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ment of the Review, each signing' his 

 name or initials to their individual 

 editorial. 



Moved that the report of the Di- 

 rectors be accepted and filed. Sec- 

 onded and carried. 



At this point Mr. Fred "W. Muth pre- 

 sented to the convention an invitation 

 in behalf of the Cincinnati Board of 

 Commerce to take a trolley ride over 

 the city, visiting- several points of in- 

 terest. 



Moved by Hamlin V. Poore, delegate, 

 of Minnesota Branch, that the invita- 

 tion be accepted and that the ride be 

 taken the afternoon of Feb. 13. Sec- 

 onded and carried. 



The report of the Legislative Com- 

 mittee was next in order, but the Sec- 

 retary, having no report sent him by 

 that committee, was unable to render 

 a report. Later on at the convention, 

 Editor E, R. Root, of Gleanings in Bee 

 Culture, gave a brief verbal report of 

 what had been done by the Legis.a Ive 

 Committee according to his under- 

 standing. One of the importa^it things 

 was the securing by the com.mittee 

 consent of the authorities at Washing- 

 ton to send out boiler plate matter to 

 newspapers all over the counrry teliyr.g 

 of the dangerous bee diseases and giv- 

 ing Avarning to the public. This was 

 later done, and the result wus that a 

 great many papers published Vncse 

 articles, which certainly were valuable 

 to the bee-keepers of the coujtry. 



The Chairman announced at this 

 time that it would be in order t'> take 

 up the proposed amendments. The 

 Secretary asked that we take up pro- 

 posed amendment No. 7, cove^i-i..:? Sec- 

 tion 1, of Article IX. The amendment 

 is as follows: 



"Article IX, Section 1. The Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, a monthly publi- 

 cation, shall be published by this 

 Association as its official organ." 

 Motion made by Dr. J. S. "Ward, 

 delegate, of Tennessee Branch, that we 

 take up the discussion of this amend- 

 ment at this time. Seconded and car- 

 ried. 



Dr. H. A. Surface, delegate, r.f Penn- 

 sylvania Branch, spoke in favor of 

 postponing- the action on this section 

 at this time owing to its importance. 

 He further stated that there was con- 

 siderable dissatisfaction amunsr the 

 members at large, owing to the action 

 formerly taken by the Directors; that 

 he felt this matter should have care- 



ful consideration before any a3tijn 

 was taken. 



Director Foster, delegate for Colomdo 

 and Washington Branches, spoke at 

 this time, giving his reasons as t-i why 

 he favored the purchase of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Review by the Associitlon. 

 He stated that the Review had helped 

 greatly in getting members in the -^vest. 

 Chairman Townsend, of the Directors, 

 stated that the Directors had assumed 

 considerable responsibility in "he pur- 

 chase of the Review, but that the Di- 

 rectors had felt it was advisable after 

 giving the matter careful and flelib- 

 erate consideration. 



; Ralph B. Daly, delegate, of Adiron- 

 dack Branch, stated that he considered 

 the Directors bought the Review with 

 full authority according to the Con:5ti- 

 tution, and that the Association needed 

 the Review. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, of Washington, 

 spoke with reference to the action of 

 the board of Directors, giving several 

 criticisms with reference to the pur- 

 chase of the Review, among them be- 

 ing as follows: First, that we are now 

 without any funds; second, criticises 

 the editorial policy with reference to 

 some of the articles published during 

 the past year, and third, that it was 

 not necessary to buy a paper in order 

 to start one for the Association. These 

 suggestions were later put in the form 

 of questions to be referred to a com- 

 mittee. 



Mr. Morris, of Ohio, spoke in favor 

 of the Review as the official organ 

 the National, stating that it had b€en 

 the means of getting many new mem- 

 bers to the Ohio Branch. He stated 

 that the average apiary in Ohio con- 

 tained only but five colonies of bees, 

 and that the official organ is an in- 

 ducement to get and hold members in 

 their association. He stated that the 

 official proceedings can be printed in 

 the Review. 



Mr. P. B. Cavanagh, delegate, of 

 Chicago-Northwestern Branch, stated 

 that it was the opinion of the members 

 of the Chicago -Northwestern Branch 

 that it was a mistake to purchase the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review, and that it is 

 first necessary to settle the question 

 whether the Directors had authority to 

 purchase the Review. He stated that 

 the members of his Branch thought 

 that by not publishing in one volume 

 the report of the National Conventions 



