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error be made in the meeting, and all 

 charges against any officer or delegate 

 be withdrawn. 



Moved and carried that the papers 

 on the marketing of honey read at the 

 National Bee-Keeperg" Association 

 convention be published in a special 

 issue of "The Bee-Keepers' Review." 



Discussion of exhibits at the fairs. 



The need of a score card was 

 brought out and discussed by Dr. 

 Phillips. Moved by Dr. Phillips and 

 seconded by Mr. Jager that the Chair 

 appoint a committee, with Mr. Yates 

 as Chairman, to study the score cards 

 for fairs. Mr. Rauchfuss spoke on the 

 need of a score card and the benefits 

 from honey displays. Motion carried. 



Dr. Phillips spoke on the Agricul- 

 tural Extension work being done by 

 the United States government, and of 

 his plan of using the educational fea- 

 tures to educate the County Advisors. 



Moved by Prof. Jager, amended by 

 Mr. Baxter, and carried, to have a 

 good bee-keeper represent the National 

 Association at the Southern &. Indus- 

 trial Congress. 



Report of the Committee on Local 

 Arrangements was read and adopted. 



The following resolution was 

 adopted: 



Whereas, The spraying of orchards 

 while clover crops in said orchards are 

 in bloom is a menace to the industry 

 of honey production, and has in th« 

 past destroyed or weakened thousands 

 of colonies of bees in the commercial 

 fruit districts of Colorado. 



Resolved, That we, the National Bee- 

 Keeprs' Association, in convention as- 

 sembled, urge the passage of Senate 

 Bill No. 77 now pending in the Colo- 

 rado General Assembly. 



State. 



Delegate. 



Moved and carried that the final 

 disposal of "The Bee-Keepers' Re- 

 view" be left in the hands of the 

 Executive Committee of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Adjournment at 10:00 P. M. 



PUBLIC SESSION, FEBRUARY 

 . 18, 1915, 1:30 P. M. 



The paper, "Blessings From the Net- 

 Weight Law," by Allen Lathane, was 

 read. 



The paper, "The Pollination of Fruit 

 Bloom," by John H. Lovell, was read 

 by Ward Foster. 



The paper, "A Glimpse at Florida 

 Bee-Keeping," by Prof. Edwin G. 

 Baldwin, was read by Ward Foster. 



The paper, "The Best Methods of 

 Increase," by A. C. Allen, was read by 

 N. L. Henthorne. 



The paper, "Changed Conditions," by . 

 J. E. Crane, was read. 



The paper, "Opportunities and the 

 Farmer Bee-Keeper," by James B. 

 Merwin was read. 



The paper, "Status of Bee-Keeping 

 in South Carolina," by Prof. A. F. 

 Conradi, was read. 



Supplementary Report of the Creden- 

 tials Committee. 



We, your Committee on Credentials 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, do hereby certify in this, our sup- 

 plementary report, that we have 

 examined all the credentials of dele- 

 gates tfius far presented to us, and we 

 find, in the absence of official lists of 

 membership and the difficult means at 

 hand in determining membership, that 

 the following delegates are entitled to 

 seats and the number of votes set 

 opposite their names: 



Vote. 



Tennessee George W. Williams, seated 3 



Iowa Frank C. Pellett, " 



Washington Wesley Foster, " 



Montana Percy Kolb " 



Indiana J. C. Bull, " 



New Mexico Wesley Foster, " 



Idaho J H. Stoneman, " 



C. N. Western J. C. Bull, " 



N. Michigan F. E. Millen, " 



Kansas Dr. Bohrer, " 



Michigan F. E. Millen, . " 



Illinois E. J. Baxter, " 



New Jersey Dr. E. F. Phillips, " 



H. H. & F. . . . .' Dr. B. N. Gates, " 



Worcester, Mass Dr. B. N. Gates, " 



Ad. New York Dr. B. N. Gates, " 



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