II.LINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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The 19th annual Convention 



OF THE 



Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Association, 



HELD AT THE 



GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, CHICAGO, 



DECEMBER 5 and 6, 1916, 



was called to order at 10 a. m., Decem- 

 ber 5th, by the Vice-President, Mr. E. 

 S. Miller. 



President Miller — The first thing on 

 the program will be the reading of 

 the Minutes of the last meeting. 



Mr. Bull, Secretarj': 



JOHN C. BULL. 



Secretary-Treasurer for 1917, 



Also Secretary-Treasurer of the National. 



Record of the 18th Annual Meeting 

 of the Chicago-Northwestern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, held at the Great 

 Northern Hotel, December 17th and 

 18th, 1915. 



President N. E. Prance addressed the 

 meeting at 10.50 a. m., December 17th, 

 1915, and appointed as Committee on 

 Resolutions Messrs. Bull, Roehrs, and 

 Hassinger. 



Committee to audit officers' records: 

 Messrs. Kannenberg, Coppin, and 

 Wheeler. 



Committee to take charge of the 

 Question Box: Mr. J. c. Bull. 



Mr. France emphasized the value of 

 your queens and led in a discussion in 

 which Prcf. Jager, of Minnesota, also 

 took part. 



At noon the meeting adjourned and 

 reconvened at 2 p. m., when Dr. 

 Phillips, of Washinston, D. C, delivered 

 an address on "Outdoor Wintering," 

 which had close attention. 



In his usual happy manner, Mr. K. 

 A. Burnett discussed the reason for 

 the low price of hone^'. 



At the afternoon session Prof. Jaeger, 

 of Minneapolis, talked on the care of 

 bees and the marketing of honey, and 

 papers from Mr. Kneser and Mr. C. P. 

 Dadant were read. 



Mr. George W. Williams, of Indiana, 

 brought up the subject of increasing 

 the consumption of honey through in- 

 teresting teachers of Domestic Econ- 

 omy in the public schools of the coun- 

 try. 



At the evening session papers were 

 read by Mr. Edward Hassinger. of 

 Wisconsin, and Mr. E. S. Miller, of 

 Indiana, and a paper was read, written 

 by Mr. Swalm, of Wisconsin; also Mr. 

 A. L. Kildow, State Foul Brood In- 

 spector, discussed the foul brood situa- 

 tion and the desirability of Field 

 Meetings, and suggested that the Chi- 

 cago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation arrange for a meeting in 

 connection with other meetings to be 

 held in northern Illinois. 



The President appointed as a com- 

 mittee to arrange for such Field Meet- 

 ings: A. L. Kildow, J. c. Wheeler, 

 E. H. Bruner, J. C. Bull, C. O. Smith. 



