ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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It is a remarkable fact that the 

 American people are prone to think 

 that what they know others know 

 also; and so we as bee-keepers sup- 

 pose that, because we are familiar with 

 the things pertaining to our industry, 

 the public generally are as well in- 

 formed. But we wish to repeat — what 

 you all know — that there is no indus- 

 try in the country anywhere that the 

 people generally know so little about. 

 To illustrate: A lady bee-keeper in 

 Chicago, wishing to become a member 

 of the nearest Association to her home, 

 wrote to "Gleanings" asking for infor- 

 mation. Gleanings gave her the ad- 

 dress of the Secretary of the Illinois 

 State and she wrote a letter to him 

 that he forwarded to the Secretary of 

 the Chicago -Northwestern, E. H. 

 Bruner, 3836 N. 44th Avenue, Chicago. 



At our state fair this fall, we were 

 asked a number of times: Would you 

 advise every farmer to keep a stand 

 or two of bees? Our answer was: 

 No, except you expect to take care of 

 them. Why? Because the average 

 farmer, not being informed along the 

 line, might lose his bees with some 

 infectious disease, and his empty hives 

 would be a danger to others' bees. 

 This thought may provoke discussion, 

 for we have heard it argued otherwise. 



The State Board of Agriculture, in 

 their last fall premium list, saw fit 

 to cut out the premium given for 

 handling bees in a cage. This will be 

 a subject for our premium list com- 

 mittee to report. In conference with 

 bee-keepers at the fair, the idea was 

 that our Association should ask for 

 space to be given for the exhibit of 

 apiarian supplies, as nothing would be 

 of more interest to bee-keepers, or 

 more educational to the general public. 



We are being asked each year for 

 libraries of different states to be 

 placed on our mailing list, for our an- 

 nual report; from California, west, to 

 Massachusetts, east. 



Finally, Mr. President, with the ap- 

 proval of this Convention, it is our 

 mind that our annual report should be 

 gotten out earlier in the year, and, if 

 the National cannot furnish its report 

 by an earlier date than it has been 

 doing, then let it be left out. What 

 say you? 



President Baxter — You have heard 

 the report of the Secretary, what will 

 you do with it? 



A member — I move the report be ap- 

 proved. 



President Baxter — The next thing in 

 order will be our Treasurer's Report. 



CHAS. BECKER, Treasurer. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Charles Becker, Treasurer. 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



From November 5th, 1914, to Novem- 

 ber 27th, 1915. 



Date No. 



1914 To Whom Paid Voucher Amount 



Nov. 19— Prof. J. G. Mosier 65 $ 4.60 



Nov. 19 — C. Becker 66 .96 



Nov. 19 — Burke Vancll 67 10.00 



Nov. 19 — Rev. MacLeod... 68 5.00 



Nov. ^0 — C. Becker 69 25 00 



Nov. 20— Supt. State House 70 5 00 



Nov. 20 — L. M. Stewart 71 10.00 



Nov. 25 — Mrs. A. L. Kildow 72 5.00 

 Nov. uo — Mrs. Harry L. 



King 73 4.00 



Nov. 25 — Lewis Werner... 74 3.00 

 1915 



Jan. 4 — E. H. Bruner 75 17 74 



Feb. 24— L. M. Stewart... 76 62.50 



Mar. 10 — L. M. Stewart 77 85 00 



Mar. 30— B. J. Baxter 78 6150 



May 14 — Illinois State Regi- 

 ster, printing re- 

 port 79 436.07 



May 14— James A. Stone... 80 50.00 



May 22— E. J. Baxter 81 11.62 



Nov. 9 — Lewis Werner... 82 24.20 



Nov. 9 — J.A.Stone 83 58.57 



Total Paid $ 879.76 



