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Thos. Large favors the same case ; 

 says he never saw any case that suited 

 him so well. 



The discussion of section-cases was a 

 wide one. One gentleman from Illinois 

 stated that this matter had, from time to 

 time, been the cause of his bald head. 



Adjourned until 1 o'clock p.m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Meeting was called to order by the 

 President. Each member present 

 enumerated his 1889 honey crop, which 

 was of much interest, being about 80 or 

 100 pounds per colony. Spring count. 



A large portion of the bee-keepers 

 present were farmers. The question of 

 alsike clover came up before the meet- 

 ing, and was largely discussed with 

 much interest. It was thought profit- 

 able for all farmers to grow it, who have 

 deep soil. It was thought it should 

 never be sown but with red clover and 

 timothy — 2 to 4 pounds per acre. 



FEEDING BEES. 



Thos. O. Hines feeds in combs ; would 

 not feed in bad weather. 



H. Stewart has a back-entrance ar- 

 rangement, so that the bees pass back 

 into another hive, fitted up behind to 

 hold the combs, and so robbers cannot 

 get in. 



CLIPPING queen's WING!^. 



Byron Crevelin clips all his queens' 

 wings ; would not do without. 



D. D. Hammond thinks the clipping of 

 his queens indispensable ; would clip 

 both wings three-fifths of the tip of the 

 wings. 



Frank Coverdale clips the fan part of 

 one wing ; thinks that the queen is not 

 so apt to go far away when swarming, as 

 when she attempts to fly, the sound 

 wing turns her head toward the parent 

 hive. Thus, if you are not just on hand, 

 the queen's chances are better not to get 

 lost, but to return. 



Henry Stewart says that the Alley 

 self-hiver is a success. 



The following resolution was adopted 

 by the convention : 



Whereas, The City of Maquoketa has 

 seen fit to tender us the free use of their 

 City Hall in which to hold our Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Convention, we, the members of the 

 aforesaid convention, do tender to the 

 city our most sincere thanks, and to the 

 citizens we do extend our hearty appre- 

 ciation for their hospitality. 

 Signed by committee : 



Henky Stewart, 

 Manville Tarbox, 

 T. W. Large. 



The meeting was a busy one. Some 

 of the essays had to be carried over till 

 next session. 



Invitations from Anamosa, Wheat- 

 land, De Witt, Davenport and Clinton 

 were received, but after balloting the 

 second time, De Witt was chosen as the 

 place to hold the next meeting, and the 

 convention adjourned. 



The association now has a membership 

 of 41 bee-keepers. 



Members present represented 1,649 

 colonies, Spring count ; Fall, 1,818. 



Number of pounds of comb-honey, 

 14,435. 



Extracted-honey, 5,200. 



Total, 19,635. 



Average yield per colony, 12 pounds. 



Wax, 516 pounds. 



ON exhibit. 



Henry Stewart, of Prophetstown, Ills., 

 section-case and bee-escape. 



D. D. Hammond, clipped queen. 



H. S. Bowman, of Maquoketa, hive 

 and section-case. 



C. M. Dunbar, of Maquoketa, showed 

 much interest in the meeting, and pro- 

 posed to pay dues, although he did not 

 keep bees, and by a unanimous vote, 

 was elected an honorary member of the 

 association. 



Mr. Dunbar is Chairman of the Board 

 of Trustees of the State Agricultural 

 College, and extends to the bee-keepers 

 of Eastern Iowa an invitation to corres- 

 pond with the officers of that Depart- 

 ment, and assured them that their 

 wishes would be complied with. 



Welton, Iowa. 



Motli Millers aM Fonl-Brood, 



AUGUSTINE LEECH. 



The question has often been asked, 

 "What is the cause of foul-brood?" 

 When dead brood is found in the hive, 

 if the apiarist wil] remove the brood- 

 frame, and with a pair of pliers, pull the 

 dead brood out of the cells, he will find 

 the larvae of the moth miller quite 

 numerous, and they are the cause of the 

 dead brood. 



They will be from }i to % of an inch 

 long. They work in the base of the 

 cells, and suck the food from the bee- 

 larvae, and they die. 



On cool nights in May and June, the 

 cluster draws in, leaving a space where 

 the queen has deposited her eggs in the 

 comb, and the moth miller enters the 

 hive, and deposits its eggs in the same 

 cells, and they hatch out together, and 



