322 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



But, permit me to ask, if you establish 

 out-apiaries, will not your busy time 

 there conflict, or come at the same time, 

 with your busy time at the home 

 yard ?" 



Moved, by I. L. Scofield, that the ad- 

 dress be . accepted and ordered to be 

 placed on file. Carried. 



The Secretary then read an essay 

 by Rev. W. F. Clarke, entitled, -'What 

 Constitutes a Good Bee Journal." 



It was moved and seconded that we 

 meet with the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Association at its next annual 

 meeting, which is to be held in Albany. 



The Committee on Questions then re- 

 ported the following : 



" Do fixed distances hinder rapid 

 manipulation ?" No. 



"Does it pay to stimulate for brood- 

 rearing by early feeding, and how is it 

 best to feed ?" Yes ; if short of stores. 

 Feed full combs of sealed honey. 



"Do you believe in encouraging your 

 neighbors to engage in honey produc- 

 tion ?" One replied, "I have, to my 

 sorrow ;" two say, "Yes, and no.'' 



" How can I get the mice out of my 

 bee-cellar ?" Use strychnine. 



" What kind of help do you employ ; 

 that is, skilled or unskilled, and why ?" 

 Skilled ; it is cheaper in the end. 



"What are the usual wages paid for 

 experienced help in the apiary?" One- 

 third more than for inexperienced. 



" Do you make any of your own fix- 

 tures ? Why ?" Yes ; it is cheaper. 



" What is the best way of getting bees 

 to work in section-boxes as soon as pos- 

 sible ?" They will work in sections as 

 soon as there are enough bees, and honey 

 in the fields.- 



"What is the best method to prevent 

 increase ?" Give plenty of room and 

 ventilation at the proper time. 



"How much more extracted than 

 comb-honey can be produced in an api- 

 ary?" Two say 25 per cent.; one says, 

 40 per cent. 



N. D. West was then requested to give 

 a description of his coiled-wire queen- 

 cell protector. 



Adjourned until 7:30 p.m. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The Convention was called to order at 

 7:30 p.m., with Vice-President I. L. 

 Scofield in the chair. 



The first essay was from F. B. Thurber, 

 entitled, " The Influence of Free Sugar 

 on the Consumption of Honey." It was 

 read by Mr. C. H. Killmer, who repre- 

 sented the firm of Thurber, Whyland & Co. 

 A vote of thanks was then extended to 



Mr. Thurber for his valuable essay, and 

 it was ordered to be placed on file. 



[Mr. Thurber's essay will be found on 

 page 216, under the head of "Sugar, 

 Honey, and the Tariff."— Ed.] 



Then followed an essay from Mr. 

 Henry Segelken, of t£e firm of Hildreth 

 Bros. & Segel ken, entitled, " What Our 

 Market Demands," from which the fol- 

 lowing is an extract : 



It is certainly to the interest of the 

 producer to put his product on the mar- 

 ket in the most attractive and salable 

 style, and we, as sellers and distributors, 

 are in a position to know the Avants of 

 our markets. Receiving comb-honey in 

 large quantities from all the honey-pro- 

 ducing centers, we get it in all shapes ; 

 and in many cases there is room for vast 

 improvement. 



In these days of sharp competition in 

 all industries, it has been found neces- 

 sary to put the goods on the market in 

 an attractive shape. This is mainly the 

 case with all kinds of food products, such 

 as canned goods, preserves, etc., all of 

 which are handsomely labeled, and those 

 which are put up the neatest will find 

 quickest ?ale. The consumer will al- 

 ways buy that which looks the most 

 appetizing. As these facts cannot be 

 denied of staple goods, it is all the more 

 necessary to use the utmost care in put- 

 ting up comb-honey in the most attrac- 

 tive style, because this is regarded a 

 luxury — if not altogether, certainly to a 

 very great extent. 



We give credit to a large number of 

 shippers, who are up to the times, and 

 put their honey up in first-class shape. 

 Their goods always find ready sale at the 

 highest market prices ; if they do not sell 

 their product outright, they are sure of 

 receiving returns within a short time, 

 and need not fear having their honey 

 carried for months, or carried over the 

 entire season. 



We very often receive comb-honey put 

 up in bulky, awkward crates, not even 

 glass on the sides of the crates ; the 

 combs built without separators, so that 

 it is almost impossible to take them from 

 the crate without injury. Such goods 

 find very slow sale, and prices have to 

 be shaded considerably to move them 

 off. Still, these shippers generally ex- 

 pect highest prices, and are often dis- 

 satisfied and disappointed with the re- 

 turns, when the fault lies with them- 

 selves only. 



For a one-pound section we recom- 

 mend a single-tier crate, holding 24 or 

 25 sections. While we are not opposed 

 to the double-tier crate, we believe the 

 former is most desirable— at any rate for 



