THE AMERICAIJ BEE JOURNAL. 



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Local Convention Directory. 



1885. TiTHt and place of MeeUrtg. 



Aug. 12-14.— Cedar Valley, at Waterloo, Iowa. 



A. U. Bennett, Sec. 



Aug. 2.'*.— Southern Wisconsin, at Janesvllle. Wis. 

 .John C. Lynch, Sec. 



Aui-'. L'5.— Des Moines Co Iowa, at Burlington, loa. 

 John Nau, Sec. 



Aug. 25.-N. W. III. and S. W. Wis. at Rock city. III. 

 J. Stewart, Sec, Rock City, Ills. 



Sept. l.-Llnwoocl. at Knck Elm Certre, Wis. 



B. J. 'rhouipson. Sec, Waverly. Wis. 



Sept. 1 , 2 - W. N. y. and N. Pa., nt Salamanca, N.Y. 

 A. I). Jacobs. Sec, Jamestown, N. V. 



Dec. 8— 10.— Michipnn State, at Detroit. Mich. 



U. I), (.'utting. Sec, Clinton, Micb. 



tW In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Bd. 



Convention Notices. 



t^~ The Southern Wisconsin Bee-Reepers' 

 Association will meet at the Court House in 

 Janesville, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 188.5, at 10 a. m. 

 John C. Lynch, Sec. 



fW The Des Moines County, Iowa, Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, will hold its fall meet- 

 ing at the Court House in Burlington, on 

 Aug. 25, 18.S5, at 10 a. m. All persons inter- 

 ested in bee-culture are invited to attend. 

 John Nau, Sec. 



j:g-The third Annual Picnic of the Eastern 

 Iowa and Western Illinois Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, will be held at Black Uawh's Watch Tower, 4 

 miles south ol liock Island, on Thursday, Aus. 13, 

 188.J. Cars leave Terry Landing, in liock Island, 

 for the grounds every half hour. A pleasant time 

 is antitipated. Bee-iieepers and their friends are 

 cordially invited to attend. We are glad to an- 

 nounce that Mr. I. V. McCagg, President and 

 founder of tlie Association, is improving, aud will 

 shortly again be able to be with us, after an illness 

 ot some (io days, the greater part of the time being 

 confined to bis bed with intense suffering from 

 inflammatory rheumatism. He expects to he so 

 much improved as to be able to attend the picnic. 

 W.H. Goos, Sec. 



The National Bee- Keepers' Union. 



CONSTITIITION. 



Article I.— This organization shall be 

 known as the "National Bee- Keepers' 

 Union," and shall meet annually, or as 

 often as necessity may require. 



AuTiCLE II.— Its object sliall be to pro- 

 tect tlie interests of bee-lteepers, anu to 

 detend their rights. 



Article III.— The officers of this Union 

 shall consist of a President, five Vice- 

 Presidents, and a (General JIanager (who 

 sliall also be the yecretary and Treasurer), 

 whose duties sliall be tliose usually per- 

 formed by such officers. They shall be 

 elected by ballot, and liold their several 

 ottices for one year or until their successors 

 are elected and Installed; blank ballots 

 tor this purpose to be mailed to every mem- 

 ber by the General Manager. 



Article IV. — Tlie officers shall consti- 

 tute an Advisory Board, which shall 

 determine what action sliall be taken by 

 this Union, upon the application of any 

 bee-keepers for defense, and cause sncli 

 extra assessments to be made upon all the 

 members as may become necessary for their 

 tielv'nse. 



Article V.— Any person may become a 

 member by paying to the General Manager 

 an Entrance Fee of one pollak to the 

 Defense Fund, and an annual tee ot 2.5 

 cents, for which he shall receive a printed 

 receipt making liiiii a meinherof this Union, 

 entitled to all its rights and benefits. The 



annual fee shall be due on the first day of 

 .Inly ill each year, and .Mi'sr be paiil within 

 30 days in order to retain ineuibership in 

 this Union. 



Article VI.— Donations of any amount 

 may be made at any time to the Defense 

 Fund, in addition to the entrance and 

 membership fees and the regular a.ssess- 

 ments made upon the members by the 

 Advisory Board. 



Article VII.— The Defense Fund shall 

 be used for no other piirjjose than to defend 

 and protect beekeepers in their rights, after 

 such cases are a|i|irovcd by the Advisory 

 Boaril, anil shall only be subjected fo Drafts 

 regularly made in wrifiug by tlie Advisory 

 Board. 



Article VIII.— Tlie annual fees paid by 

 the meinbers shall become a general fund, 

 from which shall be paid the legitimate 

 expenses of this Union, such as prmtiiig, 

 postage, clerk-hire, etc. 



Article IX.— Meetings of this Union 

 shall be held at such times and places as 

 shall be designated by the Advisory Board, 

 or upon the written requisition of ten 

 members. 



Article X.— This constitution may be 

 amended by a majority vote of all tbe 

 members at any time. 



LIST OF MEMBERS AT THIS DATE : 



Addenbrooke, W., 

 Allen, Ransom, 

 Anders(m. J. Lee, 

 Anderson, Wm., 

 Angell, C. S.. 

