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TWELFTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



by Chairman Rev. E. R. Wagner at 

 1 P. M. 



A report of the Committee on Cre- 

 dentials was asked for, and the report 

 showed the following branches repre- 

 sented by the following delegates, and 

 the number of votes each delegate was 

 entitled to. 



Adirondack-— Ralph B. Daly, delegate, 

 one vote. 



Colorado — Wesley Foster, delegate, 

 two votes. 



Chicago -Northwestern — F. B. Cav- 

 anagh, delegate, one vote. 



Hampshire-Hampden-Franklin — Earl 

 M. Nichols, delegate, one vote. 



Idaho Honey Producers' Association — 

 J. J. Anderson, delegate, two votes. 



Illinois — C. P. Dadant, delegate, five 

 votes. 



Iowa — S. "W. Snyder, delegate, one 

 vote. 



Indiana — E. A. Dittrich, delegate, two 

 votes. 



Michigan — E. D. Townsend, delegate, 

 two votes. 



Minnesota — Hamlin V. Poore, dele- 

 gate, one vote. 



Ohio — C. H. "W. Weber, delegate, two 

 votes. 



Pennsylvania — Dr. -H. A. Surface, 

 delegare, five votes. 



Tennessee — Dr. J. S. Ward, delegate, 

 one vote. 



Vermont — P. E. Crane, delegate, one 

 vote. 



Washington — Wesley Foster, dele- 

 gate, one vote. 



Wisconsin — A. G. Allen, delegate, 

 two votes. 



Worcester County — Dr. B. N. Gates, 

 delegate, one vote. 



The following branches were not 

 represented: Arizona, Idaho, Missouri, 

 New Jersey, Northern Michigan, 

 Oregor:, Pecos Valley, Twin Falls and 

 Texas. 



Moved that the report of the Cre- 

 dential Committee be accepted and 

 that. the committee be continued dur- 

 ing the convention. Seconded and 

 carried. This was done because the 

 report given above was not all com- 

 plete at the time the report was made, 

 some delegates getting in late and not 

 having their credentials accepted until 

 later. A complete report, however, is 

 given above. 



The selection of a permanent chair- 

 man of the convention was then taken 

 up with the result that Dr. B. N. 

 Bates, of Amherst, Mass., was selected 



as chairman. Dr. Gates was not pres- 

 ent at the time of his selection, so 

 Rev. E. R. Wagner continued to pre- 

 side until Dr. Gates arrived, which he 

 did a short time afterwards. 



The President's report was next on 

 the program, and, the President not 

 being present, the Secretary read his 

 written report, which is as follows: 



PRESIDENT NATIONAL BEE KEEP- 

 ERS' ASSOCIATION. 



To the Cincinnati Convention — Greet- 

 ing. 



Perhaps it is needless for me to say 

 that I regret very much that I cannot 

 be present at the first delegated con- 

 vention of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. I have not missed an an- 

 nual meeting of the National for nearly 

 twenty years, until now. But my 

 presence doubtless would not add very 

 much to the value of the deliberations, 

 which I trust will mark a new era in 

 the existence of the association, as 

 well as in the history of American 

 Apiculture. 



For years it has been the dream of 

 some of the National's most ardent 

 members that it should some day 

 undertake in some way to help dispose 

 of the honey produced by its member- 

 ship. This has seemed quite a task, 

 on account of the extensive area over 

 which the association is scattered. We 

 live in a large country, and honey pro- 

 ducers are not so very much bunched 

 together. It is somewhat easier for 

 the orange and lemon growers to or- 

 ganize, for they are confined to prac- 

 tically two states, California and 

 I'lorida. But the bee-keepers are 

 everywhere, almost. So it has seemed 

 so much more difficult to form any 

 measurably successful co-operative or- 

 .ganization to handle the annual output 

 of honey. But I believe the National 

 association, if given a little more time 

 to perfect some of its plans, will soon 

 be in a position to aid very materially 

 in finding a market for the honey of 

 its affiliated branches. 



The apple producers, and growers of 

 other fruits, are experiencing some 

 difficulty in getting adequate returns 

 for their crops, and are finding that 

 they will be compelled to "get to- 

 gether" in some strong, united central 

 selling agency, in order to market 

 their products in a way that will let 

 them live. The great trouble is that 



