ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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the food value of honey and its use in 

 cooking and its desirability as a table 

 sauce presented to the proper state 

 authorities, and ask their recommenda- 

 tion for having it placed in the course 

 of instruction in the Domestic Science 

 Department of the public schools. 



Resolved, That the members of the 

 Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' 

 Association express their delight in re- 

 ceiving and acknowledging greeting 

 from Dr. C. C. Miller, and regret that 

 he could not be with us at our meeting, 

 expressing the hope that we may have 

 the pleasure of his presence with us in 

 the future. 



JOHN C. BULL, 



EDWARD HASSINGER, JR., 



HENRY ROHRS, 



Committee. 

 A member — I move the adoption of 

 these Resolutions. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



President France — ^I wish, if it is 

 possible, that suggestions from the dif- 

 jferent members reach me at my home, 

 kvhile the matter is fresh in your minds 

 ; — as to what we can individually do to 

 make 1916 Chicago - Northwestern 

 meeting the best ever known. 



When you put this up to a commit- 

 tee of one, to look after, I shall im- 

 mediately take this matter up, early 

 this coming week, with the Michigan 

 people to learn what has made the 

 success of that premium department 

 — that we may consider that. It will 

 not do to wait until the next meeting. 

 If there are to be exhibits you should 

 know in ample time that you may 

 have the whole summer to prepare for 

 it. If we wait until the last hour, 

 some of our choice goods will be gone. 



There is another factor: I would like 

 to see borne out, skill and art in the 

 line of designing, either in wax or in 

 _ honey. 



In some of the State Fairs that I have 

 been to, they have had real original 

 designs. They are attractive and they 

 are beautiful, and they attract much 

 attention and comment that is favor- 

 able. 



Take last year at the Minnesota Fair 

 — a bell of about 18 inches in diameter 

 of beautiful white comb — the center- 

 piece of dark comb. It was a piece 

 that was very attractive. By its side 

 were designs made of wax that were 

 well worth the premiums that were 

 there awarded. 



Do not get the idea somebody else 

 has designed something that we can 

 adopt, make it in wax and bring it as 

 our design; that can be entered in 

 honest competition. 



I am only giving out suggestions; it 

 is up to you to make this coming Con- 

 vention next year possibly better than 

 we have had for years. 



I cannot guarantee that I will be 

 here; I will work in earnest up to the 

 time of the meeting; you have a splen- 

 did Vice-President. We can individu- 

 ally make this next meeting a suc- 

 cess; each of you come and bring 

 some one with you. 



Mr. Kildow — This contemplated field 

 meet near Chicago this summer: I 

 would guarantee to have a comb of 

 American foul brood there, if there is 

 one to be got anywhere near, for the 

 benefit of those who have not seen 

 American foul brood; they can have 

 a chance to see the real thing. 



Mr. Bull — In regard to that field 

 meeting: If it is possible I would sug- 

 gest that we do have a hive of Amer- 

 ican foul brood and also of European 

 if we can get it, or two or three hives 

 of American foul brood — and show 

 what treatment is necessary for that 

 hive, that it may be seen before the 

 eyes of those who do not know it. 



Mr. Kildow — It would be a good plan 

 to have this meeting where they have 

 the disease. 



Mr. Wheeler — I was contemplating 

 giving you an invitation to my place; 

 I believe I will have to withdraw it. 



Mr. Kildow — Wherever we are, if 

 there is no foul brood in that apiary, 

 there had better be brought a frame 

 of each kind. If we go to a place 

 where they have the disease, we might 

 clean it up for them. 



A member — Would it be just as well 

 to divide up Cook County into sec- 

 tions? There are hundreds of people 

 who have one or two hives of bees who 

 never would go to a Convention. Can 

 we not have "Visiting Committees who 

 will go and talk to bee-keepers and 

 help some one? 



President France — I will appoint: 

 Mr. Kildow — Mr. Wheeler — Mr. Bull — 

 Mr. Smith — Mr. Bruner. on this Com- 

 mittee, to select a place for the field 

 meet and make necessary arrange- 

 ments. 



They, of themselves, cannot make 



