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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



DELEGATE SESSION, FEBRUARY 

 17, 1915, 8:45 A. M. 



The meeting was called to order by 

 Dr. Gates. 



Debate was had on matter of incor- 

 poration of the Association. 



Moved by Dr. Phillips and carried, 

 after being discussed by Frank G. Pel- 

 lett. That the delegates' meeting ad- 

 journ at midnight on February 17th, 

 unless, by unanimous consent, it is de- 

 cided to adjourn sooner. 



Moved by Dr. Phillips and carried, 

 after being seconded by Frank C. Pel- 

 lett. That debate on each question be 

 limited to five minutes and that no 

 delegate may speak more than twice 

 and not more than five minutes in all. 



Mr. Williams proposed for Mr. 

 Townsend to take over "The Review" 

 without conditions if the debt be 

 liquidated. He would assume the 

 $381.14, the only condition being that 

 "The Review" remain the official organ. 



Mr. Foster presented the following 

 proposition: "It is proposed that I, 

 with Mr. Polhemus and others, will 

 assume the indebtedness of "The Re- 

 view" if the Association will turn it 

 over to us; and continue it as the offi- 

 cial organ." 



Moved by Dr. Phillips and carried: 

 That the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation make "The Bee-Keepers' 

 Review" the official organ of the Asso- 

 ciation, subject to the conditions that 

 at any time the directors may discon- 

 tinue this arrangement if the standard 

 of the publication is not sufficiently 

 high, or provided that, if any material 

 appears therein which is not in accord 

 with the National Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association is in no way financially 

 obligated. 



Moved by Frank C. Pellett and car- 

 ried to accept the proposition of Mr. 

 Foster to take over "The Review" and 

 assume the $500.00 debt to Mr. Tyrrell. 

 This to be full consideration of pur- 

 chase price. 



Ten minutes was granted Mr. Wil- 

 liams to present matter pertaining to 

 incorporation papers. 



PUBLIC SESSION, 10:00 A. M. 



The paper, "Agricultural College 

 Bee -Keeping," by Mr. Millen, was read 

 by himself. A general discussion fol- 

 lowed. 



The paper, "A Plea for Better Bees 

 and Queens," by J. Smith, was read 



by F. C. Pellett. Discussion followed, 

 Messrs. Collins, Root, Phillips, Howe, 

 Pellett, Jager and others taking part. 



The paper by Prof. Wilmon Newell 

 was read by Dr. Gates. 



Mr. J. L. Peabody spoke on the de- 

 velopment of the honey extractor, and 

 gave some of his reminiscences of 

 early bee-keeping in Denver. Mr. 

 Moon, another old bee-keeper, gave 

 some of his experiences. 



The paper, "Autumn Mating to "Con- 

 trol Inheritance in Honey Bees," by 

 Prof. F. W, L. Sladen was read by Mr. 

 Millen. General discussion followed 

 for fifteen minutes, when the meeting 

 adjourned to meet at 2:00 P. M. 



PUBLIC SESSION, 2:00 P. M. 



The paper, "Honey Publicity," by 

 George Williams was read by himself. 

 Considerable discussion followed, Dr. 

 Gates, Dr. Bohrer, Mr. Root, Mr. Col- 

 ins and others taking part. 



Musical selections were rendered by 

 Mrs. Wesley Foster and Mr. E. A. 

 Knemeier. 



The paper, "Marketing Honey," by 

 John C. Bull was read by himself. 



The paper, "Co-operation," by Frank 

 Rauchfuss was read by himself. 



The paper, "Co-operation versus 

 Competition in State Associations," by 

 J. H. Stoneman was rea^d by himself. 



The paper, "The Marketing Ques- 

 tion," by Harry Lathrop was read by 

 himself. 



The paper, "The Development of the 

 Honey Market," by Dr. Phillips was 

 read by himself. 



The paper, "Co-operatioh Among 

 Bee-Keepers," by J. W. Stinel was read. 



Discussions were limited to three 

 minutes, Messrs. Baxter, Pence, Crane, 

 Collins, Porter, Bohrer, Henthorne, 

 Root, Rauchfuss and others taking 

 part. 



-The paper, "Marketing Honej-," by 

 Edward G. Brown was read by Dr. 

 Phillips. 



The paper, "Breeding Bees," by G. 

 B. Howe was read by E. R. Root. 



EVENING SESSION, FEBRUARY 

 17, 1915. 



The paper, "Straining and Clarifying 

 Honey," by H. H. Root was read. 



The paper, "The Advertising Value 

 of Apiarian Exhibits at Fairs," by 

 George W. York was read. 



(No further proceedings of the even- 

 ing meeting of February 17th avail- 

 able.) 





