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Mr. Black and Mr. Wallace liad the 

 same experience, but ueithei- could 

 give any fjood reason. 



A motion was made and carried to 

 adjourn, to meet the next morning at 

 tho residene(! of Mr. Dailant. 



On the morning of the 11th inst., 

 the meeting was called to order at 

 10:45. 



The following report of colonies of 

 bees, and honey gathered, was made 

 by those present : 



Colonies Pounds of Colonies 

 in Spring. Honey, in Kali. 



S. N. Black 60 200 75 



H. Ogle 60 300 63 



Thos. Wallace 126 .'iOO 136 



Geo. Williams 19 400 20 



D. W. McDaniel....lOO 800 107 



Chas. Dadaut 400 6000 400 



Daniel Shank 18 300 18 



A bill of i|^. 10, for badges, was al- 

 lowed, and ordered to be paid. 



It was, upon motion, decided to hold 

 the next meeting at Clayton, on the 

 call of the executive board. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows : 



President, S. N. Black. Clayton. Ills. 



Vice-President, C. P. Dadaut. Ham- 

 ilton. Ills. 



Secretary, Daniel Shank, Clayton. Ills. 



Treasurer. T. S.Wallace, Clayton, 111. 



A motion was made and carried that 

 we affiliate with the International 

 American Bee-Association, and Daniel 

 Shank was elected a delegate to the 

 Convention to be held at Keokuk on 

 the 29th inst. 



On motion, ihe Convention ad- 

 journed. Daniel Shank. Sec. 



HELP 



By Our Societies — District, State 

 and Kalioiial. 



Read at the Southwestern Wis. Convention 



BY N. E. FRANCE. 



There is not an honest, honorable 

 industry in America but what has its 

 periodicals and societies devoted to 

 the advancement of its particular work. 

 The successful ones are those that 

 carefully read and investigate, attend 

 their conventions, and apply, by actual 

 experience, the knowledge learned. It 

 is so in our industry. With all our 

 literature and the various societies, it 

 is strange there is so much ignorance 

 and lack of systematic knowledge. 



At our Farmers' Institute last win- 

 ter, some farmer asked Gov. Hoard 

 what was the best crop to depend upon 

 for Wisconsin farmers. He replied, 

 '■ Cultivated brain and muscle." That 

 is the object of these institutes, to stir 

 up ideas, by holding counsel together. 

 and then go home and apply what is 

 learned. 



Apiarists cannot alVord to be witli- 

 out biH'-literature, and so far as tliey 

 can alVord, slinuld attend our societies. 

 If there is any subject in bee-culture 

 you ilo not understand, the best way 

 tliat I know of, is to carcfLiliy study 

 the views of others, through our liter- 

 ature, and then write your own. Send 

 it to some bee-paper for publication, 

 and soon this subject will be at your 

 command. 



One of the reasons why our meetings 

 do so little good, is because we do not 

 post ourselves ; and then we go to the 

 convention as a drone, and listen to 

 what is said — saying nothing in re- 

 turn. 



If you liavc something you think an 

 improvement, either in management, 

 or in the line of supplies — bring it to 

 tlie front, and show it to others at our 

 meetings and in the bee-papers. For 

 instance : One likes his method of 

 wintering or swarming, kind of ex- 

 tractor, section-box, hive, or what 

 ever it may be, better than any he 

 ever saw. Let us all see it, and quite 

 likely by comparing notes, you will see 

 where you can improve. 



Some one says, I am no speaker, let 

 some one else talk. If we all followed 

 this mivii-style. what a quiet meeting 

 it would be. and no one v/onld be 

 benefltted. Whoever heard of a bee- 

 keeper who was anxious to learn, find- 

 ing fault with his brother apiarists for 

 expressing their views ? 



Some years ago thefe was a similar 

 organization to this — of the Southwest- 

 ern Wisconsin bee-keepers. They had 

 several meetings here, and some in 

 neighboring cities. Where is it now ? 

