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jority of the bee-keepers will be glad 

 to do it when they have their atten- 

 tion called to the importance of this 

 part of the work. 



It is not more bee-keepers that the 

 country needs, but more careful, 

 painstaking honey producers that are 

 willing to sacrifice quantity for qual- 

 ity, and give to the consumers Na- 

 ture's richest sweet, properly prepared, 

 and then we will see the condition 

 that I referred to before, when the 

 bloom of our plants will be taxed to 

 supply the demand. 



W. P. SQUTHWORTH. 

 Salix, Iowa. 



Mr. France — I want to say that this 

 Western Honey Producers' Associa- 

 tion has grown from a mere nothing 

 to about as extensive an association 

 as I know of. It has grown to the ex- 

 tent' that they are. liquefying, bottling, 

 and sending out from six to eleven 

 thousand pounds of honey per day, 

 so that, in good, ripe honey, means 

 something. Mr. Southworth has sent 

 me souvenir cards showing their 

 methods of liquefying, bottling honey, 

 etc. 



President York — This surely is an 

 important topic — the ripening of 

 honey on the hives, — and- the paper 

 now is before you for discussion. Mr. 

 Southworth is not here, but no doubt 

 someone can answer the questions 

 you may ask. 



Mr. Davison — I have attended sev- 

 eral conventions, and I have read a 

 great deal in the bee-papers, and I 

 always feel like trying out locations. 

 With reference to this question of 

 honey fermenting, there is a great 

 deal in location. You take a damp 

 climate, and there is a danger of 

 honey fermenting. In the west or 

 semi-west, I have never seen any 

 honey ferment that was extracted. I 

 have seen honey there extracted, and 

 very little of it was sealed, and then 

 I have 9een it when it was all sealed, 

 and I have never seen any yet that 

 has fermented. I know this: You let 

 honey become well sealed, and it has 

 a better flavor than that which is ex- 

 tracted before it is sealed; it has a 

 heavier body, and the flavor is much 

 better. I suppose in this climate, and 

 in other parts of the United States 

 where there is a humid atmosphere, 

 it would probably ferment, but we 



have no trouble of that kind in the 

 West, so it is the locality. 



Mr. Stone — I, would like to state 

 what took place in my honey-house 

 this year, and I would ask if it is a 

 common thing, or if anybody else has 

 ever had the same experience. When 

 I extracted my honey I put it into 

 deep cans. I was afraid it wasn't en- 

 tirely ripe, and I thought from the 

 after results it wasn't quite ripe, but 

 when I poured it ofE those cans, thin 

 honey would be on the top, and the 

 heavy honey at the bottom. I don't 

 know whether mine was an accident, 

 or what happened, but the honey on 

 top was very much lighter than the 

 honey at the bottom. I would pour 

 out the light, and it would all run off, 

 and then keep pouring, and it would 

 come out very thick. 



Mr. McEvoy — ^I saw a good deal of 

 that honey in many places through- 

 out the (Province of Ontario exirac-ted 

 honey was at the top, and the best 

 honey was at the bottom of the tank. 

 It is not left long enough. 



Mr. iStone — Isn't that the reason that 

 sometimes when you take it out of a 

 large can and put it into a small can, 

 some of it will candy, and some won't? 



Mr. McEvoy — Yes. 



Mr. (Byer — The condition Mr. Stone 

 has just \ mentioned is likely to result 

 if the honey is left on till pretty well 

 sealed over, and then there is a lapse 

 of time when there is nothing coming 

 in. I have seen it several times when 

 that has occurred. It is more apt to 

 occur than if gathered from one con- 

 tinuous flow. 

 OOMIMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS. 



President York — As to the Commit- 

 tee on Nominations, we really have 

 not had any motion as to whom that 

 Committee shall consist of, but at the 

 Convention last year. In Sioux City, 

 there was one man from each state 

 on the Nominations Committee. This 

 was the resolution presented there: 



"Whereas, the present method of 

 nominating officers for the annual elec- 

 tion of the National Bee-Keepers' As- " 

 sociation seems inadequate, be it. 



Resolved, That a committee of as _ 

 many members as there are States 

 represented at the National Conven- 

 tion be elected to select and report 

 the names of two candidates for each 

 office, in addition to the nominations 

 obtained in the usual way." 



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