AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Twenty-Fifth Annual meeting 



OF THE 



MTU ANERICAIV 



BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



BY FRANK BENTON, SEC. 



The 25th Annual Convention of the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion was called to order in the Commer- 

 cial Club rooms, at St. Joseph, Mo., at 

 11 o'clock, a.m., by the President, Rev. 

 E. T. Abbott, of St. Joseph, Mo. 



After hearing the report of the Secre- 

 tary, the following members were en- 

 rolled for the year 1894: 



ANNUAL MEMBERS. 



D. B. Abbott, Overbrook, Kans. 



E. T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 L. L. Alspaugh, Auburn, Nebr. 

 N. Arnold, Burlingame, Kans. 



A. Y. Baldwin, DeKalb, 111. 

 H. G. Barber, Lincoln, Nebr. 



D. E. Barker, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Ralph Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 H. E. Bliss, West Winfield, N. Y. 



J. W. Blodgett, Empire Prairie, Mo. 

 J. H. Brown, Rochester, N. Y. 



E. L. Carrington, Maryville, Mo. 

 C. C. Clemons, Kansas City, Mo. 

 Dr. T. J. Conry, Florence, Kans. 

 W. H. Dancer, Lamoni, Iowa. 

 Chas. D. Duvall, Spencerville, Md. 

 Paul M. Francis, Mulberry, Mo. 



B. Fredenburg, Johnson, Nebr. 

 E. B. Gladish, Higginsville, Mo. 

 Goold, Shapley, & Muir Co. (Lim.), 



Brantford, Ont. 

 E. Ford Gordon, Adams, Mo. 

 P. C. Gress, Atchison, Kans. 

 Hon. C. Grimm, Jefferson, Wis. 

 G. V. Hagaman, Brenner, Kans. 

 W. S. Hart, Hawk's Park, Fla. 

 H. E. Heath, Lincoln, Nebr. 

 O. L. Hershiser, Buffalo, N. Y. 

 R. H. Holmes, Shoreham, Vt. 

 P"'rank G. Hopkins, Jr., St. Joseph, Mo. 

 R. F. Holtermann, Brantford, Ont. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mo. 

 Wm. James, Pleasant Hill, Nebr. 

 Geo. M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill, Mo. 

 W. L, Kemp, Farmiugton, Pa. 

 T. Frank King, Landover, Md. 

 J. C. Knoll, Glenwood Park, Nebr. 



C. F, Lane, Lexington, Mo. 



E. C. L. Larch, Savannah, Mo. 

 Louis R. Leighton, Omaha, Nebr. 

 Mrs. LydiaT. Leighton, Omaha, Nebr. 

 R. B. Leahy, Higginsville, Mo. 

 M. H. Mandelbaum, Chicago, 111. 

 H. Martin, Ashland, Mo. 

 J. R. Milne, Elm Grove, Mo. 

 Horace J. Newberry, Topeka, Kans. 

 H. C. Nichols, Amity, Mo. 

 C. E. Parks, Watertown, Wis. 

 Dr. F. L. Peiro, Chicago, 111. 

 W. L. Porter, Denver, Colo. 



E. F. Quigley, Unionville, Mo. 



F. H. Richardson, Laclede, Mo. 

 T. J. Rimmer, Richmond, Mo. 



G. W. Schock, Falls City, Nebr. 

 John Schumacher, Weston, Mo. 

 L. D. Stilson, York, Nebr. 



Col. T. H. Strickler, Solomon City, 



Kans. 

 Hon. R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 

 E. K. Terry, Burlingame, Kans. 

 C. F. Thomas, Dorchester, Nebr. 

 J. Van Deusen, Sprout Brook, N. Y. 

 J. T. Van Petten, Linn, Kans. 

 E. Whitcomb, Friend, Nebr. 

 John Wier, Carbondale, Kans. 

 Geo. W. York, Chicago, 111. 



LADY MEMBERS. 



Mrs. E. T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Mrs. Hiram Barker, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Miss E. A. Conry, Florence, Kans. 

 Miss Mattie M. Florence, Adams, Mo. 

 Miss Nellie Florence, Adams, Mo. 

 Mrs. M. E. Fredenburg, Johnson, Nebr. 

 Mrs. H. H. Larch, Savannah, Mo. 

 Mrs. LydiaT. Leighton, Omaha, Nebr. 

 Mrs. J. R. Milne, Forbes' Station, Mo. 

 Mrs. Ella Nieble, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Mrs. J. M. Null, Miami, Mo. 

 Mrs. E. M. Phelps, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Mrs. S. E. Sherman, Salado, Tex. 

 Mrs. L. D. Stilson, York, Nebr. 

 Mrs. Thos. Strawbridge, Ottawa,Kans. 

 Mrs. E. Whitcomb, Friend, Nebr. 

 Miss Loulu Williams, Sedalia, Mo. 



LIFE-MEMBERS PRESENT. 



J. T. Calvert, Medina, Ohio. 

 C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. 

 A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



Reports as to the number of colonies 

 owned by members, the yield of honey, 

 etc., were then listened to, questions 

 proposed by members were read, and 

 discussion of them deferred until later. 

 The convention then heard the follow- 

 ing essay, by J. W. Rouse, of Mexico, 

 Mo., which, in the absence of the writer, 

 was read by the Secretary : 



