Sept. 26, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



615 



Report of The Texas Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



BY LOUIS SCROLL, SEC. 



THE seventh annual meeting- of Central Texas Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association was held at College Station, Tex., 

 July 22 to 26, 1901. It was really a joint meeting of 

 the Central Texas, North Texas or Texas State, and South 

 Texas Bee-Keepers' Associations. The three were consoli- 



The call for new members was ordered postponed, as a 

 committee appointed by the chairman, on constitution and 

 by-laws, was to make its report at the afternoon session. 

 This committee consisted of Louis Scholl, H. H. Hyde, and 

 F. L. Aten. Then the regular subjects on the program 

 were taken up, E. J- Atchley speaking on 



BBK-KEEPING FOR FARMERS. 



He hardly knew whether to encourage farmers to keep 

 bees or not. He mentioned some of the things he had seen 

 at a neighbor's, who was a good farmer, trying to keep 

 bees, and making blunders. If they would only keep a few 

 colonies, and produce only enough honey for their own use 

 use and table, it would be all right. When keeping more, and 

 during an extra^good year, they have a surplus, which they 

 rush to a town, lump it oif for any old price, and it being 



dated into one, viz: "The Texas Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion," with new officers elected, and new constitution and 

 by-laws adopted. 



The meeting, in general session assembled, was called 

 to order by Pres. O. P. Hyde, of the Central Texas Associ- 

 ation, July 24, at S a.m., with Pres. Stachelhausen, of the 

 South Texas, and J. M. Hagood representing the North 

 Texas Association, in the chairs; Secretary E. J. Atchley, 

 of the South Texas, apd Sec.-Treas. Louia Scholl of the 

 Central Texas, at the desk. Pres. Hyde spoke briefly on 

 the honey-bee, after which Mr. Atchley offered prayer. 



The presidents next made their reports, followed by 

 that of the secretaries, each giving an account of the 

 standing of their respective organizations. Next, the 

 election of officers of the Central Texas Association 

 ensued, and resulted in electing, for the ensuing year, J. U. 

 Salyer, president ; H. H. Hyde, vice-president ; and Louis 

 Scholl re-elected Secretary-Treasurer. 



mostly honey of an inferior quality, besides their not being 

 informed in regard to the price of honey and the condition 

 of the market, never reading a bee-journal, they run down 

 the price of honey, and are ruinous to the experienced bee- 

 keeper, who is in it to earn his bread and butter ; therefore, 

 Mr. Atchley said, it should be discouraged. 



J. M. Hagood is in a strictly farming district and is a 

 a farmer. He said that the fanners ought to encourage 

 the bee-keepers to keep bees for the good purpose of fertil- 

 izing the flowers. He has his home-market and sells most of 

 his hone-y there, so the effect of the farmers' ignorance and 

 inferior honey, containing old, dark combs with pollen and 

 such, has ruined his market and lowered the price. 



G. F. Davidson moved that we invite Prof. Mally, 

 State entomologist at the A. and M. College, to speak before 

 the bee-keepers at the afternoon session, in regard to assist- 

 ance from the bee-keepers in going before the next special 

 session of the legislature in August, asking for an appro- 



