. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Several bee smokers were on exhibi- tion, and Mr. Newman pointed out several defects in them, and remarked that the American bee smoker made by Mr. T. F. Bingham, gave a large lati- tude for the choice of materials to be used for making the smoke, viz : rotten wood, dry hard wood, split up small like large matches, brown paper in rolls. rags, &c, and Mr, Siebenthal, the maker of the smokers on exhibition has profited by these criticisms, Indiana State Convention. In response to a call, the bee-keepers of Indiana met at Indianapolis, on Tuesday, Ja
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Several bee smokers were on exhibi- tion, and Mr. Newman pointed out several defects in them, and remarked that the American bee smoker made by Mr. T. F. Bingham, gave a large lati- tude for the choice of materials to be used for making the smoke, viz : rotten wood, dry hard wood, split up small like large matches, brown paper in rolls. rags, &c, and Mr, Siebenthal, the maker of the smokers on exhibition has profited by these criticisms, Indiana State Convention. In response to a call, the bee-keepers of Indiana met at Indianapolis, on Tuesday, January 13th. President C. S. Schofield stated that the object of the Association was the advancement of the science of apiculture' among its members. Mr. Kuick from the ex- ecutive committee, reported a draft of the constitution (and by-laws, which after some little changes were adopted. The Secretary announced the books now open for the reception of new members, when about 60 persons were enrolled. Mr. Hicks suggested the propriety of having a question box, for the purpose of bringing out any questions that members might want to have discussed, which was agreed to. He said he had been keeping bees for 27 years and only considered himself a beginner. Dr. Moore objected to such assertions going out from this Convention, for he did not want to discourage beginners with the idea that it would take half a lifetime to become a bee-keeper. He had not been in the business half so long and he felt that he was far from being a beginner. The balance of the morning was con- sumed in the discussions of the work of conventions, etc. The chair an- nounced that the first thing after din- ner would be the election of officers, when on motion the meeting adjourned to meet at 1:30 o'clock. On re-assembling, the meeting pro- ceeded to the election of officers. The names of Messrs. Bellman, Schofield, Peacher, Cotton and Hicks were placed in nomination. Mr. Bellman was elected, and on taking the ch
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