 Dead ! SimiJly because very few were 

 willing to take an active part in it ! 

 Have we met for a like history ? No. 

 We have no drones in our society ; 

 thej' are all workers. 



Let us look at the history of our 



■Mational Bee-Keepers' Union." It 



was oranized in 1885, to protect the 



interests of bee-keepers, and to defend 



their rights. 



In 1885. a ease was taken into court 

 at Richland Centre, against our neigh- 

 bor, Mr. Frci'born. The Union made 

 such a stir in the matter, showing such 

 fighting enthusiasm that there would 

 have been a livelj' time had tliere been 

 a trial, on the merits of the case. The 

 Union paid $131 to defend the case, 

 and we arc to-day reaping the reward 

 of the victor}' it gained. 



Then there came the California 

 grap<^ suit against Mr. Bohn. whieli 

 the Union brought to a successful 

 issue. 



Also the case of manufacturing comb 

 honey, in which our .Secretaiy (Mr. 

 Newman, of Chicago.) compelled Rev. 

 Robert West, in his paper and other 

 papers, to retract his stati'inent "that 



bce-keepeis now manufacturecl comb, 

 filled it witli glucose, and capped thi' 

 so-called honey l)y macliiiiery." 



The next year the Postmaster at 

 (irillin. (Ja., refused to receive fjuecn>; 

 in the mail because of attcn<ling work- 

 ers, clainiing that the Postal Regula- 

 tions permitted only (|ucen-bees ; not 

 dron(>s or workers. Tin' Union made- 

 an appeal to the Postmaster Oeni-ral. 

 and as a result, got the law amendo«l 

 to read, ■■ (iueen-bees with necessary 

 attendants.' 



Then the Postmaster at Suspension 

 Bridge refused to receive queens for 

 Canada by mail. An appeal bj" tlie 

 Union resulted in an order to '-let tlie 

 bees pass !" 



Then came the California bee ami 

 fruit suit, which cost our Union $384. 

 The raisin-growers (at tlie close of the 

 suit) admitted they were mistaki-n T 

 The idea that fruit sutlers because of 

 the presence of bees, is rididuloiis .'' 

 The good they do in fertilizing the 

 fruit bloom, far outweighs any possible 

 evil that could follow from their 

 presence ! 



Next came that ■■scientific pleas- 

 antry." in which the Union demanded 

 a retraction by Dr. Kellogg, of Battle 

 Creek, Mich., who, in his book, -Cood 

 Health," stated as did Prof. Wiley, that 

 ■■bee-keepers were manufacturing 

 comb from paraffine. tilling it with 

 glucose, and capping the same by 

 machinery." 



Mr. Darling, of Waterbury. Conn., 

 was sued for $500 damages, and or- 

 dered to remove his bees from the 

 city. As soon as his opponent dis- 

 covered he was backed by the Union, 

 he dismissi'd the case ! This suit only 

 costing $50 for the defense ! 



C. C. Richardson, of Tipton, Ind... 

 was sued for keeping bees ; declaring 

 them to be a nuisance. He was de- 

 fended by the Union, and the case 

 was easily dismissed by the court. 



The City Council of Fort Wayne. 

 Ind.. passed an ordinance against 

 keeping bees within the city limits. 

 Through tlie eiibrts of the Union, the 

 law became only a dead letter ! 



The City of Arkadelphia. Ark., sued 

 and ordered Z. A. Clark to remove his. 

 bees from the city within 30 days, and 

 for a time he was in prison. The L'nion 

 appealed the case to the State Supreme 

 Court, and gained a grand victory : 



The McCormick Bill, in Michigan, 

 was intended to •wipe apiculture 

 out of the State." The Union ap- 

 pointed Prof. Cook and jNIr. Heddon to 

 head it off ; they made such a bur.r.iwj 

 about it. that McCormick tabled his 

 own motion, and let it die ! 



Then Mr. Olmsted sued S. W. Rich 

 for $1,200 damages upon his person 

 and property, by the bees. The jury 

 (from which every person liaving bees 



