ANNUAL MEETING, I902, BEE-KEEPERS ASSOCIATION. 3I 



MINNESOTA BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION, ANNUAL 

 MEETING, 1902. 



h D. LEONARD, SECV. 



The fourteenth annual meeting of the Alinnesota Bee-Keepers' 

 Association was held at Plymouth Church, Minneapolis, Dec. 3-4, 

 1902. 



While several of the prominent members were not present at the 

 meeting, owing to one reason or another, and the general attendance 

 was not quite up to the standard, the enthusiasm was great, and the 

 papers read before the meeting were probably the best and most sci- 

 entific as well as most practical of all those which have ever been 

 read before the association. 



It was reported that through the efforts of the committee appoint- 

 ed by the association the honey exhibit at the state fair was given an 

 advantageous position in the exhibition building and the premiums 

 were increased one hundred dollars. 



By vote of the association the state legislature was urged to ap- 

 propriate money for the purpose of publishing monthly bulletins, 

 making public the names of persons violating the dairy and food 

 law. The subject of pure food and the upholding of the Minne- 

 sota law against adulteration of food stuffs is very near to the heart 

 of every bee-keeper. There is nothing easier of adulteration than 

 extracted honey with glucose, and it is a fraud not easily detected 

 by the consumer, Vk'ho, when he has eaten of the stuff which sickens 

 him thinks only that he "has lost his relish for honey." This reacts 

 against the sale of honey in that family, and against every honest 

 producer and dealer ; and besides "the laborer is worthy of his hire," 

 and no producer of honey can compete in the market with stuff made 

 of glucose. Now the people at large are willing to pay a living price 

 for a pure article of honey when they know that it is pure. The state 

 food law has already done much to drive the spurious article out of 

 the market, and we think that if the light of publicity was let in and 

 the names of those manufacturing and selling adulterated goods were 

 published so that honest retail dealers could know who they were, 

 the traffic would cease almost immediately and that too without 

 prosecution at law 



Papers read were "Something of Benefit to Beginners in Bee- 

 Keeping," by A. E. Hooker, of White Bear Lake ; "Bees on a Poul- 

 try Farm," Victor D. Casseday, Taylors Falls ; "Honey Exhibits," 

 Walter R. Ansell, Milaca ; "Bees on the Farm," Mrs. D. C. Hazelton, 

 Cutler; "The Use and Abuse of the Honey Bee," Frank Yahnke, 

 Winona ; Report of State Dairy and Food Commissioner G. L. Ding- 

 man, St. Paul ; President's Afldress, Wm. Russell. 



All the old officers were re-elected as follows : President, Wm. 

 Russell, Minnehaha Park ; first vice president, Geo. A. Forgerson, 

 Rosemount ; second vice president, G. H. Pond, Bloomington ; third 

 vice president. Dr. Mary McCoy, Duluth ; Secretary, Dr. L. D. Leon- 

 ard, Syndicate Block, Minneapolis ; treasurer, L. E. Day, Farming- 

 ton ; executive committee, H. G. Acklin, chairman, 1024 Mississippi 

 St., St. Paul, F. A. Gray, Dr. E. K. Jaques, Crystal. 



