Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-03
BEE KEEPERS MEET.
THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CON
VENTlON HELD IN MlODLEBURY.

BE Made to Join Forces with the Horti-
cultural Society.
The Vermont Bee-Keepers' association
met at the Addison House Feb. % to
hold their oath annual meeting. This
industry has been a growing one in
Vermont and unusual interest was
manifested in the meeting this year, as
was evidenced by the large gathering OF
those interested.
The president, II. II. Holmes of Shore
ham, called the convention to order and
the minutes of the last meeting were
then read by the secretary, Nj. F. Cram
of West Brooklield.
After the appointment of committees
on resolutions and nomination, there was
a delay of some time while the members
paid In their annual dues, and it was de-
cided to postpone to later hour the
reading of the secretary and treasurer's
reports.
"The management of an Apiary for
Extracted Honey" was the title of the
first paper of the day, which was pre-
sented by w. G. Larrabee of Larrabee's
Point. A general discussion followed
ana numerous lultltSllhS PolhlS NNiN
brought out.
The question of the spraying of apple
trees with regard to its effects upon the
bees was then brought up and several
persons gave their experiences. but as it
turned out, the talk was generally more
in relation to the effect of spraying upon
the apples than upon the bees. The eX-
perierces reported were widely diver
gent.
The principal address of the afternoon
was given by Prof George II Perkins of
Burlington, who took for his subject
"The Relation of Other Insects to Bees"
Prof. Perkins treated his subject in a
very interesting manner and had the
close attention of his auditors through
out. At the close he was heartily APP
plauded and called upon Prof. Henry
NJ. Seely of Middlebury, who was pre-
sent, to continue the discussion, which
he did. Then Prof. Perkins was asked a
large number of questions, which were
fully answered. The main question was
further interestingly discussed by j. f.
Crane of Middlebury. President Holmes
and others also spoke. The afternoon
session closed with reports from the
members and question box, after a
rising vote of thanks to Prof. Perkins.
The proceedings the in evening con-
sisted of papers on "Plain Section and
Fence-Shall We Use Them" by Mr..
Crane of Middlebury. \ report of the
work at the experiment station apiary
the past season by Prof. Perkins and
"Travel Stain" by II. l., Leonard of
Brandon, with another interesting
question box, closed the days session.
There was a large number Of newly
devised appliances for use in bee-culture
on exhibition. and they were examined
with much curiosity and interest by all
present.
The second days proceedings opened
somewhat late on Friday morning with
President Holmes in the chair. The
first thing on the docket was the report
of the committee on resolutions. The
committee on nominations then made
their report, which, after one change
made by the committee, was as follows,
and was accepted and adopted: Presi-
dent. X. II. Holmes of ShOreham; vice
presidents, Addison county, j. f. Crane
of Middlebury; Chittenden county, o. j
Lowry of Jericho. (The committee first
reported Prof. George H. Perkins of Bur-
lington for the vice-president for
Chittenden county, but It appearing that
he was not member of the association
the substitution of Mr.. Lowry was
made.) Lamoille county, George II.
Terrlll of Morrisville; Orange county,
p. w. Smith of Brantree; Rutland
af lJou
secretary. NJ. F. Cram of West Brook
field; treasurer, II. l.. Leonard of
Brandon.
After brief discussion on the question
of how to select queen bees, President
Holmes gave an address on "House
Apiaries." This was one of the most
interesting features of the convention.
There was a quite lengthy discussion
over the matter of asking for an ap-
preparation for experiments from the
Vermont station and it was finally
ended by being referred to a committee
consisting of o. j. Lowry of Jericho,
NJ. F. Cram of West Brooktield and j. E.
Crane of Middlebury
Mr.. Lowry gave an interesting talk on
"How to Get the Most Benefit from Ex-
perimental Work., and this was followed
by the last topic OF the day, viz,
"WOuld 1t Be Practical for Vermont
Bee-Keepers to Establish Headquarters
for the Purchase of Suppies?" In which
George w. Fassett of Middlebury had
the opening. Mr.. Fassett did not seem
to think that it would be advisable for
the association to go into such matters,
and after pretty general discussion it
seemed to be the opinion of all that this
was matter of private enterprise
instead of official action.
The convention adjourned sine die at
1925 o'clock without naming place for
the next meeting, as 1t is expected that
those matters will be arranged by the
committee consisting of the president