122 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



know, there is something about bee-keepers that makes us feel that 

 we are free to talk to each other and makes us feel at home. 



When I came to Chicago I made up my mind that I would call 

 and see how you did things over here at this meeting. I must admit- 

 that I am somewhat disappointed; I thought you would have several 

 hundred people here at the meeting. Now at our meeting in Ontario 

 which was a couple of weeks ago, we had an attendance of three hundred. 

 I expected more than this here. I am a little bit disappointed in the 

 size of your meeting. But while you lack in numbers, you make it up 

 in quality, I expect. 



It looks to me like all large bee-keepers are men that know their 

 business. I have not been at it very long, I am just a beginner yet. 

 We enjoyed this year in Canada a wonderful crop of honey. 

 I don't know how it was here in America, but we had a wonderful 

 crop of honey, and then the good prices made things pretty good. 

 When I figured up my crop about half through the season, it made 

 me feel pretty good. We got another rain just then and we had an- 

 other crop after that. You know then what would happen, you fell 

 a lot better, and when we took in our crop the average was something 

 that I don't ever expect again in our locality. It was wonderful. 



Now, listening to a few speakers around here, there were some 

 places that were not so well favored, some places you had a good crop 

 and other places you hadn't. I am just taking it from what I heard 

 in this meeting, different ones speaking. We had a general crop 

 pretty well all over our country, a good crop of honey. 



Now, as I told you before, I am not a speaker. If you have any 

 questions to ask me, I might be able to answer you some questions, 

 but to get up and make a speech is out of my line entirely. 



A Member. — How much was your average in pounds of extracted 

 honey? 



Mr. Krouse. — 1 would not like to tell you, you might come over 

 and live there, and be like Prof. Jager there about that country he 

 spoke of. I think I will give up bee-keeping and go and buy some of 

 those farms, where they have iron and coal. If the^' can pick up free 

 gold on the street, that is ahead of bee-keeping. We had thirty-six 

 ton from 300 colonies. 



The President. — Now we were to have a question box, and if 

 some one will pass these papers around, I would be glad to entertain 

 the questions, and answer them if we can for a few minutes. In the 

 mean time, there is the appointment of committees. First, shall we 

 have a Committee on Resolutions? I believe it is customarj'- to have a 

 Committee on Resolutions, and an Auditing Committee to look over 

 the work of the Secretary-Treasurer. Has any one any motion in 

 regard to committees? Shall we have a Committee on Resolutions? 



Moved and seconded that a Committee on Resolutions be appoint- 

 ed. Carried. 



The President. — How shall this committee be appointed? 



The Secretary. — By the Chair. 



The President. — It has been suggested that the committee be 

 appointed by the Chair. If there is no objection, I will proceed to ' 



