tub AUSTRALIAN BEEKEEPERS’ JOURNAL. 
7 
proceedings of .iBcchccpcrs’ 
association. 
V l CTO It l A N HE EK E E PE US’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The fourteenth meeting of the Victorian 
tteekc pert Club wan held at the rooms of the 
Public Service Association, the Melbourne 
Athomeum, on Tuesday evening, the 17th 
inst., at 8 |>.m. : the president, Mr Ellery, in 
the chair. The chairman informed the meeting 
that it hod lx»en arranged to continue the 
publication of the Autlralian Heekeepert' Jour- 
nal, but not in the m inner suggested at the 
last meeting, as that was considered imprac- 
ticable until tbe Club was much stronger. It 
would, however, be carried on under much the 
sam- arrangement as last year. The first 
number of the new issue would Ins ready in 
June, and be published monthly ns before. He 
further stated that the Journal had become 
known in Europe, and he had received requests 
from Italy. France, Germany, Switzerland and 
Belgium, as well ns from America, to send the 
Journal in exchange for journals of various 
European and American societies, Ac., and 
extracts from the .1 Hit ratio n Journal had al- 
ready appeared in some of these. 
The desirability of extending the scope of 
the (Tub was discussed at some length, and the 
mem present were unanimously of opinion 
that it w.ts desirable to endeavor to establish 
branch associations at the principal country 
towui an<l other places where apiculture was 
carried s>n to any extent. Mr. Full wood con- 
sidered one of the best methods of encouraging 
and assisting the industry was by means of 
shows and exhibitions, porticuhn ly of apicul- 
turn! appliances 
Mr. Foord stated that so far as bis experi- 
ence went, it would be a difficult matter to 
more many country people who kept bees to 
any improvement of the common method, or 
rather, no method, of beekeeping which was in 
rogue among them. Actually showing them 
the bees working in frame hires, and the 
results thereof, might hare some influence in 
improving their unprofitable and careless 
style, but he thought this would la* the only 
he president said he believed that shows 
and exhibitions of Bee products and ap- 
pliances at our agricultural and other exhi- 
bitions would actually do what Mr. Foord 
•uggested and much more. 
It was proposed by Mr. Fall wood, and se- 
conded and carried, that tbe name of the 
V letoria s Iteekeepore' Club be altered to tbe 
Beekeepere' .fooeuifioa of I'lrtorui. 
It was then agreed that towu member's sub- 
scription to the Association should be 10*. 
per annum ns hitherto, and country members 
tel. per annum, and further that the an- 
nual subscription to the Journal f >r members 
of the Association, town and country, be 5s. 
per annum, the ordin try subscription being 
•Is. per annum. 
The secretary was instructed to write to the 
committee of the National Agricultural So- 
ciety, asking them to make arrangements for 
apiculttiral exhibits at their next show. 
It was also agreed to print a leaflet for 
general distribution, setting forth the objects 
of the Association, the desirability of branch 
country associations, information respecting 
the Journal, Ac. 
The president then brought under notice of 
the members the results of some experiments 
lately made in England with certain sub- 
stances that had been styled " Apifuges ” — a 
not very appropriate name (be thought) to 
apply to substances which were said to prevent 
beet from tlinging any surface smeared with 
the substance. It had been fouud that what 
was known as Oil of Winter Green and Oil of 
Meadow Sweet, if smeared in very small quanti- 
ties on tbe hands of one manipulating bees, 
prevented them from stinging and although 
they might pounce upon the hand fully intend- 
ing to sting, they appeared charmed by the 
odour or presence of the oil and forgot or 
thought better of their intentions He had 
not tried it himself yet, but intended to do so 
the first warm day. If it proved to lie as effi- 
cacious as reported, it would be a great acqui- 
sition to beekeepers subject to stings. 
Mr. Foord pointed out that those were sub- 
stances remarkable from the fact that while 
only sparely obtainable from the natural sour- 
ces — the respective plants — they had been pro- 
duced synthetically, or built up from their 
chemical constituents bv the chemist ; they 
were in fact tsitli combinations of salieylic acid, 
and in some degree allied to formic acid and 
bee poison. 
In answer to questions, the president stated 
that lie believed both the substam es could l>e 
obtained in Melbourne for about 2s. an ounce. 
It was arranged that the next meeting 
should be held on Tuesday evening, the 2sth 
June, after which tbe meeting terminated. 
CO-OPERATION AMONG BEEKEEPERS. 
(.4 paper tea d before I h ■ Queensland Beekeepere* 
.ittoeialion, fey Mr.Jarroll. 
" I think if beekeeping is to become a success 
in (Queensland, and I hope it may, the best way 
to help on that success will f>e by co-operation, 
for by that means we shall not only benefit our- 
selves by getting a better price for our honey, 
but to a very gr»nt extent we should benefit 
the public. We should lie able to decide the 
best way of placing the honey on the market ; 
we should be in a position to give large orders 
for packages, and obtain them at a much lower 
price than we do at present ; and we should 
save the profits made by the middle-man. 
"Another advantage would to gained by 
bringing our houey in bulk from the apiaries. 
