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p. M. Puhl— When they get to be a 

 detriment to the hive, the bees will take 

 care of them. 



"What shall we do to protect our bees 

 if our neighbors persist in spraying fruit 

 trees when in full bloom ?" 



Dr. Mason — Be on good terms with 

 your neighbor ; convince him that he is 

 not doing his trees good, and is doing the 

 bees harm. 



E. R. Root quoted Ashmead : "Paris 

 green is not soluble in water." Some 

 claim that the bees get the nectar and 

 leave the heavy green. 



Mr. Harris— Get a bulletin from the 

 Experiment Station, and show to the 

 fruit dealers. 



" Has anyone present any experience 

 with a house apiary ?" 



J. B. Hains — I have an expensive one, 

 but do not like it for the purpose for 

 which it was built, and I do not like to 

 work in it. 



"Will dry lime keep out the moth 

 miller from surplus combs ?" 

 Not unless you cover it entirely. 



" How are we to know the Italian bee, 

 since four or five-banded Italians are 

 being advertised ?" 



Dr. Mason — If they are advertised as 

 Italians, that settles it. 



"What should we do to protect our- 

 selves against foul-brood ?" 



J. B. Hains — Do not buy, or even ac- 

 cept as a gift, anything from a foul- 

 brood locality. 



Adjourned until 7 p.m. 

 » 



EVENING SESSION. 



As Mr. Muth was not present, the 

 President suggested that we take up the 

 subject of his essay, "The principal cause 

 of the failure of the honey crop in my 

 neighborhood, in 1890." 



W. Z. Hutchinson — What can you do 

 about it? Perhaps you might get your 

 neighbors to sow clover, buckwheat, etc. 



Mr. Harris — The atmosphere must be 

 right before honey will be secreted. 



W. Z. Hutchinson — Yes ; but you must 

 have the blossom ready for the right at- 

 mosphere, when it does come. 



The President asked Mr. Harris if he 

 did not assume that fertilization of fruit 

 was due to the bees ? 



Mr. Harris illustrated by fertilization 

 of corn, and claimed that peaches, which 

 were nearly quarter size, fell off because 

 not fertilized. 



Mr. Morris — The cold, wet season came 

 on at clover bloom, and prevented the 



secretion of honey. After the weather 

 changed, honey was received. 



J. B. Hains— The diminution of the 

 honey yield is largely due to the destruc- 

 tion of our forests, while the cold, wet 

 weather prevents the secretion of honey. 



E. R. Root spoke of his observations 

 in the East, and corroborated this view, 

 saying, we must have big colonies ready 

 when honey does come. 



Milo George— Some western bee-keep- 

 ers, on the prairies where there is no 

 timber, still have big crops. 



E. R. Root suggested that low, waste 

 lands on streams were as good as forests. 



Bruce Hobbs confirmed the strong 

 swarm idea. 



Mr. Harris — Basswood will yield honey 

 sometimes, and sometimes it will not ; 

 and the same is true regarding Fall 

 flowers. 



E. E. Hasty— I think there is a blight 

 on basswood in this locality, which is the 

 cause of cutting off the nectar ; it is a 

 similar blight to that on the hollyhock, 

 which was brought from England. 



Dema Bennett then read an essay, en- 

 titled, "How can honey producers best 

 reach the trade ; or, do we need a Union 

 Trade-Mark ?" 



W. Z. Hutchinson thought the essay 

 covered the ground about the trade- 

 mark. 



E. R. Root — A uniform trade-mark 

 might convey the impression that there 

 is a good deal of adulteration, which we 

 think is not so. 



E. E. Hasty — As all are not alike care- 

 ful, those who furnished the best would 

 have to suffer because of the careless 



A report of the committee appointed 

 last year, in Cleveland, to send suspected 

 honey to the State chemist, was given by 

 J. B. Hains. 



There is a good deal of spurious honey 

 in the Cleveland market, put up by Will- 

 iams Bros. 



Adjourned until to-morrow morning. 

 {To be continued.) 



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