Oct. 3, lyoi. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



629 



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Convention Proceedings. 



(Continued from page old 



Report of the Texas Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



BY LOUIS SCHOLL, SEC. 



FIRST DAY— Afternoon Session. 



The convention was again called to order by Pres. Sal- 

 yer, at 2:00 p.m., and the first business was the report of 

 the committee on constitution and by-laws. Secretary 

 Scholl read the following, which was unanimously adopted. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I.— Name. 

 This ort^anization shall be known as '■ The Texas Bee-Keepers" 

 Association." 



ARTICLE II.— Objects. 



Its objects shall be to promote the interests of bee-keepers; the 

 exchange of thoughts, experiments, etc., in apiculture, through the 

 meetings of this Association; and through a closer relation of its 

 members. 



ARTICLE III.— Membership. 



SEC. I. Any white person who is in accord with the objects and 

 the aims of this Association, may become a member upon the payment 

 of $1.00 to the Secretary-Treasurer, payment to be made at or before 

 each annual meeting of the Association ; or not later than 10 days 

 thereafter. Membership will continue as long as all dues are paid up. 



Sec. 2. Any person may become an honorary member of this Asso- 

 ciation upon a two-thirds vote of the members present. 



ARTICLE IV.— Officers. 



Sec. 1. The offlcers of this Association shall be a President, a 

 Vice-President, and a Secretary who shall be ex-oflieio Treasurer. 



Sec. 2. The oflicers shall all be elected annually by ballots of the 

 members of this Association at their annual meeting. 



ARTICLE V. — Duties of Officers. 



Sec. 1. rrenhhnt. — It shall be the duty of the President to preside 

 at the annual meetings of this Association, and to perform such other 

 duties as may devolve on the presiding officer. The President shall be 

 ex-officio Vice-President of the " Texas Farmers' Congress.'' 



Sec. 2. Vice-PrfKident — In the absence of the President, the Vice- 

 President shall perform the duties of President. 



Sec. 3. tiecretary. — It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep 

 the records of this Association ; to make a report of the annual meet- 

 ings; to receive membership fees ; to make a report at the annual 

 meetings; and perform such other service as the Association may 

 direct. 



Sec. 4. The President, Vice-President and Secretary shall form an 

 Executive Committee. Their duties shall be such as usually fall to 

 such otlicers. 



ARTICLE VI.— Funds. 



Sec 1. The secretary shall remit to the General Manager of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, within two weeks after the annual 

 meeting, the sum of .'lO cents for each paid-up member, as a member- 

 ship in the National Bee-Keeper.s' Association for one year. 



Sec. 2. The Secretary shall receive not less than SIO.OO annually 

 for his services, and shall receive another sum equal to his legitimate 

 expenses for the benefit of this Association. 



Sec. 'S. The remaining funds of this Association shall be expended 

 as the members thereof may direct. 



ARTICLE VII.— Meetings. 

 This Association shall hold annual meetings at such time and 

 place as the members may select by a two-thirds vote at some regular 

 meeting; but if in any event it becomes impracticable to meet at tlu- 

 place selected, because of unforeseen events, then this Association 

 shall hold its meeting at such time and place as the Executive Com- 

 mittee may select. 



ARTICLE VI 11 -Committees. 

 The President of this Associatinn shall appoint, yearly, the follow 



ing committees: Resolutions and Petitions; a Program Committee of 

 one; and such other committees as may become necessary. 



ARTICLE IX.— General. 



Sec 1. This Association shall ally itself with the Texas Farmers' 

 Congress in every way possible, provided that such alliance is never 

 detrimental to this Association. 



Sec 2. It shall be one of the aims of this Association to secure 

 the passage of a law establishing an " Experimental Apiary " at Col- 

 lege Station, together with the appointment by the Governor of an 

 experimenter, who shall be recommended to him by the Texas Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. 



ARTICLE X.— Amendments. 



This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the 

 members present at some regular meeting. 



The new association now bears the name of "Texas 

 Bee-Keepers' Association," leaving the "North Texas" 

 and " South Texas " associations as "local" bee-keepers' 

 associations. Every Texas bee-keeper ought to be a mem- 

 ber of the Texas Bee-Keepers' Association now, as with its 

 new constitution and a new set of officers a great deal of 

 good work can be done if the bee-keepers will only lend 

 that which these men have asked for — the help, assistance 

 and co-operation of the bee-keepers, and with that the Asso- 

 ciation could make strides forward as never before ; only we 

 inus/ have their help. Every beekeeper in our great State 

 ought to take pride in helping to build up a State associ- 

 ation that will surpass all others, and this can only be done 

 if they will give their assistance. Put your shoulders to 

 the wheel, that is, your dollars into the treasury, paid for 

 your annual membership, and help to keep it going. The 

 greater the association, the more members it has, tiie more 

 can be done. 



Now something about what you get if you want to be a 

 member : 



By paying your annual dues of fl.OO, you are not only 

 a member of the Texas Bee Keepers' Association, but SO 

 cents of this onedollar issent with all of the other members, 

 to the general manager of the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, securing membership with that organization also. 

 Thus one is a member of his State association, and at the 

 same time can enjoy all the benefits of the National Asso- 

 ciation at just half the regular rate. Of course, it will be 

 well to bear in mind that to do this, members must act 

 according to Article III of the Constitution of this Associ- 

 ation, in regard to membership and membership fees. 



Besides all this, a reduction has been secured in the 

 subscription prices of our bee-papers, when pay for them 

 is given to the Secretary of this Association along with 

 their annual membership dues. 



The Secretary was instructed to write to each member, 

 of the change that has taken place ; of the new name of 

 the association ; of its new constitution ; its new business, 

 objects and intentions ; and to notify them of their annual 

 dues of one dollar. 



After this the general subjects on the program were 

 again resumed, namely : " Manipulating Bees for a Large 

 Yield of Extracted Honey," by O. P. Hyde, who said the 

 main objects were, to have good, prolific young queens; 

 large hives, not less than ten frames, then tier up as soon 

 as room is needed, three or four stories high, and as soon 

 as filled and well capped over take out the honey. He 

 also touched on the minor points connected with producing 

 large amounts of extracted honey ; the above being the main 

 objects. 



W. O. Victor read an article he contributed to the 

 Review, which, however, is too lengthy to copy, and the 

 issue is not before me to make a summary. 



FORCING QUEENS TO LAY IN CELLCUPS. 



"How Can Queens be Forced to Lay in Queen-Cell 

 Cups ?" was answered in a paper by H. H. Hyde. He does 

 not claim to be responsible for being assigned that sub- 

 ject, and hopes noboay will be disappointed if he fails to 

 give satisfactory solution of the question. He has not 

 much experience to prove or disprove this query, but cited 

 a case where he put cell-cups in top-stories of good colonies 

 before grafting, to have them polished by the bees, when 

 he distinctly remembers where in one case the queen laid 

 an egg in such a cell, which was built out and hatched a 

 queen. He said further that by placing cell cups conveni- 

 ently in a hive of bees that wish to supersede their queen, 

 such queens could be forced to lay in them. Also at swarm- 



