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TWELFTH ANNUAL, REPORT OF THF 



PROCEEDINGS 



-OF THE— 



Twenty -Second Annual Session 



—OF THE— 



Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 



October 30 and 31, 1912, 



AX THE STATE HOUSE. 



The 22d Annual Meeting of the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association was 

 held in the State House at St>ringfield, 

 Illinois, October 30 and 31, 1912. 



The meeting was called to order by 

 the President, C. P. Dadant, at 10 a. 

 m., October , 30. 



Pres. Dadant — We will hear from the 

 Secretary, the minutes of the last meet- 

 ing, or any report he has to make. 



Mr. Stone — I have the minutes as I 

 kept them. 



Pres. Dadant — If you see fit we can 

 adopt the printed report as the minutes 

 of the previous meeting. 



Mr. Stone — In order to bring every- 

 thing before this meeting, it would be 

 well to read the minutes, so that we 

 may know what we want to do, and 

 what we can do. 



MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING, 

 NOVEMBER 23, 1911. 



The 21st Annual Session was called to 

 order at 10 a. m. by President Dadant. 



Prayer was offered by Mr. George W. 

 York. 



The minutes of the last meeting were 

 read and approved. 



Mr. Pyles moved that the Chair appoint 

 a committee of three on the Legislative 

 Committee; a committee of three on the 

 Auditing Committee, and a committee of 

 three on the Resolutions Committee. 



The Chair appointed on the Legislative 

 Committee: Baxter, Stone and Becker. 



The Chair appointed on the Auditing 

 Committee: Moore, York and Kildow. 



The Chair appointed on the Resolutions 

 Committee: P^les, Bohrer and Roberts. 



The next inorder was the President's 

 address, after which the Secretary's re- 



port was read and approved, and the 

 Treasurer's report read and filed, and 

 both referred to the Auditing Committee. 



Motion of Dr. Bohrer prevailed to pass 

 resolution of thanks to the legislature for 

 their passage of our Foul Brood Bill. 



Question Box was then in order until 

 the noon hour. 



Upon motion made it was announced 

 that 9 to 4 were in favor of the single 

 tier case. 



Adjourned to 1:30 p. m. • 



Mr. W. B. Moore's address on Foul 

 Brood. 



Address by Mr. George W. York on 

 "The Proposed Constitution of the Na- 

 tional." 



Motion by Mr. Baxter that the Secre- 

 tary be instructed to give notice that if 

 the Nntionai adopt the new Constitution, 

 the Secretary send out notices to the 

 effect that all who wish to affiliate with 

 the National, for the $1.00, must send in 

 that amount before the first of January, 

 and that after that -time it will be $1.50. 



Motion carried. 



Motion by Mr. York that a second and 

 third premium be asked on bees exhibited 

 in a cage at the Fair Grounds — that the 

 premium 1>e for $15.00, $10.00 and $5.00. 



. Motion carried. 



Motion was made that on Display of 

 Samples of Honey, a change be made in 

 the word Display — that it shall read 

 Variety instead of Display. 



Carried. 



On motion a recess was taken to 7:30 

 tonight. 



Convention called to order at- 7:30 p. m. 



Report was heard on resolutions — pre- 

 senting a vote of thanks to the Governor 

 and members of the General Assembly. 



Report adopted. 



Auditing committee made report, which 

 was adopted. 



State Foul Brood Inspecto-. Kildow, 

 made his report, at some length. 



Report approved. 



