WARWICK BRO'S & RUTTER, LIMITED, Printers,

TORONTO.

1. W. J. Brown, Pendleton.

2. J. K. Darling, Almonte.

3. M. B. Holmes, Athens.

4. C. W. Post, Trenton.

J. W. SPARLING

H. G. SIBBALD

R. H. SMITH

W. COUSE

MARTIN EMIGH

5. J. W. Sparling, Bowmanville.

6. H. G. Sibbald, Claude.

Auditors

Directors:

Bowmanville.
Claude.

St. Thomas.
Streetsville.
Holbrook,

7. George Wood, Wesley.
8. Jam s Armstrong, Cheapside.
9. R. H. Smith, St. Thomas.
10. G. A. Deadman, Brussels.
11. F. J. Miller, London.
12. S. Wood, Nottawa.

Ontario Agricultural College: Prof. F. C. Harrison, Gue'ph.

Inspector of Apiaries

Assistant Inspector

J. L. Byer, Markham; D.nis Nolan, Newton Robinson.
Wm. McEvoy, Woodburn.

F. A. Gemmell, 293 Princess St., London.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

MEMBERS FOR 1904.

ANNUAL METTING.

The Ontario Beekeepers' Association held its twenty-fourth annual meeting in the Town Hall, Trenton, on December 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 1903.

The Secretary read the minutes of the twenty-third annual meeting, held at Barrie, which, on motion of Mr. Dickenson, seconded by Mr. Gemmell, were confirmed, and signed by the President.

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.

By A. W. Chrysler, Chatham.

I am very much pleased to greet so many of our old and new members that have assembled here this afternoon. It might be well to remind ourselves that we are one year older than when we last met. "Time rolls its ceaseless course." The remembrances of past years picture varying degrees in the beekeepers' enthusiasm. While we have had in times past good crops and fair prices, there have been others when large quantities of honey never reached a profitable market. While some parts of the Province have not been fortunate in obtaining a good crop this season, there is a surplus in others that is causing some anxiety on the part of the holders.

The same old subjects that we have been discussing in our past meetings are, no doubt, instructive to all of us in obtaining perfection in our pursuit, but I hope you wil! not allow them to become the all-absorbing subjects for debate. Let us not lose sight of the most vital subject at present conducive to the greatest success and profitableness of our industry, which is the marketing and disposing of our honey in our own and distant markets.

The Honey Exchange Committee will present the report of their work during the past year, enumerating their difficulties and recommendations, and I sincerely hop: you, one and all, will give your undivided interest and so express your views that something will result that will be the means of perfecting the plans already begun for the handling of all the honey that we as beekeepers can produce.

When such a condition presents itself, there will be an expansion in the production and exportation that will be as startling as has been in many of our other agricultural products. Let us also profit, if it is at all possible, by our foreign exhibitions of honey held in so many parts of the civilized world during the past few years. In all such exhibitions Canadian honey has taken no second place. It is, therefore, our just claim that Canada produces honey second to none in the whole wide world.

The Executive Committee have made arrangements to collect an excellent exhibit of honey from our members to be displayed conjointly with that of our Dominion Governent exhibit of honey at St. Louis in 1904.

According to the Ontario Government statistics we have in Ontario this year 207,93€ colonies of bees, being an increase over 1902 of about 5.4000 colonies.

The Inspector of Apiaries has, so far as I have been able to learn, attended to every call made for his services.

The applications I have received for the Inspector's services, I am sorry to say, have all been too late in the season for him to map out his work to have it performed in the least time and at the least expense.

Although foul brood is fast disappearing, I would urge every beekeeper to give his best efforts to rid the Province of this pest, and also to observe the law on the subject, especially that of section 10 of the Foul Brood Act, which says: "Every beekeeper or other person who is aware of the existence of foul brood, either in his own apiary or elsewhere, shall immediately notify the President of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association of the existence of such disease, and in default of so doing shall on summary conviction before a Justice of the Peace be liable to a fine of five dollars and costs."

I think by a strict observance of the above that foul brood in the Province will very soon be a thing of the past. I hope you one and all will assist to make this one of the most interesting, pleasant, and profitable of meetings.

As many have come to this meeting from a distance, and at no small expense, it is very important that we employ our every moment in useful and profitable discussion. As your President, I shall endeavor to judge without partiality upon every subject submitted for consideration, and trust that I may confidently rely on the members in supporting the dignity of the chair and maintaining the decorum and orderly demeanor of our meeting.

THE ADVANTAGES OF OUT-APIARIES-HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE TO MOVE THEM.

By B. O. Lott, Anson.

In selecting this subject from among the many which we might profitably discuss at this meeting, I made the choice believing that, generally speaking, the majority of beekeepers have had little experience with out-apiaries.

I shall reverse the order of this subject, and say to first ascertain if near your home apiary-I use the word near, for I consider it very important for spring building-you have a good supply of willow and soft maple, alder, poplar, hard maple, honeysuckle, moosewood, wild plum, billberries, and other spring flowers. If so, there will be no necessity to move early in the spring. If not so fortunately situated, then select a locality along the lines I have mentioned, where there are also plenty of orchards, and, if possible, raspberries, clover, and basswood.

How to Prepare to Move.

First, a hive for moving should not have iron or tin straps for the top box to rest upon, but should rest upon wood, as the bees will propolize more quickly to wood than iron. Next, it will be necessary to have screens for the tops of the hives. These are made of inch and a quarter strips, dovetailed at the ends, made exactly the size of the hive, with wire cloth for covering, and they can be fastened by small wir nails to the top of the hive. Then fasten your botom board with whatever fasterings you may have. I prefer Vandusen clamps. Put on your entrance screens, and they are ready to move. I might also add here the reason we prefer the clamps. In moving in July or August you can remove the bottom board and with a screen, the same as on the top, with a screw nail in each side, place the screen beneath the hive with the wire cloth next to the hive, fasten down your clamps, and they have ventilation at both top and bottom.

Where to Move.

In the old settled part, such as Prince Edward and the southern parts of Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland, and Durham, linden is something of the past while in the northern parts of the same counties, linden, or basswood, as it