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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



meetings. The Chair appointed George 

 Nichols, of Montrose, Colo. 



The meeting adjourned at 12:20 P. 

 M. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, 



FEBRUARY 16, 1915. 



The delegate session called to* order 

 at 1:00 P. M. 



The supplementary report of the 

 Credentials Committee was given by 

 E. J. Baxter. (See copy of committee 

 reports.) 



The President and Treasurer read 

 their reports, which were accepted as 

 read. 



It was ruled by the Chair that no 

 delegate can transfer his proxy. 



Mtoved and carried that Dr. Phillips 

 — -Ije^llowed to transfer his delegate ap- 

 pointment to Harry Lathrop in order 

 that Mr. Lathrop might represent his 

 own Wisconsin State Association. 



Moved and carried that all papers on 

 marketing honey be presented at one 

 session. 



Moved and carried that Dr. Gates's 

 paper be made a special order of busi- 

 ness for the evening meeting. 



The Association asked that the Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer's report be given. 

 Clement L. Arthur's report was read. 

 Moved and carried that the report be 

 received and placed on file. 



J. H. Stoneman, Wesley Foster and 

 E. D. Townsend were appointed as an 

 Auditing Cohimittee. 



The Editor's report was called for. 



Summary report was required, which 

 was read by G. "W. Williams, Mr. 

 Townsend being absent. Moved and 

 carried that the report be received and 

 referred to the Auditing Committee. 



Mr. Townsend's paper on "The Bee- 

 Keeper's Review" was read by Mr. 

 Williams. Moved and carried that it 

 be received and referred to the Audit- 

 ing Committee. 



Report of the* Committee on the 

 Standardization and Color of Honey, 

 appointed at Cincinnati in 1913, was 

 given by Dr. Phillips. Moved and car- 

 ried that the report be accepted and 

 the committee continued. 



Dr. Burton N. Gates reported for the 

 Committee on the Standardization of 

 Bee Supplies. Moved and carried that 

 the report be accepted and the com- 

 mittee continued. 



The President recommended that the 

 fiscal year close on January 31st. 



Moved and carried that the President's 

 recommendation be accepted, and Feb- 

 ruary 1st was designated as the be- 

 ginning of the fiscal year. 



PUBLIC SESSION, 3:45 P. M. 



Mayor Perkins of the city of Denver , 

 gave the address of welcome and 

 granted the liberty of the city. Dr. 

 Bohrer of Kansas responded to Mayor 

 Perkins. 



"Europe's Greatest Bee-Keepers" — 

 Thomas Cowan and Edward Berstrand. 



The paper of Mr. C. P. Dadant was 

 read by Mr. L. C. Dadant. 



The paper on "The Educational Val- 

 ue of Bee-Keepers' Associations," by 

 Mr. A. W. Yates, was read by Mr. 

 Baxter. 



The paper on "Selling Extracted 

 Honey" by Elmer Hutchison was read 

 by Mr. Williams. The paper was dis- 

 cussed by A. A. Lyons, Harry Lathrop, 

 J. H. Stoneman and others. 



The paper on "Conditions in Cuba" 

 by D. W. Millar was read by D^. Phil- 

 lips. 



Open session closed at 4:00 P. M. and 

 delegate session was called to ofder by 

 the President. 



DELEGATE SESSION. ! 



The matter of incorporation was 

 taken up and the proposed articles of 

 incorporation were read. 



Moved by Frank C. Pellett and car- 

 ried: That we approve the action of 

 President Gates in completing the in- 

 corporation of the National Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association in accordance with 

 instructions of delegates at the St. 

 Louis convention. 



Adjournment. | 



EVENING SESSION, FEBRUARY 

 16, 1915. 



An invitation was read from the 

 Colorado Honey Producers' Association 

 inviting the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association to a banquet on Wednes- 

 day evening, the 17th, at 6 o'clock. 



Mr. E. R. Root gave a talk on "Mi- 

 gratory Bee-Keeping." Mr. Hersperger 

 gave his experience in moving bees 

 from Ordway to southern Arkansas. 

 Mr. Lyons and Mr. Matthews spoke on 

 moving bees. 



An auto trip to see the Colorado foot- 

 hills was announced by the Committee 

 on Local Arrangements. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