 Baldwin, B. T.. 

 Barnes, Wm. M., 

 Baxter, E. J.. 

 Bernscliein. Ernst. 

 Besse, II., M. D., 

 Bitzer, Wm., 

 Bohn, CJustav, 

 Bray, Moses, 

 Brickey. Peter. 

 Buchanan. J. W. & Bro, 

 Barren, 11. D., 

 Burton, L,. 

 Carrier. A., 

 Chapman, J.. 

 Cheney, TL II.. 

 Cl.rke.Rev. W. F., 

 Oonnley. John T., 

 Cook. Prof. A. J., 

 Cripe, Henry, 

 Dadant. Chas., 

 Dadant.c. p , 

 Darby, M. E.. 

 Dayton, C. W., 

 Decker. A. A.. 

 Demaree, G. W.. 

 Dibbern.C. H & Son, 

 Dickasftn, T. B.. 

 Dittmer. (ins, 

 Doriae.D. E., 

 DoolittlP. G. M., 

 Downs, Robert, 

 Drane, E.. 

 Dunham. P., 

 Dunn, John, 

 Kaglesfleld. B. C 

 Eastwood, L., 

 Elwood, Sr., W. R., 

 Feathers, Harvey, 

 Flanagan, E. T.. 

 Kngland, P. J., 

 Follett, ' harles, 

 Forbes, W. F.. 

 France. E. & Son, 

 Freeborn. S. I., 

 Fulton, W. K.. 

 Funk, H. W., 

 Furnesa. Dwight, 

 Gander. A. M., 

 Green, Charles H., 

 G-eenIng, C. F., 

 Gresh. Abel, , 

 Grimm, Christopher, 

 Ilarlens. J G., 

 Haskin, A. »., M.D., 

 Hatch, C. A., 

 Havens, Reuben, 

 Hayhurst. V:. M., 

 Heaton, J. N., 

 Heddon, James, 

 Hensley, J. P., 

 Hettel, M., 

 Hill, A.G., 

 Hills, Mrs. H., 

 Hilton, George E., 

 Hoke. Abe. 

 Holllngsworth, C. M., 

 Howard, J. B.. 

 Hoyle. George H., 

 Iluse, Wm.IL, 

 Hutchinson, W. 7.., 

 Hvne. James M.. 

 J"nes. George W., 

 King, D. N., 

 King. T. Frank, 

 Langstroth. Rev. L. L., 

 Lanning, John, 

 Le Roy, J. W.. 



Ludkey, Charles, 

 Ludloir, K., 

 Maddox, W. T., 

 Mallory, S. H., 

 Marden, Henry, 

 Margrave, J. W., 

 Masun, Jas. B., 

 Mattoon, Jas., 

 Met "onnell, Jamea, 

 McCormick, Emery, 

 McLees. S.. 

 McNay. Frank, 

 McNeill, James, 

 Millard, D., 

 Miller, B. J. ,SCo., 

 Miller, Dr. C. C, 

 Miller, Henry, 

 Mills, L. D., 

 MInnich, F., 

 Minor, N. L., 

 Morse. William, 

 Muth-Rasmussen, Wm., 

 Nelson, James A., 

 Newman. Alfred H., 

 Newman, S M., 

 Newman, Thomas G. 

 Nipe. .lames, 

 Nutt. W. O., 

 Pennoyer, L. A., 

 Peters, Geo. B., 

 Phelps, N. T.. 

 Pond, Jr., J. E., 

 Powell, K.W., 

 Pray, G. L., 

 Rainey, Jarvis, 

 Reed, L., 

 Rey, John, 

 Reynolds, M. G.. 

 Roberts, Jesse H., 

 Root, A. L, 

 Rowe, David, 

 Roye, Burr, 

 Schaper, E. F., 

 Scheuring, Paul, 

 Secor. Eugene, 

 Shapley. D. L.. 

 Shearman, J. O,, 

 Shirley, W. IL, 

 Smith, George, 

 Snell, F. A., 

 Spady. Jno., 

 Spencer, M. L., 

 Stearns, J. K., 

 Stephenson, H. W., 

 Stephens. W. B., 

 Stewart. W. H., 

 Stolley, Wm., 

 Storer. E. M., 

 Talbert. M.. 

 Taylor, George, 

 'l'hatch,»r. Will., 

 Thpilmann, C., 

 Thompson, Geo. M., 

 Tinker, Dr. G. L., 

 Tongue. L. N., 

 Travis, F. W., 

 Travis, I. A.. 

 TrimbergiT. John, 

 Turner, T. E., 

 Tyner, Alonzo, 

 Vanhouten, C. W., 

 Viallon, P. L.. 

 Walton, Col. R., 

 Webster, H. S., 

 Weeks, C. 

 Wendt, Henrv, 

 Whitney, W. V., 

 Wicherts. A., 

 WiUins, Miss Lucy A., 

 Wolcott. Wm.C, 

 Wright, W. D., 

 Zwiener, H. L. 



