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Therefore, he it Resolved: (I) That we feel deeply the great loss to the Association, 

 but submit meekly to the Heavenly Father's will; (II) That we extend to the breaved 

 family our heartfelt sympathy. (Ill) That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon 

 the minutes of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association. (IV) That the Secretary be 

 instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to Mr. Becker's family. 



A motion, duly seconded, that the foregoing resolution be adopted, 

 was carried unaminously by a rising vote. 



REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE. 



Springfield, December 18, 1918. 



We, the undersigned Committee, have examined the Secretary and Treasurer's 

 books and find them correct. 



A. L. KiLDOw. 

 Frank Bishop. 

 A. O. Heinzel. 



A motion that the report be accepted was duly seconded and car- 

 ried. 



The President. — ^Are there any other reports? 



Mr. Kildow. — We ought to have some report of our Committee 

 on Fair. 



The President. — I will let Mr. Heinzel make that report. He 

 knows as much about it as anybody. What money was spent out 

 there came out of the State fund. I guess we can give a report of that 

 in a few minutes. 



Mr. Heinzel. — I do not know how to go about such a report? I 

 can make a verbal report. I am not a member of that committee but 

 I will try to report in the committee's place. They called on me to 

 help them out at the fair and I came down and took up the position 

 as assistant Secretary. I tried to get as many members as I could for 

 the organization; I secured 103, I think. Dr. Baxter, our President 

 here, will probably have a better report than I have on the display. 



The President. — I might say in" addition to that, that the State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association had, as most of you know, had an exhibit 

 which was really planned to teach the steps in bee-keeping, in the 

 various kinds of hives, the evolution of the hive from the crude box- 

 hive to the modern method. We also had an exhibit showing how 

 honey was extracted, a process which attracted a great deal of atten- 

 tion. It was really an "eye opener" to a great many people to know 

 that the extracted honey was obtained in as clear and clean a way, not 

 mashed up with a spade and strained through a sack, as many suppose. 

 The exhibit was really a success for the bee-keepers. We had one of 

 the best, if not the best exhibit on the grounds. There was never any 

 lack of interest. Mr. Copping, Mr. Stone and Mr. Seastream were our 

 principal exhibitors there. They did remarkably well with their 

 exhibits, considering the time of the year in which the exhibit was held. 

 It was in August, which was really a bad time for a bee-keeper to be 

 away from home with a lot of exhibits. 



We paid Mr. Heinzel the same as the inspector. We paid $4 a day, 

 he was there ten days, making a total of $40. We had some transfers 

 from the fair grounds, hauling exhibits there and back, $7.50, and then 

 we had a few incidentals, $2.40, which was practically all the expense 

 attached to it. I think that exhibit is something that the State Society 



