State Bee-Keepers' AssoctATioN. 5^ 



NORTHWESTERN BEE-KEEPERS' CONVENTION. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, SECRETARY, FLINT, MICH. 



The bee-keepers of the Northwest held their annual meeting at the 

 Commercial Hotel, in Chicago, on Nov. 19 and 20. 



The convention was called to order at 9:45 a. m., with President Miller 

 in the chair. The exercises were commenced with a prayer by A. I. Root. 



HONEY QUOTATIONS AND GRADING. 



Thos. G. Newman — Commission men are buying honey much more 

 than in the past. - They are buying instead of selling on commission. 



A. N. Draper — This may be the result of a small crop. When there is 

 a small crop they buy, when the crop is large they sell on commission . 



President Miller— Why does not comb-honey sell for more than 16 cents 

 when there is such a scarcity? 



E. T. Abbott — Many commission men in St . Louis do not distinguish 

 the difference between poor and good honey. 



President Miller — I often get higher prices for honey than those given in 

 the quotations. Others have reported similarly. This is an injury to us . 

 Men see the quotations and sell at home at low figures. What can we do 

 about it? 



Thos. G. Newman — We send out postal cards all ready to fill out to 

 dealers, and try to give fresh reports. 



A. I. Root — This is substantially what we do. ^ 



W. Z. Hutchinson — It looks, on the face of it, as though the commission 

 men reported honey too low. I know a man who sent honey to a commis- 

 sion man in Chicago. This dealer was quoting honey at 15 cents, yet the 

 honey was soon sold at 18 cent. 



Geo. E. Hilton — The honey in Northern Michigan is of excellent quality 

 this year. It is from the great willow herb. There are thousands of acres 

 of this plant 25 miles north of me. I think we confer a benefit on producers 

 when we go about among them and buy their honey at a shilling a pound. 



