ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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steps to incorporate, providing the ex- 

 pense does not exceed $50.00. 



Moved' by J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idiaho Honey Producers' Association, 

 that the report be adopted. Seconded 

 and carried. 



The question of life membership 

 came up at this time, and recommen- 

 dation was made that the Directors 

 prepare for life membership in the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Report of the Auditing Coimmittee 

 was called for and made the following 

 report: First, the books so far as we 

 can discover are correct; second, the 

 Treasurer has not presented vouchers 

 as his authority for disbursements 

 made, and third, no report has been 

 made of accounts due for advertising, 

 etc. 



Moved by J. J. Anderson, delegate, 

 of Idaho Honej- Producers' Associa- 

 tion, that the report be adopted. Sec- 

 onded and carried. 



Motion made by P. C. Crane, dele- 

 gate, of "Vermont Branch, that the Sec- 

 retary be instructed to have the books 

 audited by a public accountant and re- 

 port published in the Review each year 

 previous to the Convention. Seconded 

 and carried. 



Report of the Committee on Grading 

 Rules was called for. Dr. E. F. Phillips 

 was called upon to act as Chairman of 

 the meeting during the discussion. 

 Chairman of the Committee, Mr. De- 

 muth, made the report of the Commit- 

 tee, giving the rules exactly as printed 

 at the head of the honey columns in 

 the Review. 



Mr. Fred Muth made a separate re- 

 port for the dealers, ridiculing the rules 

 proposed by the Committee of Pro- 

 1 ducers, stating that they w^ere not in- 

 terpretable and presented his idea of 

 two grades to be known as Fancy and 

 No. 1. Mr. Muth's report follows: 



"The time is now when the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association should adopt 

 standard grading rules for €omb honey. 

 In order to accomplish this, besides 

 having a standard section and a stand- 

 ard shipping case, we must also have 

 standard grades of honey, and recom- 

 mend two grades as follows: 



FANCY — Sections to be well filled; 

 combs firmly attached to the four sides 

 of the sections and not projecting be- 

 yond the wood. Entirely capped in- 

 cluding the outside row next to the 



Wood. Honey water white, and the 

 combs and cappings white. Wood to be 

 well cleaned, using the No. 1 sections, 

 and no sections in this grade to weigh 

 less than 14 ounces or more than 16 

 ounces. 



No. 1— Sections to be well filled; 

 combs firmly attached to the four sid^ 

 of the sections and not projecting be- 

 yond the wood; entirely capped except 

 the outside row next to the wood. 

 Honey, combs and cappings white and 

 maj-be slightly am,ber, but not dark. 

 Wood to be well cleaned and no section 

 in this grade to weigh lesis than 13 

 ounces. 



The above grades will give the bee- 

 keeper the opportunity to elevate the 

 sale of comb honey, and the buying 

 public a square deal." 



In the discussion which followed, Mr. 

 Demuth stated that the dealers' two 

 grades would run out 90' per cent of 

 eastern comb honey. Mr. Muth re- 

 sponded by saying that these grades 

 would secure big prices. 



Mr. Foster stated that Colorado pro- 

 ducers were tending toward grades 

 suggested by the Producers' Committee, 

 suggests the word "Standard" instead 

 of "No. 2," as the latter conveys the 

 impression of inferiority; suggests the 

 following three words, "Fancy, No. 1, 

 and Standard." Considerable discus- 

 sion at this point, followed by a mo- 

 tion from J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Association, 

 that the rules presented by the pro- 

 ducers be adopted. Motion seconded. 

 Discussion followed by Muth, Ander- 

 son, and Dahzenbaker. Mr. Foster of- 

 fers an amendment to the motion sub- 

 stituting the word "Standard" for the 

 words "No. 2." The amendment was 

 not seconded. The original motion 

 called for a roll call and carried. 



The report of the Committee on 

 Membership and Subscription. called at 

 this time. Dr. Surface, Chairman, made 

 the following report for the Committee. 



"There shall 'be no membership fee 

 in the National Association, excepting ' 

 that required! by the local AfRliated As- 

 sociation, which fee shall remain in the 

 treasury of the latter. The subscription 

 to the official organ, the Bee-Keepers' 

 Review, shall be $1.00 per annum, 

 which shall be sent to the Secretary 

 of the National Association." 



Moved by Dr. J. S. Ward, delegate, of 

 Tennessee Branch, that the report of 



