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tional shall continue this policy, that 

 is, adopt this Constitution with that 

 amendment- right there; and my posi- 

 tion is that they should, because if at 

 any time in the future it becomes nec- 

 essary or best that the Review be dis- 

 continued or the sale of supplies be dis- 

 continued, it can be so voted on by 

 delegate body at any time and the 

 whole matter stopped. 



Pres. Baxter — On the other hand, 

 Mr. Moore, if you stop it now and the 

 time comes when you want to engage 

 in the publication of an oflicial organ 

 or the buying of supplies, you can al- 

 ways make an amendment to do so. 



Dr. Gates-^Mr. Chairman: I will 

 bring a matter up for consideration 

 which I had not intended to mention, 

 namely, that it is proposed that the 

 Review be disposed of by the Associa- 

 tion to the extent of its being passed 

 on to a lower body, a subsidiary or- 

 ganization who shall be the owners of 

 the Review and who shall run it for 

 the National; I was not going to bring 

 this up but perhaps it explains some 

 seeming inactivity; that is one thing 

 that is more than likely to happen. 



Pres. Baxter — That being the case, 

 my friends, would it not be better, 

 then, to let your delegate go unin- 

 structed so as to meet the contin- 

 gencies as they come up? 



Mr. Moore — With the consent of the 

 second I will withdraw that motion. 

 L think that our delegate knows the 

 consensus of opinion well enough; he 

 is pretty thoroughly instructed as it 

 is. 



Mr. Kelley — The question has been 

 moved and seconded; it cannot be 

 withdrawn; it must be voted on. 



Pres. Baxter — Roberts in his Rules 

 of Order says that, after a motion has 

 been made and seconded, with the 

 consent of the second it can be with- 

 drawn before it has been put to the 

 House; it has not been put, so accord- 

 ing to Cushing and Roberts' Rules of 

 Order it can be done. 



Pres. Baxter — I will rule that the 

 motion can be withdrawn; (to the 

 secord) — Do you consent to its being 

 withdrawn? 



A member — Yes. 



Pres. Baxter — The motion has been 

 withdrawn. What is your further 

 pleasure? 



Mr. Stone — Mr. President, I would 

 like to ask if there are more than 

 three essays to be read. 



Pres. Baxter — That will be the next 



thing in order; we will hear the essays 

 now. 



Mr. Stone — Mr. President: The 

 members are to be the judges; there 

 are the first, second, third, fourth and 

 fifth premiums. $5.00, $4.00, $3.00, 

 $2.00, $1.00 for the best five; every one 

 to vote on the essays without any 

 discussion of the papers as read; if 

 there is any discussion on the papers 

 it will be after the vote is taken. 



INCREASE OF THE APIARY. 



Louis Werner, Edwardsville, 111. 

 In the year of 1913 on the 25th of 

 March I was visited by a flood which 

 destroyed sixty-five colonies of bees 

 out of 70 hives, and all were lost. 



This left me five colonies in this 

 yard. I had three in the country; I 

 got them home — which left me eight 

 to start with. Now how to make an 

 increase was a puzzle-;-without buying 

 bees. I came to the conclusion that I 

 had all to gain and nothing to lose. 



I overhauled the entire eight colo- 

 nies to see that they were all in first 

 class condition. I began stimulative 

 feeding — one pint of syrup of two to 

 one, every other daj' for about thirty 

 days until I had seven frames of 

 sealed brood in the eight frame hive 

 and eight or nine in the ten frame 

 hive, and then I sent for eight queens; 

 just as soon as they came I divided — 

 I took a four frame from the eight 

 frame hive and five from the ten 

 frame and run a good laying queen 

 in the hive which was queenless; I 

 filled out with full sheets of founda- 

 tion and fed just as at first, one pint 

 every other day until I had all colonies 

 equal in strength as before, and sent 

 for 16 good queens and I did the same 

 as before. 



The first division was made about 

 the 10th of May; that made me 16 

 colonies; and the second, about the 

 15th of June, or the 20th; that made 

 me 32 colonies. 



From now on I made the increase by 

 drawing on the colonies. Now I be- 

 gan to take one frame of sealed brood 

 and bees from each colony; replaced 

 with full frame of brood. 



Frow now on until July the 10th I 

 made five colonies every " 10 days until 

 I had 45 colonies; by the 10th of 

 August I got a natural swarm; then 

 the fall bloom began to show some 

 nectar to come in. Up to date I had 

 47 colonies strong and some working 



