, 1870-12-24
IH1IANA.
National Rec-KccpcFA' Convention
nt indianapolis
0pedal pespateh 70 TIE 0m=sEr T..tuce.


1t 10 3. H., and WAS called TO o1dct BY 4. r. Mo-n
President of the Michigan Nee-Keepers' Assecla-
ton. who was elected temporary Chairman, and
n. n. Boldrtdge II 1!itno,s, temporary Secretary.
On motion of G. Bakef, OF Indiana, committee 1
Of one member from each Stste was con- |
6ututed & Committee o. Organization, viz:
r. s. Richardson, OF Indiana: Ezra Roo !, Of
Michigan: n. l. Dunlop, Of Illinois; Adam e.!
GEinp, ot Wisconsin; Elisha Gallup, OF Iowa; T. |
Il, 1lsnlio, Ct Tennessee: Robert D!rkford, Of
New YotE; y. D. Roberts, Of Tt4h Territory;
Aaron Benedick, Of p1io; ]. R. AcDestt, Of kao-
sss: D, Aelllvasn, Of Pennsylvania: D. l. Ada.r,
Of Kentucky; J, l. Smith, Ct Missouri: ". F.
c!a1k, OF Canada Ness1s. Otis. OF Wisconsin;
StsLit. of ksrtucky; and Gibson, OF Indiana,
we've appointed Committee on nus1resa-
ArrEnsoos skss.os.
The Committee o. U:g1nlz21io1 reported the
following
CONSTITUTION.
AEItCIE !. THIS Axsoci&ion shall be Known ~
The AcIth American Bee-keepeIa' A4oci4lton- |
Akr 2. The o1tect shall he 70 pto.t4ote tic U"
se1tst Of bec.ketptng throughout the North |
AIT !, The od1ce1s soau consist Of psekident,
TWO Vice p1tttdent8, SecEetafy and Assistant Stc-
sss aae ee
1sIy and Treasurer, all Ut whom Aha1l be elected
be a = etseu tse ~ ANNUALLY Sas
Act. s. The association shall meet annually.
Ths conmittee recommended lha tol1o ring
(. F, Aeon.: Of MfcniRan. President: E Gallup,
OF Iowa, ED g. HaScr. Of Indians. Vice PFcs!-
dents; i. n. Bonittdgc, Of Illinois, SECRETARY;
aud y. F. Clark. Of Canuds, Assistant Secretary;
The rep,1t waa accented and adopted.
III. Mun naue a tsw very appropriate re-
masks on talitg The char,
PpUL BROOD.
Mr.. Bickfosd. of New York, and others dis
ssI q T. ~ aois ~
snd We mar toertfore consider It safe to avoid
the dlsease by Keeping cleht af oil aeiartes that
sEn unforttna.ey infested with this ser:ous NIL
IL. G. Baker, Of Indians, read paper
on TIE rALUE W hkx-kEEF1S9-
He referred TO the fact t1at !nr2lds Of both
sexcs who ars unified Tor hard labor can pursue
be. ktt Ping to advantage, and THUS ba enabled 70
IL @aRs
profits ged from ten to 1entJ dollars for each
celoEy. We NAV dspena upon good rxturus for
colonies would bc ample, 10 cate the business Is
to be pursued as tpeciaity. The question Of over
s'ockiLI |. oEe h= thinks not Is yet settled, aud
70 1t 1esB1 tHo miles In search OF huncy. lie
called attention TO the fact that failure occurred
as often IN farm crrrs a. in the tupp1Jof honey
| Or nowera that lululsh It. Flrnets ase otnn
| Obliged to purchase Lay and grau 70 carry thsis
npcEs through unfayorablt seasnus; but this docs
net discourage him, a. he knows these to be tue
accidents OF tue season, ard hopes lot return Of
| srrr1r OF noS11. ...
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down TO = comEan article Of food, but II Is.
| among all CLASSES, considered rs luxury, AID
the Doctor CLAIMED that At least forty times as
it vii be sod Il snca pttees a 10 bring it within
| the reach OF all c!Asaes OF a0ctety.
HIS argument IN favor 0f the taues, to IAake
this one Of their special occupations, hB being
heal.hial ina psoatab:e, Is woitcy Of TURNER a.
| tcotiun.
