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voiniy. Oct, 10, 18 



No. 41. 



'I'lie i'^ai-nest .Mau of Ibu Convention 

 was the son of friend A. I. Root. 



The " Bees und Honey "' Build- 

 ing on the Centennial grounds was a great 

 attraction on Friday. 



Xlie IScxt Session of the Interna- 

 tional is to be held in Brantford, Ont., and 

 Mr. Holtermann, editor of the Honey Pro- 

 ducer o( that place, is the Secretary. 



ratlier I^ang;slroth has taken a 

 severe cold, and is again 'unable to leave 

 home. For that reason his promised essay 

 for the North American Convention was 

 among the missing. 



Xlie Ne»v Constitution of the In- 

 ternational Society was adopted on Thurs- 

 day evening, as laid over for consideration 

 at the last meeting. We hope tliat it will 

 be a means of increasing its usefulness. 



I»lr. ,J. Y. Betwiler, from Florida, 

 had some very fine samples of mangrove 

 honey at the convention. It was fully equal 

 to white clover honey, and we do not won- 

 der why he objects to its being quoted in 

 the honey niarliets as " Southern honey," 

 and priced by the gallon. It should be 

 quoted separately as mangrove extracted 

 honey, and priced by the pound, lilje other 

 kinds of equal quality and value. Mr. 

 Detwiler was not located in tlie yellow 

 fever district, but he found it difficult to 

 leave the " stricken State." He will spend 

 a few months in Toledo, O., where he 

 formerly resided. He is an enthusiastic 

 apiarist. 



Tile niortii Anioriean Conven- 

 tion at Columbus, O,, was a small but a 

 very enthusiastic annual gathering of the 

 bee-keepers of the Continent. Some seven 

 States were represented, and our friend 

 Holtermann, of Brantford, Ont, represented 

 the Province of Ontario, Canada. It con- 

 vened last Wednesday morning, and held 

 si-K sessions. Then, as it was generally de- 

 sired by those present to visit the Centen- 

 nial grounds to view the attractions there 

 presented, including the bee and honey 

 show, the last day was spent on those 

 grounds in social and fraternal intercourse, 

 while examining and commenting upon the 

 exhibits of bees, lioney, and apiarian sup- 

 plies. 



Some of the principal exhibitors were A. 

 I. Root, Dr. A. B. Mason, Dr. H. Besse, Dr. 

 G. L. Tinker, Mr. McPherson, etc. 



The honey exhibit was very fine, and con- 

 ferred credit upon all the exhibitors, many 

 of whose names we cannot now recall. 



Mr. Root's exhibit of apiarian implements 

 was large and varied, covering almost every- 

 thing used advantageously in apiculture. 

 In the "Power Hall" Mr. Root had his 

 machinery running which makes one-piece 

 sections complete, from the wood in the 

 rough. The saws make such fine work that 

 the sections looked as though they had been 

 sand-papered. It is a triumph in the art of 

 making sections to have them beautiful as 

 well as useful. To say that in workman- 

 ship they were fully equal to those four- 

 piece sections made by Dr. G. L. Tinker, is 

 no small praise, for the Doctor's work has 

 heretofore excelled almost everything pre- 

 sented in that line. 



The magnificent coliseum building on the 

 grounds is a marvel. It is said to hold ten 

 thousand persons, and seat about six thou- 

 sand. Tlie speaker can be distinctly heard 

 anywhere in the hall, so perfect are the 

 acoustics thereof. It is about 250 feet 

 across, and 100 feet in height. 



Our visiting company consisting of Mr. 



A. I. Root, Dr. Miller, Mr. McLain, Dr. A. 



B. Mason and ourself. We prevailed upon 

 Dr. Miller to play the organ and sing sev- 

 eral pieces, accompanied by the rest of the 

 party. We went to the further side of the 

 hall, and we could hear the words distinctly 

 —but we cannot enumerate all the things 

 which were very attractive to us. 



Mr. Ernest Root, son of A. I. Root, an 

 estimable young man, was accompanied by 

 his charming and affable wife. He had with 

 him his instrument for taking instantaneous 

 photographic views, and it was well em- 

 ployed, lie "took" the members of the 

 convention, the bee and honey building on 

 the grounds, and several views of the ex- 

 hibits. 



L,ady ffleniber.** to the number of a 

 dozen were in attendance at the Conven- 

 tion at Columbus. We will give the list 

 next week. We regret to say that Mrs. L. 

 Harrison was absent on account of poor 

 health. 



Xiic llorlieultural Society was 



in session at Columbus at the same time, 

 and in the same building as the Bee-Con- 

 vention, and we record the fact with pleas- 

 ure that both societies worked very liar- 

 monioHsly. Mr. Devol, Secretary of the 

 Ohio State Horticultural Society, was in- 

 troduced to the Bee-Keepers' Convention by 

 the Editor of the American Bee Journal, 

 and in behalf of the horticulturists, he ex- 

 tended an invitation to all the bee-keepers 

 to attend a meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society, which was then in session in the 

 Senate Chamber. The Convention received 

 Mr. Devol with much applause, and by vote 

 thanked the horticulturists, and accepted 

 their fraternal invitation. 



Upon entering the Senate Chamber we 

 found the horticulturists engaged in a dis- 

 cussion concerning the fructification of 

 fruit-bloom by insects. The beemen were 

 invited to take part, and they did so. The 

 result is that it was generally agreed that 

 the bees and other insects performed very 

 valuable work upon the flowers, by fertiliz- 

 ing them, and thus increasing the fruit. 



Several of the horticulturists mentioned 

 the fact that the bees were often heard 

 "roaring "over tlie bloom of the strawber- 

 ries. Upon being asked if there was any 

 noticeable difference between their "roar- 

 ing "over tlie Crescent and Wilson varie- 

 ties, it was answered in the negative. Some 

 people had " notions " about their being a 

 difference, but none were discovered upon 

 close examination. 



We are glad to note a growing friendli- 

 ness among fruitgrowers towards their 

 special friends— the bees. We shall do all 

 we can to foster and encourage such a de- 

 sirable result. 



Kislit States were represented at the 

 Inter-National Convention. The following 

 are the officers elected for the ensuing year: 



PRESlDENT-Dr. A. B. Mason, Auburndale, O. 

 ViCK-PRESinENTS -Thoa.O. Newman. ChlcaKO 111 



Prof. (}. W. Webster, Lake Hsien, Pla. 



.Joneph NyBewnniter, Oes Moines, Iowa. 



R. L. 'I'aykir. Lapoer, Mich. 



O. L Hersliiser, .lamestown, N. r. 



Mnrtin Kmijzh, tlolbruok, Ont. 



Krank A. Eatnn, Biuffton, Ohio. 



F. Minnick, Bessemer, Wis. 

 Secrbtary-R. F. Holtermann. Brantford, Ont. 

 TREASURER— Dr. C. C. Miller, Marenno, Ills. 



Singing was made a feature of the 

 convention in Columbus, O. Dr. Miller is 

 an organist, and had composed the music 

 for two bee-keepers' songs, which were 

 written by that poet-laureate of bee-men— 

 Mr. Eugene Secor. Mr. A. I. Root, of Me- 

 dina, O., had them printed and freely scat- 

 tered at the convention. The result was 

 some lively singing to introduce the work 

 of each session. We think that no vote of 

 thanks was offered to these gentlemen— 

 wholly due to thoughtlessness, not to in- 

 gratitude—and we now propose such a 

 hearty vote by the larger convention made 

 up of ab.sentees. That all may vote under- 

 standingly, we hope to publisli both the 

 music and words of one song in our next 

 issue. 



