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TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OP THE 



results, and proper organization means 

 that you must have your central as- 

 sociation made up of State Association, 

 and your State Association must be 

 composed in time of different societies 

 throughout that state, all working to- 

 gether for one grand accomplishment. 

 I am going to read to 5'ou the pro- 

 posed amendments: 



Proposed Amendments of the National 

 Constitution. , 



That Article 1 be changed so the 

 name shall designate the association as 

 international in character. 



That Article 3 be amended so a Na- 

 tional Branch may be' established with 

 a lessi number of members than 25. 



That Article 4 be amended as fol- 

 lows : 



Section 1. "Membership shall be ex- 

 tended to any person interested in bee- 

 keeping, and who is in accord with the 

 purpose and aims' of this Association. 

 This membership shall be obtainea 

 through one of the National Branches." 



Section 2. The total membership fee 

 and subscription to the official organ, 

 "The Bee-Keepers' Review," shall be 

 $1.50; fifty cents of which shall go into 

 the fund of the local Branch treasury, 

 and one dollar shall be sent the Na- 

 tional Secretary for subscription. 

 Membership in a National Branch con- 

 stitutes membership in the National, 

 and a subscription to the official organ, 

 "Review", is not compulsory, although 

 it is advisable in order that each 

 member may receive all important 

 notices published therein. 



Section 3. Membership shall begin 

 at the time the membership fee is paid, 

 and shall expire at the end of the time 

 paid for, counting from date member- 

 ship began. 



That Article 6 be amended as fol- 

 lows: 



Section 1. The officers of this As- 

 sociation shall be a President, Vice- 

 President, Secretary and Treasurer. 

 These officers shall be elected at each 

 annual meeting of delegates and serve 

 for one year, or until their successors 

 are elected and qualified. 



'Section 2. The President shall pre- 

 side at each annual meeting of dele- 

 gaJtes and at any special meeting which 

 may be called. 



Sections 4 and 5 shall be changed to 

 conform to the change in Section 1. 



That Article 7 be amended as fol- 

 lows: 



Section 1. At each annual meeting 

 of delegates in addition to the officers 

 named in Article 6, there shall be 

 elected a board of five directors. 



That Article 8 be amended as fol- 

 lows: 



Section 2 shall be stricken from the 

 constitution, and Section 3' inserted in 

 its place. 



That Article 9 shall be as follows: 



Section 1. The Bee-Keepers' Re- 

 view, a monthly publication, shall be 

 published by this Association as its 

 official organ. 



Section, 2. Notices and reports pub- 

 lished in the official organ. The Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, shall be considered 

 ample and sufficient notice to the 

 members, and it shall not be con- 

 sidered necessary to end a written or 

 printed notice in addition to the one 

 published in the "Review." 



Articles 9 and 10 shall be changed 

 to Articles 10 and 11 respectively. 



The delegates shall have power to 

 change such other parts of the consti- 

 tution as shall be deemed necessary 

 after due and careful deliberation. 



Mr. Tyrrell — I think that is as far 

 as I should take up your time. 



Pres. Dadant — In justice to you and 

 the Bee-Keepers' Association here, I 

 must say that Mr. Stone showed me a 

 letter from Dr. B'ohrer, from Kansas. 

 It will give you an idea of the objec- 

 tions that are raised. 



Mr. Tyrrell — I do not blame the bee- 

 keepers for bringing up objections; I 

 don't criticize them at all, but if they 

 will be patient it will all work out. 



Mr. Stone — When will the Conven- 

 tion be held, Mr. Tyrrell? 



Mr. Tyrrell — It is in February; Feb- 

 ruary 12th, 1913. 



(Mr. Stone reads letter from Dr. 



Bohrer.) 



"Lyons, Kans.. October 25, 1912. 

 James A. Stone, Springfield, 111. 



Dear Sir: — I had hoped to be with you 

 at the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Annual 

 meeting this year, but fliad that I can- 

 not leave home. 



I, however, can send greetings to one 

 and all who may be in attendance, and 

 will also call attention tto the fact that 

 I have been informed that the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association has adopted 

 the Bee-Keepers' Review, a Journal once 

 published by Mr. Hutchinson, as their 

 official Journal. 



I may be entirely wrong, but I cannot 

 see any benefit to be derived therefrom 

 by the masses of the Bee-Keeping Fra- 

 ternity, and it is not very likely to re- 

 sult in any very great pecuniary benefit 

 to the owner and publisher of the Re- 

 view, for many bee-keepers are contented 



