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A. I. Root saiil that apiarists dis- 

 agreed somewhat in regard to the 

 dampness of cellars in which bees are 

 kept. He had heard of some instances 

 where springs of water in the cellar 

 were thought to be very beneficial, by 

 keeping an even temperature, and also 

 aiding in ventilation. 



it was thought by some that running 

 water woukl help carry off the mois- 

 ture in the atmosphere, and therefore 

 aid in the successful wintering of the 

 bee.s. It was generally conceded that 

 the different kinds of soil had much to 

 <lo witli changing the condition of the 

 cellar. 



The report of the committee on 

 <li'afting a "scheme" looking to the 

 organization of an international asso- 

 ciati<in was taken from the table. Mr. 

 Aspinwall, chairman of the committee, 

 explained the object of the resolution. 

 It was discussed at length by the mem- 

 bers, the majorit}' of whom were in 

 favor of the exchange branch, but 

 somi' thought the international asso- 

 ciation too large an undertaking. 



Mr. Elwood advocated the inter- 

 change of reports of amount of crops, 

 etc., and asked if the bee-industry was 

 not of sufficient importance to warrant 

 a demand being made on the Agricul- 

 tural Department for a report of the 

 condition of the honey crop, say, for 

 instance, in May or June, as to how 

 the Ijces have wintered, and in the fall 

 how large the crop was. 



Mr. Dickinson thought thei-e would 

 be too many obstacles in such a de- 

 mand. He believed that but few of 

 the l)ee-kcepers would care to give 

 such information. He suggested that 

 the Secretary ask the Secretar}- of the 

 North American Society to notify all 

 the associations in the United States to 

 send delegates to the next convention. 



After further discussion the report 

 of the committee, which had been de- 

 clared adopted, was again brought be- 

 fore the convention by the reconsider- 

 ing of the vote, and this time was re- 

 feried back to the committee for re- 

 vision. Mr. Elwood was added to the 

 committee. 



Bees Tor BuRiness. 



" The coming bee for business " was 

 then considered as follows : 



X^N. Betsinger — We will not have 

 to wait for " the coming bee for busi- 

 ness ;" it already exists ; it is a full- 

 blood Italian rjueen mated with a 

 black or brown German drone, i want 

 only the first " cross," and if the Ital- 

 ian queens are bred up to a high stan- 

 dard of purity and excellence, the 

 workers will all be three-banded. 



Mr. Goodspeed and Mr. Knicker- 

 bocker had noticed the same thing 

 very often, but said that it was a hard 

 matter to get Italian queens that would 

 do this every time. 



Mr. Goodspeed said that many of 

 his customers preferred the dark or 

 leather-colored Italian queens for 

 honey-producing purposes ; but that 

 some others thought that pure Italians 

 were good enough for them. 



The subject of Italian queens and 

 the markings of the workers and 

 drones was also discussed. 



The special ciniiniittee on re-organi- 

 zation then submitted the following 

 revised report : 



Your committee would suggest that 

 this Association shall resolve itself into 

 a honey producers' exchange, for the 

 purpose of gathering statistics of the 

 wintering of bees, and the honej' crop 

 throughout the United States. 



licsolved. That the duties of the Sec- 

 retary of this association shall be the 

 forwarding of suitable blanks to re- 

 porters, which they shall return on the 

 first dajs of May, June, July, August 

 and September, from every honey-pro- 

 ducing Slate ; no State to have more 

 than six reporters, who shall fill out 

 the blanks and send them by return 

 mail to the Secretary. He shall have 

 the reports printed and mailed to 

 members and the reporters, by the 

 10th of each month. 



Resolved, That the Secretary keep an 

 account of his time involved in this 

 work, and report the same at the next 

 convention. He shall be empowered 

 to draw upon the treasurer for funds 

 neeessar}' to carry out the work. 



After a shoi't discussion the report 

 was adopted. 



Mr. Aspinwall volunteered to defray 

 any deficiency that might be occa- 

 sioned in cari-ying out the plan of the 

 committee. A recess was then taken 

 until 1:30 p.m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



President Clark again called the 

 convention to order at 1:30 p.m. 



Votes of thanks were adopted to the 

 proprietor of Briggs' Hotel for reduced 

 rates ; to the daily papers for publish- 

 ing such good reports ; to the apiarists 

 of other States for attendance, and to 

 Mr. Aspinwall for an offer to meet any 

 deficiency in the Honey-Producers' Ex- 

 change for the first year. 



The committee on exhibits reported 

 the difterent articles on exhibition, and 

 G. H. Knickerbocker and J. Aspinwall 

 were directed to have the " seal press" 

 altered to meet the needs of the asso- 

 ciation. 



The Treasurer's report is as follows : 

 Received from Treasurer Scofield, 

 $14.05 ; membership fees for 1888, 

 $30.00 ; total «44.05. Paid for print- 

 ing, postage, stationeiy, and fee of 

 Secretai-y, $15.60. Balance on hand, 

 $28.55. 



Adjourned to meet at Syracuse next 

 year on the call of the executive com- 

 mittee. G. H. Knickerbocker, Sec. 



FOUL BROOD. 



Ho-w to Eradicate tlie Scourge- 

 Putting on Sections. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY J. W. SMITH. 



I think that the matter of foul brood 

 will be one of the leading topics here- 

 after, for it seems to be getting scat- 

 tered pretty well already. We have 

 the genuine article here in the centre 

 of this State. I am of the opinion that 

 any information which can be given 

 from actual experience (not theory) in 

 the successful treatment and cure, 

 aside from burning, will be thankfully 

 received by many. 



While I was at our bee-convention 

 in Burlington the other day, I was 

 talking of foul brood with one of the 

 largest bee-men in this State, who has 

 at present, I suppose, about 700 colo- 

 nies. He told me that his bees had it 

 about 18 years ago, and described 

 how he cured it in one season. If I 

 understood him rightly, it was as 

 follows : 



He moved the hive with the affected 

 colony from its stand, and placed on 

 the stand an empty box or old hive 

 without combs or stores. He let the 

 bees go into it and remain there for 

 four days ; then removed them and put 

 a new hive in place of the box ; he 

 shook the bees into that, with empty 

 combs or foundation, and let them 

 stay. He took good care of the old 

 hive, and all that belonged to it, and 

 in that way he got rid of the foul 

 brood. Does any one know of a bet- 

 ter way ? 



Putting Sections on tbe Hives. 



I would also like to know why it is 

 not just as well to place all the sec- 

 tions that will be likely to be wanted 

 on a hive, at once, to save the trouble 

 of raising up and putting others under, 

 and disturbing the bees. 



Moscow, Vt. 



STARTERS. 



Uow to Fasten Foundation in 

 tiie Sections. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY H. C. GIFFORD. 



I notice that in almost every number 

 of the Bee Journal something is said 

 about fastening foundation in sections, 

 and written by men, to all appearance, 

 that ought to be well posted in this 

 matter. It seems strange to me that 

 so many difter in opinion, as there 

 seems to me to be but one proper way 

 to fasten the foundation, if to econo- 

 mize in material and labor is the object, 



