitalDle. 

 He thought the best and cheapest 

 "clamp "was one that would hold two 

 rows of hives, facing north and south, 

 with chaff or sawdust packed around 

 the hives. 



Mr. Schisler had wintered his bees in 

 the cellar, but preferred out-door win- 

 tering in "clamps." 



Mr. J. H. Best did not favor cellar 

 wintering^ on account of dampness. 



Mr. Kindree thought the tenement hive 

 was the best for Winter. 



HOW TO PREVENT BURR-COMBS. 



This subject was discussed by Messrs. 

 Armstrong, Rose, Kindree, and others, 

 and the conclusion arrived at was that 

 proper spacing of frames in the brood- 

 chamber, and about % of an inch be- 

 tween the brood-chamber and the supers 

 would obviate the difficulty, to a large 

 extent. 



It was voted that the next meeting be 

 held at Nelles' Corners, on the third 

 Saturday in May. 



E. C. Campbell, Sec. 



Trade-Mark for Honey, 



J. F. LATHAM. 



It is somewhat gratifying to learn that 

 the hints in my article on extracted- 

 honey, on page 167, Vol. 26 of the Bee 

 Journal, in regard to a Trade-Mark to 

 be used by bee-keepers, as a preventative 

 of the adulteration of the fruits of their 

 industry, are beginning to attract favor- 

 able notice from those whom they were 

 intended to reach. 



With the support of such advocates as 

 those who supplemented the introduction 

 of the idea at the Michigan State Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention on Jan. 2, coupled 

 with the enterprising push of Mr. Hed- 

 don, their materialization, objectively, 

 might as well be considered accom- 

 plished. 



It is an idea that I have been burdened 

 with much of the time since I have had 

 honey to sell. The sensation experienced 

 in having the assertion, "You make it," 

 flung in one's face while trying to estab- 



lish a trade with a grocer, or sell a tran- 

 sient customer a section of honey in the 

 comb, or a bottle of extracted-honey so 

 clear, and pure, as hardly to be discern- 

 able through the glass that held it, when 

 not granulated ; and that, too, some- 

 times, in the face of the fact of a can of 

 stuff that would leave the disagreeable 

 effects of its compounds in the mouth 

 and throat for hours after being eaten, 

 are not at all times pleasant. Such has 

 been my experience many times when 

 invited by a retailer to " Taste of some 

 honey (?) as good as yours, that I bought 

 for 6 cents a pound." 



Now, that an attempt to stop the 

 nefarious practice, perniciously exercised 

 in contaminating the products of the 

 apiary, has been started in the right 

 direction — right from the fact that it 

 seems the only direction to attain a re- 

 sult commensurate with the importance 

 of the undertaking in a dual capacity, 

 that of protecting the producers and con 

 sumers of honey — the effort should be 

 vigorously backed by every bee-keeper 

 who produces honey to sell. The enter- 

 prise is one in which the producers are 

 most concerned, directly and indirectly. 

 Directly concerned, from the fact that a 

 bona fide stamp on a package of honey 

 from first hands, guaranteeing its qual 

 ity, would enhance its value in the esti- 

 mation of the factor, influence a more 

 ready sale at a better and more staple 

 price, and beget an assurance that it 

 could be recommended to consumers, 

 and bought by them with a confidence 

 in its merits. Indirectly concerned, by 

 having the advantage of precedence in 

 trade for packages of honey bearing the 

 Association Trade-Mark. 



With the hints embodied in the fore- 

 going, elaborately consummated, and 

 their interpretation vigorously applied, 

 it would be a laborious and non-remuner- 

 ative task for A, B and C, to establish 

 factories in back-alley tenement-cellars, 

 and evolve from the noxious materials of 

 their craft, the many compounds, with 

 seductive appellations, that may be found 

 on the market. The delight (?) mani- 

 fested by such fellows, when Uncle Sam 

 takes them by the ear, is seldom ineffi- 

 cient in its influence on their more re- 

 spectable co-workers in iniquity. 



It seems that the Trade-Mark should 

 be the bona fide property of the Associa- 

 tion, but vested in individual ownership 

 represented by a member of the Associa- 

 tion, and the right to its use, transfera- 

 ble to any other member, to be used in a 

 prescribed manner, subject to the advice 

 and consent of the executive branch of 

 the Association. This would give any 