Asto the form of the hive, that Wa Of little
nonlent, provided that It hHsr movable fsa:aeA
| 4 twc-stofy hIre-that H. one that has frames in
| the bread Chamberlain tnAt duplicate frames be
surplus honey, Is a1noDg the heat thai the speaker
nau tesled.
T. T. Allen. Of Syracuse. New ioES. lie wouhf,
In autumn. OF rathe. before the c1ose OF tue honey
SEASON. equsilze nis coIontes, ~ m exchange Of
In seyere winters be would put them in o we'll
ventilated roop. By admitting air below, with an
wren bees IRE short Of honey, he,wou!d feed
with cream capdJ, and would not give liqal food
under arJ circumstances. When bees are placed
they viii be lost. Ia warm weather Lees may
% ss sa Sa ae q e
given III cold weather. -
In the spring, bees arc liable to rob each other.
To remedy this, be closes the entrance, 90 that
only one bee can enter at a tine. and leaycs d
small pare Of glass against the hire, directly III
front Of the entrance: dlr1des tla swa.ms, and
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fers names 10 small boxes for the surplus honcy
would strengthen al weak swarns by Rlying them
| frames Of brood comb nom the more Vigorous
colonies. In making new t~atms ae Would p1efel
giving tscm younX queen, but this Is not always
practicable.
Mir. Dertt3ltk said lh2t he had found the pure
Italian be 10 hc the most dOcife and manageable.
Had had only ono Italian queen shat would repro
Snes hssselt tae tendency = 70 detestosation
| gather the most honey, but when honey II plenty
hc could see 20 difference between the 1tallaf
i'1t least hsbe 10 Be foened and Jet no more ils
po&ed to rob. The black bee ie the most hardy.
PURITY OF QEEKSs
This CUE sttnu was discussed pro aud eon, bu
no standard OF purity was established, aud leay,
! the question with the doctors, Of, rather, queer
Is.s Does M, not breed queens ftoM .sap
the darker colored l&asians the most hardy Fo
practical purposes the hyhfits or crnsse4 betwee,
tue Italian Is not rure race, but at some pcro,
: has hcea cip4sed with conc olter Species Of th
wv ~ EVENING SESSION.
II The hive question came up on motion to ap
! | point Committee 70 examine the several hive
: | on exhibition. 1t wss decided - give each Q
tie parties ase minutes 70 present his Improve
! mint
MT. E. Gallup said that artificial swa,ms wer
al !es. ne, rs as
jected to the Practice that rut the old bees int
l tho new hives, for the new BwArtn9 need tn
yourg becs to take charge Of the larvae IN thei
hatchiuR condition. The old queen u to be lei
| in the old hive: the new ewAIM must have nuee
!. | cells Or an amount Of brood comb that vi
= enat,,e the swarm to rear thclf queen,
: He he'd that the food for tho young worker bee
was the zane a that ted 70 tho ltrrE Of tn
:. queens: but {nat larger quantity was fed to tn
- lie ulade much ia1Rer, and s1st the iafya. noa,
= IN this ]eiT :.
). He meters to raise quee1s In advance Of swasr
u ipC for his new gwaiIns, In case the bees hay
0niy eggs from which the swarm breed the
oneen s,lch queen Ia not expected 70 i've MOI
than Two mouths. and sucn i practice ies,is
I | dlS8unotntmepI,
/ | In cDod seasons. one swarm from each oil
: s.cck and. IN uloIc moderate ecasons cne aTar
: | f1nm Two StocSA
L. Bees NAV be brought from old hives to ne
1 rnrs nfny.dc4l that At the time nf tFans{es IN
/. f0nry 4eaenn Il favorable or that annie s1nre
tjtsoiyc,l Of lcpid sugar Be- given them.
# RAISING oCX4Ss.
= pr. n.mlic. ct Tcnnessec. rave his tlau
T. rats!rr queen brce. lie commenced byeedtn
| ouecrs esr}y in the Epftpg. On the uinth day
r. the anetn cells, he cnts these out A2d plae.
i thenn m rnriff nivss Whe,, nue en IL RIM 1yt
l. from tho hive the swa1m At once proceed 10 sts
= ftom ak to ten queen cells.
J. 4K1llseAL & Co1h. =, ,-,.ou,
uc,,h a. ..,d ,b.t ,ne bscs hnI,.t tnn NM
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