ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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And, if I make that report in time, 

 I am g-oingr to involve all w^ho are 

 here to do something. 



This committee of one cannot do it 

 — the committee may suggest, but 

 there will be labor back of it on your 

 part. 



You can see what success they have 

 made in Michigan by their awards. 

 The way they have worked to receive 

 those medals, without expense, direct- 

 ly, to their association. Those things 

 can be accomplished, but the indi- 

 vidual members have to back it up 

 with exhibits. 



If you can have a series of these 

 tables, such as are here today, going 

 ■down this side of the room here, with 

 displays, and you will bring in your 

 instructors in economic teaching, that 

 thej' may see the goods here, and the 

 way in which it is created — 'and teach 

 the bee-keepers how to better their 

 market conditions and produce a 

 better grade of honey, you will have 

 an exhibit of great educational value, 

 and it will create an interest. Com- 

 petitors will compete for awards. 



Dr. Phillips — One point I think ought 

 to be considered in fairness to the 

 members of the Association. 



If there are to be certain classes 

 next year, the members should know 

 previous to the production season 

 what they are going to have an op- 

 portunity to exhibit. 



They might dispose of, or not pro- 

 duce the thing they would have to 

 exhibit to be in the first prize class. 



The members should be given an 

 opportunity to know what the classes 

 are to be. 



Another feature: Whether they are 

 allowed to put more than one article 

 — more than one entry in each class. 



In Michigan they decided to limit 

 all exhibitors to one entry in each 

 class; that man might take first, sec- 

 ond, third prize in each class. Those 

 things should be announced to the 

 members in abundance of time previ- 

 ous to the honey season next year; 

 perhaps not later than May first. 



Mr. Williams — The question was 

 asked here — Why the ladies do not at- 

 tend the meetings more. In the cook- 

 ing department, this would draw at- 

 tention of the ladies. The ladies 

 could furnish fine recipes for cooking. 

 In Michigan the ladies were intensely 

 interested. The exhibits of cakes 



were patronized and attracted much 

 attention. 



Then the boys — they had a class 

 for their exhibits; that interests them; 

 and in this way all were interested. 



President France — I would like to 

 say: Although this preparing for an- 

 other year is well worth the time 

 taken ' this afternoon, yet we are 

 spreading out here and not getting 

 down to practical things. Some of us 

 have to.be away before the entire daj' 

 has gone. 



I do not know but that it would be 

 advisable to take part of the after- 

 noon program this morning, that we 

 may not have to hurry through the 

 afternoon. 



Mr. Bruner — I would suggest we 

 have a five minutes recess. 



President France — A recess for five 

 minutes may now be had. 



(Convention convened.) 



President France — We have one 

 number left. To hear from the dele- 

 gate of the Northwestern to the Na- 

 tional last year. The report of our 

 delegate will be in order. 



Mr. Bull — I think there is not much 

 to report in addition to what you al- 

 ready know, especially if you take the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review. 



A year ago we recommended here 

 that the National be incorporated; it 

 seems that the year before at St. Louis 

 the same thing had been done; the 

 delegates there instructed the Presi- 

 dent to incorporate. The result was, six 

 weeks previous to the December meet- 

 ing of the Association, the National 

 had been incorporated. Then the Con- 

 stitution, as in the Review, you can 

 look that over and understand it much 

 better than I can explain it. 



The dues were raised 50 cents; prev- 

 ious dues $1.50; that wasi for the Re- 

 view and for our local Association and 

 for the National Association, 50 cents 

 to the local; $1.00 for the Review; noth- 

 ing for membership in the National. 

 Had no money in the treasury for the 

 last two or three years; so the dues 

 were raised 50 cents to go in what is 

 known as the general fund; the dues 

 were $1.50 whether you got the Re- 

 view or not; if you got the Review it 

 would be $1.00 for the Review, 50 cents 

 for subscription fund; 50 cents to the 

 general fund; if you did not want the 



