464 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The following is the communication referred to in the last resolution: 



Fairmount, Mien., Feb. 21, 1887. 



1o the officers and members of the State Horticultural Society in convention 

 assembled : 



Greeting — Representative McCormick has introduced a bill in our State 

 Legislature to prohibit the keeping of more than five colonies of bees within 

 25 rods of any public highway, or within 25 rods of any dwelling uot the resi- 

 dence of the bee-keeper. 



Should this bill become a law, and be enforced, it means the extinction of 

 the honey bee in our State, and to the extent that you appreciate the labors 

 of the tireless little worker in the fertilization of your fruits and flowers you 

 are interested in the defeat of this bill, and I pray you that your committee 

 on resolutions draft a resolution condemning the bill, and that a copy of the 

 same be sent to as many of your representatives at Lansing as convenient, 

 and one or more copies to me. 



The penalty for not complying with the proposed law is $5 per day for every 

 day they are allowed to remain after a written notice has been served. 



jYours respectfullv, 



GEO. E. HILTON, 

 President Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The reports were accepted and adopted, and the convention adjourned sin» 

 die. 



