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36th Year. 



CHICAGO, ILL., OCTOBER 29, 1896. 



No. 44 



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<JF THE 



Twenty-Seventh Annual Convention 



OF THE 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association, 



LINCOLN, NEBR., October 7 and 8, 1896. 



BY DR. A. B. MASON, SECRETARY. 



[CoDtiDued from pa^e 677.] 

 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention was called to order by Pres. Root at -i 

 o'clock. 



The first thing on the program was the following 



President's Annual Address. 



Well, friends, it is a grand thing to produce a nice crop of 

 honey, to raise a nice crop of apples, to make a nice display in 

 clay, to raise nice potatoes, which I know something about. It 

 is a grand thing to succeed in any of these enterprises. We 

 have heard something about this particular State of Nebraska, 

 500 miles long by 200 miles wide, and we know a little about 

 your products here. We cannot have nice apples without 

 taking care of them. May the Lord be praised for the nice 

 apples. In Ohio we had great beauties this year, and it was 

 only by hard work and labor on our part. We made a grand 

 effort, and we succeeded beyond our expectation. We must not 

 only prepare the soil, but we must get the best seed and best 

 varieties; and then we must take care of them all the way 

 through. 



I have been brushing up at this forenoon's session. The 

 veterans must have produced nice honey. We have had nicer 

 honey this year than ever before, but there Is a man — Francis 

 Danzenbaker — that I wish to speak of. This man and I had 

 some trouble, but we are good friends now. He has produced 

 some fine honey. We have shipping-cases put up for the 

 honey-boxes, not allowing the honey to drip. I believe this 

 credit surrounds his good name. Sometimes we spend consid- 

 erable time In our convention wondering where the credit of 

 these things belongs. I think It Is the evidence of better 

 things. There Is no great credit without great labor. We 

 feel proud of our fairs and expositions. I can remember the 

 time when I spent many hours In making foundation, and it 

 didn't work. I can remember when my wife wanted me to 

 burn everything up. Well, I persevered and succeeded, and 

 now It Is just as simple as can be. One difficulty after another 



has been overcome as the years passed by, and I don't know 

 as the coming generation will ever know of these difSculties. 



In speaking of these various crops, of apples, nice sec- 

 tions of honey, etc., I have been thinking of another crop 

 which is of more importance, and when our brother was read- 

 ing in chapel this morning. It seemed to me that he had found 

 just the right selection to read. This Institution is growing ; 

 these boys and girls are being trained for that which makes 

 them happier and nobler, and leads them into the ways of 

 righteousness. It is something like this : " In God we trust, 

 to him we look for progress." We are all of us children, we 

 are all growing, we are all learning. And when I see these 

 students with all these advantages, and hear these brothers 

 tell of their workings with the bees, I can only say, the Lord 

 be praised. 



I do feel that these conventions costa good deal of money, 

 but you can afford to come : it may be only once in a lifetime. 



Thovias (J. Ncwindii,, Sail Diego, Cdltl. S.u iminr un iimjc ii:il. 



I hope this Association will keep going. I shall never lot 

 another of these bee-keepers' conventions pass without at- 

 tending if it Is a possible thing, and I want to have you all 

 present. 



Brother Langstroth has gone ; B. Taylor has gone ; Allen 

 Pringle has gone ; some others may have gone. Perhaps I 

 may never be present at another meeting ; this may be the 

 last chance I will have of being with you. Wo have the 

 promise that in due time we shall reap if we faint not. Sitting 

 among the assembly of the young here, we have reminders 

 that our work in this life can be profitable. We certainly 

 want to take as much pains with humanity as we take with 

 the apples. We want to assist them to a higher plane, we 



