AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



693 



PKOCEEDING-S 



OF THE 



Twenty-Fifth Annual JMeeting 



OF THE 



NORTH AIHERICAN 



BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



BY FRANK BENTON, SEC. 



[Continued from page 530.] 

 The convention re-assembled at 2 p.m. 

 The Secretary's report was called for, 

 read and accepted. 



Report of Secretary. 



As Secretary, I wish to report, first, 

 that membership-cards like those which 

 have been received by nearly all present, 

 were mailed to the names and addresses 

 of all who are recorded in the published 

 proceedings of the Association for the 

 last seven years ; also to some other bee- 

 keepers whose addresses were available. 

 Eight hundred of them were printed. 

 Over 600 of which, with space for the 

 signature of Treasurer left blank were 

 signed by myself and sent out. All the 

 recipient needed to do was to forward 

 the card with dues to the Treasurer, 

 whose signature made it a receipt for 

 the money, and at the same time a neat 

 evidence of membership. About 1,200 

 two-page, letter-size circulars and 1,800 

 note-size circulars have been mailed to 

 the various States and Territories and 

 the Provinces of Canada. Notices were 

 sent to 107 agricultural journals dis- 

 tributed throughout the Union. The 

 object of these circulars and cards was 

 not only to remind those who have here- 

 tofore attended these conventions, of 

 the time and place of this meeting, and 

 that we would be glad to meet them 

 here, but an effort was made to induce 

 them to retain their membership con- 

 tinuously. There was considerable 

 money left over after the last meeting, 

 and it seemed to me that a few dollars 

 of it could not be better spent than in 

 explaining the objects of the Association 

 and what is needed to enable it to carry 

 out those objects most effectively. 



I have two communications from hon- 

 orary members which I think should be 

 mentioned in this report. One is signed 

 by C. Mansfield, secretary of the Hunter 

 River Bee-Keepers' Association of New 

 South Wales, and refers to Mr. J. W. 

 Pender, who was elected in Chicago last 

 year. The other is from Mr. George de 



Layens, of Paris, France, elected at the 

 Washington meeting. In each instance 

 cordial thanks were returned for the 

 honor bestowed. 



Frank Benton, Sec. 



Treasurer's Report. 



Cash on hand from last meeting $127 33 



Copies of Report sold l 25 



Twentj- membership fees received up 

 toOct.lO 20 00 



Total $148 58 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Printing and mailing Report of 1893... $57 50 

 Printing Notices. Cards, etc., for St. 



Joseph Convention 31 00 



Total $88 50 



Balance on hand Oct. 9, 1 894 $60 08 



George W. York, Treas. 



On motion this report was referred to 

 an auditing committee, and the latter 

 reported near the close of the convention. 

 Messrs. W. Z. Hutchinson, C. P. Dadant 

 and E. Whitcomb were this committee. 



Pres. Abbott then introduced Major 

 Hartwig, ex-Mayor of St. Joseph, and 

 President of the Commercial Club, 

 through whose courtesy the elegant as- 

 sembly rooms had been placed at the dis- 

 posal of the society. In very appropriate 

 words Major Hartwig expressed his 

 great satisfaction at meeting such a rep- 

 resentative body of North American bee- 

 keepers, and also his pride and pleasure 

 in extending to its members the hearty 

 hospitality not alone of the Club rooms, 

 but of the commercial interests of St. 

 Joseph in general. His welcome was 

 cordial, and elicited hearty applause 

 from all present. 



Dr. Miller replied in a very appro- 

 priate manner on behalf of the Associa- 

 tion. 



Pres. Abbott — The next item on the 

 program is an essay on " Bee-Keeping in 

 Germany," by Mr. C. J. H. Gravenhorst, 

 of Wilsnack, Prussia, translated by Mr. 

 Benton. 



Frank Benton — It will be remembered 

 that Mr. Gravenhorst is an honorary 

 member of this Association, having been 

 elected at the Washington meeting, and 

 is a man of long experience in bee-keep- 

 ing matters, one of the leaders in Ger- 

 many, and a very practical writer, being 

 the author of an excellent text-book on 

 this subject. He was educated for a 

 teacher, but his hearing having become 

 impaired, he was obliged to seek some 

 other occupation, and this he found in 

 the keeping of bees. 



